South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-11-27

Tearing Off yardage I'm mammoth
hunks, Edwards played the greatest
game Of his career. No haIfback
ever played harder or more success
fully for a high school eleven than
the game little athlete did for Coach
Elmer Burn h a m q aggregation
against "a much heavier but poorly
organized bunch Of pigskin chasers
yesterday.
Joe Sabo was also ever in the
lmeHght. His trusty toe and long
forward passes were immediate rea-
son for q Iopsided score. Much has
been heard about the merits Of the
sophomore fuIlback but they were
rever displayed with such remark
. cble skill as yesterday afternoon.
The South Bend line from man
10 man played as a unit that could
not be halted Blocking. tackling
and advancing. they made the Semi
ite efforts 10 oppose them look fool
fish and decidedly unavailing. II was
a great day for South Bend high
school and the stands resounded
time and again as dashing. daring
plays caused touchdown after touch
down 20 be added 20 the locals
score.
Start Right on.
Burnham sent his students ont on
the field just at the dot of , O'Clock
and at FIVE minutes after the hour.
every one knew the approximate
score, and the viCtOrs were easy TO
discern. Three plays after the kick
Oft the Benders crossed the Chicago
stevens goal line on a kickoff to
Sem the ball was halted where IL
fell. On the next play Joe Sabo in
tercepted a forward pass and ran
II back 80 yards. Edwards then
brought the ball 20 the five yard line
BY a startling dash around right end.
on the next play Edwards carried
the pigskin over the line. He dupli-
Gated the performance twice within
the next eight minutes. Ike VOedish
en- a cleverly executed tackle pass
scored the fourth counter few
minutes after the second quarter
had started
Matt Butch. Burnham's speedy
! right halfback. with some excellent
/ Interference rendered by Sheer.
dashed across the Chicago goal line
just as the whistle blew for the end
ms of the half The score was South
Bend High 35 and the Windy City
representative o.
The second half was a duplication
OF the earlier performances. Ed
wards was again the leading figure
and with Buntman taking the full
back position i'm place of Sabo. the
Colfax scholars proved capable of
totalIing many numbers up correct
~.
Sem scores Once.
And wonder OF wonders. the Mich
oias Semi gridiron warriors woke up.
With a backneld that was exceeding
IS tired after playing g game that
seemed more like a series of track
races than a pigskin war. and n line
taat slipped and stumbled I'm a sea
80 mud. the Edwardsmen proved in
capable OF shutting out the North
side Chicago clan without a score.
4 tackle pass uetted Sem fifteen
yards and 90 was their bail on the
% ward line. Then the fun began.
punching together i'm n tight circle.
the leaguers from the Winday City
succeeded I'm tearing through the
Burnham line for a first down on
the fifteen yard line. Zitzweitz.
Nicholas Scnn's one and only star.
shook ont "a pair Of sturdy less.
glanced az q well guarded right emo
and changing his mind whirlea
through left tackle 20 the goal line
for his teams one and only touch
down. Lowry. riEht tackle for the
Som eleven kicked "a successful goal
Then the game began all over
again. But there was only a mo-
ment 10 play and just as Edwards
was shouting 10 his followers, 20
fght 'em and avenEe a rather lucky
touchdown. the whistle blew and 4
game that placed South Bend i'm :
direct line with the foremost claim