Gunnison news-champion., 1921-12-02
GUNN|SON COWBOYS END THE
SEASON IN THREE-CORNERED
TIE FOR STATE CHAMPIONSHIP

"outplayed in the last half, the
crippled Fort Collins Lambkins went
down to defeat Thanksgiving Day be-
fore the powerful Gunnison High
School team by a score of Is TO 0. The
Gunnison Cowboys are q well-balanced,
carefully coached team, playing foot
ball of college calibre. Their forward
passes were really the undoing of the
Lambkins, altho superior physical con-
dition permitted them to make one IS
yard end run with splendid interfer-
ence for n touchdown. The game
was q clean, hard-fought one every
minute The Lambkins were fairly
and squarely beaten by better team.
altho il is possible that the score
might have been considerably different
had the Fort Collins boys been in good
condition and all able to get into the
game
Such is the introduction to an article
describing the Gunnison-Fort Collins
Thanksgiving game in the Fl. Collins
Express. which is one of the squarest
most sportsmenlike write-ups the Gun
nison team has received during its
three years football championship.
The reason may be that this is the
first Eastern Slope game played in all
that time, except at Canon City last
year
Anyway the Gunison football squad
returned Saturday morning after a
season of eight consecutive victories
on the football gridiron, and report a
hard, sportsmanlike game and q
wonderful reception at the hands of
the Ft Collins Lambkins. conceded by
many to be the finest footboll team in
the state, until Gunnison met up with
them.
Gunnison undoubtedly won the game
on their forward passes and open
field work, as the Lambkins had the
heaviest team and the heaviest line.
Gunnison was unable to gain through
the line, but due to the completion Of
their forward passes, they made enor-
nous gains. The score figures show
that Fort Collins completed two passes
out of three, gaining AZ yards. while
attempted, gaining 267 yards The
Gunnison boys had been thoroly train
ed in passing by Coach Krause, and
their ability in this line won them the
game. 1t is only fair to surmise that
had Lowe. Pitcher and Austin, star
Fort Collins players, been in first
class condition, the game would have
been more even in score, but even
with these three star players, it is
felt that Gunnison would have won
the game, as they were conceded to
be in better physical condition than
the Lambkins. The Express compares
Ralph Wright, Gunnison passer, with
Colorado Uniyersity's star passer,
Nuth.
At the game the Aggie students Of
the Agricultural College in Fort Col
Inns got out and cheered for Gunnison,
keeping things level with the towns
people. who of course, boosted for
their high school. A number Of Gun
nison boys at the college, among
them Eastman, Hall and Kroll, were
there to shout for the old teammates
Walter Balm was away at Lincoln,
Nebraska in a Thanksgiving game.
BY the way, Walter has been unanim-
ously selected as the best college
tackle in Colorado by experts in pick
ing in all-conference team He was
. Gunnison County High School play
er.
The result Of the Thanksgiving
games leaves q three cornered tie in
the state high school field, Gunnison,
Canon City and Colorado Springs. The
Gunnison team tried to get post
season game with both Of these teams
which it was unable to do, so the tie
will have to remain undecided.
The football team was met Saturday
upon their return to Gunnison by q
large and enthusiastic crowd Of citi-