The Clayton news. (Clayton, N.M.) 19??-1954, 1921-11-26

then held the ball for two downs and
thesquarter ended
Luian received and Clayton failed
TO gain until the fourth down, and
they punted this time, the ball being
covered by ClaytOns man. Coble
then ran fifteen yards on fake play
and this made the Ration referee
sore and he succeeded in penalizing
the Clayton team until they were
unable to make their next gain. Ra-
ton failed TO gain and punted and
Clayton covered punt. Clayton was
again penalized from three yard
loss for five yards and again five
yards until on fourth down they
had twenty-three yards to gain.
They failed to make this gain and
the ball was given to Raont. Ration
punted over the goal line on fourth
down and the referee called TO Clay
ton to let the ball go and Raton's
men then covered the punt and this
was allowed TO go for a, touchdown,
and Ration with the wind in their fa-
vor kicked goal. This made the
score 6-7 in Baton's favor. This
ended the third quarter
In the fourth quarter Clayton re-
ceived and on first dewn Ration fin
ally succeeded in d0ing what they
boasted they were gong to gO-Coble
was knocked out for a. rev minutes,
but he got up and continued the
game and always succeeded in max
ing his gain as he only had the
wind knocked out of him, instead Of
a serious injury as Ration had boast
ed they were going to give him.
In the fourth quarter the Ration
referee continued to penalize our
men until they could not make their
gains and the ball would be given TO
| Ration. The only chance Clayton
had to get the ball was thru a FUN
hle, and once Miller ran the ball
for thirty-five yards and after he
was tackled Ration man kicked him
in the head and knocked him out
to the delight of the Ration support
ers. rIi took his place and finish
ed tie game The game ended with
the score ca in Raton's favor
| ThruOut the game, Clayton made
its usual gains, but thru penalties
imposed by the "yellOw-baoked' ref
cree they were taken away each
time.
In all the games of football That
we have ever seen this was The most
One-sided affair that we have ever
had to witness. II was easy to see
that something was wrong in Den
mark. from the fact that Clayton $
penalties amounted to over iS5 yards
and during the entire game Ration
twas penalized but once for The
lgrand total of five yards.
OF course, il is natural for us to
be disappointed at lhe defeat of our
men, but we believe that in a fair
game our men can trim Ration, and
we challenge them tu meet MS in IA
post game lo he played on
neutral ground and be officiated
over by men who are unknown To
either team. but who are men
! enough to call fair decisions and
stick by thnm. We are Offering
no apology and we do pot ask for
| sympathy but We do ask for "A game
tc be played as soon - possible to
decide Wlucn ol the two teams shall
pay lrI lhc championship of the
state with llic Rosa ~, High school
(which ls 70. y claiming the honor.
Clayton has won all her games
this year but lhe loidun on Thanks
lgiying day, and Ration has bene de-
feated twice, Clayton leads in num-
| Der of points in the two Clayton
Ration games. as they beat Ration
here 8-7 and the score ON Thanks
| giving Day at Ration was 81. which
| would give Clayton total Of &C
lpoints and Ration a total of "a.
The big three Conference has
adopted a rule in a case of this kind
( (which provides that tine team which
Twill not accept challenge for q de-
Gliding game must cOncede their OPP
lponenls the place as c0ntenders for
championship So, our beloved chal-
} lenged, we invite you TO either puI
! up or shut up, and we will see who
1 has the right TO claim ths honors
II Won feel lucky We are ready K
meet yOu ang place. any time. ant
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