The Clayton news. (Clayton, N.M.) 19??-1954, 1921-11-26
SPECIAL CARRIES $50
BOOSTERS TORATON.

Thanksgiving DaX was surely
dead one in Clayton, for everybody
who could possibly beg, borrow or
otherwise obtain the necessary coin
to defray expenses left on the foot
ball special for Ration, where our
husky High School boys tangled with
the Ration High School on the Ration
gridiron. This game was the all inn
portant game of the season. It's
winning meant the undisputed right
to the title of champions of northern
New Mexico and the opportunity to
demand a game with Roswell for
the championship of the state. The
losing meant but an equal break
with Ration in the claim to the north
ern championship, hence the inter
est. shown by the citizens was
prompted by civic pride as well as
unlimited loyalty to the school.
The Clayton Rotary Club, which
has enlisted hand and heart in the
boys work here, and established it,
self so firmly in the hearts of the
students of the High School, that it
has become the Big Brother organ
izatiOn in every sense of the term,
was the power behind the throne,
and through their efforts secured
the special and went with the boys
TO encourage them in their crucial
test
The train consisting of three
coaches, and loaded to capacity,
pulled out Of the station at 1880
A. NJ, with the hearty cheers and
good wishes of the less fortunate
ones who were compelled to remain
at home Everyone on board the
special wore a badge consisting of
an orange ribbon with the letters
G. H. S. printed thereon in black,
which constitute the High School
colors. You can just bet your last
dollar that when the Clayton bust
ness men back a proposition, they
don't do it in a half-hearted way,
and they are real boosters for our
schools, the best in the state. Be
sides this special, several cars also
left for Ration and when the game
was called at least 200 ClaytOnites
were on the ground to cheer the
boys 1t was a red letter day in the
towns history and one that will be
a pleasant memory for years to
come.
The Clayton Special arrived in Ra-
ton about fl 80 and the crowd was
met there by Mr. GOff, secretary Of
the Ration Rotary Club, and Mr.. Ny
hus, president of the First National
bank of Ration, and bunch of Clay
tonites who drove thru in cars to
see the game. The crowd formed
and marched in a body to the Sea-
berg hotel, and after giving a bunch
of yells and singing some songs, they
were dismissed for dinner. AT 1880
they again met and went to the fair
grounds to see one of the hardest
fought games the high school boys
have had this year.
At 2:3O Coble kicked off to Ration
and Odell ran the ball to Clayton's
30 yard line Ration attempted a
pass to Kellerman and failed, and
0dell gained two yards thru a line
plunge. Murphy lost ground on an
end run and then Ration kicked. Sell
Wy received and ran fifteen yards.
CobIe then ran for fifteen yards on
first down and on next down Clay
ton lost five yards. Tixior then ran
thru center for fifteen yards and
then the dirty work began 10 make
itself evident from the one-sided de-
cisions of Raton's referee. Clayton
was penalized five yards for off-side
and from then on thru the entire
game Clayton never failed TO receive
at least five yards penalty and usu-
ally as much as ten or fifteen yards.
Clayton's boys, however, kept grind
ing and just before the whistle blew
for the end of the quarter, Coble
carried the ball over for a touch
down Clayton failed TO kick goal
on account Of the high wind, and
the second quarter began with the
score 60 in favor Of Clayton.
Clayton kicked to Ration and again
Odell received and went 10 the 3G
yard line. Ration then kept the hall
for two gains and Clayton received
the bah thru an intercepted forward
pass. Clayton punted on the fourth
aown end Gillespie severed. Raton