The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1921-11-17
Porter rims Carlisle
BY Score of IS to !

With the right to contest with
Bailey Military Institute of Green
wood at stake for the preparatory
school foot ball championship Of
South Carolina, the elevens from
Porter Military academy, CT Char
lesion and Carlisle school Of Bam-
berg grapp:rd n a desperate en-
counter on the gridiron at Rhoad
Park in this city last Friday after
noon. The advance dope on the
Charleston cadets had them heralded
as boasting of fashy back field with
mighty scoring powers, and Porter
enthusiast had spread the rumor
abroad that the Purple Hurricane, as
their foot ball team is nicknamed,
would bring an adding machine and
possibly a staff OF eApe:. account
ants to Bamberg to keep an accurate
tally of the points run up on the local
cadets. A review of the game shows
that these back field stars acquitted
themselves as their supporters had
predicted, for the Episcopalians
trotted of with the lond end of a 30
to score. Thus Carlisle was prac-
tically eliminated from the race for
the state title or from just claim
to state honors. The game was bet
ter handled than any foo. ball con-
test ever played in Bamberg, and
Referee Van Metre in particular was
thoroughly competent and kept
things moving.
Although the Methodist lads fought
gamely against overwhelming odds
and gave an especially good account
of themselves in the first half, the
experience and speed of the visitors
were too much for them, and they
were outplayed and outgeneraled.
Porter's fierce drives and terrific on
slaughts were not to be denied, and
the savage plunges and sensational
running of their great back field led
by Watts at quarter, Middlekauff at
full and Sanders at half back threw
a complete rout into Coach Gault's
boys after the first few minutes of the
third quarter, and they steadily bat
tered their way to three touchdoWns.
The Carlisle line could not hold and
withstand the powerful punones
against it and the home lads made
painfully few neat tackles.
Carlisle acted with true southern
hospitality and really presented the
visitors with the game in the first
half when by erroneous acts of omis-
sion and commission they donated
two touchdowns to the purple jer-
seyed boys and refused to take ad-
vantage of two excellent oppcrtuni-
ties to score as many for themselves.
The first quarter ended in a zero
deadlock. Then with little more than
minute to play and the ball near
midfeld Carlisle permitted Porter
man to get away off to himself un-
covered, receive forward pass, usu-
ally fatal on play of that kind, and
20 for an easy touchdown. Then
with nothing left to do except for
Porter to kick off and the home
hopes to receive they unfortunately
let the ball sail over their own goal
line and although nobody touched it
Porter man fell on it for another
touchdown. In the same half Car
Isle had the first touchdown CT the
game cinched on a forward pass over
their opponents goal line right IN
Cantey's arms, but in some manner
he successfully managed to drop it.
On another occasion towards the first
of the game the Mehodists had the
ball on the visitors one yard line
and home player negligently caus-
ed a penalty of IS yards to be as
sessed against his team which in all
probability cost them touchdown.
Neither team appears to have a
particularly strong line; Carlisle's is
woefully weak when pitted against
such backs as Watts, Middlekauff and
Sanders, who simply could not be
stopped in the third and fourth Pc
RODS. Shortly. after the kick off at
the beginning of the third period Car
Isle marched the ball rapidly down
the field to Porter's one yard line
where quarterback Smith bucked it
over for their only touchdown, and
Large kicked the goal. But from
that second on it was Porter's day to
heart-rending extent. The win
ners hurled almost deadly assault
after assault into the fast weakening
line of Carlisle for substantial and
long gains. And towards the close
Carlisle opened up dashing aerial