The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-10-15
In The World Of Sports
LAKELAND HIGH WINS THE FIRST
FOOTBALL GAME IN FIVE YEARS
DEFEATING ARCADIA BY SCORE $40
(By Egbert E. Lusk)

The jinx which has perched on the
banner of the Lakeland High School
football team since 1915 was chased
away yesterday, when the lads wear
ing the Orange and Black registered
their first win since that time, send
ing the Arcadia High school team
back home on the short end of
fitty-seven to nothing score
A vast change has been noted in
the playing of Lakeland since its last
appearance, a defeat by the Plant
City High, and much of this credit
belongs to Assistant Coach Froemhke
who has worked miracles with the
line and back field in the few days
that he has been coaching. No little
credit for the splendid offense and de-
tense shown in yesterdays game is
due Ben GetZoff, an old Michigan Ag-
gle end, who has also come to the
rescue of Coach Hague and his men.
In conjunction with Froemke, him
self as well as Getzoff, members some
few years ago of that mythical eleven,
Camps All American" these two
coaches have completely changed the
playing style of the team. Where the
line was weak, it now holds fast;
where the back fed men were slow
and unsteady tacklers, they are now
fast and sure and, with a combination
like this, the team that takes the
measure of Lakeland again this sea-
son will know that it has been in a
football game.
steady downpour of rain, begin.
ming a half hour ahead of the sched-
nlo ,fo \
game off. However, it cleared up
sufficiently to allow the game to be
started The field was muddy and
slow and the ball .soggy and hard to
handle, which are far from ideal foot
ball conditions. Despite tbs fact, the
lovers of the game who braved the
elements saw mighty good game,
remarkably free from fumbling and
penalties, even though it was SO one
sided.
Lakeland crumbled the Arcadia line
completely in the first five minutes of
play, making three touchdowns in
that time. After that it was ques
ton OF how many more Lakeland
would annex before the referees final
whistle ended the game. Arcadia
seemed unable to stem the tide and
the best they could do was to occa-
sionally show a flash of form and
stop Lakeland man before he scored
touchdown. Arcadia's effort to
penetrate Lakeland's line was fruit
less, as was their aerial attack
Tillis, playing at right end for the
locals, pulled the best play of the af-
ternoon when he intercepted a for
a sAt,
yard line and ran a broken field for
a touchdown. The whole team is de-
serving of special mention but the
work of Gillespie, Norvell, Monetta,
Dixon, Parrish and DeVane was the
outstanding feature of the game. De-
Vane, a newcomer on the team, shows
head and shoulders above the balance
of the line and with a good player on
the opposite end we would nominate
the pair for positions on the "All
High School Eleven" This lad is
fast and sure breaker up of the OPP
position interference, ground gamer
and heady player.
Coaches Hague, Froemke and Get
zoff have promised the boys a hard
grilling for the coming week in pre-
paration for their game with the fast
Lake City High School team here
next Friday. This will in all proba-
bility be Lakeland's hardest game of
the years schedule and the boys are
cut to annex it on the win side.
Summary
Scoring .touchdowns: Gillespie 2,
Parrish 1. Norvell 1, Bates l, Tillis l.
Monetta 2, Bryant 1.
Goals from touchdown: Gillespie
2. Parrish 1.
Referee: Collins, University of
Wisconsin.
Umpire: Skipper, University OF
Florida.
The lineups:
Lakeland (57) Arcadia CO.,
Dickson ....... RE So. r. Simmons
Reddick ....... LIE 80. ]. Simmons
Fraley ......... RT ...... Reynolds
DeVane ....... LIT ........ Lamb.