The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-10-29
Fridays Success By
Lakeland Eliminates
Orlando From the In
ter-SchoIastic Cham
pionship Race-Many
Local Enthusiasts Saw
the Playing
(By Egbert e. Lusk.D

The little Golden Tornado, rep
reaenting the Orlando High school.
spent its fury in hopeless assault
upon the line of the Orange and the
Black, of Lakeland, in the first quar-
ter of yesterdays game and like
gentle summers zephyr passed on
into nothingness. leaving a beautific
atmosphere in its wake. When the
atmospheric disturbance caused by
it's appearance had subsidized the Off
cal score was announced as Lake
land 26 and the little Golden Tor
nado" 0, which at the present time
seems to automatically eliminate Or
landO as Il further contender for foot
ball honors in the lnterscholastic
classic.
Touted as an opponent worthy of
the best efforts of the locals the Or
lando contingent signally failed to
come up to expectations, offering lit
tie if any opposition to the steady
march of the Orange and Black lads
goalward. save in the first quarter
when both teams seemed to be jock
eying for position and line on the
others style of play. Once solved
by Lakeland, its scoring became me-
chanical and when the game was alb
solutely assured several new plays
were tried out to determine their real
worth against opposition. and a gen.
eral let up in offensive play noted.
Both teams resorted to the over
head style of attack with the honors
about even, each team completing two
passes for substantial gains and Or
lando registering eight incomplete
passes to seven for the locals. The
players on the receiving end of the
passes seemed unable to hold the
elusive pig skin when the holding of
it meant required distance gained
The evenness of this style of play is
further emphasized by the fact that
both teams Intercepted two passes
and ran them back for a total gain
of thirty yards each.
The general all around superiority
of the Lakeland players is evidenced
by the fact that they made twenty
one first downs to four for the Or
lando crowd, seeming to make dis
lance whenever the notion struck
them. Orlando's line was pitifully
weak, the greater part of the locals
gains being made by straight line
plunges. varied occasionally by a
sweeping end run contributed by Nor
veil Monetta, Gillespie and Lewis.
each of whom demonstrated his abil-
ity to run a broken field in a man
ner not to be improved upon
The Orange and Black drew the
greater number of penalties and as
Il consequence lost considerable
ground, their infraction of the rules
costing them a total of fifty-five yards
as against five for the Orlando High.
none of which, however, figured in the
scoring.
The whole Lakeland team is deserv-
ing of mention for its stellar work.
however, the end runs of Norvell, Gil
leSpie, Lewis and Monetta stood out
as features of the afternoons play
In the early part of the second quar-
ter Norvell started an end run with
Lewis as his interference, gaining 20
yards. The two of them eluded ev-
erything but the safety player and
when Lewis diyed under him Norvell
| tripped and the ball rolled over the
| little Golden Tornado's" line where
De Vane fell on it for the first touch
down of the afternoons play. In the
last quarter Norvell got loose again
and accounted for forty-five yards by
sweeping run around Orlando's
right end. Billie had been sent
against the line several times in the
last half and as consequence was
some the worse for wear which is the
only reason he failed to make it a
touchdown, as he could have easily
evaded the safety man by his usual
| speed. AS it was he was tackled on
Orlando's twenty-yard line. Monetta
] and Gillespie. then whom there is
no better back field men in high
school football, turned in their usual
steady, heady and dependable game
each man making his distance when
called on and the pair making a touch
down each. Orlando's line had the
greatest respect in the world for Gil
lespie, giving him a wide berth when
ever he doomed up in front of them
The big boy hit them hard, he hi
them low and he hit them often, pil
ing them up four and five deep. Mon
eta, generating the team from quar-
ter, is showing improvement in hi.
line of attack with each game ant
seems to solve the opposition's pla,
III dilpiS TIME W prevent THEM DeCOm
ing dangerous. He made severa
pretty runs yesterday, spilling am
bilious tacklers right and left in hi
wake by a mighty pretty stiff arm
used constantly. Lewis, playing hi
first game in the Orange and Blacl
colors, was tower of offensiv,
strength. If his interference failed I,
make a hole for him to go through
he made one to his own liking, ant
squirming, lodging and bucking, al
ways made his gain. On three con
secutive plays in the latter part o
the third quarter. this speedy playe
accounted for the last touchdown O
the game by pretty fifteen yard run
around orlando's right end. He il
fast, he is heady and he knows foot
bali from a to lizard He has great,
strengthened the team and will i'm
prove when he knows more Of hi
Teammates. "a