The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-10-03
In The World OF Sports
LAKELAND HIGH SCHOOL TEAM
MADE fine SHOWING IN THE FIRST
LOCAL GAME OF The new SEASON


Formally ushering in the 1921 foot
ball season az the baseball park Sat
urday afternoon. the wcIreis OF the
Orange @nd Black. reptescnting the
local high school eleven, wcn,sdOWn
% glorious defeat AT the handsS8f tn"
fast 81 Petersburg high school
eleven. When the fact that the local
nigh has been unai IT, to cross its OPP
poncuts 81 line fer the past two
seasons is taken INTO consideration,
the showing made by the changes OF
Coach lIagG" is The more rCmarkab e.
1 he final score WAS Is to %.
Opinions differ as TO the wischess
Of Coach llaguc's ticci2iou Ia start his
second squad ag|iu"t the oppos.,i.H
toi it Developed the renal; de-! Of The
same ihat The scores re2ittcred
aPaina tho &ccu..d team were the d.
''idiN@ factor, IN the afternoon $ al
ray, the locals hcing uaah.c {. Ct n
the i.dc until after -. Petersburg hat
stored two touch downs with goals.
When the second hall Logan C0aCh
Hague rushed in his varsity squad
md what hey did to the lads fraln
,hp West Coast WAS Il plenty. scoring
three tou;h OWNS, with ;Wo goals.
Monett1 missing his last try iur goal
IS against two toucAdOWns Widt goals
registered By the opposition
The game Was spcrtatu ar and re-
plctc with good football, The par icu
lar stars being MuncttA. TiiiiS. ChiidS,
Bates and Dickson for the Locals and
Randall, Whitaker and Hall for tn
opposition. Munetia furnished The
real lhri ! Of the af'erno when he
received 81. Peers drS kick ON his
own thirty yard line and after wait
ing until his interference had formed
ran through a broken field for ninety
yards scoring the first Lakeland
touchdown of the game, and iIcden
tally the first registered by Tie locals
in two years. Coupled with the gen
Cral all around playing Of MOnetta
was his ability to gain with the for
ward pass. the speedy captain annex
| ing Il total OF 10 yards with two beau
t,fully executed passes when its fat
IRE meant the loss of the ball On
! downs.
Bates and ChildS were the best
ground gamers for the locals, each
man making his yardagc when called
upon and showing an uncanny abt-
1 iiy to handle his man in Il scrimage.
! While the general all around work Of
Gillis and Dicks is deserving OF
/ ! articalar mention. Gwen few mon e
1 pounds iii Wei|h' this DICKSON roy is
destined to be one Of The best ends
! produced i'll high school circles il
many years. He is fast, heady and Il
sure tacklcr and ground gamer
when called On. a glutton for work
and possessing real football spirit,
never knowing when he is hurt.
Lakeland won the toss and elected
to kick OF and defend the south goa.
NoiSell booted the horsehide to St.
1 Pe.traburSs thirty yard line and the
ball was returned twenty yards. b.
4 consistent line plunBing and an end
ran by Randall st. Petersburg man
aged to score in the first six minutes
/ OF Play. Hall kicking the goal. 81.
. Petersburg kicked OH and Lakeland
took the ball down the fled for steady
gains, only to be penal.cd fer kick
ing. Monctta unc0rkcd HIS first for
ward pass OF the afternoon netting "
gam OF Twenty-Five yards. Electlng
to hit the line. Lakeland lost the bali
on downs. st. Petersburg discovered
the Tact that the lacais line was not
holding out and made two gains on
straight line p!unsing. Randall skirt
cd The right end for Il distance OF
thiriy-live yards and registered ST.
PeterSLdrg's second touch down of
the game. Coach Hague then rushed
I his frs; squad into the fray and the
game took on different aspect. Hall
Kicked the goal and ne count was
fourteen to nothing in favor of st.
4 Petersburg. 81. Petersburg kicked off
and Lakeland. by straight football,
carried the bail down the fed to ST.
I Pe;ersEurE's thirty yard line. Mo
Meta got loose and registered for the
locals after skirting their LETT end
for thirty yards. Monetta placed his
try for goal squarey between the
bars and the locals had registered
their first counter in two years. With
this the first quarter ended.
Lakeland kicked off and st. Peters