The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-12-11
ArdmOre Lost on Points
But She Was Victorious!
RV BILL. EROHN


The Ardmore- -Sa pulpa football clash
at Oklahoma City Friday was n vic
tory FOR the red and white The score.
81 TO IA, and which indicates that
Sapulpa tailed the greater number of
points, cannot in any manner be re-
ferred to as interpretive Of superiority
on the part of the Sapulpa team. The
figures in that score are as vague as
they would appear in type on blank
sheet Of paper, and although Sapulpa
IL entitled to the championship honors
Of the state by virtue of the figures,
nevertheless Ardmore is still the Okla.
homa team which has yet TO meet its
equal. Ardmores 1921 eleven stands
alone in its class.
To those who witnessed Fridays
gcme, nothing need be said as to the
truth of these statements. Those who
unfortunately were unable to attend,
can acquire the facts by perusal of the
statistics of the game, and acquain-
.ance with the manner in which the
Sapu,pc men scored their touchdowns,
and the manner in which the heroes
of the red and white performed on
the gridiron. Outweighed 10 pounds TO
the man, the plucky Ardmore LADS
not only held their own, but outplayed
Sapulpa in every department of the
game. Their aerial attack in the last
half bore them past the blue and white
defense in manner which has seldom
been seen on a grid.
1t is not local pride which prompts
fc ba Of
opinion. in fact, Of conviction, on the
part Of ninety.five per cent Of those .
who saw the game and including the |
majority Of Sapulpa rooters!
Sapulpa was no weakling. The blue
and white men played football. but not
In any extraordinary manner They
were worthy opponents of Ardmore.
but there was only one man on their
aggregation who can claim to be the
equal Of any of the half dozen or
more stars which Ardmore boasts.
That man is Captain Thomas. At the
very outset OF the game. it was he
who recovered the Ardmore blocked
kick on The % yard line and then
smashed through the line after urf +,
series ~ rree"itht me third quarter for {
another touchdown
Al only one point Of the fray did
the Sapulpa team show flash Of Z
, championship calibre and that was /
when McAllister scooped 2O-yard pass
from McCrady and. with splendid in I
reference. ran through the broken {
field 80 yards for a touchdown. !
Thomas kicked the three goals. And
then some more Thomas was in evil O
dence when the Sapulpa pilot at. Q
tempted n place kick from the 4j yard 7
line which sailed beautifully over the q
field but fell two inches under the 5
cross bar. The kick, although in
complete relative TO scoring. was n
great attempt and won the admiration
NJ the Ardmore rooters as we'll as that
Of The Sapulpa enthusiasts.
Mt misht be called hard mck-the
cause Of the lesser number Of points
for Ardmore. But that sterm would
hardly do under the circumstances =
unless hard luck may be- attri-
butcd as Interpretive Of slips which
might haA been avoided Twice
fumbles - vcrucial moments cost Ard.
more an equal number of touchdowns.
After carrying he hall on an end run
FOR - yards following receipt Of
toward, and bringing il To within five
Vans OF the Sapulpa goal, the same
gridster ON the next play fumbled. and
.Ardmoro lost IL o1ance. Again dur.
ing the last lew moments Of play the
rcA and white foothcllers carried the
hall 20 Sapulpas four ward line on
the fourth down ON the next play.
sullivan hurled q forward over he
-"al line to Slough hut the play was
iu'td Illegal ON the assertion that Sui,
L,an was nor fiV" Yards behind the
Inc OF scrlmmage when he made the
throw.
Sullivan and Slough Kings of the
forward PASS sullivan the man who
hurls them, and slough he lad into
whose arms they fam This duet of
stellar knight, ~ the gridiron brought
the crowds To- ,heir'fect time and 'im,
again as hey stationed themselves or
no two ends of The are of the living
sHherod. Passes which netied twcp.
~, thirty, yes, forty yards were eli.
fected TO perfection, white the Salu'v,
men watched heL---ssly But the
work of these boys was not confined
to this one department Of the game
They played consistently the entlro
repertoire of their positions. And VIII.
lineham and Lamb completed he
Ardmoro backfeld 0uartette in mamie.
almost equally as well with play that
brought the ploudits Of the throne at
frequent intervals
The Ardmorv in,m.u' Each and
0eryone of these bu,s contributed
eeir share to the honors won 90 the
sapulpa game. They may mot have
hsld az all times but considering the
greater weight ,gUlnst them. their per.
Ermancc wgs in q manner which n.
dicated more than holding their own.
Ardmorc lost on points but she
won on honors.
Ardmore' Oklahoma's uneuuallcd
1897 team,
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