The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1921-10-26
OPHOUSAS NDE
PENDENTS VERSUS
St. CHARLES BOYS
Opelousas Foot Ball Team
Defeated by st. Charles
College
BEN MENDOZA STAR
FOR HOME ELEVEN
Richard DubuissOn's Swift
and Spectacular Playing
4 Gave Him Honors

Alinx still hOvers over opelOusas
when Il comes tc athlecticsl Last
Last sundSy afternoon out at Giron's
park the opsaQusaa Independent Foot
BAN team composed mostly Of high
school men clasheS arms with the
the strong St Charles college junior
aggregation. and with tAe above
mentioned ink still following the
opelOusas boys. the local team vas
completely submerged by a ss o
score.
Looking over the score would
probably make one think that the
game was onesided affair with
the college boys getting the best Of
7 the afternoon. but from a spectators
point Of view the game was unusually
interesting. During the first few
minutes Of play opelousas scored its
first an only touchdown on ''.mble
that was preceded by several line
plunges and spectacular line plays.
I During this half the boys from
Grand Coteau hung up touchdown,
but Smith failed to kick goal where
| BY making the score rs throughout
the first quarter In favor Of Opelou-
sas. It was during this quarter that
the home boys showed their real Of
fensive powers, several OF the local
men brought the crowd on their
feet by making nice long gains. The
main trouble with the opelousaa
backfield with the exception Of guar
terback Mendoza. that their gains
we're not Consistent On one play 2
backfieId man would gain several
, yards, While On the same play, tbs
same player would be thrown for .
loss. It seemed that the differeni
plays would we're not executed
swiftly enough.
During the second quarter, th'
Grand Coteau boys completely walk
, ed away with the home team. Gaii
after gain by line plunges and swift
end runs netted the visitors enousi
points to put the game on ice.
In the first quarter Of the secon'
! half. opelousas held St. Charles eN
an and in the last period the play wa
about equal with St. Charles scorini
another touchdown during the las
three minutes Of play.
with the exception Of the secon
ouarter the home boys played rea
game Of football, during this perio
4. they seemed to lose all their pep
! and moral. The st. Charles baekfiel
would Just plow right through th
lines. or skirt the terminal for SUI
stantial gains that meant touchdown
: invariably. However. leaving tn
quarter cut, the game was thorough
interesting and hard fought througl
out. Ben Mendoza. quarterback Z
i the Opelousas team was the outstani
& ing star Of both teams, his work
executing plays. his consistent abiiii
to make gains. and his ali arouI
hard work win make him a valuab
man for some university team IN 4
future. B-yan LitteIl fuIlback for Z
local team was another player thi
" showed to advantage. His work.
= = the defeszi~a was above par.
7 For the visitors. young Richard D
buisson, IN opelousas boy, and son
y Hon. E. B. Dubuisson. was the OF
standing defensive star. His playiE
= tackles made SPECTATORS stand up e
8 take notice. Smith and st. Pa
I 4 played a good game Of foot bah, q
: should make valuable men for the s
Charles varsity in the near futui
Tken as a whole the Grand Cote:
cofIegians are a clean young bunch
2 sportsman, every man seemed to
in excellent condition. this coupl
= with their ability to play football.
! every sense Of the word win ma
= them a strong contender FOR he
tors among high school eleyens.
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