The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-11-02
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Football Game
Sumter High Wins Game from
Summerton But Loses to
Lake City

On the local grldlrOn at the 1dIi
grounds Friday afternoon a feat
was staged which was decidedly
unique in the annals OF football OF
the Sumter High school, when the
Gamecocks met teams from the
Summerton school and from Lake
{ City in a doubleheader game OF
football. Sunter's three teams
were brought into action against
their double opponents. The game
was so arranged that it opened
with the Sumter High school ALI
Americans" team arrayed against
the Summerton team. One half OF
this game was completed and then
the whole Of the game with Lake
City was sandwicffed in between
the halves of the Sumter-Summer-
ton game. The score results OF
the game are Sumter Cali Ameri-
cands and Secoi1ds} 49,; Summer
ton, z; Sumter varsity, 6; Lake
City, Z.
Time: Summerton game: II;
12; 6;6. Lake City: 10; TO-, 10; 10.
+ officials, both games: Referee,
John b. Dufie, Davidson; Umpire,
Clifford Shaw, Wake Forest; Head
Einesman, Bill Vim; Timer, Ray
BIanding. Coaches, Sumter, w. II.
Dargan; Summerton, Phillips Lake
Ciyt, r. H. Sans.
Sumter r-SummertOn
teams on the grid. Summerton to
Sumter. Sumter gains first downs
with ease. Deamon Lyon makes
gain. Rivers gains on end run.
Sumter held for three downs and
kicks out on fourth. Summerton
soon loses ball on free tumble. Riv-
ers, Captain, Of "Al Americans
lunges ball over the line for a
touchdown, Bultman kicks goal.
Sumter kicks ball to Summerton.
Burgess of Summerton gets loose
and carries ball 60 yards UPHELD.
Richardson eases across the line
for Summerton's single touchdown.
Mcknight kicks goal. Summerton
to Sumter. Quarter ends in tie
score TT.
Second Quarter.
Quarter opens with ball on 40
yard line and in Summerton's pos.
session. Summerton gains first
downs. Sumter tightens down and
holds Summerton for downs. Sum
ter gains first downs. Lyons and
BRltman make good gains On end
runs. Free funbIe but Sumter re-
covers ball. Short gains and Sum
! ter looses bali on tumble. SUM
merton resorts to pass work. Owens
intercepts Summerton's pass and
makes a gain for Sumter. Sumter
gets the habit and tries forward
pass Sumter tries three successive
passes and finally loses ball to Sum
merton. End OF half, Neither
team scored in this quarter.
Lineup: Sumter, Rivers, Bryan
Green, Dixon, Lyoni Elanton Eek
euse my dust3 Bull, Wilder, Bruner
Witherspoen, Bultm an and
Owens. Summerton: Davis, H..
Davis, B., Nimmer, Burgess, Watt
Joseph, Peter, Joseph, Phillip
Richburg, Mcknight, Richardson
Tisdale. x
| Sumter-Lake City.
Sumter Highs varsity takes flelc
against the Lake City club. Sumter
1 to Lake City,. Lake City shows
snappy fight. Is penalized yards
| two men in motion. Off side. Lake
1ECity makes steady gain. Lake City
j;pulls fake play OF 1911 variety bu1
gets by with it and pushes Ask.
ms, r., across the goal line fol
the first touchdown. Epps kick:
goal for Lake City. Lake City tt
Sumter. Sumter gains first downs
! on hard fought line plunges. Sum.
ter makes good gain on a forward
pass to Wheeler. Referees whistle
sounds for end of first quarter
sumter's ball on 18 yard line
Quarter, decidedly Lake City's al
though Sumter's chances for scor
ing end of quarter were looking
I DrlShr. sumter, U, Lake Clty, I!
Second Quarter.
Sumter loses ball to Lake Cit,
on free tumble. Lake City gain:
IS yards around end. Lake Cit!
tries forward pass Is intercept
ed by good work Of Blanding fol
Sumter. Crorrbe Of Sumter cut
down Lake City's second trial of {
pass. Banding gets in battle ant
makes good tackle behind the line
Lake City kicks out. Sumter re
ceives ball and brings it to the cen
| ter of the field. Sumter gain'
steadily by short distances ant
makes thirty yards. Ball is placed
/ on 20 yard line. Blanding at
tempts drop kick on fourth dowl
but fails TO get the ball betwee1
the goal post. Half ends with bal
in Lake City's possession.
Third Quarter.
Lake City kicks to Sumter. Bal
is received by Wheeler, who make
a good gain. Blanding finds a hot
and makes headway for Sumter
Sumter gains first downs. Attempt
ed forward pass is thrown out o
bounds Blanding makes Is yart
gain. Wheeler takes ball over tn
goal line for Sumter's touchdown
Blanding fails to kick goal, the bal