Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-11-13
High School Squad Battles to Scoreless
Tie in Great Contest With Chester

When Father Time sums up the
events of 1922 in his Big Book he
Will devote space to Celebrated
Comebacks." Topping this lesson will
be n well known institution. Whining
ton High School by name. The rea-
son for this is tina. this school went
up against the = most bitter rival.
after dropping five straight games.
and held their friendly enemy 10 a
scoreless tie. on Saturday.
Fighting as Il their lives depended
on the outcome of the game. High
fought Chester 20 standsti, II was
bitterly fought contest. in fact the
greatest football game witnessed by
the local followers for some years,
The 1922 edition Of tho locals' Satur-
day was 100 per cent better than the
81 team that fought Chester in regard
20 lighting sp.ril. Backed by over
1000 Wllm ng;oH.ans yelling at the
top OF their voices the team had
enough fight 20 WIN any ordinary foot
ban game, hut Chester is no ordinary
foothall team ~ many OF the VII
niingtonians can testify.
Tho local students held an i'm
promp:u parade and were given cheers
ana the rncrry "razz." mostly the lat
,cr. by tho Chesterites. The bleachers
assigned 10 the locals were complete
~ filled, many going to the grand
stand, while hundreds stood along the
sldelines. Red" Fritz. Johnnie Rob
/ bins and their assistants had the
| locals roofing like II college crowd
and they had 1t all over the Chester
roo,ers.
It was typical Chester Whining
! ton game throughout. Perhaps the
greatest ovation local team over re-
ceived was accorded when the Cherry
and White warriors trotted on the
field led by Captain Stout. The crowd
arose and gave an ovation that lasted
fully FIVE minutes Local color was
introduced when an Airedale dog. bear
ing the local colors made game at
tempt 10 break loose and take a fe~
nips at Chester's goat.
Wilmington played a defensive
game mostly and held Chester well in
nand throughout the game. The
| Highlets' line was stone wall q
Chester and It was impossible to pene-
trate IT, The locals w're a trlie weak
on the offense, but had Chester wei
tagged out by their defensive tactics
Dick Smith gave the crowd a rur
for their money when he gobbled 8
blocked forward and started tOwaro
he Locals goal line. But Smith il
not so fast on a dry track and whei
Within 10 yards OF the sgoal line h.
was brought to earth. With but 8
seconds 10 play, Bowe elected 10 tos
forward. but it was intercepted a
the whistle blew. Chester had III
,ocal rooters' hearts stopped whel
Curry secured a forward back of IN
e. goal line Curry, however, was full.
30 yards back Of the line and in tn
crowd, hence the touchdown did no
count.
In the second half the locals hi
Chester's line for large gains ant
also gained ground through forward
passing. The officials, however would
Denallze High nearly every time they
gained IS yards or more Of ground
Chester got away with everything bu
me football game and officials did no
open their mouths except when Coaci
| Foulk or Principal Coke would pro
test against the ungentlemanly play
ing and then certain officials tol'
them to keep back of the ropes.
The last quarter had the fans OF
edge, but neither side had any ad
vantage. "Hunksie" Stout's puntini
Z was an outstanding figure Of the gam
Cool as tee and taking his time, h
raised the bail like a veteran.
would be difficult to pick a star. bu
= liz looks like Stout. Bardo and Smlt
stood out 'teenth Of a degree abov