The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1922-11-27


Helmets black and shoulder pads,
In your hose of gold and garnet
You are Abbeville's heroes, lads.
You have won some famous victories
You have made some proud old dads
We are right behind you, Bulldogs,
You are Abbeville's heroes, lads.
Ninety Six, Due West and Greenwood
Clinton, Edgefeld, Johnston too,
Everything but Anderson loses,
Next year we will run them through.
Abbeville, showing it's fine traditi-
onal fighting spirit, triumphed over
its rival, Johnston, Friday afternoon
in furious struggle, by a score of
16 to 7. The breaks were about even
but Abbeville's hard tackling helped
make them so. Both teams presented
remarkable defense, but Abbeville
had it all over Johnston when it came
to breaking up and completing pass
es, in spite of the fact that the ad-
vance dope received in town was
that Johnston was superior to most
high school teams in aerial attacks.
Had the visitors brought some bomb
ing planes with them they may have
broken up some Of Abbeville's pass
es, but no trench mortars, tanks, or
similar ground implements would
have helped them any.
AS the direct result of the toe
work of Swetenburg, the head work
of Gambrell, and the stomach work
Of Crawford when he fell on his
back in completing a long pass over
goal line, the Garnet and Gold held
the field while melancholy Johnston
was slowly but surely submerged in
the cold shadows of an autumn eve
ming and the deep gloom of defeat.
To the satisfaction of the visiting
delegation from Johnston, the aris-
tocratic town of Edgefeld district,
lit was decisively proven that the ia
nous Swetenburg-Hafner system is
tpoison to any team from that county.
(See account Abbeville- -Edgefield
game November 10.)
AS the whistle sounded that ended
the contest in a victory for the
home boys, the Johnsonians he'd for
their Fords, put up the curtains, and
stepped on the gas, crying, "The
Philistines are upon usp' and made
the swamps about Long Cane direful
by their lamentations that would
make Jeremiah appear as humorous
rival of Charlie Chaplin. The visit
ors didn't even stop long enough for
a hot weiner at the Kings palace on
the Square.
Johnston won the toss and elected
to kick. Abbeville came back, for Is
yards on the kickoff, and made three
first downs before losing the ball.
Johnston, after three downs without
yards gain, punted. 1t was then
nip and tuck for half the first period.
Abbeville got the ball on Johnston's
fifteen yard line by straight foot
ball, and then the visitors tghtened
up, holding the home boys for two
downs. Joe then called for a drop
kick. Swetenburg responded with q
perfect drop squarely between the
bars for the first blood of the game.
No more scoring was done in the
first quarter. The second period was
one of those uncanny quarters, when
you feel that anything may happen,
and about everything out of the Or
dinar1' did happen that has ever hap
Ipened in football game except a
broken neck. Johnston somehow man.
aged to get the pigskin on Abbeville's
20 yard line, and attempted to du-
plicate swentenburg's drop kick. Abb
beville blocked the kick, the ball roll
ing towards Johnston's goal. Both
teams stood motionless, watching the
ball roll on its way. In a twinkle,
however, Brother Gambrell saw his
opportunity, and made a dash for the
ball, which was wiggling along, wait
ing for one Of the two teams to
realize that it was not a dead ball by
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