Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-11-23
Laurel Defeats Georgetown in Title
Game for Southern Part of Delaware

Laurel. Nov. 2S--Iaurel High
School yesterday afternoon. wrested
the championship honors FOR the south
err district or Delaware from George
,own on the lstter's field. by the close
score OF : to 6. BY winning the game.
Laurel plays Newark, champions OF
the northern district for the secondary
championship of the State, Never
before in the history OF the High
School was so much interest display
ed in a game. AS was manifested In
the game with Georgetown.
The largos, crowd TO witnoss \ foot
ball game in lower Delaware was
present, Milford. Seaford. BridEev!llc,
Delmar and other towns sending large
numbers to the contest. The game
was undoubtedly the flercest and most
game ever played on
the shore. and the spectators were
thrilled every. minute OF the game
Laurel High entered the contest with
three OF their Varsity men on the
crippled list, "Pinky" Wootten having
been spiked in the hand during scrim-
mage early In the week. Captain Gull
Der suffering with a boil on his back.
and Spicer with a dislocated knee.
| However, all three were right in the
game and put up a brilliant fight, in
| spring a spirit OF do or die in the
| hearts OF their team mates, which re-
! suited in Laurel High School winning
| the district championship.
Laurel scored their first and only
! touchdown in the first quarter, but
! ~ SSai 3hp "a for nnfpt a tnttrh l.
down. Elliott. Laurel's speedy end
was responsible for the touchdown,
when or the last down. with the ball
20 yards from the goal line, he caught
a forward pass and put the ball with
in five yards of the line, after which
two line plunges by "Bddy" Kitchens
were sufficient TO cross the line. After
this, the game settled down 10 a Cruel
| ling contest, neither side scoring until
the third quarter. The defense OF
both teams was indeed spectacular
Georgetown being stopped dead when
they threatened Laurel's goal line
During the entire game, the George
town eleven gained only 33 yards on
rushing the bali, a fact which easily
showed the superiority of Laurel.
defense.
Elliott kept Laurel from losing thu
ball on downs by his wonderful play
ing in nabbing the forward passe.
anywhere thrown, gaining anywher'
from 10 to 20 yards on each attempt
In the third quarter, Isaacs, o
Georgetown received a kick from Eli
and raced about 20 yards for George
towns touchdown, and when one O
: their men was off side on the try 70
point after touchdown, Laurel secure
their other point, which proved TO
the winning margin. Further scor
y ing was taboo for the remainder c
= the game. However, Laurel had tn
S ball under the shadow of Georgetown
: goal post when the final whistle blev
y "Pinky" Wootten gained consider
able ground for Laurel. but was har
= dicapped with bad hand and from tn
: fact that the Georgetown eleven wa
e waiting his every move. Howev,
e with all this they were unable 10 ste
= him consistently. "Biddy" Hltcher
l. played a stellar game, picking hol,
through Georgetown's line for col
II tinuous gains. Ellis was the star G
l. the defense. and was on top of evei
. play. Whaley also played a brillial
game on the defensive.
Al Winning ten straight games al
" the championship of the southel
e, district OF the State, and piling up
ID total Of 292 points Is the record ma
L. by Coach Marv!is proteges In rom
D. ing out the most successful footb;
ST season in the history OF the Hi,
School. The eleven represents an IL
beaten combination throughout 4
entire season. and the eyes of 4
teams followers are now being turn
to Newark. where they hope to ann
n the secondary championship Of L
al State.
ar Old timers who witnessed the gar
ar with Georgetown are unanimous
or their opinion that the game was [
tn greatest ever seen on a gridiron
in lower elaware. and the two team
TO SO nearly matched fought II nip a
II. tuck for SO minutes Laurels defer
seemed TO have the shade on Georl