The Washington herald., 1922-12-11
SAINTS BATTLE
HAWK PREPS TO
SCORELESS TIE
Soggy Field Weakens Driving
Power Of Enemies in Muddy
Football Encounter.
By BILL CoYLE.

BY BILL C0YLE.
CPATTERED with mud the
- Mohawk Preps and Saint
Theresa Props battled to a
scoreless tie In the 145-pound foot
ball championship muddle at Sew
enteenth and d southeast, yester-
day afternoon.
When the whistle ended the scrap
between the neignboriy football
enemies Of the Southeast. the mud
oaked footballers were a grimy
looking lot as they ploughed or
trotted off the ground.
The field was soggy and sloppy.
The early Sunday morning snow
left several big pools of water on
the gridiron and several Of the
plucky gridders took an unexpected
mud bath in the ice cold water
then tackled.
WEAKENS DRIVING POWER.
The condition of the field weak
ened the driving power OF both
teams, and the cold weather af.
fected the play. 1t would be hard
to figure which team suffered most
From the side lines. 1t appeared
that the Saints had the shiftiest
team of the two, and they depend
entirely on their speed. especially
In a game where they had to spot
their foes much poundage, as was
the case yesterday.
Naturally, the shiftiest team
would suffer more than one that
has the Drawn and beef And those
Mohawks have plenty of poundage
on their line.
As far as actual offensive
strength was concerned. there was
little to choose. Neither team was
able to advance the ball steadily
At any stage of the muddy and
rough going.
The Saints exhibited a very clever
shift play, which bore signs of be-
ing well practiced. This was their
best bet on the offense. but they
could not get the best results from
IL. owing to the slow condition of
the turf. They might have Jared
better had their defense being de-
veloped on the same par as the
offense. Their tackling wa weak.
Neither goal line was threatened
at any time. For the greater part
Of the matinee the ball was in mid
field and the duel developed into a
kicking battle.
In the dying minutes of the fuss.
Durity, Mohawk quarterback and
coach. allowed a Saint Teresa punt
to drop and roll towards his own
goal line. He recovered, however.
on the 1O-yard line.
In an effort to snatch a victory IN
. Sw.Fw 10 frf 10
Hawks resorted to an overhead at
tack. The first attempt was inter
rupted by a wide-awake Saint back
field man on the Mohawks' 40-yard
line. The Saints then resorted to
the same style Of play. and made
several unsuccessful aerial attempts.
the third of which was grounded as
the whistle blew. ending their
efforts.
HARD FOUGHT GAME.
1t was a hard fought game. The
youthful warriors deserve credit for
their plucky exhibition against ad-
verse weather conditions. And their
faithful followers are worth a line
or two for their loyalty. A crowd
surrounding the entire playing field
turned out and few left the muddy
grounds until the finish.
Both teams hail from the South
east The Saints are from Ana
costa and brought several hundred
rooters to the game.
The Little Hawks claim the 145-
pound championship. having won
the 140 title last season. They are
defending their crown against all
corners and have not been defeated
this season. except in the duel with
the big Mohawk eleven. Next sun
day the Stantons are To get a smack
at the Southeast defenders. Man
ager Burke and a flock of his
Stanton warriors were on hand yes
terday afternoon giving the juvenile
Hawks the well known once over.
What would make a tempting
game In the 145-pound scramble
would be a tiff between the Mohawk
Preps and Kanawha Props. Accord
ing TO the Mohawks. they had
date several weeks ago with the
Kanawhas and the latter cancelled.
But the Kanawhas deny it.
II appears that the rivals are
fighting TO gain an edge on tn"
ground question. The Little HAWKS
want the game to lie PLAYED on tn" "
own hack lot in the Southeast. The
Kanawhas are holding out for the
Monument lot. Mana ger Hall. of
the Hawks. is willing to stage the
name at Union League Park If he
can get a date. Lineup and sum-
mary:
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