The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1922-11-06
LOSES TO
ANDERSON IN HARD BATTLE
BY the Score of 6 to o Locals Lose
First Game of Season.-Tate
is Injured in Fray.

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We copy in part from the Ander-
son Tribune the following write-up
of the football game there Friday:
Abbeville's vaunted Maroon and
Gold eleven failed to materialize its
boasted progress on Cater Park Field
Friday afternoon and as a result the
Gold and White of Anderson waved
proudly over her citadel in victory.
1t was the amazing power of little
Hogrefe and the terrific line plung-
ing of mighty Dean that sent the Abb
beville lads home under a to o de-
feat. But the Abbeville eleven did
not surrender the game listlessly.
They fought like demons and many
times the Gold and White crumbled
under the whirlwind of their attack.
It was driving power, or we might
say endurance that finally spelled
defeat for them and for Anderson.
Abbeville started the game off
with pace that dazzled the Ander-
son forwards. For several tries she
carried the ball great lengths and she
kept up a fast game during the most
of the first half. After that Abbeville
simply closed in and tried her best
not to allow the Anderson backs to
pass through her lines. Hers became
a defensive game, though she did
launch few beautiful plays during
that period. .... ..-1., -
Anderson, on the other hand, was
steady and dependable. Though her
forwards did not hug the ground and
thus were at some disadvantage from
springing Abbeville linesmen, she
did play beautifully consistent
game. II.
The first half, scoreless as it was,
saw some dazzling highlights with
swetenburg and Gambrell, for the
Abbeville aggregation tearing off ten
and twenty yards at the clip, and
with Dean and Hogrefe, for Ander-
son duplicating the tricks for their
team. '..t :.
In the second half came the score.
It was yet some minutes before the
elapse of the third period when by a
series of line bucks by Hogrefe and
Dean, the ball was carried to Able
ville's eight yard line. From this
vantage point Dean made q terrific
drive and crossed the line with a
half dozen Abbeville men vainly
endeavoring to stay his advance. He
failed to kick goal and the score
stood at six points.
An impartial survey of Fridays
game makes it stand out as defen-
sive battle, which was .interspersed
enough at intervals with a few daz-
zling offensive feats to make the
menu interesting. Had Hogrefe not
been injured in the first quarter An
derson would have, had large score.
Tate, game little Abbeville tackle
was laid out during the second half
with severe. injuries. This lad had
been handspring in the Abbeville
line and his presence was sorely miss
ed. Howie and Bradley for Abbeville
also played good games.
But the stars of the line play in
the game were Glenn and Wall. Both
lowered in the defensive. Ellis, An
derson and Ligon as we'll as Shelton,
all played jam-up ball. The whole
line deserved decoration, for Alb
beville certainly did some terrific
plunging against them.
For Abbeville Howie, and Tate
starred in the line, with Swetenburg
and Gambrell running them close in
point for the backfeld department.
1t was hard fought, we'll con-
Quoted game and over 500 people
watched it from the sidelines.