The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-11-20

SWANPS
LWOOD
DOWNSTAIRS Did Not Have
a LOOk-in at Gary
Saturday

Seventy-four to nothing'' and
hereby hangs a tale. It's q long
kpne. at that-as Ions as HaIIey's
komet If the sport reporter would
be able to crowd all the events into
blis story that transpired at Gleason
Held in Gary Saturday afternoon
8Nhen Emerson high OF Gary ran up
he above overwhelming score over
E1lwood high, down-state champions,
md practically cinched the 1929
E'tate gridiron title.
Elwood invaded Gary some 400
='trong in the morning. confident of
ictory and carrying wallets OF
Enoney eager to bet II Gary gave
odds. lot of It. Just how much Is
bot known. remained in Gary. From
he mayor OF the Tin Plate town
own to the school boy himself. Ell
God came. They went back diff
i erent-humbled in defeat
BY right OF victory over Elwood.
Emerson's title seekers will pit
themselves against Warsaw next
The strongest conteEders for the
tate championship. Elwood play
ers. following their game with
2sary. made the statement that War
saw has no stronger team than they
have and were confident that the
ocals would have no difficulty in
acing them in the discard
The Emerson Elwood game IL one
hat Will long be remembered and
Recorded in the annals OF football
history of the school. More than
Spacious bleachers and the monster
Grand stand at the west goal were
unanimous in their opinion that no
high school team ever had as good
Il team as Emerson and 1t will be
tnany a moon before there In an
Ipther one like it.
The Emerson warriors fairly awed
Ehe crowd with their spectacular
A,laying. 1t was not once that the
5ans in the bleachers rose to their
keet, but dozens and dozens OF
Aimes. 1t was battle full of thrills
from start 20 finish. although Just
little too ono-sided to make things
cal inter esting.
What Emerson needed to make a
touchdown. they had UP their
EIeeves, and at no time did they
have any real difficulty in scoring
vas just the reverse for poor Ell
God and the nearest they got to
heir own goal was Is yards and
Hat happened only once. Deter
lnfned that they would not permit
lgwood TO score, Gary played safe
Ind Ruman kicked the pigskin out
i danger.
Emerson got going right of the
hump. Using forward passes. emo
Iuns, shift line Plunges. and In fact
Everything IN the category, they
aimply romped over the visitors. Be
bore Elwood had come to their
lenses Gary rad the pigskin down
70 their own goal line. Securing |
he ball on forward pass which |
bropped neatly into the hands OF an |
E.Iwood player and then into the
Iaws of an Emersonite on the AS
hard line. they tore through the
line time and again for gains Oh
seven. eight and ten yards without |
apparent effort.
Sturtridge, who played one OF the |
most brilliant games OF his career,
Eyas handed the ball and plunged
hive wards over the line. He also |
kicked goal. Like in the first kick
bn he again sent the ball sailing
bver the goal line, play starting on
he 2o-ysrd line They held EiWooo'
Eorcinc them to kick. Gary al
anced the ball to the 35yard line
Ind MOZART. who also proved MIN
Eelf a sensation, broke through LOT
he second touchdown suffrage
kgain kicked goal Johns, valu-
able Elwood man, was injured anu
replaced by Jones.
A third touchdown came short ana
buick when Isey picked forwaro
bass out of the atmosphere and ran
thirty yards for touchdown S0urt-
[,dee Kicked his third straight goal
|rba FIRST quarter ended 21-0 with
-, q, nossession of the ball on
heir own 2O-yard line
sturtridge pulled another spectac
,1ar run in the first OF the secohu
.narter when he intercepted for-
"a mass on the 45-yard line ana
LEA down the field for q toucn-
Hown lodging and sweeping aside
he Elwood players who attempted
:, ~4on him. Eagle Eye DICK
lain kicked goal.
Another touchdown followed on
IT, heels aftcr Sturtridge. MOZART, |
human and Isey had carried the
hall down 20 the home stretch. En-
rorte MOZART made n 25-yard plunge |
ave of which he scored when he |
rolled after being hit by an Elwood /
tackle. MOZART seemed to be able |
= roll farther with the ball than
m Elwood player could carry 1t.
soy took the ball over. Sturtridge
missing goal With two minutes
,,ore two play. the half ended with |
Eiwood's ball on the 40-yard line
sturtridge added twelve m re
,oints to the score in the third quar-
er the second touchdown being
,,aae after a hair-ralsing 7o-yard
- through a broken field of play
rs He failed to kick both goals
was credited with a touch
1ov-n when he broke through for
,7-x-ard run, the quarter ending
30 Ruman. who replaced sturt-
.iare IN kicking. kicked goal
like a bunch of wild Indians ana
.till fresh as a bunch OF young coi's
.ronn the pacture. tho Emersonites
,creased their already large score
- twenty-one points in the closing
-s,on Stu-trldge scoring tw
onchdowns N forward passes one
aaatng I'm his arms behind the goal
49,. and the ether intercepted on
on-vard line and clipped off an
,+her touchdown. Mohart niaao
Ia with a heautlful zO-yaru lu"'