The Nevada County picayune., 1922-10-05
PRESCOTT HI
 WINS FIRST
Local Grid Stars Take First Game of Season With Fast Texarkana
 Eleven.


 of an easy victory over Coach McGllls Gridiron Gladiators. Before the end of the afternoon they saw their llhe crumble before the smashing attacks of the local boys they saw their for ward passes broken and their pride rolled in the dust before the terrific onslaught of the Prescott boys. with a score of 19-0.
 Both teams played clean, hard foot ball The first and second quarter neither team seemed able to hold the ball fumbles being made with sufpris- ing rapidity by both sides.
 Captain Graham. Prescotts star backfield man. was injured during the second quarter and was unable to fin ssh the game During the time he was
 in he played his usual splendid game, pushing himself and his teammates to the utmost of their physical endurance in an endeayor to break the Texarkana line
 Williams. who is playing his first year in the backfield, again gave sur prising exhibition of clean football. He is small and fast and makes gain on nearly every try. he selects his open ings and hits the line true and hard.
 Carruthers, center, is another man -I, l reliable. steady and consistent player, always on the job in the place he is most needed.
 Sage and Johnson. quarterbacks, are both speedy, reliable men. They are in the thickest of the fight. and in pinch either can be relied to pull the team out with rare display of generalship.
 Lee Hale Griffith, an 0ld-timer, play ed a remarkably hard and consistent game throughout. He never failed to get his man. and made 40 yard run for the first touchdown of the game after tumble by the Texarkana quarterback.
 The Prescott rooters had the stands in bedlam when the TeXarkana team trotted out onto the Grid for a few minutes signal practice before the opening of the game The bedlam hush ed. everyone gazed in silent admiration at the eleven husky boys, Texarkana High Schools pride. as they moved up and down the field, confident of their ability to yanquish Prescott. Then fol lowed q series of yells, led by Miss Amy Moore, as the Prescott squad came onto the field, eleven running signals, the rest taking it easy on the sidelines. ready to go in should one of the eleven fali out. X few minutes practice and both teams retired to their respective ends of the field while the officials held a conference in the center
 TeXarkana kicked off Lee Hale Grif- filth caught the ball and returned h wards before the TeXarkana team could stop him Williams made a line plunge without making gain. He made sec ond which netted yards, Then the ball was fumbled and the TeXarlana man tackled before he could make q gain They tried q line plunge and made g yards Then d tumble and Pres colt again had the ball. Sage made vicious line plunge and gained yards. Another line plunge for a gain of wards and a first down. Prescott was penalized ! yards Graham made two hard line plunges but could not make them good Sage punted 10 yards and if was TeXarkana's ball. A cross end run netted them 12 yards They made 20 yard punt on which White made 12 wards Prescott fumbled and Tex arkana made 27 yards. A forward pass failed and the ball was fumbled the next play and was covered by F. c. Johnson Graham followed this with q smashing line plunge which netted small gain The ball was fumbled and covered by Texarkana. \ line plunge netted yard. They fumbled and Boyd covered Graham and Williams made four hard line plunges but failed to make the ten yards and the ball went over. Texarkana tried four line plunges and could not get through, again the ball changed hands. A tumble by Pres cot was recovered and two line Plupees and the quarter ended with 4hn h..n-n,, t,n five Nnrd line in Pres