The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-11-04
ALTUs FAILS TO
STOP CH|CKAsHA
IN CHAMP. RACE
Jackson County Lads Trouneed rs
to 10; Robinson pispeIs sus-
pensc OF Fans With Touch
down on tumble.
VISITORS SUCCESSFUL
IN AERIAL ATTACKS
Passing Nets Both Touchdowns;
chIckasha Uses Both Aerial and
oId.style Football; Champion.
ship BE Decided Friday.


desperate attempt Friday afternoon
at Grady Held 10 stop the ChIckasha
III eleven In IFS onward march to
ward the championship OF the
Southern Conference. The proteges
OF Charles Woody won. IS to u.
II was either teams game up to
the last few minutes Of play when
Robinson. chlckasha tackle. recog-
cred Capt. lKcy Peace's tumble on
n pass from center and raced %
yards for a touchdown. This put
The game un ice for the homc'ings.
Chickasha was decisively outplay-
ed In the aerial rsiase Of the game
and the manner In which th" visi-
tors executed their passing stunts
caused the fans considerable worry
Lntil Robinson got away with The
final touchdown. Craddock to
Peace, Altus captain, proved pass
ing combination which baffled the
Woodymen at time.
Altus made both of their touch
downs on forward passing, one
Craddock to Douglas and the other
Craddock to Peace. Two other
times they succeeded in getting the
ball in the shadow of the goal post
only to be held by the Chicks.
Fourth Nerve Wrecker.
The fourth quarter was nerve
wrecker With the score 13 to -.
Altus launched another one of its
brilliant aerial attacks and, with a
series of line plunges, succeeded In
getting the ball on their opponents
three.yard line. They were held
for downs and Roach, standing sew
oral yards behind the chalked line,
punted. The punt went wide, GO
ing out of bounds on the west side
of the field, still in dangerous ter
ritory.
Fans were still worried, as a
touchdown and a goal after touch
down would put the visitors ahead
With their backs to the wall, the
Chicks Tough. and a pass went over
the goal line untouched, giving the
ball TO the Chickasha team on the
2O-yard line Roach soon punted
out Of danger The remainder OF
the game was played in Altus ter
ritory
Start Scoring Early.
Chickasha started the scoring
early. Getting the ball on the kick
off the locals marched down the
field to the S-yard line where they
were held for downs. Peace punted
90 yards and Belcher was stopped in
Altus territory. Just a few seconds
later Roach passed 20 yards to
Bond who raced over with the first
touchdown Of the game. Altus
blocked the attempted kick.
Altus took the lead in the latter
part of the first quarter when Grad
dock passed 20 yards to Douglas for
a touchdown. Peace kicked goal.
Chickasha took the lead in the
second quarter when end runs and
line plunges by Roach, Belcher,
Bond and Hollingsworth netted a
score. From the 15-yard line, Roach
plunged through the entire Altus
team. He kicked goal.
Duncan Receivers tumble.
Edwin Duncan, Chickasha center,
recovered an Altus tumble in Altus
territory early in the third quarter.
A 20-yard pass. Roach to DeKinder,
then added six more points. Roach
failed to kick goal.
Belcher let a punt get away from
him in the third quarter and Peace,
of Altus, recovered the ball. After
failing on line plunges, Altus at
tempted to put the ball over on
passes. They passed behind the
goal line, giving Chickasha the ball
on the 2O-yard line.
Altus' second touchdown came in
the third round on Craddocks long
pass to Peace, who lodged two
Chickasha safeties and ran 2(
yards. Peace failed to kick goal.
In the fourth quarter, Peace
fumbled a high pass from center
Robinson grabbed the ball and wen
25 yards for the final touchdown
Roach again failed to kick goal.
Meet Lawton Friday.
In the game which will determine
whether or not the Chicks win th'
Southern Conference championship
the homelings will meet the Lawtol