The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-12-01
CHAMP|0 IONS DROP
FINAL BATTLE To
Fl. WORTH ELEVEN
Go Down Before Texans. &c 10 z;
Intercepted Pass, Brilliant Return
Of Punt and Aerial Work,
Brings Victory.
FIVE TIMES CHICKS
WERE HELD NEAR GOAL
Polytechnic Eleven Fought BravoIy
When Their Backs Were Against
the Wall; Woody's Crew
Scores Last Quarter.

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1922 football season. the Chicks.
champions OF the Southern Confer.
ence. bowed 10 Polytechnic high
school Of Fort Worth IN more or
less spectacular game played Thurs.
day afternoon at Grady field. The
score was 26 to Z.
Polytechnic's first touchdown came
In the second quarter when II. Tay-
Tor grabbed a Chlckasha punt and
raced 40 yards for touchdown.
showing his heels 10 the entire
Chickasha team. The attemp' to add
the extra point was blocked. Just
one minute before the end OF the
first half. Holcomb, Texas quarter
back. intercepted one OF Bonds
passes and went so yards for the
Longhorns' second counter. Again.
the Chickasha line blocked the ball
on the attempt to annex the extra
point, making the score at the end
of the first half. ~ to O.
Chicks Threatened Comeback"
Coach Woody's Chicks made a
strong attempt to "come back in
the third quarter. They kept the
ball in play In Fort Worth territory
practically all of the time and twice
during this period they had the pig
skin within one step of the goal line.
They lacked the final punch to put
1t over however. One of these
grand chances to score came when
Robbie" Robinson, relief lineman,
blocked one of Taylor's punts and
fell on the ball in Chickasha ter
rltory. The ball was soon rushed
to the shadow of the Fort Worth
goal, where the homelings were held.
Just a few minutes later, Howard
Elliott, Chickasha end, recovered a
punt which II. Taylor fumbled, again
giving Chickasha the ball within
striking distance of the goal. II
seemed easy for the Chicks to carry
it within few feet of the goal
line but they again failed to put it
across.
Five times during the game, Coach
Woody's charges started on appar-
emily irresistible marches toward the
Texans goal, only to be stopped as
the backs of the mighty Polytechnic
line touched the wall.
Brilliant aerial work in which the |
rangy end, Crossley, and the Poly.
technic backfield featured, netted the
visitors their two touchdowns in the !,
second half. They succeeded in an
nexing the two extra points after
these tallies.
Woodymen Score In Fourth.
Chickasha's only touchdown came
in the latter part of the fourth quar-
ter when a pair of short passes and
consistent gains by Tub" Bond and
Captain Archer Hollingsworth, proved
enough to put the ball across. Bond
carried the oval over. He also
kicked goal.
The playing of Bond and Hollings-
worth was one Of the outstanding
features of the game. Both gained |
many yards through the heavy Poly |
technic line and were principal fig
ures in Chickasha's making 10 first |
downs while the Texans made only
eight. Bond was especially hard to
stop when he received Polytechnic
punts. He never failed to return the
ball less than Is yards. His work
in the Ardmore and in the Turkey
Day tilt gives him an excellent
chance for a berth on the all-state
team.
Belcler and Youatt also were in
fine form yesterday. The former
was forced to retire from the game
in the fourth quarter with sprained
ankle. Hill, Penny, Bell and Duncan
worked we'll in the line. Elliott
played we'll at end while he was
in the fray.
Yesterdays game marked the end |
of the high school football career of
several members of Coach Woody's
squad. Among these are: Diamond |
Roach, fullback; Henry Minnett,
tackle; Edwin Duncan, center; Fred |
Robinson, tackle; Archer Hollings- |
worth, quarterback; Ross Cloud, half
back: Pat Duncan, fullback, and
Alleyne Toothaker, tackle. Howard |
i n IN.