Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1922-12-14
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The Spartanbufg journal Ec4 Satur-
day afternoon printed the following ac-
count Of the footballsgame. .onAW offord
field between the Fort Mill and Gaft-
ney high school teams Friday: .:
"Gaffney high school went into the
upstate fiaals Friday afternoon at
Woflord park when the scrappy lit
tie Fort Mill aggregation, some 13
pounds lighter, were defeated in a
hard-fought game by the score OF 6
to v. A break in the second quarter
/. was converted into the only touch
down Of the afternoon, Gaffney re-
covering q, fumbled punt on Fort
Milrs six-yard line and Capt. Clary
carrying Sne ball over. GaEney had
many chances to score, but Fort
Mills brilliant .and sturdy defense,
coupled with costly fumbling on
Gaffney's part, denied the Cherokee
team the scores they might, have
made.
-Four times inside Fort Milps To-
yard line, the York county lads held
so that the Gaffney team was unable
to go the remainder of the distance.
Two gaffney passes over the, goal
line grounded, once the ball went
over on downs and once q tumble
was recovered on her own three
ysrd line by Fort Mill, Gaffneyb
weight counted principally in the
power of Clary and Butler. Fort
Mills line fought the Gaffeny wall
to standstill.
"Clary and Butler were the ground
gaining stars for Gaffney, Clary es-
pecially. These hefty backs were
seldom stopped without some gains.
though the Fort Mill line held them
well when the ball was deep in their
territory. Gaffney's line was a stone
wall aud Fort Mill was never able to
gain consistently, though Moser at
full made several good runs. In the
first quarter he gained 35 yards on
an end sweep. He hit the line hard.
Both teams tried the forward pass
with varied success, q few forward
flips being completed on both sides.
"As the game was about to end,
Fort Mill scored 20-yard gain on a
long heaye. Cooke and Clary were
Gsffney's aerial treat, completing
two long passes. Gaffney intercepted
Fort MiiIs passes Tour times during
the game. Throughout the game Gaff-
ney was. in possession OF the pigskin
much more of the time than was Fort
Mill, which was usually forced to
yield It.
"The clouds and threatening apr
pearance Of the day kept the crowd
down. though both the contesting
schools were we'll represented. The
students OF SpaTtanburg high and
HGstoc supported Fort Mill.
The game performance of the Fort
Mil team, featured by tenacious fight
ing and vicious 9tackling, was a
splendid exhibition Of what light
team can do against heavier ag-
gregation. Though beaten, Fort Mil
was not outplayed and to the van
Quished little eleven there is the sat-
isfrction Of knowing that they made
gallant stand, worthy In every re-
spect. Fort Mill was well coached
In the fundamentals OF the game and
fought like demons from first to last.
"Gaffney scored 13 first downs to
Fcrk Mills, six and gained three times
as much ground as Fort Mil.
fridays victory by Gaffney throws
that team into the final contest for
the upstate football title with
Thornwell orphanage of Clinton. This
game will be piayednext (this) week
and the winner will meet the Char
lesion Bantams, the down-State rep
resentatives. for the high school
championship OF the Stae."