The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-11-27
Looking I'm, 0vsr
BY, Phil


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Chickasha high school eleven's
victory over the loudly praised Ard
moro III krIdrtcfr was indeed rc.
inArkabic accomplishment. consider.
Ing the fact that the defeat was ad.
ministercd IN tho last half Of the
final quarter. Less than six min
utes before the game ended. the
Chicks started their irresistible
march toward tho Ardmore goal.
During the remainder OF the game.
with the locals one point In the
lead. n developed that the Ardmore
offcnsc had collapsed more com
pletely than their defense. They
tried In vain. they used every trick
pIay they had IN store. IN their en-
dcAvor 10 put over another toncl :
down after Chiokasha had carrie \
the ball over the lime line.
Il was remarkable Victory for
the further reason that the victors
were severely handicapped by In
jurIes 10 four OF Coach woody's
most reliable regulars Bond. Roach.
Captain IIoIlIngsworth and Ed Dun.
can. Roach and IIolIingsworth we're
suffering from ankle injuries aus
tained on tho muddy grIdIron at
Dallas ten days 20. In the same
game Bond and Duncan damaged
their shoulders. which failed to
mend before the historic Ardmore .
battle.
with Bond. HollIngsworth. Roach
and Duncan suffering from injuries.
the Chicks did not hit their stride I
until several minutes after the be. q
ginning OF the second half. After h
that time. the Ardmore eleven was q
almost helpless. "
woody's aggregation was decisive >
ly outplaytd In the first quarter. 'r
They fought with their backs near
the wall during greater part of r
this period In the next quarter.
they were considerably stronger.
The between-halves lecture by Coach
Woody proved beneficial and his k'
charges showed more strength In
the third quarter when they man co
aged to keep the ball out OF their be
territory most OF the time 1t was si'
during the latter part of this frame ~
that they introduced TO the Ard on
moreites the brand of football they
usually play, Up TO that :ime. the n
had not been hitting on all ~
eleven cylinders.
When the team got together" II
was unconquerable and defeat more
han threequarters old was turned
nto victory II was a well,earned p,
'ictory; nothing freakish about It. IN
rhe best team won. ba
Al
Ardmore fans had no ceuse TO
complain when the officials pen. Br
lized their team 10 yards for the mi
ans rushing out on the field. Had cli
hey permitted this violation of an we
ge-old rule, the hotly contested da
rid battle probably would have ad
'een marred by side-line Interrupt
ion. The officials were only per- his
orming their duty and melting out an
ustice when they imposed the pen. div
lty. This act, however, brought VII
ries Of crooked officials from the lea
wolves on the side-lines. fg
Bondurant and Graham are both ria
fficials Of the highest type. as cvi-
enced by the fact that they are nal
ecognized and recommended by WA
official guide. They Of iiV'
ciated in the Observation-Disclosures
anne without fear or favor and
ith the same efficiency and thor
ighness that has characterized :
leir work in many other games NO.
lis season. 80,
The Ardmore newspaper CORE ~, ~
'ondent who estimated the Chicks hoe
ltweighed the Indians 10 to Is -
'unds per man must have over -
oked the youthful Youatt and John
innett and his, vision must have
issed two or three of the husEies
the Ardmore eleven. We csti-
ate the Chicks had a weight adj
lntage of not more than five
'unds per man.
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