San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-10-08
Il DEFEATS
)|NTH' s TEAM.
by ONE POINT
|play Gives Ball to Win
Rrs-M orse M axes
4 Good Opportunity.
Tx DESERTS THEM
Entrymen Hold Five
boint Lead Until Last
Two Minutes.

lnfantryS oU-yaru line IN the
two minutes of play, the Gov
ent Hill football team, with
hin Emory Morse in the role OF
drove over a touchdown and,
alizing the Ninth's hard-won
of five points made on a safety
J field goal. nosed out the hard
ng soldiers by a "baseball score
to 5. The game was played on
ID Field before only a fair-sized
and in midsummer heat. Be-
of the hot weather, the quarters
only ten minutes.
e "break" that beat the Dough-
was a bad pass from center
Lieutenant Finney, the Ninth
guard and coach, who does the
hg and kicking for the team, was
e to grasp. 1t was a long toss,
Rree attempts to gain had failed
the Ninth was preparing TO
As the ball squirmed over the
hd there was a battle royal for
When Referee Wood finally
ed the bottom of the heap, the
in was under n black Govern
Hill jersey.
Il (Brute) Schaezler fired a bull.
|ass to Morse on the first play
the Hill captain fought his way
first down to the ten-yard line,
|otal gain of about 20 yards.
e, playing quarterback, then
ed a quarterback sneak"
Ugh the husky middle of his line
light yards. Crossing w the SOL
he followed with the identical
for the necessary distance to
Sweeney missed an attempted
kick, making the score 6 to 3.
One Pass In Three Works.
lie Hill kicked off after its touch
and the Ninth put the ball in
81 yards from its own goal. One
failed but Clark completed a
hd for II yards and first down.
,sperate pass intended for Clark
d to find its mark just before
game ended. -s.-
lie Infahtrymen, who took the
! more or less as an accommoda-
to the Hill boys, who were seek
opponents for. Sunday as late as
rday morning, came out cut and
he'd up to some extent but not
Y crippled for their Fort Sam
ston League game Monday after
with the Second Engineers. Half
Middleton was knocked out near
Finish but was not seriously hurt.
he first points of the game came
ky. Rushing his plays, Quarter
Stow of the soldiers. after his
! received the kickoff, propelled
eleven down the field inside the
2O-yard mark. Three success
first downs were made, Clark
ring in carrying the ball. Gov
bent Hill held after the third
and on fourth down, Clark fell
to the 25-yard,mark and kicked
rfect goal from placement. Score,
b O.
Sweeney Steps It OFF.
|weeney made first down for the
twice OH sweeping end runs and
quarter ended with the teams in
field.
poor kick over the sideline put
Hill at a disadvantage at the
t of the second period, then two
|bles inside the 20-yard line after
Ninth had punted back paved the
for the soldiers other two points.
Hill recovered both fumbles but
Ninth took the punt at midfield
after Seng smeared two decep-
criss-cross plays in quick success
|, kicked back to the Hill. With
ball inside the 10-yard mark and
backs standing behind the goal
|, Morse fumbled a low pass from
ter and Van Zaghi and flock of
lghboys pounced on. him. giving the
RS safety and a so lead.
was the chief fault in the
teams play. The eleven needs
rtice. 1t has the material for a
1t team.
he third quarter was scoreless.
Hill tumble was recovered by the
~ on the winners 33-yard line
Clarke. in broken field run,
kekl the pigskin TO within 10 yards
tn goal. but three runs and a
TT pass failed and the Hill took
ball on downs. Morse twisted and
stepped 30 yards through a broken
| out of the danger zone.
Teams Well-Matched.
he Hill team fought hard in the
quarter making the best of the
eaks" that came its way. Folts
Vic Schaezler. proved tackling
IS. Neither team showed any APP
cable weakness and in weight and
ity appeared well-matched.
ZACH made five first downs. The
ward pass game on both sides fell
ler flat. with the notable exception
the timely Schaezler-Morse aerial
the last minutes of play. There
e only two penalties, both for off,
he lineups:
iovt. Hill (e) 9th Infantry (5)
,erman Graham
Left End.
Is Conklin
Left Tackle.
Ndrd hOlldHu
Left Guard.
sh wilson
Center.
telman ................. Finney
Right Guard.
............. Mckinney
r Right Tackle.
................ Van Zaghi
Right End.
Midland .............. Stowe icy
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