Imperial Valley press., 1923-11-30
LOCAL TEAM IS
LOSER BY JUST
One LONE POINT
Toughest Game of Valley
Season; Several Players
Hurt

CaleXlco High School won the big
Thanksgiving football contest i'm
thls city yesterday afternoon, beat
ing Central Union 13 to IL, and
without attempting to detract one
elt from the border city team IS vic
tory, it can be druthfullv said that
last night Their players knew they
mad been in Il football game and
had escaped defeat by mighty na,.
row margin. -
Ihe victory was clean cut, and
would have been a',credit to either
team. The blue and white warriors
went down fighting.
Neither team scored irsthe first
quarter, which was marked bx con-
siderable punting. In this dehart-
ment of the game Central showed
considerable superiority, Captain
Scott s educated toe tearing off
some mighty fine kicks. When il
came to straight football, the teams
appeared to BE- evenly matched.
The second quarter was disas-
trous for the locals, Calexico put
ting across two touchdowns in this
period and converting the point af-
ter the second touchdown. Calexi-
CO.'S backfield was putting on full
steam in this period
The locals tried hard to stem the
avalanche of PUSHES but. the breaks
of the game against them when Ca
lexico, with the ball in the center
of the field, completed forward
pass and tore off a long run through
broken field that put the bali
dangerously near Centralfs goal
pests, and later straight football
sent it across the final line for ;.
touchdown. ~
Y Old Hoodoo of IS
Central came back into the game
i'll the second half, determined TO
overcome the handicap Of IS points
that faced them, but try as they
would the old hoodoo resting on
Nthat number was too strong for
them.
The local boys scored another
touchdown in the last period, the
line being crossed after Bill Peters
completed beautiful end pass and
~ormed his way over the final line
The Importance of converting tho
point after the touchdown was a
big handicap TO place on Bobby
Alien, who had been ,knocked out
earlier in the period, and though
Bobby s. kick was good, Old Man
Hoodoo sat on he ball sufficiently
hard to keep it from going between
the goal posts. Anyone who blam-
ed Bobby would have been torn
limb from limb. lisa kG>4f
Central's final touchdown came
only few milutes of playing time
left, and darkness enveloping the
field. 1t was impossible to do any
further scoring, and Central had
suffered heavy casualties. Captain
Scott, bad been carried from the
field, trying to lick everybody who
was helping to remove him from
the game; Johnny Afford had been
smashed, and Old Bill Peters stayed
fonly because nobody dared 60 near
him to lake him out. The rest of
the boys were Just one big hruise
sand fought simply on their nerve.
Every Fellow Fighter
Every fellow who was in yester-
day. battle at all deserves the
praise of the entire school and the
city of FL Centre. Central sent in
plenty of subs, and it would be i'm
possible to name all who deserve
honorable mention. Captain Scott,
Old Bill Peters (only he ism t old I,
Bobby Allen, johnny Alfcrd, Jacobs,
Sawyer, Hohzizaki, Helm, worked
hard and long to bring victory TO
their team. Several of these boys
were in Bad shape for while after
the game, but none were seriously
injured.
One comment that was heard fire.
qlentlv around the playing field
yestesday called attention to the
terrible time Calexicc, Brawlev and
the other high schools are going to
have in the next few seasons, with
Bill Peers running wild at Central
At the fag end Of the season,
due credit must be given Coach Arm-
strong and Assistant Coach Sanders,
for the splendi6 work they have ae-
complished at Central this year in
developing IN excellent football
team. They are to be congratulated
on theii' fine team.