San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-10-21
Consistent Playing Of San
Marcos Achieves 7-6
Triumph.
FUMBLES ARE COSTLY
Butter.fingers Neutralize
<Spasmodic High School
Brilliance.

The football team OF San Marcos
Baptist Academy. playing a far more
consistent brand of football than
Breckenridge High School. achieved a
bard-earned victory at Schwab Field
Saturday afternoon. setting back the
local high school eleven for the first
time this season.
The score was only Z TO 6.
The Breckenridge team was out
played the majority of the time by
Coach Reeds well-drilled aggregation.
but, even at that time, it was IN I'M
lucky licking for the South Siders.
whose spasmodic brilliance gave them
some wonderful chances to score.
Fumbles in the last few minutes OF
the game when first down was made
six yards from the Academy goal lost
the ball and the high schools firal
opportunity to rescue the game from
the fire.
A charging line. somewhat heavier
than the Breckenridge forward wall,
and q good plunging back in New
berry and a brilliant broken and open
field runner in Fritz kept Bracken-
ridge on the defensive most Of the
time.
Play Was Streaky.
At times. Kilgore's scrapping team
took hold of itself and put on bril-
liant exhibition. But its play was
streaky and far below the work the
team showed in beating the Texas
Shorthorns and the heavy Schreiner
Institute team. Even "Pinkey" Whit
ney was inconsistent. In the last
couple of minutes. he dropped two
punts in succession and the visitors
were inside the Breckenridge ten-yard
line when the final whistle blew as
result.
San Marcos made ten first downs
TO Breckenridge SIX, one of which
was on n penalty. Each made. two
in the first quarter. each one in the
second the; winners three to high
schools one in the third, and the
winners four to Breckenridge two in
the closing period.
The game was played before one OF
the biggest crowds of the season, due
largely to the school spirit of the San
Marcos pupils who came along with
their team 800 strong. Their organ
lied roofing and antics between halves
was feature. The Breckenridge stu
dents also showed lots of pep.
Whitney Does Punting.
Neither team was able to really
threaten in the first five minutes
and punts were frequent. Despite re-
ports that his Charley horse" would
keep him from punting. Whitney did
Brackenridge's kicking and did good
Smith gave high school chance
in the middle of the quarter by re-
covering n tumble. Two line plays
and an eleven-yard broken field dash
by Worcester provided two first
downs in quick succession, the second
one On Academy's 22-yard line. Whit
ney's passes were bullet-like but his
aim was bad and the ball went over
on downs TO the visitors.
With good interference, Fritz then
led the Academy backs in a dash down
the field. They were stopped inside
the Breckenridge 4O-yard line before
the quarter ended but they started
where they left off in the second
period and established first down on
the 2S-yard mark. After Moore added
eight yards. Brackenridge's defense
stiffened and. with Blankenship and
McCarty turning in pretty tackles.
held and took the ball on the 24-yard
mark. Whitney punted. Putting the
ball in play at midfield, Fritz of
Academy broke through the whole
high school team and raced as far as
Whitney. playing safely. who upset
him on the 23-yard mark. Bracken-
ridge took the ball on down fourteen
yards from the goal.
Highs Ball at Half
The game went down in Academy
territory on punting exchanges and a
heavy penalty against San Marcos.
McCarty was set for pass with a
clear field ahead when Newberry
rushed in. grabbed it and struggled
back to Academy's 35-yard mark. A
punt followed. Breckenridge made a
fist down on Byrom's four yards
through the line and Nercester's seven
but one more play was all that could
be completed before the half ended.
Academy kicked off in the third
quarter. Two fumbles followed by a
poor punt gave Academy the ball on
high schools 40-yard line. Two line
smashes achieved first down. New
berry whipped a pass to Dellow for
another first down three measly yards
from the goal. Newberry gained a
yard, a tumble lost it and then New
berry barely squeezed across the goal
line. After q consultation, the off,
Gals decided the touchdown had been
made. Allen placekicked neat
goal. which proved the winning point.
Academy kicked off to Whitney,
who fumbled but recovered with a
short loss. Worcester then tore off
a beautiful 42-yard Broken field run
but his team was penalized 10 yards
and mad to punt after two Intellectual
pecks at the line. After Academy
made first down. Breckenridge held
and took the ball.
Passing from his 15-yard mark.
whitney fired an aerial over the mid
die of the line to Red" Davis who
shook off tackler and made. thrill
ing 70-yard gallon down the field,
dodging the safety man. for n touch
down. Instead of kicking. Whitney
tritd a pass over the goal-line for the
Extra point. il was broken up and the
score became TO 6, as it remained.
Tried to "Get" Whitney.
A pass. Whitney to McCarty. pro-
yided first down after Breckenridge
received the kickoff. On the next
play, the only openly dirty work of