San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-10-22
lam Laden With Former
West Point Stars Beaten
by Government Hill.
EATING IS DECISIVE
bile Fliers Fail to Score,
Winners Put Over
Three Touchdowns.


r post eleven, after brilliant per-
nances in practice games with easy
Onents, would approximate the
is OF that famous 1917 Second Tex
infantry aggregation-stlll green III
memories of Texas football fans
their hopes and their pocketbooks
ly debated by the outcome OF
oks Fields public game at Schwab
d Sunday afternoon with Govern
pt Hill. The score was ~ to D,
to the surprise of lot OF people,
uding the Brooks Field team, the
RS got the goose-egg.
he Government Hill men, with
+ best array of talent i'll the game
was quite u collection, man for
butterfly dlsregarded the much
ertised fact that considerably more
half of the Brooks Field team is
e up ot West Point stars, most OF
n from the Army's 1922 squad.
ectively and individually, Brooks
ID was outplayed and, after .the,
nd Hill touchdown in the second
%rter, outfought, too. For the first
minutes the Fliers tackled las
is done.' giving the Hill backs
laches. But the Hills hard eggs"
The line, outweighing the Brooks
Yards somewhat and getting the
D on them most of the time,
Shed the Fliers offense whenever
ried to flower out for a score, un-
the losers, apparently discouraged.
their early vinegar" scep away.
No Plays for the PincheS.
he Brooks .offense consisted al
h entirely of occasionally cOmplet-
forward passes in the first three
DDS. The backfield could do moth
from an open formation. In the
quarter, center bucking tactics
adopted and three successive
ms were made in eight plays over
I'd or center. The Hill defense
ened, two line plays were turned
k, Brotze nabbed " hitson after
1t run and then a pass was brok-
I'D, giving the ball to the winners
neir own 1U-yard line. The lack
play to use in a pinch at this
:ture cost Brooks Field its best
last real chance 10 prevent Il shut
pass to Myers after the Hill
hunted out brought the ball to
% yard line, but Whitson heaved
lily on the next try, Captain Morse
he winners intercepted and the
put the ball in play on the 40
line. A nice run by Eubank,
i-yard penalty against Brooks and,
bng pass from Arthur Schaezler
brother, Vic SchaeZler-a pass
bination that scored twice-netted
I'LL touchdown. Eubank's place
was blocked. Two successful
|es in big collection. one to
ming for 30 yards, put Brooks in
Hills territory near the finish
the Filters were simply trying
+heartedly to prevent u banking
of course, they didn't.
he first quarter was scoreless.
,ks got the ball to the Hills ~
line when Warren, and Terrell
a first down between them and
,ffside five yards) and a penal
or talking (fifteen) gave the los.
two more first downs. The Hill!
the ball on downs without much
Guilty OH the 15-yard mark and
mix. who was in form, booted the
far down into Brooks territory.
gained 20 yards on Il punting ex-
&c and three plays got a first
in nidfield. The quarter end
ere.
Gave Hill Ten Yards.
he officials, who had terrible
of il, presented the Hill with ten
s in. re-arranging the ball as the
S changed goals. First they made
yard mistake, but were persuad-
b reduce the error to ten.
mass bv the winners failed but
tried again and this time the
ezler brothers got their signals
king. Vic packed Arts heave to
rool line for a touchdown. Swee-
drop-kicked goal. Town Boys Z,
Point o.
he Hill wasted no time in scoring
b. Taking the kickoff. they made
down on their 40-yard line on
hort pass to Brotze on spread
ytion and Eubank through the
On q neatly-worked deception
Morse made a brilliant gallop
nd Myers end for - yards and
down thirteen yards from goal.
Morse took a pass from Schaez-
hitting the dirt only two yards
his objective. Two bucks
Ugh center, the second by Morse,
we'd the touchdown. Sweeney
kick was wide.
II kicked off and got the ball
minute when Brotze intercept
pass but it was brought back
an offside called. Three plays got
down and then the really bril-
Lawrence, whose ability got him
ere with tacklers piling through
i'm most of the time. got clear for
ward run through a hole in the
side of the winners line. Whit
passed to Myers, who went out
bunds on the 15-yard mark just
|e half ended. o.
Another Chance Flivvered.
e Hill was put on the defensive
Twining completed a pass for
down on the 25-yard line in the
quarter, but. as usual, Brooks
rothing to play in the pinches
lost the ball on downs after adj
ng only six yards. g,
fist fight started in the third
er and half a dozen blows were
nged in a mixup that threaten
be general for a moment. The
ais put nobody out of the game.
less said about the officiating
letter; the players and the fans.
were out in goodly numbers de-
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