San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-01-08
G Government Hill Football
Team Defeated by 1876
Score Sunday.
HEAT SLOWS UP PLAY
Good-sized Crowd Risks
Sunburn to See Closing
Clash at Schwab Field

tory of the knights of ColumbIs-and
soldier Observation-Disclosures their old |
rivals. Government Hill-and reinforce |
ments. The score was Is TO @. The |
game was loose and slow because OF the |
nature of the "all-star" teams, which |
had had no practice, and because Of the
unusual heat, but there were enough |
brilliant individual plays 20 keep up the
interest.
The X. C. had a fine ground gaining |
backfield in "Snake" Hclmerick of the
Second Division eleven. Bert Fry of
Dayton University and Dick Heyc. Hell !
MERCK made some long broken field
runs that drew applause from the swell |
| tering onlookers, and Fry was good
for gain every time he carried the ball.
| Ten or eleven yards at a try was Fry's
average and he gained on the whole per
haps more ground than any other one
player.
The Knights had two good ends I'M
| Glib Perez and Sterling Burke and n
fairly good defense through the rest Of
! the line, with DoShinkO, at tackle, 4
star, so that Government Hills notable
| backfield of Arthur SchaeZler, Emory
Morse and Sweeney was not consistent
| ly effective. Nodcr, soldier star, despite
a tendency TO run back when pressed
| that lost lots of ground on two oc-
casions, hit the line hard for the Hill
and carried across the losers touch
down.
Il Hill Loses Early Chance.
The losers made their best showing
in the first quarter, which was score
less. Two miSplays cost the knights
30 yards and gave the Hill first down
10 yards from the goal, but three line
plays failed and The ball was passed
over the goal-line without a taker.
The X. c. punted out, the Hill FUN
bled and Burke recovered for the
Knights in the losers territory.
Helmerick's remarkable gains feat
tured the second quarter. He was ere
dited with two first downs almost sin
gle-handed before he tore through the
whole opposing team and chased 80
yards TO the losers scven-yard line.
Heyc added two yards and Fry ripped
off the necessary five for the touch
down. DoshkIno dropkicked goal.
Near the end OF the quarter. Helmer-
lex ploughed ten yards for first down,
and then zig-zaggcd through n maze
of dizzy Hill tacklers 80 yards. Tho
opportunity this gave the knights was
destroyed when Schulz intercepted n
pass. The half soon ended with the
score Z 10 o for the X. c.
Block DOshinkO's Kick
Early in the third quarter, DOshinko
Of X. c. attempted a dropkick from the
34-yard line but the boot was blocked
and Hill recovered. After Hill puntcd.
three first downs, two on ten-yard
dashCs by Fry. were wasted when
Sweeney pounced on n fumble.Thc losers
tried a pass on the next play and a
couple of X. G.. backs batted it up into
| the air instead of down to the ground
Casey of the Hill caught it and made
a long run TO the X. &. 2O-yard line.
Perez got YOder for an 1S-yard loss
on an end run, but Morse passed to
| ColeswOrthy for a net gain of rs yards
and first down on the 10-yard mark.
| just as the quarter ended. On the first
play of the fourth quarter, Yoder
plOHghed the line for a touchdown. A
poor pass from center delayed Sweeney
in his attempt to dropkicli for the extra
point and the kick was blocked.
The recovery of n tumble by one of
the Knights, an end run by DOshinko.
nine yards through the line in three
bucks by Heye, n short penalty and then
a scoring smash by Helmerick gave the
Knights their second touchdown early
in the fourth quarter. Doshinko missed
a dropkick. making the score IL TO 6. as
| it remained
Cancelled Another Score.
Williams of the knights intercepted
a pass near the finish and, shaking off
| \. Schac2ler, ran half the length of
the field and over the goal but the ball
was brought back because Perez and
Sweeney got into o brief fistic argu-
ment. Both were removed from the
game.
LinCupS:
X. Of c. (1S) Government Hill 90
BurEs " ........ V. Schaezler
Left End.
| Williams ............... Mcdonald
Left Tackle.
L. Hoff Observation-Disclosures. Casey
Left Guard