The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-11-13
DAWSON HIGH AGAIN
CONQUERS SHELLMAN
LARGE WD WITNESSED
LAST GAME OS SEASON ON
LOCAL FIELD. SCORE 1876.

Monday afternoon before a crowd
of approximately 500 people the Daw-
son High eleven defeated the scrappy
team from Shellman. 1t looked to be
a walk-away at the start, as after a
few minutes of play the Dawson boys
on series of end runs and line
piunges carried the ball over for a
touchdown. The goal was missed and
the touchdown.
Shellman then received the kickoff
and were held for downs and the re
mainder of the quarter was taken up
with Dawson on the offensive most
of the time.
The second quarter was the most
colorful of the game. 1t had not been
long under way when Gurr got off
for a fifty-yard run around left end
that resulted in another tally. The ex-
ira point was again missed and the
score stood y to in favor of Daw-
son. 1t was not long though until on
tumble that a Shellman boy, whose
name could not be learned, scooped
up the ball and raced 90 yards for
Shellman's only score. They, too, fail
ed to kick goal, and the score stood
II to in favor of the local team, and
this score held for the rest of the
game
Walter Gurr was the outstanding
star of the contest. Outside of many
gains from two to ten yards, he ran
once fifty yards for a touchdown;
once he returned kickoff sixty yards
and several times went as far as from
stopped On the defense his work was
equally spectacular. He drove in and
stopped crushing drives and sweeping
end runs time after time This lad
will be in college next year and we
are sure to hear more from him later.
Cobb, Shellman's star back, also
played wonderful game. He was re-
sponsible for a big per cent of their
gains and on many occasions stopped
plays that seemed long gone. He, too,
will enter college next fall and should
make somebody mighty valuable
man. Milton Brown, Whit Tedder,
Jack Jones, Clarence Thornton, Ray
mon Turner and Julian Hicks all de
serve special mention, though the en-
tire team played a splendid brand of
football and gave all they had at all
times
For Shellman Cobb was the bright
light though they also presented sew
eral other stars. The whole team put
UP a game fight, and though they
seemed dazzled during the first half
by the splendidly executed plays of
the red Jersied boys. they pulled
rally in the second half and held the
locals sCoreless.
There can be no doubt but that
Dawson put superior brand OF foot
ball over the visitors. While the mar
gin was very narrow in either direc-
ton in Shellman, the locals had Shell
man bested in this game, gaining con-
siderable more ground during the al
fair and being bested only in punting
and forward passing though in the
latter respect. only a shade.
This is Dawson's last game i'll Daw-
son. A big crowd was out, a great
game was played and everybody
was satisfied that the result was as it
should be. The boys will travel over
to Cordele next Friday and then wind
up the season the following Friday in
Eufaula. So far it has been a great
season, and should they lose both the
remaining games, which is hardly
probable, the year will have been very
successful, especially so when it is
considered that every man on the
team is playing his first year.