Imperial Valley press., 1925-11-09
Punt Got Away

BraWlcy's S second score came
near TIE end of 1hc second half,
1 when q punt got away from Bill
Peters and before he could recover
It, Brawley man grabbed the ball
and hikcd across Central S goal line.
To get back to Central's scoring.
The first touchdown came withi1
five minutes of play. Brawiey
kicked off to Central and the lat
ter puntcd on the fourth down.
Brawley returned tao punt, Central
gaining about IS yards by the ex-
change. From then on it was Z
continual succession of first downs
for Central, with Peters, Byrd and
Schultz carrying the ball through
! the holes that thc Central line.aon
tore in the Brawley defense. Peters
went over for the touchdown and
+ Central converted the point follow
ing.
Brawley kicked off to Central
and then recovered the ball Oh a
/ Central tumble, only to lose it on
! downs. The end of the quarter
saw Central again making first
down aud with start of the second
quarter the backfield renewed the
attack, scoring the second touch
down by straight line plunging.
Byrd Hurt In Scrim
On the kickoff after the touch
down, Byrd was hurt in n scrim,
mage aud was replaced by Shawn,
who teamed up with Schultz and
Peters to make a fast backfieid.
Again the first downs started to
pile up, and Central seemed due for
another Touchdown when the fumb,e
came and Brawley was out Of dan
ger. The ha.f ended with beth
teams making a wild scramble in
tae middle of the field trying to
recover the bah which Braw!ey had
lurtcd TO Central. 1t got away
from the local team and then
switched back and forth several
tines as both teams fumblcd, and
@a5 unIccovercd when the half end
ed.
With the opening of tie second
haf came /. smith s wiiirlwsnd run,
that one likes to think about even
il Il was a score against Central.
Following the kickoff after the
touchdown, Central mixed up a lit
tle forward passing with its line
pluugiug, sending Peters over the
goal line in short order, for the
. third touchdown. On the kickoff
a by Central, Brawley lost the ball
on downs and after Central punted
Brawlcy made first down tor the
first time during the game, but
didn t get far when Peters inter
ccpted forward pass. Central
then pantcd and Rrawlcy returned
the punt, Peters making "A great run
back with the ball. On criss-
cross play Peters added 20 yards
for Central and Central was right
in front OF the Braw,ey goal posts,
ready for another touchdown, when
one Of the queer kinks Of the game
lost and then rcgained 4 touchdown
Tor Central.
Central Got Touchdown
As in the first half, Central FUN
blcd when they were only TWO yards
from the Brawlcy line. \ Brawley
man recovered and Brawley at
tempted a punt from behind its own
goal posts. Central blocked the
kick aad a Central man fell on
! the ball, only to have it get away
from him to Brawlcy who lost it
and Central regained il, getting the
touchdown after all. Peters con,
vcrted the point.
I In the fourth quarter Central used
several substitutes and Brawley
( showed up several times before Cen
trail smashed il up. Then came
Peters fumb.c and Smith hikcd for
! n touchdown.
On the kickoff by Central Braw
ley made several yards through the
! clever running of De Wcssc. On
ian attempted forward pass by Cen
trail Brawlcy intercepted the play,
only 10 fall victim to the same fate
when Peters leapcd high in the air
and grabbed Il Brawlcy pass, for
j the last play of the game.
! P layed Best Game
Credit must be given to the Cen
trail team for playing the best bamc
Of the season. Every man was
/ rlaying football at all times, and
! the errors that they made were
/ those that arose from trying and
hot from having failed to try. Bak-
cr, Central quarter played through
out the game with painful boil
i on his wrist but stuck il out and