San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-27
TIE PLAYOFF
IMPOSSIBLE
THIS YEAR
$500 See Breckenridge and
Main Struggle With
out Score.


ball championship of San Antonio has
been unayoidably deferred until No
vsnbeY, 1926.
Ths Breckenridge Eagles and Main
Avenue Crimsons tried to settle 1t nj
Sehvab Field Thursday, while $500
people urged them On. but neither
rot inside the others 10-yard line.
A playoff of the scoreless tie is i'm
possible, as Breckenridge High has
il Texas Interscholastic League knit
ting to mind, with q game here Satur-
day against Fredericksburg High AMI,
in case Of the expected victory then, a
biz game next week against the pow
ssrful Waco eleven. Coach Cannon
must fill further state league tn
gaeements if successful against Waco
and, If not, his team will be in Ito
mood to play further football this
year. he said today.
The Breckenridge team ran into the
tough opposition close observers had
been predicting when it tangled IN the
traditional Turkey Day game with its
North Side rivals. Mains Crimsons'
The favored Breckenridge team was
played almost off its feet ut timcs,
the heavier Main forwards SCATTERING
great holes in the somewhat crippled
Eaele defenses BY their mass, drives.
started from shifts which began with
the players in a sort Of ring around
the rosy and the quarterback it
FORCED To LIMIT.
Mains behind-the-lin double passes,
in which any member of the baekfield
might carry the ball, or occasionally
an end, was difficult Of solution for
sCannon's boys. In fact, only
skinny" Cheatham, rowing center,
who played a whale Of a game on the
defense. and Bob Fenner. big fullbaek,
.soemed able TO spot the plays and their
ltdrkling saved many a ticklish situa-
'tien for the Purple,
With Davis and Surtees doing most
Of the carrying and Dunsmore romping
around from end for an occasional run,
the Main backfield advanced the ball
135 yards from scrimmage, while
Bfackenridge's backs gained but 70
yards.
But here's the rub. Main was pen
allied seven times for a total OF II
yards and the South Siders were
assessed only three offside penalties,
totaling Is yards. Breckenridge lost
but q yard in running plays, while
Main Highs backs, with their more
complicated offerings. were occasional
y tossed for heavy losses, which total
ed exactly 80 yards for the after
noon.
Thus. the Breckenridge net gain was
S3 yards 20 Mains "a.
Breckenridge made six first downs,
Main five. One Main first down was
nullified BY a penalty, while couple
of Brackenridge's were secured in the
same way.
The game was a bard-fought but
rather featureless and long-drawn com
bar. The officials consulted the rule
book at length. there were several
minor injuries that required time out.
the day was hot and the importance
Of the encounter prompted caution in
choice Of plays rather than reckless
ness.
The most thrilling performance OF
the game-perhaps the only play that
took the non-partisan oplooker's
breath-was declared null, void and
I'LL 70 the bum, the ball called back
and IL yards Of penalties stalked off
by Referee Littlefield. The play was
! the only forward pass that worked OF
seven attempted, a beautiful heave
from Willie Dunsmore Of Main 10
Maurice Pipkin, after Dunsmore had
taken the ball On a backward flip
from Surtees. Pipkin. after sprinting
few steps 70 bring the total yardage
gained on the play 10 81, was Topped
across the Breckenridge 1S-yard line.
Following a lengthy argument on
the field. the astonished thousands in
fhx stands discovered that the pass
! wss n nixey because some Main Ave
nue. player had illegally clipped down
Breckenridge player who was about
10 intercept said pass.
TOO GREAT A BLOW.
This blow, and the attached penalty.
was too much for Main and the ball
Ind 20 be sacrificed on a punt.
Main missed two other passes and
1.-The four Breckenridge threw came no.
where near intended receivers. Sur
tees intercepted one Of them.
Grieenbeck's bunch wasted no time
showing off Getting the ball on
tumble recovered by Surtees 81 yards
from the Brackenridge goal they
double-passed and eriss-crossed over
the field. making two first downs,
until they reached the 12-yard line.