Pocahontas star herald., 1925-12-03
DEFEAT IMBODEN IN
LAST GAME OF SEASON
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At about this stage of the game.
kell, star back from lmbOden and
Blankenship, Poca back. were so bad
ly injured that they had to leave the
field. The half ended shortly after
with POca leading, 1910.
Rain. which had been faNing all
through the game, had covered the field
with water and the slick ball caused
many fumbles In the last half, each
team suffering many set-backs from
that cause.
In the third period, Imboden having
the ball ON their 54-yard line. Poca
was penalized % yards because one of
the subs was yelling encouragement
from the side lines. That gave limbo
den a good chance to score and they
battered the line savagely but made
only three yards i'm the four attempts.
Poca took the ball then and Brown and
Lemmons carried ii on four first downs
deep into Imboden territory. where it
was lost on tumble. lmbOden back
ed up near their goal to punt. Bill
Bates and Preacher Gray, POca tack
les, rushed the kicker and Gray. leap
ing high into the air, blocked the punt
The lmboden kicker recovered but
Gray tackled him so savagely that he
dropped the ball. Trabeau. Poca end,
fell on it and slid across the line for
the third touchdown
To attempt to pick an individual star
from the Poca eleven would be unfair
to the other ten. Each man filed his
outstanding plays, Leon Brown tore
off 80 and a 20 yard gain; Tolton
made his brilliant 30-yard touchdown
and both made other long gains ClOyd
Spikes, substituting for Blankenship,
made two tackles that threw the spec
tators into a frenzy of applause; viii
lie Burlington, P0ca end, Slipped around
twice and threw Imboden runners for
big losses. The best playing, although
perhaps the least noticed, was in the
Poca line. Johnnie Shivley, playing
his first full game at center made per-
haps seventy passes to the backs and
not one of them went wild. That is
especially remarkable, considering the
slippery, mud-cOated ball and JOhnnies
own mud-spattered face. With Glen
Richardson and Paul Spikes at guard,
the center of Poca's line presented an
impregnable defense and on offense
tore great holes for the Poca backs
to meander through. Bill Bates and
Preacher Gray. tackles, charged their
way to prominence on defense and
helped form the line of interference on
offense that won the game for POca.
Tommy Trabeau and Willie Burlington,
at ends, stopped every play directed
toward them and often broke into the
play and threw the runner for loss.
The most consistent headwark Of
the game was exhibited by Wear
SchOonover, Poca quarter. Early in
the game he discovered the play that
would net the greatest gains and he
called this play until the Imb0den
team was actually in tears and beat
ing the ground with their hands be-
cause of the utter futility of attempt
ing to stop ii.
Since the season is over it will do no
harm to explain the play, worked out
in detail by Coach Edwards, which
has carried Poca through season in
which il has not been scored on by
high school team. A tackle is shifted
to the opposite side of the line, form
ing four man running interference.
If the play is to go wide around the
end, the guard, tackle and end on that
side step out and form a seven man
running interference. If the play goes
through tackle, the line is strengthen
ed by the extra tackle and the back
field, starting wide takes out the OPP
posing end and cuts back through tackle
with the ball-carrier at their heels,
watching for an opening. On weak
side play, made when the opposing
line has shifted ON defense, two men
dash to the reverse side for interfer-
ence and the ball carrier makes
plunge after them. 1t was mainly on
this one play that Lemmons and Brown
dashed to a victory over SlOan-Hendrix
last Thursday.
Local dope-hounds have figured that,
on points. Poca Hi has gained the
championship Of the entire South. OF
course the dope would count for less
than nothing in a game against the
mighty Pine Bluff Hi team, but their
figures are interesting, even though
not convincing. Here is the way they
figure it: P0ca won from ImbOden by
1S points. Imboden won from HOxie
by 8 points, giving Poca a 27-point
lead over HOxie. HOxie tied with Wal
nut Ridge, which tied with Jonesboro,
giving Poca 27-point lead against
each of these Searcy defeated Jones
boro by one point, giving Poca 20
points over Searcy. North Little Rock
defeated Searcy by points, giving
Poca % points over n. Little Rock.
That team defeated Little Rock Z
points, giving Poca 20 points over Lit
tie Rock Pine Bluff, champions Of
the South, defeated Little Rock 20
points, giving Poca 0 points over Pine
Bluff. (Let's see now. A touchdown
by Lemmons and a field goal by Rich
arson would make that total nicely.
Taking the dope the other way
around, however, gives a different re-
result. Pine Bluff defeated the Jones
borO Aggies 30 points and Poca defeat
ed the Aggies Z points, giving Pine
Bluff 20 points over POcahOntas.
Reminder of Old Times