San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-31
GRID TOO DAMP
FOR FLEET
BACKS
Little drops Of water
Sprinkled on the grasses
Make the nimblc halfback
Slower than molasses.

SiONcf tHdH inOldSstS.
Some Of the nimblest halfbacks now
taking advantage of public education
facilities in the state Of Texas-not
to mention fullbacks and quarter
backs-tried to get loose over the
damp grasses Of Schwab Field Fri
day afternoon in the football game
between Breckenridge High School
and Houston Heights High, but,
while there was considerable gallop-
ing in fits and starts out between
the two 20-yard lines, there was none
between these lines and the goal-posts
and so the scoreboard showed at the
finish:
A goose egg for Houston.
And horse collar for Breckenridge.
With an exceedingly shifty young
man named Dee, sporting a large
white -" on his maroon jersey, carry
ing the ball most Of the time, the
Houston team advanced themselves
and the pigskin oval some 202 yards
from scrimmage, which is twice the
length Of a football field and then
some, but they couldn't get any nearer
a touchdown than the 1s-yard line
and were that close only once.
EAGLES WINGS CLIPPED.
The Breckenridge backfield, show
ing inconsistently, managed to travel
a total of some 1l6 yards, but 30
yards from goal was as near as the
Eagles got.
Houston made ten first downs,
Breckenridge four. Three pretty
sprints by South Side ball-carriers,
high lights in an otherwise drab Of
Tense, provided three Of the Eagles
four first downs.
In the first period, almost before
Heights got warmed up, Hub Friery
got around the Heights right end for
80 yards. Bubbles Smith, who played
a swell game at guard, then opened
a hole through which Sweet drove for
five yards but his second trial was
repulsed, Friery failed to gain, Brack-
enridge was penalized 10 for holding
and then Friery grounded a forward
pass, thrown from placekick forma-
ton. Breckenridge, incidentally,
failed to complete a pass. Very few
were tried.
In midfield. at the start Of the
third period, Billy Sweet rammed his
way for 10 yards through the middle
Of the Houston line, bowling over
as he went.
LAST EAGLE RALLY.
With hut n minute or so to play,
Posey Elkins scooped up a tumble
of Frierv's and dashed around end
for % yards TO HOuston's 32-yard line.
but Birdwell. cutting back, lost > on
an end run, two passes by Rees came
nowhere near n Brackenridge receiver
and Friery finally punted over the
goal-linc. Two Houston thrusts at
the line and the timers whistle end
ed the argument.
This Dee individual, and Mantcllra,
who appeared only in the second half,
gave the breckenridge defense lots Of
grief, but the Eagle went about their
task with a vengeance and always
to stop the enemy with the
goalposts in sight. Smith, Rces,
Cheatham. Sweet; in fact, practically
all the boys. hit hard and often in
the Dinchcs.
At that, Dee might have scored had
not the Eagles had the aid Of the rain
sprinkled grasses on two occasions.
when the Houston zig-zagger, almost
clear Of pursuers, slipped down and
promptly was pounced upon with
much gustO.
WASTES NO TINE.
Dee made ~ yards around Brother
mans end on the first play after
Breckenridge kicked off. Not long aft
er he repeated around the same end
for 20 and Rees. who started in the
backfield, was placed out on the wing
and Fenner came into the game as
a ball-adyancer. (Brotherman, n back
by profession. was subbing for Bass.
Thereafter, Dee confined
himself 10 sallics Of to 10 yards
through broken fields.
A forward pass good for 30 yards,
Hardcastle 10 r. Strong. the only one
completed during the afternoon. FOL
lowed by a faxed pass which developed
into a 1j-yard run by Dee, gave Hous-