The Winslow mail., 1926-10-15
(By GEORGE LAWS)

by GEOfCIJE LA w .
Led by the stubby, Square-rigged
hard running, hard tackling and
hard fighting Rushing, Winslow
high school Saturday wound up
with points and and sent the hus-
ky miners from Jerome home with
nothing but a goose-egg to remind
them that they had met team who
sawed every plain or fancy mean
ing of that potent word, fight. J"
Fighting did it, that and the edu-
Gated toe of this same Rushing,
who with five minutes to go, boot
ed the ball neatly between the goal
posts of Jerome for the three points
that decided the game.
Give credit to Captain Houck
though, even while you chant OF
Rushing's stuff, for the tall Wins
low captain, who made few gains
in the game, ripped off the brilli-
ant thirty yard run that put the
ball in striking distance of the goal,
and paved the way for Rushing s
kick.
Houck seemed to play in hard
luck. He charged the line time and
time again for no gain. There just
weren't holes there, and your back
field man, if it were the Galloping
Ghost of Wheaton himself, has got
20 have holes to go through.
Starting from an end run forma-
tion, after Rushing had twice made
it first down with tearing runs
off tackle, Houck twisted, side
stepped and smashed his way to
the twenty yard line. Rushing
made five more yards, but Jerome
held them there for two downs.
And then Rushing dropped back to
kick
Cooler than night on the desert,
as unruffled as a sea of Week-Old
cement, and as accurate as the
fabl9d aim of Daniel Boone, the
yai q wide fullback did his stuff and
boy, he did it right.
With a scant four minutes to
play, Jerome chose to kick to
Winslow, hoping for a tumble, for
any kind of lucky break. But
the fumbles that were there in the
early stages had already happened,
and the supply must have been used
UP. Rushing took the ball back a
trifing twenty yards, and though
the oval teetered back and forth for
a few heart-breaking moments, the
final whistle found the ball on
WiISlow's forty yard line, and
WinSiow had scored their first win
~Of the 1926 season.
Few passes were attempted in the
fast-fying minutes of the game, and
all these were of Jerome origin.
Win5low's gains were made on line
plays and end runs, with Rushing
doing most of the spectacular Of
fensive work, except for HOuck' S
triumphant dash for thirty yards.
Jerome attempted six passes. One
was completed, one intercepted by
Houck, and four were grounded.
The last pass was really intercept
ed by Houck, but after another
Winslow man had touched it, so
the ball was technically declared
grounded.
It was all Jerome the first half,
Not once was Winslow in striking
distance of Jerome's goal, or the
ball past midfield Jerome had a
beautiful opportunity to ring up a
touchdown in the second quarter,
but they lacked the punch.
For Jerome, the brunt of the of
fensive was borne by one Kauzler-
ich. big man and good one, who
time and again found the holes that
were there and opened them when
they weren't Using an end run
formation, the miners made many
yards in the first few minutes, but
the Winslow defense soon solved
the play, and the rest of the game
found the same formation stopped
for healthy losses.
Ably aiding and abetting Kauz-
1erich was Lankford, small and
dusky, fast and fighting. The di-
minutive Ethiopian carried enough
voltage to rip through the Maroon
3ine-up for many fat gains, but he
was thrown twice for losses when
yards meant scores for Jerome.
It's hard to give all credit where
credit is due The stands see the
man who totes the ball. but the man
who does that little trick knows
how much depends on the protect
ing interference, clipping off the
tacklers as they come, or on the
line, opening holes or holding or
pass or kick formations. No mar
can win football games without {
team that fights. and Winslov
fought. Outweighed, with less ex
perience than the Golden batter
lng-~sm from the copper center
WirslOw won Saturdays game witt
kfohL and nlentu of If