Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-10-24

strong, i Badger aggregation, which
seemed headed for a touchdown three
times during the first quarter, were
beaten back, held for downs and the
trusty boot of Joe, Gansey sent high
and long spirals down.. the field deep
into Tucson territory.
The. Badgers came back strong on
each occasion, but where yardage was
needed they could not penetrate the
Douglas line. The Badgers played
pluckily and tried every play they had
in their bag of tricks, but their offense
tcrumbled as the Bulldog line crashed
through and threw Daniels, Caid and
Bryant for losses. The Badgers tried
to recover lost ground by sending in
Caid for Thayer early in the quarter,
but here the Douglas team stiffened.
The quarter ended; Tucson O; Doug
las 0.
Late in the second quarter the
Badger team started dazzling aerial
attack and gained steadily, coming to
the 20-yard line on three passes and a
long end run by Caid and fake cross
buck by Daniels. Using a fast running
attack, the Badgers slipped pass
around the Douglass right end and
went over for the first touchdown OF
the game The kick for extra point
went wide The half. ended: Tucson g.
Douglas 0.
In this half the playing of both
teams was stubborn, with the Bulldogs
having the edge. Except for the last
few minutes OF the half the Douglas
team forced the ball into Tucson terri
tory.
The Douglas line was ripping holes
and tearing through for long gains
Quarterback Nemeck was playing {
stellar game and using rare judgmen
on his selection of plays. Clinton Car!
relieved Nicondro Flores at guard ant
played an exceptionally strong game
After trying all the vulnerable points
in the Douglas line, the Tucson team
decided to use the aerial game. A
first many of the passes were com
p1eted, but the Douglas backs came t.
the rescue and saved the day, smearini
well timed passes of dropping the re
ceiver in his tracks. Twice during tn
first half the Tucson team had tn
Bulldogs backed up within the 5-yar'
line, but the grim determination on tn
faces of the players halted the forwar'
march of the Badgers and the bal
went over on downs.
In the second half the Bulldog
started scoring early and within thre
minutes after play had started crosse
the goal line, tying the score. Ol
three plays Ncmeck, Mcclure an
Causey took the ball from the 20
yard line straight through the cente
Of the Tucson line for the first touch
down. McKinnon failed to kick tn
extra point Score: Tucson 6; Doug
las 6.
douglas kicked to Tucson, and O.
three plays the Badgers failed to max
their yardage and Douglas started O
their second march for the goal. !
15-yard penalty on Tucson placed tn
ball on the 31-yard line A series o
successive off-tackle smashes, spli
bucks and fake plays by Miller, Ne
"A meek, Causey and Mcclure put tn
ball on the 3-yard line Causey crash
cd over on the next play. The klc
for point went low, as McKinnon wa
rushed to make the kick. Score: Tue
son 6; Douglas II.
After Douglas had scored the secon
touchdown the crowd went frantic an
the team responded with such a tigh
defense that the Tucson backs wer
unable 70 make yardage. Their passe
that earlier in the game had nette
good yardage failed to function. NC
Guire, Causey and Miller worked to
gether like machine and kelly Ne
Ncmeck backed up the line on cente
rushes.
The visiting team realized their onl
hope of tying the score was by takin
desperate chances on fast moVln
aerial attack Pass after pass wa
sailed across the scrimmage line, som
going Tor yardage, while others nette
but little, as the runner was downe