Imperial Valley press., 1926-10-11
CENTRAL ELEVEN
TROUNCES YUMA
FOOTBALL SQUAD

Local Team Shuts Out In
vaders for Second Win
of Season.
Capt. Bill Peters. line crashing
fullback of the Central Union high
football team, believes there is a lot
of hokum in this thing Of dashing
across goal line with the winning
touchdown in the final minute of
play. Bill is of the opinion that one
might as well get that score right
now as to wait till the fans are
ready to go home Saturday after
noon when grid warriors from Yuma
high lined up against Central here
Bill put his theory into practice and
dashed 40 yards through the entire
Yuma outfit for a touchdown a lit
tie less than minute after the game
started. Later he added another
and with two goals kicked, Central
won the annual affair by Il IA to 0
score.
Peters first touchdown came on
the third play of the game. Linden,
captain and fullback Of the Yuma
team, kicked off, the ball going to
Rmklcib, who returned it about
eight yards. Schultz, right half,
made three yards around left end.
Peters added four through center
and then Byrd called for the y for
nation with Peters back -
Bill dropped back, took the ball
on nice pass from Hamilton at
lccntcr and slashcd his way across the
left side Of the Yuma line. Schultz,
Byrd and Mcbride gave him some
splendid interference and Bill kept
going, cutting back in through the
SECONDARY defense, shaking off two
tacklers and galloping 40 yards for
a score. He kicked goal.
The early score seemed to take the
steam out of the Yuma opposition
for time. Yuma kicked off again
and on the first play officials called
for time out while they debated
what to do about the fact that the
Yuma and Central men were clad
in similar blue and white jerseys.
1t was impossible to tell who was
men were finally ordered to discard
/ the Jerseys and don white sweat
shirts. While the fair goods main
tanned q splendid appearance OF in
tcrest in an imaginary airplane a
! few miles away the boys converted
/ the field into a dressing room.
Two fumblrs occurred on the next
plays, with IIickcoX dropping the
! bali on hard tackle, Yuma recover
possession of the bali in the center of
, the field when Byrd recovered a
! tumble by Johnson, Yuma right half.
After this epidemic of dropsy the
/ boys got down to business with Lin
den, johnson and Win yor throwing
n scare into the Central blcachcrs,
! by uncOrking Il mixed offensive of
short snappv passes varied by slash
! ing off tackle plays. Getting with
in striking distance Linden attempt
! ed place kick from the 40 yard line
but failed. The quarter ended with
!thc ball in Ccntral's possession on
their own - yard line. Shortly after
! the second quarter opened Central
got within - yards of the goal after
"a series of successful plays by
schultz, Byrd, Peters and Mcbride.
Bill Peters then took the ball and
plowcd through to land the oval be
tween the posts for his second touch
I down. He kicked goal making it
! IT to q.
That ended the scoring for the
day. Coach Armstrong; s men had
too much football ability for the
invaders and they thwartcd every
attcmpt at Il score. They routed a
well planned forward passing attack
busted mp attempted sweeps around
end, and proved u stoncwall against
efforts through the line. Spence,
Flanagan, lIickcoX, Hunt and Rink
lcib PLAYED sterling games and time
and time again they broke through
to smash Yuma plays before they
hit the line.
Billy FoSs and Paul Gillctt broke
! into the line up long enough to
! show splendid offensive ability, Gil
lett bringing the crowd to its feet in
the second half by snagging Il couple
of pretty passes from Byrd for good
/ gains. Byrd played a brilliant game
At quarter. Nalusck, Poole, Ostcrcid,
Ohcrfcll and Busby, all got chance
| in the second half and with Il string
of reserve, in Armstrong; men
| blocked Yuma : efforts as success
fully as the first string men.
For Yuma, Winsor, Linden, John
SON, in the backficld, and Stahl, cen
ter; Gong, right guard, loomcd up
as the outstanding stars. Winsor,
the dimunitiNc quarterback, was in
every play and he showed well ON
the receiving end of Il forward pass
ing attack,
Coach Armstrong, who has work