Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-10-09


which the two, crack squads of high
school ayers in the state clashed
to decide their relative strength after
having been tied year ago for the
state championship, the Douglas Bull
dogs yesterday afternoon won from
the Mesa Jackrabbits with Is to Q
score in a whiTlwind game which was
featured by better than mid-season
form on both sides and in which two
quarters of the game were dead heats
with little advantage for either side.
The game started out with some
fast work and feeling out process
which continued through the quarter,
with both teams feeling for weak
places and finding none worth men
tiOning. The spectators went wild
with joy and surprise at the game
they witnessed, for this game was
the second of an early season, yet
the teams punched and worked their
plays like veterans of a dozen battles,
Mesa played their steady plunging
tactics for the greater part of the
game and swept the ends with ter
rlnle force. In passing game with
end runs as the stellar bits of work
the Bulldogs outbrained the Jack
rabbits. The Michigan backward pas 4
which has been perfected under
Coach Fuzzy Warren of the Bulldogs,
played big part in the equallzing or
the two teams.
After warming up in the first quar-
ter with both sides eating dirt and
getting nowhere, Hohstadt made the,
first touchdown in the second quarter.
This held aside and the battle
wore on with the steady tactics of
the JackrabbitS varied on the Bull
dogs side by dozen different Of
fensives.
In the third quarter Cummings
carried over the second touchdown
for Douglas and the last point made
In the game was tailed when he
kicked goal The Mesa team, always
one of the most powerful in the
state, came to town yesterday with
most of their stuff with them. They
put up a real battle from whistle
to whistle and displayed their winning
qualities all the way through with
much improved aerial department.
While the game yesterday was
clean enough win for Douglas there
was nothing about it at any time
to show the Bulldogs as very much
better team than their opponents.
They simply Shaded them for Is
points and that was ALL Both teams
are lin form down to the last man
and are very likely 10 meet again
along toward the end of the year and
it was predicted yesterday that IT,
as appears likely, these teams meet
for the state championship again this
year there is liable to be football
game that will be real classic.
The game yesterday proved that
the teams have come back from last
year without losing anything and it
has set a standard for both of them
which means that if either of them
loses one of its regular conference
games it will be because as team
they have weakened in some depart
ment of the game
Miller, safety man for the Bulldogs
made some brilliant runs that looked
GOOD for touchdoWns as he skirted
the ends and raced along the side
lines for 60 yards before being dragged
down by a speedy Jackrabbit. Once
again Miller tore through the line
from a punt and gained 35 yards
before being tackled. Cunnins,
captain of the team, got loose several
times for big gains, but was thrown
for losses few times as well.
Much credit for the victory lies
with Allan Hood, the heady quarter
back, who displayed a varied attack
that kept the Mesa boys beWildered.
Hood proved to be real field general
and he handled the plays in good
style. With Hohstadt for the bat
teTing ram attack and Miller and
Cummings to skirt the ends, the
backfield combination proved the I'M
doing Of the Mesa team
The Bulldogs line held time and
again, but Mesa found weak places
at the wings and resorted TO sweep
ing end runs. The Douglas ends were
"outboxed" several times and this gave
the Mesa team long gains.
The Bulldogs seemed in much better
condition than the invaders, VINO
seemed exhausted long before the
half ended
A fair sized crowd attended the
game, made UP largely of students
and parents. The total receipts we're
not sufficient to pay the guarantee
required by the Mesa team. Football
fans who failed to see this game were
deprived Of the best game that will
be played here This season. The
team will play away from town the
next two weeks and return for a
home stand OF one weekend with
De-ling, New Mexico.
Nogales <.yh defeated .Bisbee yes
terday at Warren park IL to T. The
Douglas team plays in Nogales this
Friday as an athletic attraction a.
the teachers convention which con-
venes Friday morning.
Last season the Douglas high foot
ball team tied with Mesa and Phoe-
nix for the state football champion
ship. With Mesa out of the running
the only teams that should worry the
locals are Tucson and Phoenix. The
Tucson Badgers will be the opposl-
ton on october %.
FOOTBALL. RESULTS