Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-11-06


tangle this Friday on ArmiStice Ne
at the local ball park to settle tenn
porarily the championship of this Sec
Bisbee high and Douglas high, for
years rivals in all branches of sport.
Both teams have met a common foe
and, judging from the result, the
Bulldogs should have a slight edge
on the Pumas when they line up this
Friday in the official game Of the
series. According to. rulings of the
Arizona Athletic association, the first
game of a series is always considered
the official game, so the Armistice
day game at Douglas will be the
game that counts in the conference
standing, but in past years both
teams have battled just as hard in
the non conference game as the school
percentage Of games won and lost is
always considered just as important
and even more so.
To football fans and especially
alumni the results of games in past
years is always a. source Of much
comment as former team members
now in the city talk over the par
ticular plays that won or lost these
historic battles Of years past.
a complete resume of the scores
since 1915 when the records were first
kept is given and indicates how the
teams have Jared since sheduled
games were first recognized.
In 1915, the Douglas team won
from Bisbee, AZ to 0, and the second
game was cancelled that year as the
Bisbee team broke up after this sting
ing defeat. The following year the
BiSbee teams administered two de-
feats to the Douglas teams, the Miners
winning the first game, 80 to 0, the
worst beating that Douglas team
has ever taken on the gridiron. I'm
daunted by that defeat, the boys,
under Coach ''Pat'' Twoonney, resolved
not to cancel the second game as Bis
bee had done the year before, but
gave the Bisbee team return game
and held the invaders to an to 0
score.
Up to the middle Of the second
half neither team had scored and
Quarterback Shorty" Ames, now a
business man in the city, led his
fighting team down the final stretch
but could not push over a touch
down. The BiSbee team of that year
had 'sBlondy" Landrum, a human bat
tering ram, and he was called on to
give Bisbee the lone touchdown OF
that ferocious struggle. BiSbee won
both games that year, Bob Thomas,
former Douglas high school, and at
that time a freshman in the Bisbee
high school, was another prominent
player on the hill city team OF that
year.
In 1917, only one game was sched-
uled and Bisbee won by score OF
SO to- O. The war began to show the
effects upon high school athletics and
many of the older boys enlisted in
the army No games were scheduled
in the year of 1918. During the
three years of competition Douglas
had won but one game and BiSbee
had won three games.
Following the war the BiSbee team
still continued its winning streak and
took both games in the season OF
1919. winning the first game, 33 to IA,
and giving the Bulldogs the white
wash" in the second by a score OF
"a to O. Douglas had won but one
game in six played during the four
years of competition from 1915 ito
1919.
In 1920, the worm began to turn"
and Coach .Pinky'' Heinz, who had
watched his team take two severe
drubbings the year before, came back
and won both games from Bisbee,
with many Of the same players in
the lineup that had played the sea-
son before. eHotty'' Stevens, "Brick"
Stone, Burton Foster, Bud Clark,
Lab Negri, Andy Meloy, slim"
Yaeger, Jack Hickox and several others
were on the victorious 1920 team.
Rivalry between the two schools
was at fever heat this season, but the
Rulldogs redeemed themselves in the
ewes of football fans in Douglas.
In 1921, BiSbee came to Douglas
and took the long end of a 81 to Ia
score after trailing for nearly the full
length of the game With lead OF
ID to z it looked as if the Bulldogs
would have an easy victory as only
few minutes were left of the playing
time. but Quarterback John Cole OF
Bisbee, perhaps the fastest player on
the field that day, and one OF the
fastest sprinters that was ever devel-
oped in the state, broke loose on
free ball and circled the end for a
touchdown that tied the count at IA
to IA. The teams lined up for an
other kickoff and after the Douglas
team had moved their way down the
field almost to the shadow OF the
coal posts for what seemed to pc
almost certain touchdown the Bis
bee team stiffened their defense and
Douglas lost the bali on downs. John
Cole. quick as a flash, sensed the
only possible solution for a victory
He called his team members together,
and called for an "onside kick
Under the rules Of that year, it was
a free ball for the first to get 1M.
with a strong punter, Cole played
slightly back Of ball until the KICK
was made. The kick sailed toward
the side lines, but Cole was able 70
reach it Just before it bounded OH
the field, and with the pigskin under
his arm he raced along the side INES
for the winning touchdown. Inc