Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1932-11-05

Victory hung between two goal
7 posts for the Central Union high
school Spartans last night with the
/ score tied to in the last min
ute of the third quarter, but vic
I tory was lost by a three-foot mar
gin when Ell Centro's kick for an
extra point went wide by that
measurement, leaving Brawley and
Ell Centre tied up in the best game
of several years at the high school
field.
The margin was SO narrow that
those in the stands refused to be-
lieve for a while the referees sig
nal that the kick went wide.
Three thousand people watched
as gallant Ell Centre team out
played Brawley in every quarter
but the second, gaining a total Of
1926 yards against 1876 yards gained
by Brawley. Ell Centre ran over II
first downs as compared 10 four
made by BraWley. Ell Centre COM
pleted three passes and BraWley
completed one. Eight FL Centre
passes were incomplete and three
Brawley passes were incomplete.
Each team intercepted one pass.
FL Centre gained even in kicking
exchanges, thanks to OGuin'5 edu-
Gated boot. But Brawley frightened
up each time the Brawley back was
up against the goal line, and FL
Centre could not win.
Kirkpatrick stole Madlems thun-
der last night, lashing out time and
again for consistent gains. One As
yard run and one 20 yard run fea-
tured his game Maiden was re-
sponsible for a 32-yard dash.
1t is not often a linesman IS spec
tacular, but Couch deserved that
description last night, his work
standing out far above anything else
in the game.
But it was not a game of stars.
Coach Armstrong had coordinated
his team SO that credit for the
magnificent game should be equal
ly divided between all members. 1t
was team such as coach might
dream of.
The story of the game Is best
told in sequence. In fact, it can
be told in no other way
A detailed account of the game
follows:
First Quarter
Brawley kicked off. Ell Centre
returned to the 80 yard line. At
ter an offside penalty on Brawley,
Ell Centre made first down. Ell
Centric was penalized Is yards for
clipping and punted, Elliott kicking
to the Brawley 80 yard line. Riley
plunged through for short Braw-
ley gain. The Ell Centre line held
and BraWley punted, taking a Is
yard loss in the exchange.
Ell Centre fumbled and Young
recovered for Brawley on the SO
yard line. Couch dropped Thrash
or for a Is yard loss and Brawley
was forced to punt. Maiden made
IS yards through the line. Mad
lem, Jones and Kirkpatrick were
held on the line and Elliott punt
ed, the Brawley receiver being
dropped by Couch and kirkpatrick
in magnificent tackle.
Williams kicked to Ell Centres
is yard line. Maiden was held on
the line then plunged II yards
straight through without interior
ence. Jones and O'Guin failed to
gain, Ell Centre fumbled and
Brawley recovered. Tackles by
Couch and Adams held the line
and Bfawley punted to Ell Centres
II yard line as the quarter ended.
Second Quarter
Maiden plunged twice, and FL
lott kicked to the AZ yard line.
Thrasher plunged the line, Young
went around end for nine yards
and Thrasher completed the first
down. Williams passed to S. Sasa-
XII for 20 yard gain. Sweeney
made 10 yards around end and
was dropped by O'Guin when it
seemed that he was away.
Immamura rendered the great
tackle useless by scoring through
the Ell Centre line. A kick for
point failed miserably.
Brawley kicked off, then forced
Ell Centre to punt. Thrasher and
Young failed in stabs at the Fl
Centre line and Williams got off
poor kick to the Brawley 80 yard
line. O'Guin kicked to the Braw-
ley 10 yard line, then Brawley
kicked to O'Guin, who returned to
the 26 yard line. Furukawa fun
bled and BraWley recovered.
Brawley returned the ball down
the field, and then Thrasher
kicked to O'Guin on the Ell Centre
10 yard line. Berry carried the
ball IS yards out of danger and a
pass from O'Guin to Elliott made
80 yards. The half ended.
Third Quarter
Ell Centre kicked off to Daniels
who was downed on the As yard
line. Williams kicked to O'Guin
on the Ell Centre 20 yard line
Maiden gained five yards, then
Elliott kicked to Williams who was
downed by Kirkpatrick. Brawley
was penalized half the distance to
the goal for piling on after tao
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