Imperial Valley press., 1933-12-01

Bathing the SpaftanS 10 a score
less tie yesterday afternoon Braw-
ley's Wildcats annexed the county
interscholastic honors in a game
that was marked by stoneWall de-
fense by both teams and stellar
work by the ball carriers which had
the 5000 fans who witnessed it in
state bordering nervous prostra-
tion most of the afternoon. An
earlier decision over the SpartanS
two wins from CaleXico and yes
terday's tie were sufficient to give
Brawley the championship
Deadly tackling Dy both teams
was another feature of the game
and when either side grabbed ball
toter trying to get through the line
he generally stayed grabbed. The
lines were remarkably strong when
their goal lines were threatened and
stonewalled their opponents when
weakness would have meant victory
1t was the kind Of a game in
which one score, no matter of what
variety, would have been sufficient
to win and while it was a hard
game for the Spartans to lose yet
the Wildcats played headsup foot
ball and watched the pigskin every
moment of the game.
BraWley opened the game by kick
ing off to Ell Centro who took the
ball en- their own 80 yard line.
Weiss tore off six yards and Mad
1c, I,-rF 20 nC n
the ball for two successive first
downs to the BraWley 10 yard stripe.
1t looked as if the Spartans were
on their way to a sure touchdown.
With fourth down and four to go
the Spartans tried a pass which
was incomplete and the Wildcats
took the ball on their own 81.
At this point two successive
Brawley punts we're blocked by the
SpartanS each Of which was recoV-
cred by the Wildcats. a five yard
penalty for offside against the Spar
tans gave the Brawleyites a breath
ing space and a third punt was
successful the ball rolling to the
Spartan 81 yard line before being
doWned.
When the second quarter opened
the Spartans had the ball on the
center stripe and started another
march toward the BraWley goal line
which ended Cn the yard line
when they lost the ball on downs.
Again taking the ball on BraWley
punt on the Wildcat 36. the Spartans
took up their march again and were
headed straight for a score when a
tumble. recovered by BraWley on
their own Is. ended that threat.
Central Outplays Wildcats
At half time. after 10 yards had
been lost by the Spartans on a
fumbled but recovered lateral pass,
Kirkpatrick from his own 10 yard
line carried the ball to his 40 yard
marker. Sasaki the Brawley quar-
terback was the only man between
Kirk and the goal line on this run
but he was forced out Of bounds
just as the gun sounded the end
Of the half.
The ball during practically all Of
this first half with the exception
CT the last few minutes was deep
in BraWley territory. When their
goal was threatened as the result
of a snappy pass which brought
the pigskin to their II yard line
the Spartan line lived up to their
name and there was no getting
through or around it for a score
Two attempted forwards wer g
knocked down and that ended the
Brawley scoring threats for the
time being.
The complexion of the game
changed during the second half and
the Wildcats took charge Of the
situation. The Spartans got them
selves into a bad spot soon after
the opening kickoff. Receiving the
ball on their 20 they carried it tc
the 30 yard line. Then Kirkpatrick
reeled off 10 yards for first down
on the 40. Then a Spartan tumble
was recovered by the Wildcats al
this point and another Wildcat
tumble which they recovered
brought the ball back TO their oWr
43.
Brawley then punted the bal
being downed on the Spartan 20
A IS yard penalty for clipping
brought the ball to the yard mari
and Elliott s bad kick gave the bal
to Brawley on the Spartan 16. Foul
vicious thrusts at the line nette,
but nine yards and the Spartan
took possession on their own seven
Just as the period closed beau
tiful pass by the Wildcats brough
the ball from their own 40 to th'