The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-10-23
Lions Lose, 1876
In Ellensburg
Grid Tussle
Three injuries even up
chances with Sunny
side this week

SlQC UlllO WYNN
rne Washington high school foot
al, season is heading down the final
.-etch of the 1871 season in the
vatima Valley with Wapato out in
srnt with four wins and no defeats
and no ties. Gle Elum Is in second
rhce With two wins, no defeats and
- He. EIlensburg is in third with
three wins and one defeat and in
.identaIly that one to Wapato; Ken
nevick,s plucky Lions in fourth with
tro wins and two loses; Toppenish is
n fifth place with one win and two
Ioses Pasco, sixth, with one win and
two defeats; Prosser, seventh, with
one win and three defeats, and Sum-
nvsdde. the vastly improved team, in
the cellar.
Not much news has been reported
On the Lions-Ellensburg game, only
the faeartless drubbing that the
heartless Bulldogs handed the local
uuad is hardly justifiable in any
league. The Lions have pounded
into q streak of hard luck, however,
and they hit their peak against the
touchdown hungry Bulldogs relative
70 hard luck and injuries. CarmOdy
and hunger led the Bulldogs in their
victory. 1922. .--s
This Ellensburg team is good, tho,
and don't let anyone tell you diff
trently. Their line is tough, rug
sed and we'll coached. The back
field is extremely fast with. Car
mody and Bunger leading the way.
Other games from last weeks
play include the Wapato Sunny
side tilt in which the Wolves won a
very close one by a TO count. When
the final gun sounded Wapato was
on the 6-inch line trying to get a
time-out for one more play; how
ever. the captain failed to get the
referees attention and the game
ended with the Wolves winning by a
narrow margin. Wapato's passing
attack failed to click and only two
serials were completed. against five
short ones for Sunnyside. After a
Eoreless first half, Wapato tailed
when it ran the second half kickoff
back to Wapato,s 40 and punched
the ball over in six plays. st. Marys
vent the last five yards and Pat
brson converted, which proved to
be the margin Of victory. Donahoo
scored for Sunnyside on a line buck.
Prosser squeezed out : ihs first
league win Of the season by a 60
decision over Toppenish. A series
Of passes near the end of the third
period paved the way for the Mus
angs touchdown. Top-Hi was
within the Prosser 10-yard line once
N each half; but couldn't score.
Lorin Amar, the 200-pound full
JACK, OF the Lions probably is thru
ior the season as he received a bro
Ken right thumb In the Ellensburg
game. However, Coach Coates may
e able to use the hard hitting full
Jack as lineman if the broken
zone responds rapidly to treatment.
Anaan, hoping for the best, however,
VII not be ready until the final
game Of the season, that being with
faSco, which is November IL. The
LIONS came out of the Elensburg
game pretty badly battered, which
@iy goes to prove this writer's
MDsophy relative to athletic con-
esS' especially inter scholastic
saietlcs, and that is, when a team
s& the game "salted away" let the
oOys who are holding down the
Yemen play! I can't see how a coach
an Justify himself relative to keep
S those plucky second stringers on
NC bench, especially when he is
'oue tour or five touchdowns
Seaa. Those other boys on the
aacn deserve a chance to play I'M
s nose conditions and this corner
3aeVes he can make these state
= sn's and have ninety percent Of
coaches back him, too. Tbs
liner IS not condemning Coach
iso OF Ellensburg, but the phil
my on this situation is pretty
ssfal among athletic coaches and
!. ms 70 be based on common sense.
mat moral, physical or practical
sanOage does a team get out of
ocles based on large scores? 1t
,ss niy isn't any fun for the team
Is ahead because the very
~ fundamental interest in any
an tltlVe sport is competition,
you're on a team which is
,y out in front there's no COM
A4on involved to speak of and
- payers lose interest rapidly and
a." 1ne fans. Another point of in
Ss IS that in any league over
Sfiod OF time, you're going to
.r team which is far superior to
81 ~ In Its league-its just happens
bsS way and the only way to make
\. interesting is not to dissolve
,,s conpetitive element involved
nv keep the contest from being a
hs~ay. Lets keep those contests
s,Srlng coaches touch
:" tlS ahead late in the third quar-