Imperial Valley press., 1942-10-18

to cross their goal line and only a
bad pass from the Brawley center
kept the game from ending in a
scoreless stalemate. 1t was practi-
cally the same line that faced Cal
eXico but play was 100 per cent
different.
After the kickoff, which BraWley
received, both teams fought in Wild
cat territory, alternating possession
of the ball during the first period.
John Williams, Wildcat left half
back, made bad kick from his II
yard line to his own 81. The Spart-
ans tried four times to put it over
but were able to gain only nine
yards.
ON I3-YARD LINE
Brawley took over on the 13-yard
stripe. After failing to gain on the
first running play Williams attempt
ed to pass to Willie Graham, left
end. 1t fell incomplete. On third
down the Wildcats again tried to
pass near their own goal line. The
pass from center went deep into
the end zone where a BraWley man
picked it up and tried to get away.
In SO doing, he stepped out of the
end zone, scoring an automatic
safety.
Williams free kicked to the Spart-
an 40 from his own 20 but the dam
age was already done.
The Wildcats had a chance to
roll a while later. The SpartanS
elected to run the ball on fourth
down a yard short of the SO yard
marker and a first down. The Wild
cat line held, giving Coach Sheldon
Loughborough's team the ball for
the first time in their opponents
territory The Wildcats worked the
ball down to the Spartan 20 before
they were held
OUT OF BOUNDS
Four plays later Ed Alarcon, Spar
tan quarterbackl kicked out of
bounds on the Wildcat Is
Ell Centro recovered a Brawley
tumble after the Wildcats had made
a first down on pass from Will
liamS to Dick Woods, Wildcat right
end, on the Ell Centro As.
The half ended few seconds lat
er after Right Half Ed Wylie's pass
to Alarcon was good for 26 yards
and F'ullback Leslie Horton had
plunged to the BraWley 81.
In the statistical department the
Spartans held a definite edge. They
gained 207 yards running against
"a for their foe. Wylie gained many
yards on reverSeS and displayed
coolneSS in executing intricate plays.
His lateralS to Alarcon went true
and added many yards. Horizons
spinning was good and Oscar Hes
ter's blocking and kicking were eX-
cellent.
Bill Tom johnson, BraWley guard,
who was out of the first game while
recovering from a re-injury of a
broken ankle, was outstanding on
defense.
STIFF BLOW
The SpartanS received stiff blow
when Frank Dessert l85-pound
right tackle, was taken out of the
game after the first play with a
twisted knee. He returned to action
in the second half but played far
below his usual standard.
The Spartan defense was especial
ly effective against Williams and
his broken field running. CoacIl Lou
Birnbaum kept the Spartan ends
wide in order that the halfback
could not go around them. Only
once on a punt return at the start
of the second half did Williams
threaten. He returned Oscar Hes
ter's kick 33 yards before he was
knocked down on the Spartan 30
yard line.
Immediately after that the Wild
cats made their greatest threat TO
the Spartan goal. Williams passed
to the IL to Graham. An offside
penalty placed the ball on the
Spartan 7. On the next play Will
liams again shot a pass, intended
for Gene Minter, but it was in
tercepted by Lewis Jackson, Spar
tan left tackle, who returned it to
the II.
In the fourth quarter, Alarcon
made his longest run of the game