Imperial Valley press., 1942-11-22

minutes OF play Friday nigh
stepped into the end-zone fr
the only score of the evening. Tackle
Lewis Jackson's conversion was
good to give the Spartans the game,
TO.
After play had surged from one
end of the gridiron to the other
for about As minutes the Ell Centre
team finally unleashed a sudden
burst of energy to march so yards
and score.
Strictly power plays worked the
ball down to the 40 for first down
from mid field and then Alarcon
found a weak spot on the left side
of the Brawley line and went to
the 25 before being downed. Alar-
con passed to jackson, who was
made eligible on the play, to the Is
for another first down. On a lateral
Alarcon made another first down
on the Brawley four-yard line.
SAME PLAY
The small Ell Centre quarterback
then called the same playa strong
side run around his own right end
with the right half moving into the
line-four times. On the fourth
attempt he went over to score. But
just as he crossed the goal line he
dropped the ball. He fell on it in
the end-zone, however, for a tally
Immediately afterwards, with only
two minutes to play, the Wildcats
tried three desperate passes and a
run from their own 40, where they
had taken the kickoff. Willie Gra
ham, who alternated at right half
and left end, dropped back to toss
the long passes but they fell short or
were batted down by the tight Spar
tan pass defense.
Ray Muncill, playing left halfback
for Ell Centre, broke through the
center of the BraWley line on the
first play to again move the ball
deep into Wildcat territory on the
'21-yard marker Alarcon went around
right end to the 10 just as the final
gun sounded to end a second Spart-
an scoring threat.
Other than the final winning spree
put on by the Ell Centre team there
was little difference between the
teams. Brawley never penetrated
within the Spartan 25-yard line on
offense. Feeling strongly the alb
Sence of John Williams, two-time
All-Valley left halfback, and Bill
Tom Johnson, regular first string
left guard, the Cats never seemed
to. really get rolling.
Early in the game Fullback Char
les Nick and Left Half Bill Moore
straight power plays but the Ell Gen.
tro defense Stiffened before they
went very deep in the pay-off direc-
ton Both lines battled on a par
for more than three quarters of the
game but in the final moments the
weight advantage of the SpartanS'
began to tell.
A few minutes previous to the
touchdown drive the SpartanS were
booted back to their own five-yard
line By Moore's punt. 1t was then
that the tiring of the BraWley team
became noticeable. Right Half Ed
Wylie and Alarcon raced the ball
back to the Ell Centre AZ in seven
plays as the Wildcat linemen were
moved from their positions by the
Spartan forward wall.
Left Tackle Jackson, End Harry
| Dillon, Right Guard Jack Small and
Center Archie Dessert gave top
notch performances. For the Wild
cats Right Guard Gilbert Mendez,
Right Tackle Bill Campbell and
Right End Jack Monger were in on
most of the plays.
After batting down the BraWley
team that had tripped the league
leading Calexico Bulldogs the week
before, the Spartans will Immediate
" begin to prepare for their game
with the Bulldogs. CaleXico main
tainS a bare percentage lead over
the Spartans in the league stand
ings, having played one more game
than the team from Ell Ccntro. Cal
exico has won six games and lost
one while the Spartans have won
five with a single loss. The two
teams are to battle it out for the
championship of Imperial Valley
next Thursday afternoon, Thanks
giving Day, on the CaleXico grid
iron.
BY losing to the Spartans Friday
night the Wildcats remained in
third place but lost their chance to
come in second or even share a
three-way tie for the league cham
pionship.