Laurel outlook., 1948-10-13
LOCOMOTIVES GO
NEXT TO BOHEMIAN
Butte Team InflictS Loss On
Laurel Field 31-6
Friday Evening

Twenty-Five memkers of the
Laurel Locomotives will leave
Friday afternoon for their thirc
conference clash, with the Boze.
man Hawks from Gallatin high.
Although spirits were slightly
dampened at first after suffer
ing the first defeat at the hands
of the Butte Central Maroons
last week, the team spirit has re-
turned for this one. The Laurel
team now stands in a third place
tie with the Livingston Rangers,
having dropped one game each
with the same number of wins.
The Galatin Hawks will be
looking for their first conference
win, having dropped games to
Butte and Havre. With the
chance for a conference tie gone
the Bozeman club has set it's
sights on avenging the loss it
suffered last year by the Loco
motives, going down to a "a to
10 defeat after racking up four
straight wins. Although Laurel
has to depend on another club to
set down the Butte Central Ma
rooms, to have even a mathemat-
ical chance at the title, Laurel
will be cunning for this and the
remaining two games-shooting|
for another second place stand
ing in class A football, a record
in itself for a B school.
Butte Drops Locomotives 31-6
Keyed up for the most impor-
tant game of the year, the Butte
Central Maroons and the Laurel
Locomotives put their undefeated
records on the line last Friday
FOR the conference leadership.
The smooth running club from
he Mining City, however, capital
zed on the breaks of the game
and before it was all over had
'outed a rugged but firing Lau-
eel eleven 81 to 6.
Taking the opening kickoff, the
Maroons ran for a first down and
hen set themselves to keep right
n marching when they ran into
solid and stubborn wall. By
he end of the first period the
.aurel club had taken the ball,
fter an exchange of punts, down
o the Butte 10, and on the Sec
nd play of the second period
'ill Sorg skirted his right end
or the first score of the game.
he try for point went wide. The
lad was short-lived, however, as
nicely executed screen pass "
tucked the whole forward wall of O
he Laurel team out of position +
| a play where the Laurel boys i,
nxiously charged in anticipation b
: throwing Butte for huge loss. a
ut a short pass over their heads r
nd a 3O-yard run tied the game o
!, 6 to 6.
The two teams battled down to P
lie. minute of playing time left Fl
the first half, with the Laurel n
am leading 5 to a in first Ii
WINS. Butte took the ball and a
ssed a neat 20-yard pass, fol- S,
wed by a free gallop to pay S,
TT for a IL to 6 half time ly
unit. A
The Locomotives came back in fl
e third period, throwing a pass tt
r a first down and missing E
by only a few yards IL
hen a bad pass from center on
attempted punt play gave the C
IL to the Butte team IN the Y,
lurel 35. From then on the tn
me turned in favor of the Ma d;
.ns as they bullied their way is
the ground for first downs fla
d three more touchdowns be- ia
re the game ended.
The game was featured by the ra
I'd running of Bill Sorg and er
: throwing of the Butte backs, en-
tn Bob Sorg doing an out sh
job with bone-crushing as
,kles on defense. The Laurel or
b which had really never been M,
shed this year, until this game, dii
We way at the line after an
'apping the outstanding Butte
I'M to a standstill during the oh
st half-but have. recovered m,
5hout injury for their next of
me this week. TO
Their next game finds them tn
home against the Livingston ne
myers, Friday, Oct. %. br
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