Abilene Reporter-News from Abilene, Texas • 4

Sum 1 PAGE FOUR THE nll CMC PflnQMIRin RFpOOTCYNPWg Sunday Morning December 9 1928 PORT ARTHUR-MAIN AVENUE GAME ENDS IN TIE 6-6 Abilene-Cleburne Play Semi-Finals Here Friday OHIO RESULT! PLAY-BY-PLAY REPORT ON EAGLE-SANDIE GAME Arki BE DECIDED BY FIRST QUARTER Captain Walker of Amarillo won tha toss and chose to defend the south goal captain Balkeld of Abilene elected to receive Travis for Amarillo kicked off 47 yards to Phelps who returned 17 to tha Abilene 30 yard line Smith went out of bounds for a yard gMa on the first play from scrimmage Doebier nailed Phelps for no gain at right guard Smith plowed Into left guard for two yards and kicked 83 to Travis who made a scintillating COLLEGE Georgia Tech SS Georgia 0 (Southern championship) Tenemee Florida 12 Alabama 13 Louisiana Stela I Quantlco Marines 11 Loyola (New Orleans) 13 Creighton Marquette 1 University of Tuba 37 Haskell Indians Southern 1 Chattanooga IS North Carolina 14 Duko 7 Southwestern S3 Ilendrta I Miami 20 Lonbbna College I HIGH SCHOOL Abilene 20 Amarillo 31 (quarter 33 yard return up the east sideline to 35 yards line Walker stepped out of bounds for a yard Iosa Doebier barely missed a pass from Walker Hudgins skipped around left end for seven yards Amarillo drew 15 yard placing the bail on Abilene's 48 yard line Doebier kicked over the goal Smith took 4 yards at left tackle Hudgins tackling Phelps raced around right end for a twenty yard gain and the first first down of the gain Balkeld waa offside Abilene drawing a five yard penalty Smith rambled off left tackle using a stiff arm to good effect on tha secondary mtut who Mocked his way and made 33 yards Smith rammed right guard for one pace and Hanna flipped the ball to Daniel for an eleven yard gain Smith strode six yards through left tackle to the Amarillo 11 yard line- Smith followed Phelps and Kincaid around left end for nine yards and a first down on the staniUwt1 two yard stripe Nicktaus Amarillo guard waa charged with kicking Smith of Abilene and was escorted off the Held by an official Smith made a yard rolling back off the messed lines but shoved over right guard for touchdown on the next piny place kick went to the right The aeon waa Abilene A Amarillo A Smith kicked off 47 yards to Travis and the Amarillo quarter broughtlt beck 18 yards A pass Walker to Doebier ailed as KlnnUti knocked the ball out of the receiver's hands Balkeld and Shackelford nailed Travis for no gain as he tried a fake at the left aide of the line Travis Juggled pass on his finger tips and dropped it Amarillo drew a five yard penalty Doebier kicked 43 yards to Phelps who went out of bounds without gain on the Eagles' 28 yard line Smith took three at right tackle and Kincaid's pass was Intercepted by Travis on tha Abilene 37 yard line Hudgins Masted right tackle for eight yards and Walker skirted left end for 13 yards and a first down Walker squirmed five yards through left guard Harris cleared of scrimmage at right guard and in beautiful slg sagging dash made thirteen yards and a touchdown Travis ptaceklcked goal and the score was Amarillo 7 Abilene A It was the first time In their history that the Sandies had led the Eaglet Bentley took Daniel's piece at left end and Allen went In for Kincaid who was Injured Travis kicked off 28 yard Una Murphy of Abilene replaced TTuett Barber Hanna fumbled and lost 4 yards Phelps was stopped without gain at left end Conklin piling up the interference Phelps' long pass to Balkeld was Incomplete Smith kicked 30 yards over the goal Hanna made a headlong diva to Intercept a pass from Walker an-the Bandies" 28 yard Una Smith got three at left tackle and Ms pass to Salkeid was Happed down by Travis Phelps hammered right tackle for 9 yards and then broke through the other tackle shook off Walker as he reached to tackle and with Alton featuring the Interference need sixteen yards for a touchdown Hanna's dropklck Mt the crossbar but bounced over for the extra point The score waa Abilene IB Amarillo 7 Smith kicked over the goal Bentley stopped TTavld Interference and Ferry Barber tackled the runner tot no gain Walker skipped eleven yards through the Una Short of AimHii substituted for Notan at guard Walker paired to Larsen for a ten yard gain Walker fumbling lost a yard at left end Yoder wait In for Neely in the Abilene Una Travis made three at right guard Black toppled Hudgins for no gain Gibson substituted for Hudgins of Amarillo and Blair relieved Nunn at end Gibson on a delayed buck drove through left guard for twelve yards Walker passed to Gibson for a nine yard gain Travis u1 him' self to pass tried to run and lost four yards Travis went out of bounds on the Abilene 35 yard line without gaining With five yards to go on fourth down Gibson smashed left guard for eight yards Walker got four yards at right tackle Walker shotgunned a pare to Doebier for seven yards and a first down The gun fired with a pare In the air but Hanna knocked it down THIRD QUARTER Smith kicked off fifty yards Travis returning 18 to the Amarillo 28 yard line Gibson made four at right end Allen tripping him while Black made tha tackle Gibson lost one at left end and Walker threw pass Incomplete to Travis AM was offside giving Amarillo a first down Walker threw an incomplete pen to Ttavta TTuett Berber topped Ttavta for no gain Ttavta threw a seven yard pare to Larsen and Smith caught the receiver in hie tracks Doebier kicked 39 yards to Phelps and the Lopin' Lucy sprinted back with It for 32 yards Smith got two yards at right tackle and Phelps' marched six through tha same place Phelps made six more at the mu spot with a swarm of Mack sweaters in the Interference Time was called for Lawhoxn Amarillo center Smith made a yard and Hanna registered four paces diving over left guard pare to Hanna waa incomplete although the receiver should have had lb Black was groggy but he got up and tried to walk straight as Coach Mayhew started out on the field Phelps booted 38 yards across the goal line Black and Bentley landed on Gibson for no gain but the same back trampled over left guard for nine yards the next down Walker got a couple of yards at center for first down Walker made one on a cross buck at left guard A lateral pare from Walker to Gibson made seven yards Ttavta Mt tha line for two yards and another first down Walk er tossed to Travis for a 17 yard gala A pass Walker to Larsen waa incomplete Bentley dropped Gibson at the line of scrimmage Ttavta snared a pass from Walker and went IS yards to the Eagles' 34 yard line Shackelford ot Abilene relieved South Texas Bi-District Conflict Minus Any i Scores Except Second Period (By the Associated Fresa) POST ABTHUB Dee Decision aa to the winner of the San Antonio Main Avenue-Port Arthur M-ditrict high school game hero today wiBJbaj put up to the itata exeenti committee of the Interscholi-' tie league The game 6 to 8 tie and tha question 'aa to what constitute a penetra-ion of the 20-yard line la tha lingo on which the winner is hanging Holton's Opinion Referee Barry Holton said that In his opinion the Port Arthur team-penetrated the Avenue 20-yard line clearly -three time and Main Avenue crossed the same stripe ot the Yellow Jackets twice not counting the touchdown by Main which was made on a pare from the 25-yard llna He further said that on another occasion Dumesnll Port Arthur halfback waa wen across (hi Mein Avenue 20-yard Hue when fumbled and a Main Avenue playei recovered the ball after It had been knocked back across the stripy by a Main player There points will be carried to the committee af Austin under the latest ruling of the lnterscholastio ruling tie games are to be decided with one point awarded for each penetration of the opponent's 30 yard line Score On Both touchdowns maxn the second period Main nuiriLf hadoutptayed Port Arthur fls period and was close to' 20-yard line when the second -flier lod started Forward dropped bach aa to ptaceklck but instead (hot long pare to Michel who evaded a Port Arthur tackier and scored The Port Arthur touchdown came few moments later after end runs by Gillman and Dumesnll had put the hall Inside the 20-yard line a Short pass to Barfield waa completed and the tall halfback evaded two tacklera to acme The Port Arthur team played better game the rest of the way and outplayed their opponents Port Arthur fans presented Coach Tom Dennis with a sedan after the game and Line Coach Thompson with a gold watch The Li neaps ML Avenue (8) Fos Arthur (41 Michel LE Doming us Edwards LT Brown Atkina IG Walker Kivlln C- Thimef Jordt RG Quebedeaux Fussell RT Bos Garrett RE Knight Campbell Oilman Klein LH Dumesnll Ulmer RH Barfield Berdweil FB O'Neal Officials: Holton (Notre Dauie) referee Foster Southwestern) umpire Boggess (Waco) head llngs- Score by periods: Maine Avenue 0 Port Arthur aQ Father Lumpkin Oak Cliff Product Scores Two Tornado Touchdowns Over Georgia BY HORACE RENE GAR (Associated Press Sports Writer) ATLANTA Dec 9 Georgia Tech's Golden Tornado swept to undisputed championship of the Southern Conference today by crushing its ancient rival the University of Georgia 30 to 6 The Georgia Bulldogs however provided sufficient thrills Thirty-five thousand asw Maffett Georgia end take a pass over the Gold and White goal line in the first period to give his team a 6 to 0 lead the first time this season any team has held a margin over Tech Stumpy Thomason halfback and Father Lumpkin sophomore fullback however could not be denied It wee the ramming battering Lum-kin who made a three-yard plunge for a touchdown In the second quarter and in the next period he rammed over left guard for another six-pointer Great Running Thomason after giving the crowd wonderful exhibition of broken field running and pace changing added the third touchdown In the ne period He ripped center for four yards and a touchdown This march started Tech's own 43-yard line when Thomason took Harvey Hill's punt and ran It back to midfield From there he led a drive aided by Mlzell and Lumpkin straight across Tech was on the offensive most of the way From the outset Lumpkin Thomason Mlzell Dunlap and other backs dashed frequently for telling gains while Frank Waddey end snagged several passes A Bad Pass Georgia's only touchdown came in the first period when Peter Pund Ttch center made a poor pom to Mlzell who failed to pick up the ball Palmer Bulldog end recov-ered on Tech's 17-year stripe and ran five yards Then after three Una plays failed Hooks passed to Maffett over the goal for a touch-Bcore by periods: Georgia 6 0 0 6 Georgia Tech 0 7 13 Scoring Georgia: touchdown Maffett Bearing Tech: Touchdowns Lumpkin 2) Thomason Points after touchdown Thomason (3) Louisiana State -Loses 13-0 Marines Whip Loyola 14-13 BIRMINGHAM Ala Dec Alabama's Crimson Tide bowled over the Louisiana State Tigers here today 13 toO The game was largely a battle of lines with Alabama having the edge in all but one quarter CampbeU end Holm scored touchdown on short bucks Skidmore making the extra point NEW ORLEANS Dec Failure to make a point after touchdown cost Loyola of New Or leans a 14 to 13 defeat at the bands of the Quantlco Marines here' today Loyola scored in the first and third quarters and the Marines In the second and third FIR BENEFIT All-Senior Game Will Be Played New Year's Day In Dallas KANSAS CITY Dec Faculty members of the Big Six athletic conference in session here today approved the proposed formation of a Big Six football team composed ef seniors to play team of seniors from the Southwest Conference in a benefit game New Year's day In Dallas Ernest Bearg head football coach of the University ol Nebraska who will have charge of the Big Six team left today tor Dallas to complete arrangement Before leaving Bearg said he might ask other Big Six coaches to assist him Thrilling 13-12 Clash Keeps Vols' Three-Year Unbeaten Record Alive By ALAN GOULD Associated rreas Sports Editor KNOXVILLE Term Dec The Volunteers of Tennessee playing with all the dashing and daring skill of youth scuttled the Southern conference championship of Florida today In a thrilling dims to me of the greatest Dixie gridiron seasons These sturdy eons of Tennessee with a (crappy fast charging line and three sensational sophomores In tha bsckfleld ripped Into the defense of the country's highest powered scoring machine tore It apart in the first half with a bewildering attack and had the stuff to turn back Florida desperate counter thrust that fell only a single print shy of squaring the count Tennessee's final margin was 13 to 13 Nearly Tied Only a Thanksgiving Day scoreless tie with Kentucky keep the Vols from claiming an equal Share of Southern title glory with Georgia Tech which closed Its campaign at Atlanta today by beating Georgia before moving on to represent Dixie In the Ron Bowl gems at Pasadena New Year's Day As It stands Tennessee under tt coaching of the rid West Print star Major Bob Niyland has played 30 consecutive garnet over a three-year period without defeat winning 18 and tying two Neyland rose from a sick bed where he has been confined by for several days to see his young charges outdo themselves today as they got the Jump oh the brilliant Florida array took the lead In the second period and kept it to the finish lu spite of the most determined counter chargee of Clyde" Crabtree and his crew of fighting Gators Were Unbeaten Florida unbeaten previously this year and with a speedy well drilled outfit entered the game top heavy a favorite Each touchdown tallied by Florida put tha Gators within a print of Tennessee but each time the failure of the try for extra point kept the visitors from catching their flying rivals Tennessee' running attack with Hackman and McEver ripping through Florida's got the home team off to a flying start Each of these stars scored a touchdown but it waa the brilliant all around defensive work of Dodd aided by Hackman that kept the Gators from flying through the air to victory Playing at quarterback lu place of the injured Captain Roy Witt Dodd displayed aupurb generalship In his selection of plays and twice put Florida on the defensive with quick kicks that fooled the Gator backs completely and cost them many valuable yards Lineups Tenn (13) Fos Florida (IS) Hug Van Slckel Thayer LT a Waters Fuller ID Steeple Finney Clark Tripp RG Reeves Johnston RT Hicks Alley RE Stanley Dodd QB Bower Hackman LHB Bethea McEver RHB Owens Horner FB Sauls Score by periods: Tennessee 0 7 0 Florida 0 0 6 13 Scoring: By Touchdowns McEver and Hackman Extra print Alley (pass from Dodd) By Touchdowns: Good-bread (sub for Bethea) and Owens Officials: Lambert (Kilo State Bagley Washington Lee: Clark Sewanee field Judge-Franke Army One actor new to Abilene rough customers and one old to them will be seen In this week's legion show Young Samson light heavyweight grappler who has been performing In Central Texas of late will meet Bomar Moore of Anson In the main event a finish wrestling match for the best two falls of three Don Garver lightweight who pop-utarized himself by Ms scraps here last summer will return to the ring after prolonged absence He Promises 1000 Fans On Special Eagle-Sandie Officials Are Picked To Serve' Again' Eagles conquerors of Amarillo and the Cleburne Yellow Jackets will play hers Friday of this week as semifinalists in the state interscho-iastio football steeplechase The gams' will be played at Simmons University stadium starting at 2:30 The Friday date waa (elected over Saturday in deference to he badness men ef the city whe may lie willing to eloae ihcp for twe horn en Friday feet cant think of doing ft en gate nrday with Christina so near It was also agreed that the attendance from neighboring points will be larger en Friday aba there will then be no eon-j flict with the Ranger-Conicana game at Corsicana and Cbco-! Fort Worth Csnlral game at Fort Worth both ef which are to be played Saturday Conference Here Flans for the semi-final tilt were threshed out last night at a meeting at the Hilton hotel between local school officials and Coaches Howard Farter and John Jordan of Cleburne who came to Abilene to we the Eagles and Bandies meet In the quarter-finals Cleburne already had passed to the semi-final itage by its 13-6 win over Sunset High of Dellu Friday Superin- AXSWER REQUESTED Carswell Chamber of Commerce secretary said last night that be had had no reply teem the snpeiintendents ef the Anson and Gorman schools to hb telegrams inviting them to stage their bi-dbtrict data championship gams in Simmons Stadium Abilene want tm hope they wUl come and will de everything in emr power to help them pull off the game' CarswelL only point to bo considered now that the date aetoctod must not conflict with the Abilene-Cleburne game ef undent Green principal Dudley coach A Mayhew and representatives of the school board and athletic council In" for Abilene Coach Parker will bring a squad of 33 Yellow Jackets to Abilene for the classic and a special train will Tollow with 1000 Cleburne fans he promised Abilene sent more than a thousand to Cleburne last year when the same teams contested as ranl-flnalists It ought to be a great game roach Mayhew said last night The Jacket passing attack to said to be equal to the marvelous display put on by Amarillo's Golden Sandstorm esterday and Its defense is much tighter Same Officials Officials wen also the tame quartet by the way that served hen yesterday Ben Lee Boynton (Williams) win referee Charley Alderson Illinois) draws the umpire's assignment Jack Roach i Baylor) will be field Judge and Meyer IT U) wtH be head linesman Yesterday's coaches Mayhew of Abilene and Smith of Amarillo delighted with the officiating In the Eagle-5andle tilt Boynton would have reddened with pleasure If he had heard the nice things the coaches wen saying about him for he Is still smarting under criticism of his decision in the Texas-8 MU game that Texas did NOT make that touchdown Boynton suits us from the ground said coach Parker peaking for Cleburne Yesterday's game added 33448 net to the Eagle fund now In custody of the athletic council bringing the season's savings to date to about 17300 Recepita wen 88113 and expenses 81-000 Ineluding 8311 lor officials Besides 8 per cent of the gross was put away to be sent to the State Interscholastic League which nets its cut-in on all bt -district games But with an expenses paid the game netted 83488 for each team Abilene and Amarillo That waa much better than last year's quarter-! mal tilt between the Eagles and Sandies when the net ran only 81700 ARMY EXCLUDED FROM EXCLUSION CHICAGO Dec Ss-Except in tie case of the Army the Big Ten hereafter will refuse to enter Into athletic relations with any team which does not have a three-year player rule After a turbulent debate during which proteste were made against the Army which does not have such a rule the faculty auvisory com of the conference tost night decided to enforce the rule with the one exception of to Satellites v- -1 v- t'- BENTLEY MANLY That unstoppable running attack the Eagles fired at Amarillo waa all Phelps and Smith Altman Smith (top) an all-state performer lest season lugged the ball a grand total of 308 yards during the gome according to two touchdowns and averaged more than 6 yards each time he ran Phelps Lucy the broken field specials skipped over 147 yards of greensward during the performance averaging more hn 7 yards per run Dewey Mayhew Eagle coach eaw plenty no doubt that be did not like hut one thing he did relish was the stalwart playing of Kenneth Bentley at left end who turned In a wonderful exhibition both on offence end defense With Lusby more of a veteran (San Antonio) 6 Fort Ar-f-tie (qnarter finab) narricanes (Galveston) 0 Ball High (Galveston) 0 At San Antonio: S4rd Infantry Fort Sam Houston 19 Fort Bill aU-stara 7 (Second Division title) THE MORNING BX FREXV ANDERSON Javing told the world for months 11 in advance that the champion the Oil Belt would win from Amarillo by two touchdowns and having men Abilene defeat Amarillo by one touchdown we now fed qualified to predict that the Eaglet will win the state championship although we are not prepared announce the scores of the games with Cleburne and Marshall Probably they will be more decisive than the margin of victory over Amur ilia Cleburne is coming up this week and the customers will doubtlessly be favored with complete change of program They are due to see more defensive football than they saw yesterday although Cleburne Is known to possess a good passing attack itself The chances are that that aerial will not be so good as the overhead directed by Walker and Travis We rate that southpaw Walker ae the equal of Esco Walter and Dewey Mayhew Abilene coach declared the passing at tack was the best for a high school that bo ever witnessed While we an not prepared to see such strong offensive opposition In the Yellow Jackets their line will be better than the Amarillo front and that factor may serve to reduce the Eagles' yardage Our belief that the Eagles are championship bound is supported by the opinion of Eck Curtis Ranger coach who attended entertainment Eck says he believes nothing can stop them now and they have his best wishes He holds no grudge he says against Abilene ht the recent eligibility wrangle The Ranger team by tha way will play Corsicana at Ranger next Saturday December 15 and not an December 11 as a report originating at Corsicana tost work had It With tha AM-lene-Cleborne match eat ef the way on Friday the Bulldogd contest with the Central Texas crew is expected to draw a large representation from the Oil Belt our double decked press box crowd yesterday were Coaches Parker of Cleburne Head of Marshall Tyson of Waco and Chapman of Cisca Chapman made the humorous Jab that he was scouting the team for next season although lie doesn't know where he'll be next season Our guess to that he has a hnrmi (or life in Cisco if he chooses to keep it took the boys down at Rice Institute a long time to find out what it was all about but they've waked up at tart This week comes an announcement from Houston that important plans for the future of Owl sports are brewing Special provisions for butte steadings ef athletic stars will be mads while for the Hist time tadecementa win be offered players ef proved ability New it's bard to determine If the announcement from Houston to be taken seriously or if some wit ef the city has put a satirical ctesria by the Associated Prase It was a aeat Jibe at tbs wen known methods ot some schools whether or not Rice Intends to follow the same plan SeriouEly we have heard hints of mue overhauling In the Owl athletic faculty there may be something to the talk coming up from the bayou burg Tennis Body Puts Off Tiiden Action IB--- rh- SHOCM-Id Fnu) NEW YORK Dec Action on the application for reinstatement cf Big BI1 TUden was postponed until February by the executive committee of the United States Lawn Tennis Association at its December meeting todav a groi See FLAY BY FLAY Fag 8 50 yards and Smith brought the ball back 34 yards to Abilene's 44 yard Una Smith went out of bounds for no gala Phelps foozled the bsU and Clayton smeared him for no gain Phelps caught the secondary Maying in and booted the ball over their heads for 31 yards an Eagle klUlng it on the Sandies' '25 yard marker Walker threw a long pass over head Walker got two yards at left guard Manly tackling him Travis whipped a pass to Nunn for 13 yards TTuett Barber of Abilene substituted for Shackelford Berber taking guard while Baker moved out to tackle A peas Walker to Doebier wee incomplete Welker on a reverse at left end made a yard Bentley stopped Trevlstat right end without gain DoeMer kicked 41 to Phelps who was downed on his own 15 yard line Phelps circled right end for yards and made two yard at left tackle for Hist down SECOND QUARTER Phelps made two at left tackle and Hanna followed him with six at right tackle It was the first time for any Abilene player other than Smith or Phelps to run with tlic ball since the San Angelo game Smith on a reverse at left end made I yards and a first down Neely took Baker's place In the Abilene Una The Eagles were penalized 15 yards to their 39 yard line Phelps passed wildly over Salkeld's head Smith got six at left tackle and Phelps scampering and lunging off of tacklera got eight at the other tackle Smith kicked 38 yards to Travis who returned five and was smothered by four Abilene players Walker passed incomplete to Doebier and Bentley checked Walker without gain at right end Doebier back to kick got a bad pass from center and lost yards Ha punted 34 yards to Phelps who fumbled and recovered on the Sandies' 47 yard line Smith Mt right tackle for I yard and ha cams at right guard for four yards carrying DoeMer backward on hte shoulders Phelps cut back at right tackto for a yards and Mb screen pass to Bentley lost a yard Phelps failed to gain at right end and Smith kicked 34 yards over the goal Bentley made a crashing tackle aa Ttavta started through the Hue the Studio field general dropping the ball which waa covered by Manly Abilene center On tha first play Smith charged through left guard and was barely tagged by Welker as he made Ms we? 19 yards for a touchdown Phelps fumbled the snap from center and Hanna had no chance to try for a place kick at goal The core was Abilene 13 Amarillo 7 Smith kicked off 29 yards and Larsen returned only three Manly tackled Ttavta for a yard foes but Walker a reverse at left tackle made 7 yards Walker pegged to Ttavta who traveled 30 yards to the Abilene 39 yards line Smith intercepted a pass from Walker and raced back 39 yards Black cutting a tackier down neatly to clear the path Tha ball was on AarxriUo': Suggestions Shop early mail packages now kelp the Good-fellows give currency or gold coins neat nifty art holders mike this easy We have them new currency and gold eoins too On the job to make Christmas giving easy The Citizens National Bank East Side Where North First Crosses Pin He will pick his squad have it assembled at some central point pas- of Merkel in an eight round sibiy Kansas City and entrain lor final and the youngster dil it Although Texas a week or ten days before Dub Cunningham will meet Ser- not to experienced as most of hU the game doing all Its practice gcant Kyle famous falling fighter teammates he fought and that meant Texas 1 in a five round preliminary is lot to scheduled to meet Carlton Vicks disabled Mayhew turned to Bob.