The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, December 10, 1926, Image 8
THE GAME IN KEVlftW
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Bulldogs Display Magnificent Stand
Against Heavier Mullins Team
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The truthfulness of theso. vrfords of
Kipling was never more clearly demonstrated
than when Caijudyn bowed
before the superior weight of Mulling
: last Friday. :.;i ' v"
The Bulldog football team hkd to
journey more than nipety miles to
meet their challengers but they did
not travel the dusty road alone.
Thirty automobiles from this city
were parked within tho Mullins athletic
field and the crowded Camden
stands never ceased cheering their
boys onward in the manliest and mo.itj
colorful battle a lower state gridiron
ever witnessed.
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And back in Camden many more
hundreds of fans stood on toes and
with intense interest watched the
-game's progress as revived at the
Western Union office. Atld f(gsUing."
back to the Camden boys at Mullins
were numerous messages of praise
and encouragement.
'For these the Camden team is
especially grateful and each member
wishes to express his appreciation to
the following fans for their telegrams
which showed up at Mulling before'
and during the gume: Arthur Clark,
James Sheorn, L. A. Kirkland, Clifton
McKain, 1>. A. Boykin, William King,
L. J. Whitaker, C'ooley Gillis, Herman
Bnruch, Eleventh Grade, James Zemp,
Christopher Vaughan, Zemp & DePass,
N. C. Hoykin, Miss Etta 2emp,
Basil Bruce, Mrs. A. G. McKuin,
Frank Muynard, Frank E. Coursen,
Joe McKain, Chapman Barrett, Ralph
Shannon, New York Cafe, Camden
High School, Stoney Moore, Mrs.
J. R. Montgomery, Algebra 9-B, 10-B
French, Henry Pearee, W. R. Hough,
Miss Hcnagan, McLeod-Rush Co.,
A. S. Llewellyn, M. H. Heyman,
Henry Eichel, Beard's Filling Station,
John Nettles, James DeLoache, Jr.,
Buddin's Book Store, The Camden
Chronicle, Hughey Tindal, Hubert
Wilson, Mortimer Boykin, C. H.
Yates, Lewis Moore, R. B. Pitts, Leon
Schlosburg, Camden*Floral Co., L. C.
Shaw, Palmer Stokes, Luther Sowell,
I^xie McCaskill, Miss Mary Neil
Campbell.
Monday's Columbia State carried a
play-by-play account of the game as
furnished by V. Ingle, staff correspondent,
who seemed to think Camden
played mighty fine football. Here's
his story:
The score of Friday's game does
not entirely tell the story of the
battle for .Camden was scrapping
every minute of tfy# pUy and constantly
threatening to get away. In
the first quarter, thi first play after
kick-off by Mullins, Trapp, Camden
half, threw fear into the home team
by lipping off 80 yards around left
end through a thickly dotted field.
Smith, Mullins right end, stopped him
with u smashing tackle. Kadcliffe,
Camden half, followed suit by taking
8 yards around end. Sowell, Camden
quarter, took 8 yards through the line
while Campbell, Camden full, followed
up with 8 yards off tackle.
Things were beginning to look serious
for the Mtfllins outfit as the
lighter but speedy Camden team all
but swept the locals off their feet in
the first few minutes of the play.
The locals tightened and took the ball
on downs. Frortt this time on Mqllins
showed superior football. v
After taking the ball, O. Smith,
right half for Mullins, smashed off
tackle for 4 yards and Strickland,
rangy and fast Mullins quarter, took
6 more on the same play. G. Blount,
fullback, with a 3-yard gain through
the Camden line, made first down for
Mullins. M. Blount provided the home
fans a thrill with an 18-yard run on
un,off tackle play,
Strickland picking his chances with
a remarkable sense, directed the Mullins
aggregation for consistent gains,
placing the ball on the 26-yard line
by a 15-yurd pass to M. Blount. Taking
IhW ball nbeut the 26-yard line.
StrvJnard showed his first bu st of
the by ripping off over 2b yards
around end to place the'baU within
abdut one-yard of goal. G Blount
smashed the line for the first t uuhdown,
seven minutes after the opening
whistle. Yarborough, big Mu'nins
guard, dropped back and nonchalantly
booted the extra point from placement.
Mullins kicking off, Trapp, Camden
half, returned for 10 yards. The Mullins
outfit, drawing fi^st blood of the
game, refused to give and forced
Sowell, Camden quarter, to punt on
the fourth down. Sowell's punt m'.scued.
Mqllins opened up with a lateral
pass and lost 3 yards. Strickland attempted
to pass on the next play but
was downed in his tracks. Forced to
kick, Strickland booted the ball 40
yards. Radcliffe of Camden on an off
tackle play took 5 and Campbell behind
perfect interference made first
down. Trapp with a short end run
added 7 and Campbell took 4 more off
tackle for first down. Mullins was
penalized 5 and Campbell added more
to Camden's yardage, with a run for
15 yards, dodging, squirming and
twisting through the Mullins outfit,
around left end. A pass, Sowell to
Campbell, straight over the line of
scrimmage, netted 5. Campbell took 3
through the line. On the next play
Sowell was dropped in his tracks,
Rogers, Mullins center, making a
magnificent tackle.
Beginning the second quarter with
the ball in Mullins' possession, G.
Blount nearly got away around right
end but was stopped by Radcliffe with
a 3-yard gain. Strickland took 4 off
tackle. And there followed a series
of straight football plays interrupted
by only one pass, Strickland tossing
the ball to M. Blount who spread it
with one hand just as he fell.
On tK?3becond pass of the second
quarter attempted by Mullins, Campbell
of Camden reached high in the
air to intercept it and was downed
where he stood, Camden drove- the
ball consistently for a few plays and
followed with a pass, Campbell to
Trapp, for 20 yards, Trapp dashing
for 5 more yards before he was stopped.
A couple of line plays and Camden
again pulled a pass for a 6-yard
gain, Sowell to Campbell. Camden
failed to make the required yardage
and was forced to punt. In punting
Sowell of Camden, sideswiped the ball
with his foot and sent it directly
across the field with virtually no_
gain. It was snatched by M. Blount
who carried it 15 yards, deep into
the Camden territory. A couple of
line plays by M. Blount and O. Smith,
made Mullins a first down. Fighting
desperately Camden forwards stopped
Strickland behind the line of scrimmage
but G. Blount went through the
line nnd Strickland off tqckle made
another first down. (J. Blount added
5 and his brother, M. Blount, smashed
10 off tackle for first down.' Smith
bucked the line for a yard and with
a yard to go G. Blount went over for
the second touchdown. One of the
Caihden forwards, breaking through
Mullins line to intercept Yarborough's
placement, knocked the hall squarely
between the goal posts for the added
point. The half ended with the ball
about midfield.
Camden kicking off at the opening
of the second half, Captain - Collins,
MuHins end, returned the hall for ?0
yards. M. Blount and Strickland with
two plays off tackle and Strickland's
smashing the line for seven yards
made the first down. A. Hatfield, who
replaced G. Blount at half at the
beginning of the second half, set the
Mullin* supporter wild with a brilliant
run arofeud right end. Following
a couple of line play* Mull inn
was penalized 15 yardel Hatfield'*
long attempted pass to the goal line
failed and another paisa, Strickland's
short pass to Hatfield, was good but
failed to make the required distance,
Mullins lost the ball on downs.
Two attempt^ by Camden failed to
gain noticeably^ and Sowell punted,
Strickland returning the kick 15
yards. On the next play a lateral
pass, Strickland to Hatfield, waa-dsucceasful,
Hatfield gaining 15 yards,,
displaying a bright bit of broken field
/Sprinjtihg. 'Behind well nigh perfect
interference provided by C. McMillan
and Hatfield, Strickland took 15 yards
around right end for the f|nal touchdown
of the game. Yarborough
kicked successfully from placement.
Mullins kicking off, Sowell returned
for 10 yards and attempted a
couple of line plays and a pass, which
failed. Sowell then got loose for one
of the prettiest runs of the game,
17 yards ground end. But after this
run Mullina held and Sowell was
forced to kick. On the first play
Strickland broke loose for 15 yards
around left end. A lateral pass gained
five and Strickland smashed
through the line for 15 more. A Hatfield,
on two successive off tackle
plays, gained 9 yards, followed by
Strickland's off tackle for 59 yards.
Three plays and Hatfield attempted
to pass again but was downed in his
tracks by Burns and Jenkins, Camden
ends who broke through. Camden
displaying a gritty fight held the |
Mullins Jads and took the ball about j
Camden's own 18-yard line,
Camden settled dawn to a thrilling- i
ly desperate fight for the remainder I
of the game and time after time pulled
the Mullins runners down behind
,the line of scrimmage. Twice they
took the ball on downs but were unable
to make any considerable gains
with the ball. But the Kershaw lads !
lacked the necessary punch to gain ;
and were forced to kick. Taking the
ball Strickland following a series of
line plays attempted to pass but it
failed. Hatfield's pass to the goal |
line also failed. Mullins lost the ball
on downs. Camden failed to gain j
noticeably and punted to the 40-yard
line. Strickland and G. Blount tried !
a couple of line plays and Mullins was !
penalized 15 yards. Strickland for
Mullins punted the ball being re- J
turned 10 yards by Trapp of Camden.
" Sowell's attempted pass was
intercepted by Collins Mullins end,;
who gained five yards. O. Smith tried
a line plunge and Mullins was again !
penalized 15 yards. A couple of good j
line gains, short pass and two at- 1
tempted passes and the ball became j
Camden's. Camden punted to Strickland,
who made a 33-yard return to
place the ball on Camden's 10-yard
line. A line plunge and an off tackle
play by Strickland placed the ball on
Camden's 1-yard line when Mullins
was penalized five. Hatfield's pass
over the goal line failed.
The game ended with Mullins leading,
21 to 0.
Camden's defensive game was much j
better than its offensive, but the fast I
Mull ins backs were too much for the i
Kershaw lads. Camden showed its!
greatest fight in the final period an.l
won admiration by their gritty st^frf
against the odds, but Mutlins had already
piled up 21 points. Camden's
line held well against the heavier
Mullins forwards, but Mullins broke
through at critical times. Camden's
! team, lighter than Mullins but no
faster, played a hard desperate game
but was unable to withstand the driving
attacks of the seasoned Mullins
team.
Heavy Police Court Record
Three hundred and eighteen dollars
in fines were collected from~offenders
before Recorder I. C. Hough on
Monday morning. Eighteen cases of
gambling among whites as well as
negroes came up and in each case a
fine of $10 was imposed. Other cases
were for traffic violations and in
some cases for speeding?running the
fines up to $318.00.
1 he body of s well dressed man, believed
to be that of A. L. McKennis
of Hendersonville, N. C\, was found
hanging to a pii\e sapling near Ashburn,
Ga., Saturday morning.
Miss Deborah Revere, 90 years old,
the last surviving grandchild of Paul
Revere, of Revolutionary fame, died
at Montclair, N. J., on Thursday
night, of old age. Her home was in
Bridge w ater, Conn.
Dr. Hamilton Ficke Bigger, long
time frtMii and personal physician of
John D. Rockefeller, Jr., die<f at
Cleveland, Ohio, Monday. .He had
practiced medicine in Cleveland foT
more than fifty yeajft.
Mrs. , 65, wealthy
r lldrert fuvnish-A*r-o1d
chauffe^K/^x /Jttt.
MANY VESSELS ICEBOUND
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Cargoe? Valued at Fifty Millions In
River Jam
Saulte Ste. Marie, Mich., Dec. 5.?
The giant ice breaker Sainte Marie,
assisted by tugs and lighters charged
about today with little effect against
the ice formations of St. Mary's river
which threaten to imprison for the
winter a fleet of lake vessels bound
for Canadian and United States ports.
A total of 125 vessels with aggregate
cargoes valued at more than
$50,000,000 were still tied up in the
river, the gateway from Lake Huron
| into Lake Superior.
After working all night and today
! the Sainte Marie had succeeded in
, freeing three up-bound vessels.
The ' work is exceedingly difficult
and slow as it Unnecessary for the
Ste. Marie to make a new lane to |
I each ship and by the time she carves
, a path wide enough for tugs to oper;
ate in pulling the trapped ships for-'
ward, the starting stretch of lane
freezes over. The Ste. Marie was
frozen in several times herself today
and was able to pufl free with difficulty.
The difficulty of the work and the
inaccessibility of some of the ships
led lake engineers today to express
the opinion that the jam may not be
completely broken before spring.
Most of the work of the Ste. Marie
has centered around the upper reaches
of the river channel where the ica
jam is less severe. With a slight
spell of warmer weather it is thought
r.the forty vessels imprisoned there
may be freed.
In the lower section of the channel
sixty-six vessels, all down-bound, are
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held fast and the, remainder are imprisoned
between the two outlets. The
fate of the ships in the lower channel
ia^_uncertain. 'They are seriously
handicafraod by the down drift of ice.fl
The huge cakes, broken loose by
maneuvering lighters and tugs have
wedged in the narrow yeuts on eqch 5
side of the Neebisch Island. At the 5
head of the river the continuation pf
the below zero-' temperatures have
caused the loose formation to solidify
and deepen.
Most of the imprisoned ships are
at considerable distance off shore and
the crews have remaned"aboard. The
tugs are able to get clos^ snough to
carry supplies and there is no food
shortage as yet.-?Thereis~an acute
shortage of coal, however,. and no
prospects of reaching the ships' with
an? after their, meager supply runs
out. _T). _
There is only & SWfifill supply on
hand at Saulte Ste. Marie and local
officials have notified ... shlppin*L
owners they "Will be unable to spare"
any appreciable amount for the
steamers were it possible to reach :
them with ice trucks.;
Approximately 2,000 sailors a^e
marooned in the ice-bound chann^
Officials said there was notmmedi&ttL.
fear for their safety pointed ou^that
as a last res^tdJjjfc could leave
their ships and makffl^^Bvay ashore;
over the ice ahdnl^B Inv
settlements.,..
Owner8 of t&e vessels^^owevef, bfjjT
lieve they can transport enough fpo#
pverland to take care -of the problem^'
of feeding the-men. It is necessary?
to use horse-drawn vehicles to trans-^
port supplies overland as the sparserpopulated
woods district is inaccess-:,
ible for other ttavel of the season.
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