| Show Grid Game Settled iOn y Special to The Telegram OREM Nov 14 14 Park 14 Park rk City's grid team was in the finals of the I state tate class B playoffs Friday but butt it t got there the hard way having to 0 resort to the yardage figures to o beat Lincoln out of the spot after the two teams had battled to toa o a 0 00 tie here Thursday in a semifinal emif mal tilt Since rules of the state high school chool athletic association say that thata a team feam with the great greatest st yardage advances in playoff games when the he score ends in a a. tie the Park City boys are in They ran an up a anet anet anet net yard yardage ge from froni rushing of 15 compared with J 6 for the Tigers Tig This is the second time in the history of grid playoffs that such sucha a method has been arY for forit forit fort it t is the second tie game The only complaint is that both teams could not advance for it was an even steven even steven game The Tigers eight first downs to seven for Park City and Orem fans were tore wishing Friday that this method had been selected to name the winner rather than the net yardage figure Dont Don't Tell TeU Whole Story The to 1162 figures do not completely tell the tale as asto to the closeness of the battle With time remaining for three plays the Park City boys DOYs were ahead 14 yards and had fi fourth down and nd four our to go They were almost st trapped for a a. loss lose on the next play but Blaine Clements wiggled across for a first down The Park City lads were stopped on the next pla play but completed a along along long ong pass for a 26 26 yard yard gain gam as ashe the he gun ended the game game Had Lincoln stopped s on t the e fourth play they would have h two wo plays to make approximately lr 12 yards to come out the victors But they didn't stop Clements and so the ball game went the theother theother other way Whether or not they could have made the yardage necessary ill hi the two plays they would have had will be argued for some time in these in-these these parts but never se settled Won in Third Quarter Park City won the g game me in the th third rd quarter when they staged a drive from their own 29 yard 29 yard line to the Lincoln two where they were held Despite the fact that they did not connect for the touchdown touch I down lI down Wn these 67 yards 67 yards made up almost almost al al- al most half their total and gave them the edge Craig started the drive with a yard nine-yard gain and Bill Sullivan made it a first down Clements Elements was h held ld for no no gain but a double reverse with Wallace Bates running without interference fer ence went for 31 yards A pass play praY was incomplete ana and went 20 more yards on another double reverse With the ball inside the Lincoln yard 10 line and four downs 10 to go for a a. touchdown could not make It and the score was saved for the Tigers Make Desperate esper t Bid ld After threatening four times In Inthe in inthe inthe the first half the Tigers made madea a last desperate attempt at victory victory victory vic vic- tory with three minutes to go when Ralph Petersen fullback tried for a a. field goal from the 27 yard line but it fell short Both sides had to rely almost entirely on their running games to gain as neither could complete pa paSses parses ses It was strictly a defensive battle with the two lines battling each other to the ground Ed sub quarterback for the Tigers was the only consistent gro ground nd g gainer galner iner for the locals while was best of four fine backs of the Miners |
