| Show moab smothers junction team but still they lose the moab high school football team with a constant barrage of line smashes runs smothered the grand junction high school team at lincoln park in grand junction friday yet nevertheless the moab team went down to an amazing and undeserved defeat the final score according to the official storekeepers scorekeepers score keepers was 70 7 0 in favor ot the colorado eleven the entire game was played in the shadow of the colorado goal posts time after time the moab grinders grid ders rushed the ball deep into grand junction territory only to be penalized back up the field undaunted the moab warriors would then unleash another offensive and the same thing would happen again only once during the game was the ball closer to the moab goal line than the 35 yard marker and that was when the moab safety man fumbled a punt grand junction was powerless on offensive work they did not complete a single earned first down in fact they were thrown tor greater losses in yardage than they made through the moab line they tried only one forward pass and that was intercepted they punted continually throughout the game the lone touchdown came in the first quarter when cleo carter junction halfback who until two weeks ago was a moab player intercepted a moab pass on his 28 yard line and raced 72 yards to the moab goalby a peculiar quirk of fortune it was bob carter moab fullback and cleos brother who threw the pass the heartbreaking heart breaking decision 0 the game came in the third quarter after moab had completed a first down on the tigers 10 yard line paceco moab halfback found a hole for 10 yards placing the ball on the colorado coal line the breath was knocked from him as he was tackled by halt a dozen tigers but he clung to the ball until the whistle sounded A junction man then took the ball away from him and the referee made the remarkable decision that it was a recovered fumble he gave the ball to colorado on their 20 yard line and they punted out of danger this decision was the final straw and the moab boys gave up their efforts to score by line bucking tactics resorting to pass tag for the remainder of the game moab attempted 28 passes continued on last page continued from first page ing 12 of them several of the passes went for from 20 to 40 yards three moab passes were intercepted the tigers tried only one pass which was intercepted moab was penalized 12 times for a total of 80 yards and grand junction was set back 35 yards by five penalties moab completed 11 first downs to one for the tigers this last being the result of two penalties in succession inflicted against moab grand junction excelled only in punting getting off 13 punts for a total of yards the grand junction sentinel in its account of the game said Out rushed consistently and outplayed in almost every department of the game grand junctions tigers nevertheless opened their 1928 grid season with a 7 to 0 victory over moab friday afternoon on lincoln park field it was an ironic fate that decreed that the string of victories held over moab by the tigers should not be broken repeatedly the rangy utahna lashed their way to the shadows of the tiger goal posts only to lose opportunities to score but the hardest blow of all came in the first quarter when carter tiger halfback who formerly starred with moab intercepted a pass from his former teammates and galloped 72 yards for the winning touchdown wickersham converted the extra point never before in recent years has a team showing such an edge in offensive strength as that displayed by moab over the tigers lost a game on the local field while the visitors punched and passed their way to 11 first downs from scrimmage the tigers gained only one and it from two consecutive penalties assessed against the utahna captain was the outstanding man on the junction team being a tower of strength on defensive work all of the moab men played gamey ball with captain showing up exceptionally well pace who substituted as fullback looked like a real find for the moab team the moab line was simply impregnable following was the lineup JUNCTION MOAB hall ie beach c it dalton ig robertson wilson c mcconkle westcott rg N taylor retting rt taylor sullivan re rutledge hafey ab aured carter jhb hammond southwell iab c wickersham fb carter substitutions grand junction weaver to tackle to fullback walker to quarterback kelly to halfback moab mcconkie to end K taylor to guard robertson to center kerby to halfback beach to full baal walker to tackle |
