Show LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL SQUAD ROWS OVER INVADING COLORADO TEAM BY SCORE OF 20 7 grand county high schools football team won its opening game of the 1931 season saturday when it humbled the invading cortez colo eleven by a score of 20 7 it was the first game of the season for both teams and frequent fumbles and somewhat ragged football featured their work in spite of the early season flaws however the fans were treated to an exciting game fumbles by cortez men in their territory paved the way for first two touchdowns in the early part of the game twice cortez backfield men dropped the ball and doab recovered both times moab capitalized on these breaks by crashing the colorado line for touchdowns paul carrying the oval tor the two counters placement kicks by herbert newell after both touchdowns placed moab on the long end of a 14 0 score as the first halt ended one of the exciting moments of the game followed the at the open tag of the last half cortez quarterback received the ball on his own 20 yard line and evaded the entire moab team for an 80 yard ran and a touchdown he then skirted the left end for the extra point and the score was 14 7 under the stimulus of Longen baughs work the husky cortez backfield men opened up tor some good gains around end and off tackle but the moab line held firmly in dangerous territory and the colorado offensive was smashed in the last quarter moab launched an aerial attack that netted another touchdown from loveridge Loverl dge snapped a pretty 20 yard pass to V duncan who received the pigskin on the run and behind nice interference clashed the remaining 30 yards to a touchdown the placement kick was tide cortez has a husky team and with more practice will doubtless develop into a strong organization the moab eleven showed up nicely the line acquitted itsell with credit being especially ally strong on defense the moab backfield lack field though light showed speed and a clever air attack five passes attempted three of them being completed for long gains cortez was able to complete only two short passes out of some eight attempts the lineup CORTEZ 7 MOAB 20 allson re andrews 1 galloway rt stocks V sheppard rg foy c 0 crawford johnson cruson ig H newell 0 burnham it P trader ie goudelock jhb loveridge Loverl dge chawk iab E shafer D largent fb P I 1 longenbaugh ab V duncan substitutions cortez lewis for galloway gulp for hawk moab bennet for goudelock quigley for foy beeson for stocks L johnson D for P shafer referee H evans |