Review of the 1928 Club Football Season

FOR the first time in twenty years the Macks won the football championship of the clubs. They worked hard and played a fine brand of football throughout the entire season, losing only two of their eight games. The Blakes started off the season with a bang, but after losing some of their best material, fell to the wayside and finished in second place. The Dwigbts were slow getting started, but after their third game, they straightened out and threatened to take the lead from the Mack s ,

The Blakes took the season's opener from the Dwights, 13 to o. Both teams played hard, but the Blake machine couldn't be stopped, and they rolled up two touchdowns on their weaker opponents.

A week later the McKenzie's powerful team swept through the Blakes in the second game to the tune of 12 to o. The Blake aerial attack in the last quarter proved their undoing, as two of the passes were intercepted, resulting in touchdowns for the Macks.

The Dwights were t11e next victims of the attack of the Macks, and the determined Blue and \"7hite won 8 too. The game was played for the most part in Dwight territory.

Another defeat was in store for the Dwights when they met the Blake eleven the following week. This victory of the Blakes' put them in first place, but their triumph was short lived.

The all-powerful Mack eleven received its first setback at the hands of the Blakes in the fifth game. This game was one of the best on the schedule, and it was full of good football. The Blakes' lone tally came in the first quarter after a steady march down the fielc1. ·

Mr. Unclerhill's improved Dwight eleven staged a comeback again s t the Mack s in the next tilt and fought them to a standstill. Neither team was able to score clue to the fine defensive game played by both teams.

The following Saturday saw the humble Dwights crush the Blakes in their third encounter.

Mr·. Bouton's Gold and Whites were slowly losing the valuable ground that they had gained during the first of the season, ancl on the next Saturday they went down before the Mack aggregation; they scored two touchdowns, one in the first quarte1· and one in the third.

The Blue and \i\Thite were again defeated in the ninth contest. This was the Macks only other defeat of the season. It was the Dwights who won out over the invincible Macks. The game was closely contested and resulted in a 7 to 6 score.

Saturday saw the Dwights and Blakes engage in a scoreless tie game which put the Dwights out of the competition for the championship.

The Blakes were again downed by the Macks in the crucial battle of the season by a score of 13 to o. This victory of the Macks put the Blakes .out of the running, and their only hope was for second place.

In the closing game the Dwights and Macks fought to a 6 to 6 tie.