The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1892-12-24

The captains III LOT Jne pdil VI 6o"i'
wins, and takes the ball, Harrison
chooses the east goal. w. M. A. puts the
ball in play by a right end play, but Hall
slips on the snow and drops he ball
which is secured by the opponents. w.
M. A. makes q rush fol five yards. They
next try the same as Wentworth's "start
Off, but Porter finds himself in the same
predicament as Hall, a minute or 80 before
i. e., ball in hands OF opponents. w. M.
A.. tries end play but Guernsey fumbles
the ball and loses ground. They gain a
little on the next, but in the that fol-
lows they fail to gain the necessary hve
yards in three downs and "pigskin" goes
to Marmaduke. Porter by a good run
around right flank, gains ten yards or
more, but is brought down by HalPs hne
tackle. Hall hurts his ankle which was
not entirely over a sprain he received last
week in a practice game. He is Obliged
to withdraw, and Payne takes his place.
M, M. A. tries an end play but the snow
causes them again to lose the ball. Went
worth again fails to advance five yards IN
three downs, and they give ball to Mar
maduke within ten feet of their w CIV.
M. A.,s) goal. M~armaduke pushes over
the line and back of the goal posts and
secures a touch down." Colt misses
goal and the score is 40 in M. M. AS
favor.
Within five minutes time they make
another touch down by an excellent run
| by Porter from the center. Porter was
| blocked well by his men, and in this they
were far superior to u boys who lacked
| uniformity in their work.
Colt makes goal this time, and the
| score is 100. This calls forth lusty cheers
from M. M. A. throats.
Ryus puts ball in play to a little advan-
tage. In a rush both teams hold their
| own ground, and the ball neither goes up
| or down the field. In the next u Clark
| fumbles the ball and looses it. M. M. A
| tries two rushes, and Harrison takes the
ball and makes good ground, o'Malley at
tempts a tackle blu gets a fall Payne jump
ing over O'Malley tackles Harrison and
| stops him. O,Malley is hurt and has to leavs
the field. Handy fills his place. Harrison
| by o similar play gradual lily approaches
| w. M. A. goal, is tackled by Payne and is
| again brought down. Porter then takes bal
| into goal around right end and scores an .
| other etouch down. Colt fails at goal.
|. VIM. A. starts Clark with the ball, Blu
| they soon lose it by good playing of Har-
rison. By a series OF advances, M. M. A.
| gets strigskin" over w. M. A.'s line ano
| Colt kicked goal, making the score 20
In the line up, Ryus takes ball fifteen
yards into the enemy's territory but is
stopped by Seley. In the next scrimmags
Clark fumbles ball and kicks diagonallJ
across the field where Seley falls on 1t
Here they try their "running wedge" blu
| W. M.A.does not hedge and failing In This
Wager takes ball around left end for
good gain. They try a rush which II
v~aliantly opposed by our boys, but hnail!
they get across the line and with the goa
they have 25-0. w. M. A. puts ball II
play but loses ground, and in next line vi
PAYNE fumbles and loses ball, Yaeger b.
good run OF sixty yards being well guard
ed, makes s'touch down." but Colt fails a
goal which makes the tally sheets stan
at the end first half 800.
After ten minutes rest the two team
i, line up in their relative positions at S:2(
IT is decided that the latter half be bu
twenty minutes in length. M. M. A.,
If to make up for shortened time, by
"V" and a right end play, have a touc
D down and a goal within five MINUTES
D w. M. A. puts ball in play to a good &C
f.. vantage and in the next rush Harrelso
advances five yards but fails 10 keep
v in the next down and the ''leather" go'
e to M. M. A. BY a good run OF Harriso
( the score touchdown and goal. The hf
ures are AZ to 0. w. NJ. A. tries q rush b'
by a fault loses the ball. Colt, by a GOO
= run around left end, gains ~considerab
ground but is tackled by a fine play
: Ryus. They try a rush for twenty yard
" Colt, by a right end play, passes over IL
line and succeeds at goal, making u
score, as time is called, 4S to o. The DO.
retired with bruised shins and bioot
u faces.
re There seemed to be perfect good feeiil
II between the teams at the close OF the gan
,e The game, on the whole, was a very ge
tlemaniy one. No n was hurt serious
n and while the score seems one-sided Il
game was not. M. M. A., without doul
won the game by her superior "blockinI
but the rush line of w. M. A. was t
&c equal, If not in size and weight,
" strength.
We maxi q xcuses for our defeat b
accent II. re learned that I'VE CO"
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