The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1897-11-13
W. N. A. CHAMPION.
In a Vigorously Contested
Game of Football, Went
worth Wins.
FOOTBALL THAT WAS FOOTBALL
Wentworth Defeats Warrensburg III
the Best Game Played in the State
This Season.

Wentworth Defeats W~arrensburg IN
the Best Game Played in the State
This Season.
The Warrensburg State Normal team
went down before the Wentworth Mill
tary Academy here last Saturday to the
tune of 10 to 5.
The game was decidedly the best played
in the state this season, and was by far
superior to any that has ever been played
in this city.
And the visitors were o, so confident of
victory! They arrived about 7 O'Clock
Friday evening, and the next morning
they were out taking a spin roHnd town
and doing a little practicing on the
Academy gridiroD, which was destined to
be the hottest they had stepped on this
season.
The Warrensburg team was perfectly
confident they would win the game. The
only question in their minds was whether
or not Wentworth would score. They had
recently defeated the Tigers by a score of
10 to 0, aud the Sedalia Athletics by q
score of 6 to O, aud were considered the
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realized that they were mp against a
strong team in Wentworth, but were con-
fdent OF victory. And they put up O
good game. 1t was not their poor play
ing that lost them the game, but the
simple fact that they were up against a
team that showed quicker and better
work aud superior tactics. The Acade M
team clearly out-played them all around.
Every man sailed into the visitors like he
thought the whole game depended on his
playing, and that spirit and their superior
coaching was what gave e the victory.
At the first down, when Warrensturg
tried one of her tandem bucks, with no
gain, Capt. Hickman decided what bis
team would do, and held them down to
slow playing.
Wentworth kicked off to Warrensburg's
2O-yard line, and the ball was returned
but three yards when it was downed.
Warrensburg then tried a tandem buck
through Patterson, but he threw himself
under Keith and they were stopped with
but one yard gain. Paterson received a
kick in the head which laid him out for a
few minutes. but he came up apparently
stronger han ever, and played a star
game from start to finish.
The Normals lost the ball on downs
when near the 30-yard line. Wentworth
then look the ball, but failed to gain on
the first down.. FoIimer then went
through the line for one yard. and Ryus
carried the pigskin for seven yards In the
next down. The Academy boys then
advanced the ball by slow gains to War
rensburg's 6 yard line, and the visitors
came to the conclusion that Wentworth
might possibly score. They lined up and
Ryus went through left tackle for the
Six y ards and secured the first touch
down. Hickman kicked goal, and the
score stood 6 to in Wentworth's favor
six minutes after the game opened.
The Normals then kicked off to Went
worth, and Stark carried back to the 20.
yard line before he was downed. Went
worth then advanced the ball slowly to
the center of the field and the rest of the
half was played without a touchdown and
in a few yards.
Warrensburg kicked off to Wentworth
In the second half and got the bali by a
tumble and on Wentworth's 15-yard line.
They failed to gain an inch on two downs
and then tried a place kick from the field,
which was successful. 1t was as pretty a
piece of work as was ever seen on the
foot ball field, and was made by Smeedly,
Normal's full back. Had it not been for
the tumble on the kickoff, which lost
wentworth the ball, Warrensburg would
never have scored against them. They
had tried In vain to gain ground by buck
ing the line, and their end plays were
always broken up. They could not make
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had the tumble not been been made Just
when it was they would never have got
ten close enough to Wentworth's goal TO
make the kick.
Wentworth then kicked off to Warrens-
burg and downed the ball near the 90
yard line. Warrensburg lost the ball on
downs and Wentworth took it near the
north line OF the field. No gain was made
in the first down, but in the next Sawyer
and Capper opened q small driveway
through Steele and Keith, and Follmer
went through with the ball. He cleveriy
lodged the backs and made a twenty
yard run for a touchdown. Hickman failed
to kick goal, and the score stood 10 to 8.
The rest OF the game was played near
the center of the field, each side trying in
vain to make gains off the other. Time
was called with the ball in Warrensburs's
possession.
For the visitors the playing of Cross
and Steele deserves especial mention.
Bob Martin surprised some people, but
not to as great an extent az he was
shocked. When he arrived in town the
bump on the rear view of his head, which
was supposed TO mark the abiding place
nj hio aaAfnnafinn nf tho ahilifiaa nf hfa
team, bore some resemblance in size to a
Missouri pumpkin. When he
it was about the size of a hazelnut,
aud the swelling was still departing.
played q good game OF ball, but
estimated the teams work a little too
On the home team the playing of every
man was superb. The interference put up
On defensive work was quick to get into
play and stro ng in action. On the often
every man seemed to go after the
man with the ball, and they always got
him before he could make much advance.
Warrensburg had the ball Meal
spent about half of his time behind
heir line and was found to be rather in
he way when back there. Stark and
were generally along with him,
md were found to seriously in~ terfere with
Warrensburg's good playing. {
Allen, Patterson and Follmer on the ,
light of center kept up their side of the
we'll. Allen was up against Harris, :
me of the strongest men OF the Normal
and he held him level clear through !
he game. Patterson was as solid as the /
'ock of Gibralter when they came against
him with their tandem buck, and it would
rave taken more than three downs for
hem to make five yards on that part of {
he line. Follmer at right end was in the ,
light place. He is too good an end to be
,ut anywhere else on the team, and d,
Awarded
Highest HonOrs-W0rld's Fair, ,
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