The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-11-18
SHE JUST KNEW IT
JESSIE LINCOLN BEOKWITH'S HUs-
BAND Is A STAR.

Inspired by the Presence of His Wee Wife
Who Watches the Game From the Sid
Lines. Robert T. Lincoln superfiuou
Son-in-Law, Kindly Assisted by tn
Iowa WesIeyans; Suatches Glorious Vic
tory From the Jaws of the keokuI
MedicaIs-PennsyIvani Eleven Gettins
Into Trim-Tod Sloane Again
Mount Pleasant, Ia, Nov. 17.-"Oh,
knew he could it.' II was Jessie Lin
coin Beckwith whose exclamation Of de.
light caught the attention Of the bis
crowd out to witness the football game
between Iowa Wesleyan and the Keokub
Medicals. For Warren Wallace Beck
with had just made forty-yard dash
around the left wing Of the big Msdbce
Wesleyans. Beckwith was playing the
game of his life, and, inspired by the
presence Of his young bride, put up a
game Of football that has never been
equaled in this city.
Whether the rest Of the team was in
known, but me big fellows from Keokuk,
flushed with recent victories and averag-
Ing 20 pounds per man heavier than
Iowa Wesleyan, went down to defeat.
At the end Of the game the score stood
Is to 0 IN favor of the Iowa Wesleyan,
and over half of the points were gather
ed in by Beckwith alone. There was a
big crowd Of enthusiastic spectators, but
none more so than the daughter of eX-
Secretary OF War Robert T. Lincoln.
During the first part of the game she
watched the struggle from a carriage,
but as the excitement grew more intense
she left the carriage and with several
girl friends followed along the side lines
the struggling players. Once when Beck
with was temporarily disabled she push
ed her way in 20 see how badly he was
hurt, and uring the entire game she
never lost sight of him.
The heavy line Of the visitors proved
10 be somewhat Of an obstruction 70 the
home team, most of the playing devolv-
ing on the halfIoacks, Beckwith and
Hustin. Beckwth was given all the
work he wanted. His play was brilliant
and most effective.
At the end Of the game he was lifted to
the shoulders of tine bowling mob of en-
thusiasts and carried off the field.
TIE day had been a quiet one for the
Beckwiths. AT noon they lunched with
Senator Harlan, grandfather of the bride
Young Beckwith had declined to play,
but it was said that al lunch the senator
requested BeckWith to play.
The senator was formerly president of
the college and takes great satisfaction
in the work Of the football team. 1t is
stated that when he learned that on ac-
count Of the comparatively light weight
OF the nome team, the absence of Beck
with would imperil the success of the
team, he requested his new grandson
in-law TO lay aside his dignity and bat
tie once more for the glory of the l. w.
L. Beckwith consented and played his
star game.
Mrs Beckwith rode out to the field in
the family carriage and was accompan-
led by her mother-in-Law, Mrs. Beck
with.
THE PENNSYLVANIA ELEVEN.
Philadelphia, Nov 17.-FolloWing the
custom which has prevailed for the past
four years, the Pennsylvania University |
football eleven, accompanied by a dozen |
substitutes, left Broad street station this |
morning in a special car for the Della |
ware Water Gap. Coach Woodruff be- |
lieves there is nothing so beneficial to |
football player after the finishing |
touches have been put on as a change |
Of scene and the fresh mountain air
With the exception of Quarterback |
Weeks and Right-end Dicks, the Penn |
sylvania eleven is in first class condi- /
ton. Weeks is suffering from stomach |
rtouble but was able to go through the |
practice yesterday. Dicks knee is still |
giving him some trouble and while he |
will almost surely start the game with |
Harvard, his chances for continuing !
throughout are very slim, as the first /
scrimmage may throw the troublesome |
cartilage out Of place. He mas an able |
substitute, however, in Hedges. There
Will be no severe practice at the Water
Gap. The men will take a run across the
mountain each morning and then line
up for signal practice and passing the
ball
RUSH FOR TICKETS.
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