The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1907-11-02
Upset All Calculations and
Defeated the Teachers
Is to 0.
LONG RUN BY OWENS
Secured the Ball on a tumble A
WentwOrth'S Goal Line and Ran
Full Length of Field

Dope went wrong Monday to the
delight of the local fans and the
Wentworth eleven handed large,
luscious lemon to the lads from War
rensburg in the shape of a Is to 0
score 1t was a surprise to everyone
concerned, even though there are
those who claim to have thought all
along that the cadets would win.
The largest crowd of the season
about S00-turned out to see the con
test. There were people from Rich
mond, Warrensburg, Oak Grove.
Higgicsville and Concordia on the
grounds. The question was not who
would win but how large the score
would be. The Normalites had run
up a score of So to o against Kemper.
a school of Wentworth's class, and
had read that Odessa had defeated
the cadets, whereas The team that
played at Odessa was the second team
and that was not defeated. War
rensburg had slightly the lighter
team. but the men were older and
more experienced than the soldiers.
They expected to win, but said they
would let down Wentworth with
something like - to score.
When it was over, people could
scarcely realize what had happened.
Wentw orth had outplayed the Nor
malites in every department The
weak defense of the cadets had
ceased to exist and time after time
the teachers had been thrown back.
Fumbling, the old spectre, had van
ished. The team that faced Warrens-
burg Monday w2s altogetaer differ
ent from that which the X. L.
seconds defeated two weeks before.
For Wentworth every man on the
team played well There were no
weak spots Particular credit is due
to Ahrens, who broke up almost every
play of the teachers before it was
started. Littledeld and Anderson,
too, assisted materially in tearing
up the Normal line. Roberts, the
little quarter, made several brilliant
runs and, although he failed to call
for several effective plays which his
team had worked up, ran the team in
better shape than ever before. Cook
was as ever steady and at times spec
tacular in his work. At one time he
carried a husky Normalite on his
back for ten yards. His long run in
the first half was really the turning
point of the game. Moore played
the kind of football that counts.
though he made no sensational runs.
Ten of Wentworth $ points are cred
tied to him. Owens pulled off the
greatest play of the day in his run
across the field. 1t was just at the
proper psychological moment. The
din that it caused was tremendous
and the hats in the air 10 ked like a
flock of blackbrds. Owens had a
sprained ankle and is not a fast run
ner. Yet he distauced Miller who is
reputed to be one of the best sprint
ers in the state.
OF the Warrensburg team Miller
was the star with Kelley close
second. Harrison and Bacon, the
two halves, made some good gains,
but their Interference was broken up
too quickly to let tSem get away
often.
Promptly at o'clock Warrensburg
kicked Off making touchblck. Went
worth punted to the center of the
field, and the Normalites, by rapid
running and plunging, soon had the
ball on Wentworth's eght-yard line.
Here the cadets held for two downs
and the visitors essayed a drop. The
ball went wide, however, and the sold.
iers again puuted from the twenty
tive.yard line. Warrensburg brought
the ball back to the thirty-hve.y ..rt
line and there were held for downs
Cook, the Wentworth right half, made
a pretty forty-dye-yard run War
rensburg held for three downs ant
punted to the center of the field
Barnes secured the ball and carriet
it to the Cadets twenty-five yarC
line. Time was then called.
Wentworth scored soon in the sec
ond half, Moore kicked to Bacon