The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1908-11-28
Takes the Third Successive
Football Game From
Old Rival.
THE SCORE...20 TO 0
Game Is Played at Liberty Park in Sc
dala Before Banner Bedecked
ThrOng.

For once dope was exactly right.
The Kirksville OsteOpaths defeated
Kemper 6 to 0 and Wentworth defeat
ed the Osteopaths % to 0. That made
Wentworth on paper 2S points ahead
OF Kemper, and in the annual Thanks
giving contest the pigskin artists of
this place hung the precise score of
2S to upoE the lads from Boonville.
A special train from Lexington
carried the school people and a
number from town to Sedalia, where
the game was to be played. There
were more students than usual-for
Wentworth is still growing-and less
townspeople, since the Missouri-Kan-
sas game at Kansas City gave little
hope to the supporters of the Tigers.
A special from Boonville brought in
the Kemperites.
There was the usual parade in the
morning, the usual jam at dinner
not meaning the cranberry jam-and
the usual marching out to Liberty
rarl- The attendance was not quite
fia, of last years, 900 is
the estimated attendance-but it was
enthusiastic and the array of color
was imposing. There was, too, con-
siderable noise-making. The Kem-
perites, against all common sense,
thought their team had look in and
in sporadic cases bets we're recorded.
The spirit displayed between the two
bodies, however, was more cordial
than ever before and there we're
Practically no cases of rowdyism.
At 2:3O the game was started. Kem-
per won the toss and chose to defend
the west goal, gaining the advantage
of a strong wind. Wentworth kicked
off and by exchanging punts Kemper
soon had the ball on Wentworth's
five yard line. w twor t h,
however, did its regular per-
formance and recovered the ball
on downs. Then by a series OF fast,
snappy plays the Lexingtonians took
the ball to Kemper's thirty-fve yard
line. Cook II assisted by Hurley then
broke through the right wing of
Kemper and ran tor a touchdown
twelve minutes after time was called.
Owens kicked goal. From then on
the only question was the size of the
score. Shortly afterwards Owens
with Hurley's help waded through
the entire Kemper team for fifteen
yards carrying the ball and good
portion of the opposing team across
the goal line. He kicked goal. That
ended the scoring in the first half.
The second half was even faster and
Wentworth had no trouble in scoring
thrice more. Hillix replaced Hurley
at quarter, and there was no appre'
ciable difference in the work of the
two. Both were invaluable as help
ers to the man with the ball and bott
ran the team with dispatch and ac
curacy.
The score would undoubtedly have
been larger had the field been fast
Neither Cook nor Wyatt could rec
off long end run on account of tn,
heavy going The playing was rougl
at times and always hard. Hurle.
got a bad bump in the head near tn
end of the first half, Conklin had hi
shoulder wrenched, Little6eld re
ceived an ugly cash in the forehea
and Cook II had his jersey torn
Slattery of Kemper received III
worst injury of the day, He wa
about the hardest player on tn
Ksmper team and wore base bal
trousers. In consequence he receive
a severe injury to his hip besides get
ting couple of ribs knocked loose.
The Kemper team was game an
fought to the last ditch; but it wa
no match for Wentworth. In weigh
there was no appreciable difference
put Wentworth was much the taste
and played with more polished tear
work. Every man was in every pla
aud there was a good versatility
attack. The conspicuous stars wei
not nee essarily those who did the be-
work but those who had the best o.
portunity. That means every ma
who worked in the back field. F'
Kemper westcott, Dodge, Shame
and Slattery we're the best, thoue