Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1910-11-01
High School Defeated On
Their Own Terri
tory.
SPILLMAN STAR PLAYER
Fatal Mistakes In Line Buck
ing Repeated Again and
Again.

question whether Hopkinsville
should have played Madisonville at
all, the fact remains that, having
decided TO play, we should have won
the game, or at least played to tie.
Theoretically Hopkinsville has the
strongest team, but practically they
were outplayed in every department
Of the game. Over. confidence due
to the defeat of Paducah combined
with disappointing lack of headwork
in directing the plays and with loose
ness of the individual playing were
the causes that led to defeat. During
the first half the play was entirely
within Madisonville's territory and
but for q disastrous tumble by Jar
rett Hopkinsville would have scored
in the first ten minutes. At the
conf ksion of this half the score
stood 0 to 0, with Hopkinsville hold
ing their opponents successfully and
the worst that could be expected
was a tie. What little advantage
there was to either side was in our
favor and from the sidelines it look.
ed as if we might win by one touch
down.
In the third quarter by steady
gains through the line and end runs,
with an occasional forward pass the
ball was rushed to the three.yard
Iine and Jarrett was pushed over for
"A touchdown. Robertson missed an
easy goal by a few inches and the
quarter ended with the score Of five
10 nothing in favor of Hopkinsville.
With the beginning of the last
quarter it appeared certain that,
even with the score in their favor
and with Madisonville being unable
to buck the line, Hopkinsville was
doomed to defeat. The over-conf
dence, which had been so prominent
from the very beginning of the
game, was even more apparent, the
players losing strength at every
play just in proportion as Madison
vile gained confidence and improved
in playing If Hopkinsville had been
content with the score already made
and had played safe" by kicking or
trying end runs or forward passes
instead Of running the line, the game
would undoubtedly have had diff
ferent ending. In striking contrast
was the steady, heady work of Mad
isonyine which, aided by fumbles
by Petrie, Jarrett and Brownell,
resulted in Spilman being sent over
for a touchdown, from which he
kicked an easy goal, making the
score 6 to 5 in favor of Madisonvile
With five minutes left to play
Madisonyille gave the best exhibition
of8ootbal that has been seen here
trS'year, Spillman running the team
with excellent judgment until on an
exchange OF punts, in which he
clearly excelled Kelly, the ball was
on Hopkinsville's ten yard line.
Brownell is put out of the game for
smuggling and the team is penalized
half the remaining distance to the
goal. Greentakes his place at quar-
ter, Roberts goes in at right end.
HopkinsyiIle is forced to punt and
with, Kelly back of the goal line the
ball is punted out but hits the goal
most and bounds back. A Madison
Vile man falls on the ball but the
ree decides that it is dead and
giyesi to Hopkinsville. On the next
play the ball is fumbled and Scott
gains possession of it for the touch
down. from which Spillman kicks
goal. making the score IL to s.
II was hard game to lose especi'
ally as more headwork and less FUN
:. hing would have surely given Hop
kinsSifle the game. The high school
needs 10 develop more skill in pick
ing out the weak points in their op