The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1913-11-11
Kenyon First Team In Tie
Game With Wooster
A Summary OF Both The
Games On Saturday

With lop-sided team, the Kenyon
scrubs or second team, came up to Mt.
Vernon Saturday afternoon and lost
to the local high school eleven by
all-Ohio man of 1911, was practically
the entire Kenyon offense and de-
fense He broke away for long gains
on several occasions but was the only
visitor who could gain at all Ewalt
made all three of Mt. Vernons touch
downs.
Mt. Vernon went into the game min
us Walter Sapp at halfback, but Tom
my Van Voorhis was pulled back from
the end and responded in fine style
when called upon to advance the ball.
The game was very rough at times but
there were very few when the play
could actually be called dirty. Super
ior physical condition went long way
in helping the high school boys to pile
up their twenty points.
1t was a practice game for the To-
Gals. Members of the crowd were not
required to buy tickets or pay any spe-
Gifted sum for admittance. A collec-
tion was taken while the game was in
progress and the response was encour-
aging. The crowd was larger than had
been expected, fact which goes to
show that the local team is growing
rapidly in favor for the quality of foot
ball that it has been playing.
There was very little difference in
the weight of the two teams. The at
tack of the high school lads was much
more polished than that of the colleg-
ians and the defense was far better or
ganized. Without Wickham, the col
lege players were like ship minus its
rudder. When he was forced to leave
the game in the final period on account
Of an injury, the rest of the team be-
gan to melt before the Mt. Vernon at
tack and when they had the ball they
could not gain single yard. In spite
of his injuries, Wickham went back in
to the fray to keep the score from roll
ing up to humiliating height.
Ewalt and Kinsey were Mt Vernons
principal ground gamers. Van Voor-
his was not often called upon to carry
the ball but, on occasions when he
was, he seldom failed to take it for a
substantial gain. On one occasion he
broke through the Kenyon line and ran
so yards before he was downed.
Ewalt's speed and elusive style of run
ming account for his many gains and
the three touchdowns. Kinsey plowed
through the line by main strength He
is gaining excellent plunging ability
and has become very valuable asset
to the team.
Wickham seldom failed to gain for
Kenyon when he carried the ball. His
advances were from two to fifty yards.
His amazing ability at lodging through
broken field netter him many yards.
Three occasions he failed to score
touchdowns only because three Mt
Vernon tacklers managed to get hands
on him after he had wriggled his way
through the entire local team. OF
course he was expected to star in the
game against the high school boys and
they have reason to feel jubilant over
the fact that they were able to keeT
him from planting the pig-skin over
their goal.
The Mt. Vernon line seemed Satur
day to be in the best trim of the sea
son. The Kenyon plunges were always
repulsed. Bonds, playing right guarC
| broke through several times and block
ed Wickham's forward passes just as
| they left his hand. The entire line
{ played strong game both on offenst
( and defense. Saturdays game will Dc
) the locals much good as it gave then
a taste Of rough foot ball and such ex