The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1913-11-28
Y. M. c. A. Team Defeated
The BeIIVille Eleven
In A Game At Riverside
Thursday Morning

The largest crowd of people that has
attended. a football game in Mt. Vernon
in many years saw Mt. Vernon win
from Chillicothe high school at River
side park Thursday afternoon by a
score of 54 to z. 1t was great ex-
hibition of aggressivness on the part
of the locals. Never before this sea-
son had the team played with the
dash and consistency that marked the
performance on Thanksgiving day. 1t
was Chillicothe's first defeat of the
year.
Mt. Vernon was trifle heavier than
the visiting team. The difference in
weight was very slight, however, and
would not necessarily warrant vic
tory for the home team. The Chilli
cothe lads started strong and looked
capable of giving the orange and black
a good fight, but their touchdown ear
ly in the first period was only flash
in the pan. Never after that time
were they in striking distance of the
local goal.
1t would be impossible to follow each
play of the game and give descrip-
ton of each, but it is sufficient to say
that never once did Mt. Vernon make
a noticeable mistake in judgment. The
backs were unusually fast, w. Sapp
and Ewalt skirting the ends and break
ing through tackle for long gains al
most at will. Kinsey at fullback
plowed great gaps in the Chillicothe
line and on numerous occasions broke
entirely through and was not stopped
until he had reached clear field.
. The defense was just as good as the
offense. Captain Porter and Tackle
Cramer were nearly always in posi-
ton to make trouble for the Chilli
cothe backs. Cramer has developed in
to an excellent lineman and seems to
have just struck his stride. Unfortun-
ately Thursday was his last high
school game. Especially on punts did
Porter impress the crowd with his
ability. After passing the ball, he
broke through the line on nearly ev'
cry occasion and was the first tackler
to reach the man who received the
kick and generally threw him for a
loss.
Perhaps the prettiest interference
formations that have been shown on 8
local field this year were executed In
Yesterdays game. When Walter SapI
and Ewalt started on their end runs
they were nearly always accompanied
by body guard that kept going IL
good order until broken up by persist
ent battering. Clayton especially gav'
: great exhibitions of interfering.
= Captain Miller of Chillicothe won th
toss and chose to receive the kick-of
at the west goal. Outright caught tn
kick and raced down the field. HI
was tackled fiercely after having ad
vanced about twenty yards and he los
his hold on the ball. Ewalt dropped o
il and Mt. Vernon Immediately starte
for the first touchdown. Ewalt wen
dTOuuu llG Gnu lOi 6N
bucked s yards through guard an
then Walter Sapp bruised his way fo
a distance of yards and planted tn
ball over the line. Severns kicke
goal. Mt. Vernon 7, Chillicothe 0.
Chillicothe again received the hc
and made first down on three plays Il
to the line Three more tries failed
gain and Miller punted. Mt. Verne
had not struck her stride and could nj
gain. Ewalt punted. A series of sho
rushes and neat forward pass carrie
the ball to Mt. Vernon's l yard lin
Bazler bucked it over, Miller kick'
goal. Mt. Vernon 7, Chillicothe T..
Mt Vernon received the kick al
~ Ewalt returned 80 yards by pretty ru
ming The next play was a forwa