The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1912-1984, 1914-11-24
STANFORD OvERWHElMED
BY Somerset After Sam Embry Was
Forced to Quit Game

Outweighed and Outplayed but not
outgamed, the Somerset High School
football team gave the Stanford
eleven the worst defeat it has ever
had, ON the grounds here last FRI
day afternoon. What made the defeat
SO bad, was the Gripping OF one o.
StanfOrd's star players near the
end OF the first quarter OF play, and
his retirement from the game which
contributed largely to the overwhel
ming defeat that the home boys sus-
tanned In IL fierce tackle Sam D..
Embry, Jr., son OF MIR. and Mrs. j.
L. kmbry had his left collar bone
broken and his shoulder dislOcated,
which put him out Of the game IN
mediately and under u doctors care
for several weeks Up until the MN
ute that young Embry was hurt
Stamford had played u wonderful
game against strong odds. All thro
the season, this boy had been the
Keystone vi the arch upon which the
local team was built. He played
quarter back and ran the teioA; III
other words he engineered every
play and the other boys relied upon
his Judgment implicitly and seldom
found it faulty. In addition 10 that
he was one OF the fleetest runner,
and finest defensive players on the
squad, and with him out OF his po-
sition, new hand. had To go to the
helm.
The loss, of no other three men
would have been felt 80 severely ~,
that of young Embry. Up to the min
ute that he was forced to quit the
game, Stanford had made spien-
did showing. Receiving Somerset
original kickoff Oh her 20-yard
hne ny steady marches. Stanford
carried the ball down tue field To
Somerset 2O-ydrd liGe. The work III
the light little nome team Ead e.
thl,>ed the local rooter~ WHO b.aFsG
II young Dlizz.r'l, AID Stood tuoi
deep III snoa Tor III hour.
III fierce atteinpt t. 90 ON
toward the visitors goal, young
Gmbry took the bail around the Wis
itors' left end. He was tackled hard
and thrown with three or four big
mountain players ON top vi him, and
had to be carried Oft the field at
once, and u physicians service Sc
cured. Clinton Coleman, shifted from
half back to quarter. and Wray
Powell went In at half, the morale OF
the local lads was broken. Their
leader was gone and Somerset nm
mediately halted their progress and
threw them back on the defensive.
Somerset was unable to score
during the first quarter but piled
'em up during the remainder OF the
game, until the total OF 81 to . had
been reached when the referees
last whistle blew. Stanford made IA
game tight. The work Of some OF the
players was extraordinarily good
against stronger and heavier oppon-
ents. Several OF the boys We're badly
injured but gamely stuck To their
guns and fought an uphill fight. But
the visitors were too strong for
them. Somerset this season has the
best football team liz her history. lit
works with machine like precision,
and nothing near its size can stop it
Time and time again Boyce HUM,
or Harry Farmer, or one of the
Anderson boys, VI Joe 7. Embry, or
Clinton Coleman would break through
and stop the runner dead In his
stracks only to have him more than
gain the necessary distance next
time. Harvey Wilkinson, ''Pud" Mob
ley. Maurice Tucker, Hartwell
Shanks, Bryan Perkins, in fact all
of the Stanford team fought a great
fight and were not disgraced by
taking defeat from such team.