The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1917-11-23
CAPE HIGH TIED
CHARLESTON in
DECIDING GAME
Neither Team Scored in
Heated Contest at Fair
grounds Park.
CAPE HAS CHANCE To
WIN CHAMPIONSHIP
Sikest0n Beat Jackson 27:0.
Title to Be Decided Thanks.
giving Afternoon.

The fastest and cleanest game o
football witnessed at Playground.
park was played yesterday afternoon
when the eleven Of Central Higf
| School met the Charleston gridirOr
aggregation and held the strong visit
ing team to a tie score. Neither
/ team was able to score. The game
was Gull OF features showing that
both teams had trained hard for the
most importan1 game of the season.
Had the local players been able to
win the game, they would have tied
the Charleston team in the race for
the championship CT high school team,
of Southeast Missouri. As it stands
Charleston is virtually assured of the
title, provided the team is not de-
feated at Sikeseon Thanksgiving Day.
A defeat next Thursday by the
Sikeston team and victory for the
Cape boys from Kcnnett next Thurs
day will place Central High on an
even basis with Charleston. In that
event the two teams will pay off the
tie game to settle the championship
dispute.
Kennett is SAID to have a weak team
and therefore thc local boys are con-
fident that they will take the game
next Thursday.
From the first kickoff till the last
minute of the fourth quarter yester-
day afternoon both teams worked hard
and went the limit, the Charleston
boys bent on taxing the game in an
effort to carry cif the title of the
season and the local boys fought with
the conviction that their honor and
claim to the championship title de-
pended upon the outcome of the con-
test.
The team work of the local boys
was remarkable all players working
like the cogs of a delicate machine.
They were outplayed by the visitors in
tackling, but the excellent team work
offset the weakness of tackling and
aggressiveness.
In the first quarter things looked
bad for the local team. The Charleston
team had already approached the five
yard line, but were pushed back and
held till the quarter was called. The
only chance the Cape boys had OF
making a score came in the third
quarter but their efforts were of no
avail as the Charleston boys frightened
their defense and held the attack of
the Cape team.
The Importance of the game was
equally as well realized by the spec
tatorS in the grand stand. Both teams
had a number Of faithful rooters in
the attending crowd and each gain
made by either team was cheered by
the rooters of the respective teams.
The weather was ideal for the gridiron
sport and permitted the players to ex-
ert themselves to the limit.
The following lineup was used by
the local team:
Kinder, fullback.
Massengill, left back.
Lehr, right half.
Mcbride, quarterback.
Hunter, center.
Sebastian, right guard.
Lind, left guard.
Kimmel, right tackle.
Fisher, right end.
Wippermann, left end.
Hiatt, Baird, Farrar and Matthews,
substitutes.
The Jackson high school team was
defeated at Sikeston yesterday after
noon by score of q to 0. In view
of the fact that the Sikeston team
has shown such a wonderful improve
ment in play in the last two games,
the Cape eleven are confident that the
Scott county boys will give the team
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