The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1919-11-07
WENTWORTH E
FIRST HURDLE
Defeats C. B. C. IA to Z in The
First Conference Game.

III last Saturday on then
W grounds in Chillicothe. The
score was l4-z The game was close
and hard fought all the way and an
interesting game for the spectators.
who numbered about fifteen hundred.
The day was ideal and the field fast
Both teams appeared confident of
victory. The crowd was on it's toes
waiting for the opening game to de-
eide the Missouri State Conference
Championship,
Wentworth won the toss and chose
to defend the west goal. C~hillicothe
kicked off and Hollis returned the
ball to the 35 yard line. Here Went
worth met with a surprise in the
shape of the Chillicothe line. They
out charged our line and spoiled
three attempts to plunge before they
were well started. Cook dropped
back to punt, our line leaked like
a sieve and the punt was blocked.
Chillicothe recovered and it was their
ball, first and ten to go. And they
did go. They paraded thru our linz
as though it was not there at all,
and, aided by a penalty or two pushed
the ball over for a touchdown after
less than seven minutes of play.
Van Hoozier, their star fullback,
kicked an easy goal. The crowd went
wild as an apparently easy victory
seemed certain. Remarks were heard
on all sides estimating the score
would be from 25 to so to nothing.
It was a great moment for Chilli
Gothic. emphasis on moment.)
Wentworth's play had been ragged
and their defense worse. The team
seemed asleep.
However from this time on the
play was waged more evenly. Hollis
and Bradfeld broke thru for short
but consistent gains. The second
quarter belonged to Wentworth by a
small margin. By dint of hard
pounding the ball was carried to the
three yard line where an off side pen
atty set it back five yards. Hubert
made this back on the next play how,
ever, and Bradfield carried it over for
the first Wentworth touchdown. La
brunerie tied the score a minute la
ter with a kick straight between the
posts. The half ended a few minutes
later with the ball in the middle of
the field.
Doose was substituted for Moore
at tackle. Masters and Rogers were
working at guard, Terry had Hou-
ser's end and Houser, Hubert's tack
lie. These and other substitutions
were made in an effort to stop the
Business College team, which had
started a new offensive that babe fair
to become dangerous. The third
quarter saw the ball carried back
and forth acros the field with the
advantage slightly in favor of the
Business College. During this peri
cd Van Hoozier missed two tries for
drop kick, one from the 40 yard line,
missing by a bare yard.
In the fourth quarter the balance
swung in favor of the Red and White.
Hollis Bradfeld and Barry finally
got the ball to within the opponents
10 yard line. There were five pen
alties, two against and three favor
ing us. The penalties gave about
Y downs and the ball was finally
laid on the goal line by Bradfeld
again. Labrunerie kicked a weird
goal for the l4th point.
There were eve minutes left to
play and for a few of them C. B. {.
again looked dangerous and carried
the ball by means of straight foot
ball to the 30 yard line where thew
lost it on downs. In the remaining
minutes Wentworth by a series of
forward passes carried the ball to
their 30 yard line, where time was
called.
The score by quarters:
c. B. c. 0 7
W. NJ. A. Z 0 7 IA
The Wentworth lineup;
Left end, Houser, Terry.
Left tackle, Moore Doose.
Left guard, Robb, Masters.
Center, Fleming.
R, guard, Harnage, Rogers, Doose.
Right tackle, Hubert, Houser.
Right end, Cook.
Quarter, L~abrmerie.
Right half, Hollis.
Fullback, Barry.
Left half, Bradfeld.
.Referee-Mr. Butler, Minnesota.
Umpire-Mr. Holmes. Missouri.