The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1919-10-23
LIBERAL TRIMMED GUYMON
TO THE TUNE OF IL TO o
Over 200 Rooters Saw L. H. 5.
VIM. Special Train Chart
cred for Trip.

The annual tilt between the Lib
eral and Guymon high schools for
the foot ball supremacy of the
Panhandle association was staged at
Guymon last Friday, and victory,
after flirting with Guymon since the
season opened, perched herself on
the banners of the Liberal boys.
Guymon intoxicated by long string
of victories was confident that
humbling the Liberal team was a
mere matter of form. They were
soon undeceived. The first few
minutes of play brought out the
fact that they had nothing in their
repertoire of formations and plays
that the Liberal boys could not
solve. Forward passes, line bucks,
end runs, fakes and all went for
naught. Hope so strongly intrench-
ed at the beginning soon changed
to despair for the Guymon support
ers. Liberal was able to make sub
stantial gains from the start, but
the breaks of the game and fire.
quent penalties kept them from
scoring during the first half. How
ever the Liberal smile of confidence
would not come off. The second
half opened with a different story.
After few moments of play Lib
eral went over for a touchdawn
that netted them six points, and
later another touchdown was added
and the game ended in Liberals
favor. Score, Liberol IL, Guymon
0. Most of the play was in Guy
mon territory. Liberals goal was
never in danger. Prof. A. B. Steele
of Meade refereed the game and
his work was highly efficient and
satisfactory to both teams. The
umpire and head linesmen were both
Guymon men.
A special train consisting of three
coaches was chartered to convey
the team and rooters to Guymon
The evening before the game q
"p4ep meeting" was held at the
high school building, and the songs
and yells rehearsed, and the result
of the meeting was strongly in
evidence on the side lines.
1t seemed that there were as
many or more Liberal people in at
tendance that there were Guymon
folks and the Liberal yells could
not be drowned by those of the op-
posing school.
The admission tickets to the game
bore the inscription "Beat Liberal" "
The Liberal team transposed the
words and this is the way it looks
to Guymon; Liberal Beat"
Nolen Bond had the misfortune
to break his leg at the beginning
of the game and was forced to re-
tire. He is now at a local hospital,
getting along nicely and expects to
be out again in a few days. Eugene
Stoufer sustained a badly wrenched
knee during the early part of the
game but refused to give up till
the game was won.
1t is difficult to pick out the
stars of the game on the Liberal
team. Besides the splendid team
work each member of the team pull
ed off brilliant individual plays at
some time during the game. The
boys are not claiming glory for
themselves but are giving the
credit to Prof. Woods, coach, and
the splendid support of the student
body and the people of Liberal who
went along and cheered them on to
victory.
The team came home full of
pep" and are working hard to
round into form for the big Meade
game which will be staged at the
High School grounds in Liberal,
Friday afternoon. The boys want
you to see this game and cheer
for the home team.
Quite a bunch of fellows who
were young long time ago ac-
companied the team. None of them
were ashamed to be with the bunch
unless it was Jim Campbell who
claims he went for a change of
climate on account of hay fever.
He says the change was very bene-
fetal.
Miss Meyer is considering a suit
for damages against the railroad
company. She became possessed
of one of the carnival kewpies which
suffered a broken head as a result
of the roughness of the ride.