The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1921-12-16

Missouri, the Sikeston High School
foot ball team decisively defeated the
Pennington High team on the Doss
field in Pennington last Friday after
Iioofi. (.
The final score was twenty-seven to
six in favor of Sikeston. Sikeston put
over four touchdowns from which
three goals were kicked, while Farm
ington made one touchdown and
failed to kick goal. The first three
quarters of the game were hotly con-
tested and the game was really much
closer than the score indicates. Both
teams scored the first quarter. Craine,
Sikeston's fast quarterback, got away
in the first three minutes of play and
ran fifty-six yards for a touchdown.
Pennington had not had possession of
the ball.
On the next kickoff Pennington re-
ceived near her own ten-yard line and
by series of beautiful end runs, line
plays and forward passes, carried the
ball over on line plunge. Simms
missed the goal, making the score z
to in favor of Sikeston. The first
quarter closed with the ball in Sikes-
toms possession on Farmington's for
ty-eight yard line. Twice in the sec
ond quarter Sikeston got within
striking distance of Farmington's goal
only to be held, and on both occasions
Sikeston attempted a place kick for
goal The first was blocked by De-
tring, and the second went wide by
several feet. During the remainder
of the second quarter and all of the
third the teams seemed very evenly
matched, neither side being able to
score on the other, but there were
thrills plenty to keep the spectators
on edge. When the first half ended
it was found that Ted Graves, one of
Farmington's surest tacklers, and an
excellent ground gamer, had suffered
a serious injury to one of his arms.
He pluckily remained in the game,
however, but was seriously handi-
capped both in offensive and defensive
work.
At the beginning of the third quar-
ter Pennington began another march
toward Sikeston's goal only to be
halted well within Sikeston's terri
tory. About that time Simms suffered
badly sprained ankle and was taken
out of the game. From that time on
Sikeston had things pretty much their
own way. They succeeded in putting
over three more touchdowns in the
last ten minutes nf 'ics flAe came
from abont 'tlss thiSestass lJ line i1y
means of an onside kick, that partook
of the nature of fulSe, while another
was made from a recovered tumble
near midfeld. The third was made by
straight foot ball and was well earned.
The largest crowd that ever wit
messed a foot bah game in st. Fran
co.'s county was present, and entered
into the spirit of the contest with zest
and enjoyment. The business men of
Pennington, who had been influential
in arranging the contest and had guar
anteed to finance the game, had
charge of the financial receipts and
report that practically all expenses
have been met. A large expense was
incurred to bring Sikeston' to Farm
ington, and ample provision had been
made 20 suitably entertain the visit
ing team and accompanying support
ers. The lady members of the high
school faculty, assisted by the high
school girls, served luncheon to the
visitors at the High School building
after the game, and a very pleasant
social hour was spent in which the
young people seemed to delight.
Sikeston has a wonderful team, and
the spirit of good sportsmanship that
prevails between the two teams is in
dicated by the fact that neither team
suffered a penalty during the entire
game. This is the second game the
local boys have played without a PEN
atty being inflicted on either team,
and it speaks volumes for high school
athletics.
Pennington people are glad that
Sikeston came, even though they did
win the game. There is a deep feel
ing, however, that had the Farming
ton boys not broken training during
the week and a half that they waited
for definite answer from Sikeston,
the score might have been different.
Mr.. ]. E. Davis of Washington
University, was the referee, and he
officiated in very able and impartial
manner.
AS might have been expected, the
usual rumors were circulated on the
streets, after the game, to the effect
that sikeston had Ineligible men on
the team; that one man was past
twenty-four years of age, and that
another was a professional racer, etc.
In justice to Sikeston High School it
should be said that there is not the
slightest evidence that any man on
the team was not entirely eligible,
Their best men were well known to
many of our players, and neither the
local high school management, nor
the football boys have any faith in
such rumors. Sikeston plaYed clean