The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1921-10-14
I'll. S. Boys Have
Winning Streak

of teachers, pupils and other admir-
ers, made the trip to Fredericktown
last Saturday afternoon. where the To-
cal boys met the Fredericktown II. s.
team on one of their regular contests.
The weather was fine, the ground in
excellent condition, and everything !.
favorable for good "snappy" game,
Pennington kicked off to Frederick
towns ten-yard line and the Freder-
icktown backs failed to return the ball
any perceptible distance before the
ball was down. A trial or two result
ed in no gains, when the spectators
were astonished to see Fredericktown
try forward pass from that perilous
position. AS might have been expect
ed, Ted Graves, one of Farmington's
shifty backs, proceeded to pull the
oval out of the air and dart through a
broken field of defense, some twenty
wards, for touchdown. Simms
missed the goal. Score at the end of
four minutes of play. Pennington 6,
Fredericktown 0.
Fredericktown chose to receive
again and with more success. They
returned the ball fifteen yards before
the runner was downed. Line plunges
by their heavy backs yielded two
first downs and the Pennington boys
realized that their proposition was to
hold strong line defense against
their line plunges. The remainder of
the first quarter was played near the
middle of the field with neither side
making any spectacular progress.
When the quarter closed the ball was
in Farmington's possession on the
Fredericktown thirty-yard line and
the way was paved fer a touchdown
early in the second period End runs
and line plays netted the Pennington
boys consistent gains until Simms
went over for the second touchdown
and kicked goal. making the score IL
to 0 in favor of Pennington. Before
the close u the Second quarter, =. ]
Mckinney carried over the third coun'
ter from the five-yard line and Simms
kicked goal, making the score 200 fol
Pennington the first half, The third
period Fredericktown braced and
made some pretty gains on line plays
but the lads were unable to bunch
their gains or extend them to any ef'
fective distance. They succeeded il
4 holding Pennington for downs OF
Fredericktown's own four-yard lint
= but again failed to kick out of dan
ger and the ball went to Farmingtol
g again without Fredericktown max
ing any gain at four trials. Harr,
:, King Denman soon carried the ova
y over for the fourth touchdown fror
which goal was kicked.
The fourth quarter saw a numbe
of changes in lineup in order to a
low Farmington's substitutes to hav
\ an opportunity to get some experj
ence. Milt Simms was taken out an
for the first time in his foot ball e'
il, perience he sat on the side line an
* saw his team play. Ed Garner re
m placed him in calling signals, and ra
k, the team steadily and with exceler
" Judgment. Earl Byington went
is line in place of Garner. end Lawrenc
n Felty replaced Hawk who had pr'
ut viously replaced Mckinney in I'll
ne back field. This new lineup succeed
y. ed in holding Fredericktown scorele;
~ the last quarter and put over an e1
" ira touchdown, Simms having carrie
is over two in that quarter before he n
tired. Petty plowed through Frede
at icktown's line like a veteran, viii
ne Byington at tackle held his end of Il
1t. line almost as tight as Garner ha
a. done. Hawk showed to excellent al
IL vantage and proved hard and col
x sistent hitter and tackler.
ed Fredericktown las group of fiji
It. young high school men on the tea
1t and they should be developing I'M
lg formidable opponents by the last
the season. Their offense as well ;
= their defense is loose and unpolish'
at times, but their spirit is great al
their weight and speed will compa'
favorably with any team in this Sc
ton.
The pupils of the Fredericton
High School spread great feast f
the visiting team AMI local boys, b
through a misunderstanding q nur
Der Of the Pennington players miss
the treat, for Which they continue
be sorry.