The Monett times., 1921-12-16
MONETT WINS
SOUTHWEST CHAMPIONSHIP
Engleman's Eleven Win Second Pen
nant in Two Years by Defeating
the Strong Carthage Team.

Monett won the southwest MIS-
souri, championship by defeating Car
thage by the score Of Is to 8. No one
can dispute Monett's claim to the
1921 championship. This is the last
game that will be played by Monett
this year and is a fitting victory to an
end Of a perfect season. 1t is esti-
mated that foot ball fans from every
section of Southwest Missouri to the
number of $500 saw the contest.
This game created more interest,
attracted the largest crowd and was
fought the hardest of any game play
ed in this section of the country. III
A special train which left here at
IL o'clock carried about 800 Monett
rooters to Neosho. A large number
more went in cars. When the Monett
hackers arrived they marched to the
business section Of the town. Lees
concert band led the procession.
When they arrived at the square they
gave the natives good demonstra-
tion of Monett pep.
According to Coach Walker of the
Carthage team the best players for
that team were Risk, Peterson and
Putnam in the line. The Lotta bro
theirs were the stars Of the backfeld.
Who were the stars for Monet? !?
Everyone of them. The line that was
expected to be overwhelmed by the
heavy Carthage line, held like a
stone wall and on the offensive made
rnonstrous holes in their opponents
line. The back field men put in the
best piece of work they did this sea-
son.
Monet was penalized only ten
yards during the entire game. These
came on successive plays for off-side
playing. Carthage, on the other hand
was penalized 67 yards, nineteen of
which were for return of player to
the game in the same quarter in
which he was removed and fifteen
more for unnecessary roughness
which resulted in a broken collar bone
for Walter Reynaud. If it had not
been for this accident Carthage would
probably have been unable to cross
the Monett line.
Carthage opened the game by kick
ing off. Monett lost the ball on the
first play by an intercepted pass but
regained it on the next play by Car
thage tumble. The rest of the quar-
ter was punting duel between Put
man and w. Reynaud, of which the
Monett man had the better. During
this period both teams made their
first downs only twice. The Monett
safety returned punts better than
his opponent. The ball was in Car
thage territory most of the time. The
: score, Monett 0; Carthage O..
The second quarter was a practical
4 repetition of the first with Carthage
doing the best playing in the first
part but Monett was playing them off
their feet when the half ended. 1t
was during this period that the first
points scored against Monett this sea-
son were made. Putnam dropped
behind and put drop kick over for
three points. G. Latta made 20 yards
by fake but this was the only long
gain made by Carthage. In the last
few minutes Monet was marching
down the field and it looked as if a
score was in sight when the half end
ed. The score, Monett o; Carthage 3.
Monett got in their work during
the third quarter. Monett kicked off
and after Carthage lost the ball on
downs w. Reynaud went thru an open
field for a fifteen yard gain. On the
next play he repeated the perform
ance only he heightened the distance
to 45 yards for Monett's first score
Of the game. He then kicked goal for
another point. All glory to w. Rey-
maud for the first seven points.
Monet again kicked off. Carthage
made first downs and then fumbled
to Monett's advantage. Carthage
was penalized 19 yards, half the dis
tance to the goal, for returning 9
player. On the next play Monett
made two yards. After the play was
completed Carthage player played
foul and injured w. Reynaud thus de-
priving Monett of her most valuable
player. "A fifteen yard penalty placee
the ball on Carthage's two yard line
Henderson smashed it over. Carthage
attempted several passes but was UNI
able to make a large gain. The
score, Monett, 10; Carthage 0.
Both teams resorted to the same
tactics as in the past and often re-
sorted to the punt. Carthage worked
to within four yards of Monett's line
On their first down they made two
yards. Then they were thrown for !