The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1922-11-02
LIBERAL WON
FROM DODGE
7TOO FRIDAY
TREMENDOUS CROWD SAW L. H.
s. TRIM TEAM FROM FORD
COUNTY CAPITAL.

not conquer. Dodge City high schoo
team invaded Liberal Thursday nigh
and the following afternoon essaye'
to teach Liberal high school how foot
ball was played-but didn't.
Dodge has been going good. Lar
ned, Kinsley, Jetmore and Spearvill
had. all bitten the dust at the behes
of the gridiron stars from Dodge
Only once had the team been scoret
against, Kinsley making a lionel.
touchdown against them.
They came to Liberal full of con
fidence and walked onto the fielt
with the air Of the cat which had just
eaten the canary. They looked natty
in their red jerseys and they stood
erect, cockey.
The whistle blew for the first kicl
and the largest crowd ever assem-
bled to see a football game in this
part of the state, rent the air with
cheers.
Dodge kicked to Liberal who re.
turned the ball to the 30 yard line
where it went to Dodge on tumble,
and the game was on. The first tests
of strength developed the fact that
Dodge could not gain on Liberal and
was held for downs.
The Liberal team was on its toes
playing the game just as the man
who wrote the rules said it should
be played. Their line held against
the onslaughts of the Dodge team
passes were broken up with startling
regularity. On the other hand the
Dodge line was found open many
times and Dodge was on the defensive
the greater portion of the time. How
ever, when their COLA was threatened
the Dodge team frightened their Of
fense and held solid through several
trying moments.
At the half neither team had reg
istered, but it was conceded that Lib
eral was showing up the best on the
offensive.
About the middle of the third quar-
ter Reust received Dodge's punt and
returned the ball to the 35 yard line.
Latham went six yards through the
Dodge line, Latham went 18 yards
through tacke and Zimmerman ran
II yards for the only touchdown of
the game. Goal was kicked.
The crowd was wonderful. For the
first time in history cars lined all
four angles of the field and on the
south side were double-banked for
most Of the distance. Hundreds were
there on foot and every available
seat had been taken thirty minutes
before the whistle blew.
The Liberal team was in tip-top
with just the thought in
their minds that they must win the
first hard game. They were not over
confident. They had safely laid
Plains, Hugoton, Elkhart and La
Verne in the discard, with only Elk
,art scoring against them Zone lonely
souchdown), but they knew that
dodge usually has strong team and
hey worked hard to a man to get
nto condition. The first half they
,ucked the wind and Dodge had the
,dge on punts, but when they chang
ID, the advantage was noticeable.
Gray broke up a number Of line
mashes and played clever game,
Dodge's star fullback in
many dangerous places
Latham figured in every play that
anne through the line, and they new
r got by him, and he was right there
nth the old criss-cross fake, the
pnehdoxn being made a. q result OF
his play.
zimmerman played gooo, cream
pcthalt ct all times - did Black and
ach one had their share in the glory
I winning.
Reust starred as an open field run
er and proved his ability to the sat
faction Of all.
The interference Of the back field
,uld have been improved upon at
mes, but the fact that Dodge didn't
,ore speaks well for their perform
ace.
The ends got under the punts and
odge could not get by with them and
ley were exceptionally good on
ocking end runs.
The line played a good defensive
ame. There were some breaks in
sfense, but at that they were sue
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