The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1922-11-30
A ADROP KICK
BEAT HOOKER
LAST FRIDAY
PRUNT DICKERSON AND HOMER
REID WON HONORS IN TOUGH
FOOTBALL BOUT
And the score was 9 to 6.

AND the score was y to b.
Just when it looked like Hooker
had the best of 6 to 0 score things
happened and thrilling climax to q
hard fought game gave Liberal the
long end Of 9 to 6 tally and came
home happy.
Liberal fans were dubious. While
hoping for the best with three of the
first string men on casualty, they
felt something slipping. The largest
crowd that ever went from Liberal
to attend game, with possibly one
exception, was on the side lines root
ing for the Liberal lads. There was
enough noise to win dozen games,
if noise alone could do it.
The Hooker team came onto the
field with lot Of pep and ginger
and started roughing up the Liberal
line like there was no line there. Ear
ly in the first quarter they made first
downs enough to carry the ball to
the ten yard line and taking a drop
kick went thru the Liberal line for a
touchdown, but failed to kick goal.
The entire first quarter was Hook
ers' and it seemed the Liberal team
could not withstand their rushes
However they were held in the dan
gerous places and the first and Sec
and quarters saw the ball 60 back and
forth across the field with no further
tallies on either side.
The last half opened with Liberal
displaying more pep and determine
tion. AS one of the players said dur
ing the rest period, with all these
people here, we've just got to win. "
And that spirit won the game. They
held the, Hooker team for. downs a
number of times, ana once 4
good way to go across when misplay
of the head linesman spoiled the deal.
Liberal completed long pass and
had the ball on the five yard line with
four downs to take it over but the
ball was called back. The head lines
man claimed that he blew the whistle
to caution the players against offsides
and it was his opinion that he whistle
was take to mean that the play was
stopped. This looked like the final
straw to Liberal fans, but they took
their medicine gracefully.
The third quarter closed with the
score 6 to 0 in favor of Hooker, with
Liberal showing more speed and
Hooker less. 1t was plain to Liberal
fans that the Hooker team was losing
their wind. They used so much time
out that they suffered two penalties
for additional time. Then Liberal
staged sensational play. After ad-
the ball on straight football
Prunt Dickerson grabbed a pass and
carried it to the ten yard line. Lib
eraf pNoters went wild. Time was
short, touchdown was in sight. The
ball was passed to Prunt who went
thru Hooker's tackle for touchdown.
A goal kick would win, but a goal
kick failed, and with but a few min
ltes to play the score was tied. The
Liberal team was playing like demons,
through the Hooker line
for first downs several times until
The ball was within twelve or fifteen
yards of the goal. Here some good
strategy was used. Should the Hook
er team be able to hold for downs
It would be too late to get the ball
back and score. Reid's trusty toe
poiled Hooker's chance when he neat
y raised the ball between the poles
FOR three points and the game.
It was no doubt, the most excit-
ng game of the season. At first it
seemed lost, and the spectacular fin
sh put the rooters on their tiptoes.
Che way Dickerson grabbed that pass
Is the talk of the town. With two
Hooker players after the ball, Prunt
an between them, jumped into the
air and almost succeeded in eluding
hem entirely. It was a play long to
,e remembered. But Reid is the fell
ow who nearly caused heart failure.
Everybody held their breath while the
ball was in the air and it was such
, slow one that not few were
with strangulation.
Pate and Reust did not figure in
The early part of the game. Both
were suffering from injuries, and
Coach Strickler was endeavoring to
save" them for the Pratt game
Thanksgiving day, but when things
rot so blooming hot, he showed them