Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1922-10-28
MADISON WINS
over NICHOLASYIL.LEE
But Referee Combs Allows Play
In Final Period, Causing
Much Dispute


earned victory away from Madi-
son HIS football eleven at Mich
olasville Friday afternoon. A rul-
ing he made in favor of Nicholas
vile on an attempted forward
pass was so palpably incorrect as
seen by spectators within three
feet Of the play and attested b.
practically the entire Madi.on
squad. that the Richmond pay
ers refuse to concede defeat and
claim a'victory by I to 6 the way
the score stood 10 Madiscn's ia
or at the time the que5ti ned
ruling was made.
The play that Nicholasville's
umpire said gave them the game
was in the last five seconds OF
play A Nicholasville back threw
a high pass over the goal lins,
which Clouse Madison fullback
blocked and prevented a catch.
The ball bounced away from
Ciouse to Burton, of Nicholas
vile who missed the catch BIT
recovered the ball as it touched
the ground. He fell Oh the ball
on the ground and claimed tlat
he had fairly caught the pass.
And the umpire allowed it not
withStand;ng vigorous protests
by the Madison players and spec
tators within a few feet Of the
play who saw the whole proceed
ing. They asserted that the ball
most certainly went to the
ground, causing an incomplete
forward pass. However the ref
cree was adamant to the appeals
and this gave a so-ca led V ctory
to Nicholasville.
The Jessamine boys made the
only score to which they were
unquestionab!y entitled in t'e
first few minutes of play. After
a few plays had been run Hugue-
ly called himself to carry the
ball. The pass from Capt All
man was slightly wide and Hu-
guely funbled. Gregory Burton,
Nicholasvile's star back poulced
on the ball and ran Is. yards f2r
a touchdown. Madison broke
through and blocked the goal al
ter touchdown.
Madison seemed to play list
lessly in the first half, Fumb eS
were numerous but not as fte-
quent as in the Lancaster game.
The boys seemed to be over-cOn-
fident. However, in tie second
half Madison rallied and display
ed greatly improved game. In
the third period mainly through
end runs by Clouse and Mo1erly
they carried the ball from the
center of the field within two
yards Of the goal. Reeves was So
anxious for touohdoNn that he,l
fumbIed and it was NichqlasvlF !
ball on her tWo7yafdfG liTe- INA,
punt was attempted but fumbled
and Hacker feliip the, ball, for,
Madisons touchdown ,GlQuSe
made the extra point with,a nest
place kick ~rre tztr 39tt;mr,l
Madisonsthen set aout to hold,
Nicholasvlle safe and did so;untu
the last few seconds of play,
With the ball on their 2O-yard
line and so seconds to play inI
some way signals got mixed and
John Ed Altman endeavored toI
pass the sphere instead of kick
ing it. The pass was intercepted
by Nicholasvlle player who car
ried the ball within IS yards of
the goal line. Here the referee
gave the game to Ncholasville on
the play described above.
The line-ups we're: Madison
Altman rt Hurst re-; Capt. All
man c; Been lg; Wells 1t; Gentry
le: Huguey Sd; Reeves rh, Mob
erly III and Clouse fb. Substitu-
tions Bower for Hurst; Adams
for BOen. Sauhey for Reeves.
Nicholasville-Simpson r e;
Bronaugh TT; Hemphill rg; Nc
Carly c; Giles lg-; Watts 1t; Ber-
ryman le; Howard sb; Burton rh
Ray III and Belts b.Substitutions
Riie for Simpson.
Notes of the Game
Just after the first kickoff the
home team completed a pass for
a gain of 4h yards. Madison fail
ed to watch Bergman, the
sleeper" who took the pass.
Belts who did the punting for
Nicholasvi1le, saved is team a loss
of 80 yards in the third quarter
by some fast work. He intended
to kick but when the center put
the ball over his head, he was
forced to recover it and kick on
short notice. Madison should
have broken it up but the ends
loafed or couldn't get through.
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