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Messenger-Inquirer from Owensboro, Kentucky • 6

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i Sunday OWENSBORO INQUIRER 12 1922 4 I Jr UJ" RED DEVILS AND HOPTOWN PLAY 13 13 TIE 4 PRINCETON IDER felna Qiampion 1 4 a rK rt JJo 1 tie Champion lobted OOTBALL RESULTS CENTRE TRIUMPHS High 13 Hopkinsville If 0 I 4 the I The In ootball dSL UO1U1 111 4 lUlUUfc ui Uluvu pci i sons with its dett subtle and brilliant resourcefulness tt 1 WILDCATS LOSE May Decide Outcome i TO AND 9 TO 0 been TITLE CONTEST ON CARD TODAY rrj Radio Wins At Dade Park Yale Uses Subs To Peat Maryland 45 3 By Narrowest Of Margins eel Tech Twin Brothers Star in College ootball Runners a ti ei I I th Biclniioiid Mayer if he RIVER mX ami tnq claiming one mile andeaic pa by scoring three points on a groal from the 22 yard Thereafter the game developed 4 1913 1914 HUMBLES AIR HARVARD 10 TO 3 'Spain nowjhas its1 bank notes print ed in England because the notes print ed at home have been so widely coun terfeited game spec being Pos re rt rg 1g It le qb lh If Louisville allard Adams Cartwright Bryant Dunavent Jacoby Payton Rice Wallace Roberts Speed 'V Nov 8 to 18 S63000inPurses Washington and Lee 6 9 Kentucky 0 Mississippi 0 Tulane t) tne Puncturethrough surf ror the game evening an added by COVINGTON IS ACE NORMAX Okla Nov One child was reported seriously injured and several other persons painfully injur ed this afternoon when the northern portion of the bleachers here col lapsed during the second quarter of the Oklahoma Missouri fdotball game iSix hundred persons were in the stand at the time Henderson Ky NEAR EVANSVILLE IND Owensboro 13 Centre 27 Vanderbilt lorida Auburn 19 Sewanee 21 Birmingham Southern results are attributed to either good or bad is the some th ree Mc 5 GAME ENDS WITH HONORS DIVIDED The welterweight crown changed hands when Mickey Walker gave Tack Britton' a decisive beating in Madison Square Garden The picture shows the former champion struggling to his fleet after receiving one of terrific left hooks OVER 27 6 i LOCAL LADS STAR By GEO 1 JB LOUISA ILL 14 Ki Nov 11 Centre College Colonels swept the Washington and Lee Generals off their feet at Eelypse Bark this afternoon after the first quarter and won 27 io in Louisville's biggest grid of the year Twelve thousand tutors turned out tie weather 1 ideal i Herb crowd with his dashes scoring Li 4 start at ztau American League staff who lives in San rancisco and has often seen Kainin play is another strong booster for the youngster is one olj the most wonder ful fielders I have ever says Hil debrand he goes after a ball you are only surprised when he fails to get it He makes the most difficult kind of chances loolc Ail of which makes it seem that Comiskey is to get his worth out of Kamm ATLANTA Ga Nov Georgia Tech won the undisputed champion ship from Georgetown University to day or the fourth consecutive time the Yello Jackets 'seiit thff happy go lucky Irishmen baclt to Washington th a defeat and without the trophy 'otball This time the score was just 19 to 7 the closest in the short se ries In defeating Georgetown played great football 4 noon The game vv one for the proress of Kentucky Blay i sharp (During tne pase Proofs have been going workouts preparation with Parkland Every extra work was Coach ield A number of new plays were worked out which will be tried in game Louisville will' have one qf the fastest teams seen in Owensboro in a number of years wo players on the eleven Eddie Meeks quarterback and Shivell Georgetown left half back are former All Southern men Others included in tue lineup are George Cox end University of Virginia Epps Kepley left guard Great Lakes Schneider Mississippi A Harris halfback Georgetown Blackman end Univer sity of Kentucky The Parkland team was clnmpion of Kentucky in 1919 1920 and 1921 They have won every game except one played this season and on last Sun day had an easy time beating the ieasureville eleven by a score of 67 to 0 The Owensboro team will average 12 pounds while the visiting Louis ville team will average 189 pounds The probable lineup of the teams: vwensuero athen Lyne Calhoun Brown Jones Little Deane Williams Meisenheimer Bartlett ield USED URNITURE OR Din ning chairs antique bens and rugs These must be sold at once Hubert Vowels 1 15' St Ann 'street Home Phone 1197 Upholstering pnd repairing 1 One of tile best games of the season is on scihedule fpr the Owensboro Puncture Proof football team hen it meets the Parkland eleven of Louis ville at Southside Park this after ui be the deciding onai championship will Twenty five years is the averagei lite of coin upward one mile and one eighth Radio $840 $490 $3 United Verde $510 $380 Runquoi $350 Time 1:52 (new track record) Sixth race Purse $800 claiming three year olds and upward one mile Harvest King $2840 $960 $550 Ma honey $600 $350 Bogul $380 Time 1 39 2 5 Seventh race Purse $890 claiming three year olds and upward one mile and one eighth Walnut Hall $460 $390 Tamper $1070 $380 Light Wine $850 Time 1:52 (new record) 7 I A irst Rhee 1 :30 Daily If two year old fillies five an furlongs Lilly $440 Put and Take $960 $480 $3 Time 1:06 1 5 ourth race Purse $800 three year olds and upward: Grayson $570 $340 $250 Amanda $610 $260 Twinkle Blue $270 ifth race Hotel Handi cap purse $2000 three year olds and Covington electrified brilliant broken neiii a touchdown in the first minute of play with a 48 vard scored the final tally NEW HAVEN Conn Nov llYale used two complete second aryl third teams to is warn Maryland here to day by the score of 45 3 while the regulars watched Princeton and Harvard battle in Cambridge The Marylanders surprised the Yale ad herents in the opening minutes of Play field line into a procession for the Blue but in the long run he will Kiel the need I believe that it is follv for a coach to start his eleven best men in a game because he is sure to need a good fresh man hen the breaks go against him Quite a few sport writers 'said that Centre was lucky to beat West Vir ginia in 1919 We unquestionably out played them in all departments of the game and the breaks were certainly in their favor Once vve were forced to punt on our 15 yard line' Roberts who was doing our kicking in" that game dropped back about 10 yards I blocked the tackle and looked around just in time to see completely miss the ball something I have never heard of in a football game Had the taken ad vantage of this break they could have easily: crossed our goal line Instead they foolishly called' time out and al lowed us to recover from the shock which we did and held them for downs NASHVILLE Tenn Nov Van derbilt remained in the undefeated group this afternoon by defeating the University of Kentucky Wildcats by a count of 9 to 0 score came by a drop kick in the first period and a touchdown in the second The flying feet of Gil Reece and the equally fleet pedal members of red die Meiers were the outstanding fea tures of the game Both of these men broke loose for spectacular broken field runs for more than 40 yards on two occasions each Dock Kuhn at quarter played a great game aiid also got away for several long runs The first score was in the first period when Wakefield dropped back to his 25 yard line and put one squarely through the posts for 3 points The touchdown came in the second period by sensational line plunges and end runs carried the ball to? within scoring distance and Ulen tffok v' umbles Cost Crimson Game After Buell Scores rom ield Owensboro High School football team defeated the St rances Academy team 6 to 0 in a hard fought game at Southside Park Saturday morning The feature of the game was 30 yard run for a touch down in the third quarter The lineup was as follows: ros IL A) qb Omer fb rh Th rg 1gItrt re le lanta or 1923 Game i Miss' Loretta Rush 16 has re scently arrived in this country from the Panama Canal Zone where she jwon many aquatic championships' 1 She will enter stitle meets in this: country wearing the Colors of the Ambassador Swimming Club of Los Angele Lottie Lor Commodores Remain Among i Undefeated Teams After Hard Game Pick of best racing stables Will meet' 7 DADE PARK RACE TRACK Ky In the presence of nearly 8000 jieonlc the largest crowd sinco the opening of the meeting Radio was returned winner of the stellar offering of $2000 the McCurdy Hotel Handi cap lor 3 year olds and upwards at amile and an eighth after it was an nounced that a new track record for the distance had been established The time was It was some time before the otliial announcement was made as to the winner for in the opin ion of many race horse fans it was a dead heat between Radio and United It is claimed that Radio won by a nod Results of the Races: irst race Purse $800 allowances: two and three year olds six furlongs Boy rom Home $840 $230 $200 Isosceles sz20 sz10 raine $230 Time 1:12 1 5 Second race Purse $800 three year old and upward seven furlongs Green Gold $540 $350 $250 Blos som House $860 $330 Orlova $270 Time 1:25 2 5 i Third race Purse $800 allowances done half $360 Bedazzle on Subs ic i ni Ad GiUslhas to be taken out of tne frame ot nara luck a In a a fnr uini ii iuu i vouiio in ivhm Scnank (eani the sport writers will say team Ayas a bjt Terry Snags Yard Pass and Hump Scores With Plunges BITTERLY OUGHT Puncture Proofs Will Meet Louisville Team or State Honors spiint He also i in the fourth quarter with a 32 vard dash across the goal line Washington and Lee tought determ inedly and scored a touchdown in the first period making four first downs and the score mainly on line plunges Uameron the most depend tpeiidable back carried the leather over Terrv and Bump A 30 yard pass Covington to Snow clay put the Colonels within scoring Tange the second quarter Tanner making the score with three off tackle plunges that could not be stopped On the third play the second half Hudgins fleet little Centre back in tercepted a Washington and Ixie pass in" midfield and with a magnificent broken field run zigzagged his way through the entire Virginia team lor fifty yards and touchdown Centre made 20 first downs to 9 for the Generals and the highly touted Washington and Lee passing game failed to inaterilize The generals at tefnpted four flips completed one for six yards had two intercepted and one grounded Centre made four pass es out of nine attempts good for 76 yards grounded four and lost one through interception Bed Bules Boost Roberts smashed his way through the blue defense time and again while his defensive work stopped the gen erals when they invaded Centre ter irtoTy Centre ran over and roundVirginians ends far healthy yardage portions Kubale put his usual good game at Centre while Cregor at tackle turned in a neat exhibition Wash ington and Lee tried Centre ends ten times during afternoon but could gain only a total of four yards Cameron Thomas and Terry fought valiantly for the generals Cameron knifed his way through Centre's line for consist ent gains and when forced to the side lines in the final quarter with an' in jury was given a tremendous ovation Cent rq gained J6 1 yarKW 127 for 1 he McMillan Discusses That Important eature of the Game Roseman i ields rade Thixton Success Depends Brown When a good plaver Seavers coach often complains Brodie aU( jf tie ganie result Cj Ir I I WASHINGTON Nov' Georgia Tech and the Navy football teams will ijot meet in Atlanta in 1923 it was made known tonight by Senator Har ris of Georgia who received letters from Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt and Admiral Wilson com mandant of the Academy de claring a trin to the Southland would i be because it would i interfere with the academy routine The game next year however will be staged in Washington and willabe the national premier gridiron performance At the request ot Georgia Tech ath letic officials Senator Harris called on the Navy Department last August and urged that a 1923 Navy Tech game be arranged for Armistice Day which he pointed out would tall on Monday thus causing a loss of only one day in the academy routine The flatter was put up to Admiral Wilson HOPKINSVILLE "Ky Nov In one of the hardest fought football games ever seen on the local gridiron the Red Devils ot Owensboro High and the fighting Tigers of Hopkins ville High battled to a 13 to 13 tie here this afternoon and when dark ness descended on' the scene of corti bat there was plenty of glory for all concerned With the Western1 Kentucky cham pionship at stake and a loesbyi either of the teams eliminating that eleven as a eontender fnr this title the waged fast) and uriously from the first whistle Until the final Junge The score tell6' the story but on sev eral occasions breaks of the game went against the visiting eleven? i Owensboro (fBcoredfriUflrst in the initial quartetwKen jN Thomas who airred' thi ougjjoiife'the contest the Owensborq 'team wept over the Hopkinsville goal line for 1 a touch down and then kicked goalXThat was all the scoring in this session but Owensboro came right back in the second stanza nd counted another marker this time by Stuart An at tempt at goal failed The home eleven came to lifamt thia functure and slipped one across for a touchdown and kicked goalrt x'J As the game 2 wore on the home team rallied again' and the on'1 tally came in the'third period With the countttted at 13 all the try tor goal failed and that ended scoring for the day i': 1 One of ithe largest crowds that ever saw a football game hera turned out for this affair 'and was repaid by one ot the most brilliant ana notiy pon tested games ever played here A Since the days of 1910 and 1911 has defeated Owensboro tour times while Owensboro nas able to annex six victories Hoptown 1911 1912 and 1920 Owensboro won in 1915 1916 1917 1919 and 1921 The lineup: Pittsburg Lafayette Maine 14 Armv Uoliinibia and 23 Wabash 6 Willinm Weslevan 7 Penn State 10 Carnegie Tech 0 Illinois 3 Wisconsin 0 Nebraska 28 Kansas 0 West Virginia 33 Indiana 0 Iowa 28 Minnesota 14 Northwestern 24 Purdue 13 Chattanooga 13 Mercer 6 Camp Benning 3 Oglethrope 13 Bucknell 14 Lehilgh 0 Chicago 14 Ohio State 9 University of Tennessee 31 Missis sippi A and 3 St Louis Uinversity 14 Dallas 0 Denver University 7 Colorado 7 University ol Colorado 3 Colorado College 15 Drake 19 Colorado Aggies 6 Dennison 22 Cincinnati 0 University of South California 6 Stanford 0 University of California 45 Univer sity of Wa'shmgton '7 annual gridiron 1 i South Carolina 27 urman 7 Georgia Tech 19 Georgetown Georgia 6 Virginia 6 Princeton 10 Harvard 3 Cornell 23 Dartmouth 0 Yale 45 Maryland 3 Boston College 33 Baylor 0 Syracuse 32 McGill 0 bt Aavier 7 Penna 6 33 Rutgers 6 New Hampshire 7 Notre Dame 0 17 Middlebury 6 7 races daily Admission to Rdrk dri Grandstand $200 Plus Wpr Tax Georgia Tech Beats Georgetown 19 to 7 uCoast League players are confident that Willie Kamm will be a sensation in the American League in 1923 UKamm it will be remembered playef for whom Chicago paid thing like $100000 and gavepitchers Hodge Courtney andWeeny Kamm is a third baseman and is nearly as good as his advance no tices will play that position for the Sox1 supplanting Mulligan and Mc Clellan who divided the time around the difficult corner in 1922 rank Chance says there is no ques ion about fielding There is I slight doubt as to his hitting ac cording to Chance However he fig ures Kamm will prove so valuable afield Unit lie will be a great player in the American League if only ablelo hit around 260 Oscar Vitt a mighty good third baseman who Mas seen much service in ihe American League but who isnew playing on the coast is strong lor Kamm is a big leaguer right now "Ho need a bit of experience to polish him off He will make good from the opening says Vitt? umpire George Hildebrand of the I itionias and StuarC Take Pigskin xX 1 Grid Team Defeats St rances JJeats United Verde an Eye lash in Big Race Ernest Mejer is an oddity in: major football circles Presenting the Meyer who are twins and who hold down the end positions at Union The Meyer twin? are husky chaps' 1 Both are exceptionally fast If you will allow me to substitute or luck I will agree vith the sport writers in saying that the I ireaks in a game often iecide the outcome In first game with Harvard I remember ot nearing itzgerald quar terback saying wait dor the breaks boys get one in a min And sure enough they did Soon after the start McMillin ot the second quarter Murphy the man ever plav in the stadium1 was sent in to punt for us The kick went straight up the air and i out of on our own 30 yard line Tins was tne break that the Crim sons were looking for They had little trouble in carrying the ball over in successive plunges because the pep and fight was taken out of our men by such a poor kick Harvard' Waits or Breaks If one will read the history the Harvard victories he will note that the majority of their which re sult in touchdowns were inspired by a break in their favor They are coached to hold their opponents and wait for the breaks In 1919 Centre won from the Uni versity of Indiana because we took ad vantage of a break 'We had battled through three periods and there was only about four minutes left in the fourth The score was 3 to 0 in fa vor of Indiana The cadet band had formed to lead the victory inarch 1 Just at this time an Indiana back fumbled on Itheir 40 yard Tine and a Centre man recovered I used a silent signal and shot a pass to Armstrong which gained 15 yards Before the Hoosiers could recover from the shock of the fumble and the com pleted pass 1 had shot Roberts over the goal line in three plunges We made another touchdown in the remaining minute and a half on an intercepted pass and the final score was Centre 12 Indiana 3 Now I do not that you could attribute this victory to luck for if we hadn possessed the power fight to take advantage of that the cadets would nave Buell Is Hurt Up in the 'iiked'stands looking for all the 'world like so many acres'! ot human ueaus one uan ot me looked on in silent wonden and tliej other in wild delirium Princeton" continued to out play out guess and out flank the crimson tnroueu tne last three periods Early in (lie second period Captain Buell ol Harvard was forced to seek the side lines hoboimg on an injured leg Harvard was like a rudderless ship without him It was leading at tins juncture by a score of 3 to 0 but henceforth it proved to be a tutne uncertain ma chine strong enough in its individual parts but lacking the cunning and the brain that ordinarily guides its move 'ments umble Costs Score Spaulding the man who replaced Buell was directly responsible tor the last Princeton score He tumbled one of the towering spirals on the 31 vard line and a 1922 under NEVER HEADrLOCJLS ball on the 31 yard line Ipfpr 1 back to the 33 yard line and drop kicked the ball over the cross bar for the points'that served to make Prince victory secure nailer was aiso sumeuuug a lvu tral figure in the scoring of the Tiger Middles Will Not GO tO At A 4 1 r11 rrl thn nvinnb'ol Bleachers Collapse At ootball Gam touchdown although the principal character were Gehrke of Harvard who fumbled and Gray of Princeton who recovered I In the dying moments of the game rlcil Cl I (l Vd 11 UUl A VUV man who did sb much to tie Princeton last year and proceeded to open up the strategic bag but it was too late Here brothers College and sure tacklers 1 Elmer Oliphant fornjer Purdue and West Point star is now coaching at Union College) says few ends in the country have anything on his twin brother combination 1 uA A 1 n1 btUKb A'ltuH IU the 31 yard line 'A moment the ponderous' Mr Baker strode awtf LI I IJU RA1III rLfll RM! fibftin 51000 SEE GAME (Bv DAVIS WllSH I Sports) Editor) CAMBRIDGE viass Nov Al most eleven years ago to the da Princeton University was pleased to claim "as its own1 a young gentleman who was to become famous as Sam White the man who smell a loose ball Tike a bloodhound scents its quarry Today Princeton was a team of Sara who Sprang up trom everyr where to recover Harvard tumbles by half dozen lots and thus defeat the Grimson in their classic 10 to 3 Its points were furnished' through the medium ot a touchdown' by Crum in the second period and field goal by Baker froin the 33 yard line in third but before and? between these events Princeton amazed the vast colorful throng of 51000 per 1 BY AlLAmcrica Quarterback What part does luck play in the win ning or the losing of a football game? Ofttimes the STATE CHAMPIONSHIP OOTBALL GAME SUHDAY NOV 1 2 At SOUTHSIDE PARK Parklands of Liouisville Vs Owensboro Puncture Proofs 2 rt? Will decide championship of Kentucky The Parkland team carried the state honors in 1919 1920 and 1921 Come out and for the home eleven 1: ADMISSION REMAINS THE SAME 2: yx a i 1 Avoid delay get tickets at any of the downtown stores: Elite Cigar Stand Lee Tire Company Medley Slack Karn Carpen drug store or Rudd House news stand 'k Rapier Weikel Medley Clements Richardson ields Pointer Samon Mcrllev 4 I Allo Ivclill IHtJ OJJU re Coons I tlat the winning Gropp le Arnold ucjV Of course this is an unfortunate pXP1Sj011 ean rate circumstance but the successful of 50 miles an hour when the wind is C()acq Wjn f)e prepared for just such not against it i an emergency and will have a trained sunstitute to tane ms place Coast Experts Pick Kamm to Star Avitli Chicago winning football team lies in the A i strength of the substitutes If it had not been for the substitutes at Centre last year being almost as strong as the regulars we could not have had the success we did have I have noticed that a great many of our smaller college teams are built around one man and if he has to leave the game his team goes to pieces A successful football team cannot depend upon Mine man but must work atj a machine to come out on top It is true that all good coaches fire not fortunate in having capable substitutes and he might go through several games without needing them Hopkinsville West Miller Cock i Russell Ganetf Vanett RouhM Breathitt i Hdoe Garbett 1 Referee MontgomeryCentre um pire Hogan Kentucky State head linesman Breathitt Virginia i rt' 'rt 'rtU Xs i f1 A i 4 'ft rtf I i A rtXWW Wit' I I i I 'kX 1 I I i 'A i rtrt tex ILVX'JW) 1 1 11 1 I 1 I ni' rt hl rx rt a 1 IL i fl rt i Si i i 3 B' 1 in? rt r' srt'rt rtrt rtrt 1 'rt rtt 'i: uu 1 I Xa 2 'rt Jp 4 a 4 lk A i A I W1TII iTi 'X iTirruirwJ' 4 i tert Vf rtLX1t' 1 'v rEnx Ey mt git I ''wM 1 Owensboro Post Starks Vorgan rg Hickerson I rt McGary re Mattingly 1g Perkins It Hartford 1c Stuart qb Westerfield rh Thomas Ih Hodges tb.

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