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The Evansville Journal from Evansville, Indiana • 11

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THE EVANSVILLE COUIUER AND SUNDAY OCTOBER 21) a CHICAGO TOPPLES PENN FROM GRID THRONE AFTER 29 YEARS S' E'- Washington-Lee Generals March to 25-0 Victory Over Kentucky STEP-CHILD OF BOXING EASTERN TEAM BAFFLED BY SUPRISING MAROON AERIAL ATTACK 13 TO 7 By CHARLES DUNKLEY (Aseoelxtod Press Spohs Writer) CHICAGO HI Oct 22 (AF) Amos Alonso gtagg don of America's football coaches eaw his dream of 80 years crowned with mums today when his Maroon-Jeraled warriors conquered Fenn 13 to 7 before Ym000 spectators The riotory avenged at least for this 81 year old football teacher a string of defeats Pennsylvania has handed his teams Over a period of 20 years the teams had battled six times with always being trampled under the losing end of the score except back in 1890 -when ie Idaroons tied their Keefer yin the "old of tha the Jlaroons tied their Kastern foes WINNERS DISPLAY FAST RUSH IN SECOND HALF TO BOOST FINAL COUNf LEXINGTON Ky Oct Displaying a versatile set rff ImrkH In White Rnruptf I In we anil Stearns the Generals from Washington nil Lee oiitelaMxeil the 1ulvrrslty of Keutneky football team to 0 here this afternoon The Kentucky lad fought gamely during the first half holding the -visitors to elx points but In the second half the General hnrkfleld and their isa combination Ilowc to Spalls liegnn working rolling up 19 counters FORTWOOD BEST FOR IOsrii AI Port wood upheld the offensive Pnrnle Ares Dumnerl burden for the losers and was the urPlc uuraPeo leader In a 60 yard tlrive down the Rw Illinois Ganor field to the IS yard line which was A1IIHUIR Udng one of the WildcaU' two scoring chances In the last quarter Jenkins began tossing pauses to Port wood which ranted the ball to the opponents' five yard line where the Isnky Bpotts grabbed one of the posses and carried the bell to the the same middle of the field The two teems swayed back and forth during the first quarter but In the second White began a march from his 43 yard line which resulted In a touchdown He would dnah over the line for five yards or more on each try During the remainder of the quarter the Evansville offense began to function and few a few minutes It appeared as though Harmons men might score but the hope really was (hurt lived when Cooper Normal end BY 10 TO 6 COUNT I and Slattery Each Claims Light Heavy Crown By JACK SORDS Who and why la a light-heavy? Tha llght-heavywelght claaa haa never bean taken seriously The boys who battled In It were never given much thought until if they ever did they graduated Into the heavyweight dess and the big money Take Tommy Loughran Ha was never regarded aa such a hot performer among pugilists and hero he is a champion If tin New Tork commission has Its aray Tha llght-heavywelght title orlgln-nated when Jack Boot a pug of 36 years ago found himself too light for the heavies and too big for the middlswelghta Bo Lou HOusman ereated the class of light-heavies and called Jock the champ A follow named Georgs Gardner came along and knocked him free fMm his trumped-up crown Bob Pltssinimona then the ex-heavy king whipped Gardner but did not hold toe title long Bob was dethroned whan he folntad and fall out of hla chair between rounds during a fight with Jack O'Brien of Philadelphia O'Brian thought too crown a Joke and pay any attention to It It gradually dropped out of com pc till and then was no light-heavy champ until Dan Morgan said Bat- tllng Lsvlnsky was it Gens Tunney took tha revived title sway from too Bet dropped It to Horry Orth and then won Jt hack again Gena got tired of being a light-heavy and gave up the crown when ho outgrew it Lsvlnsky again claiming It ThSibig Orchid Mon of Prance GoTM Caipentier took it away from Levlnaky and loot It to too sensational Senegalese Battling Slkl who loot it to Mika McTlgus Paul Berlenbach was rods enough to take it away from the aging Mike Jack Delaney than divested Paul of his honors and reigned until overpowered by an ambition to become a heavyweight Delaney resigned hla title end boxing commissioner! gave It again to MoTlgue who has Just lost It to Loughran But the National Boxing association ignored Loughran'e victory over McTlgue and has proclaimed Jimmy Slattery light-heavy champ Take your pick (Continued Prom Pegs 1 This Beo) gridiron sent an inspired crew of footballers against Pennsylvania today There was deeeptlveneas and trickery In the Chicago attack In advancing tha ball through the line ana Btagg's backfleld aces pawed and passed and passed until the bewildered Pennsylvanians became dlssy under the barrage It was the first time In the memory of the oldest Maroon admirer that Btagg the eon' servmtlve In football sent forth i team equipped with so effective i forward pass attack MAkOONS BCOK SECOND Chicago threatening and dangerous fMm the very first play until the last scored a touchdown In the second period and another In tha third by beautiful passing Btartlng from the Penn 47 yard line In the second 'period Layers who had replaced Burgess at full back for Chi' cago gained 13 yards on two deceptive pivot plays through tackle Then the Maroons opened up with passing shots from Anderson to Mendenhall going for 14 yards with Mendenhall tearing to Penns 31 yard line before he was checked Triple passing layers to Mendenhall to Anderson brought tha ball to six yard line After cracking center for a yard Mendenhall was given the ball a second time and crashed through left tackle ldr a touchdown McDonough kicked goal for the extra point Triple passing also contributed to Chicago's second marker' PENN COUNTS ON BHEAK Penn's touchdown scored In the third period was the result- of a mask brought by the marvelous purl ting of Murphy the Penn kicker After Penn had failed to advance Murphy punted the ball going out of bounds a foot from ta Chicago goal line ypiwMiigh kicking from behind his own goal line booted tha ball almost up In the air and It fcr-nded back to within a yard frr goal On the first p'- rr- phy smashed through 1L a touchdown i for goal was low but the Maroons were off-side and Penn was awarded the point -Lineup and summaries: Chicago (13) Penn (1) Aptt E' Scull Weislow (c) Hake Weaver LO House (c) Westgate Wolff AO McGinnis Learie RTnn Bmith Spence rB Lensner McDonough QBi Bhoeber Mendenhall Murphy Anderson BH Porbes Burgess Waseolonls Scots by periods: Chicago 0 76 13 Pennsylvania 0 0 7 7 Chicago aeorlng: Touchdowns Mendenhall Anderson Point after McDononugh Pennsylvania scoring: Touchdown Murphy Point after Penn awarded point when Chicago was offside after Waseolonls failure Officials Referee Ghee Dartmouth umpire Thrope Columbia Plaid Judge Eck-lac and Headllnesman Backet West Point PLAY HWITCIIM The Wildcats registered 11 first downs for eight for tha visitors in the first half The Generals however tallied 11 first downs to four for the WildcaU In the second half After Steams Intercepted Jenkins' pees In the early part of the third quarter Howe snatched off 16 yards Barnett subbing for White added elx more Howe added nine yards and then took the bell over the goal line In three line plunges A 86 yard pee to Howe and a 10 yard run added another touchdown In toe final period Washington and Lee took the bnll on Kentucky'a 35 yard line when Phipps was unable to get off a punt Barnett then reeled off 13 yards a pose to Bpotts netted six more and Stearns In three trye carried the ball over Tlppe added the extra point after three failures 7300 PEE GAME Bpotts was all over the field for the Generali and waa "sure on catching the passes Miller's generalship of the Wildcat alao featured There wee a crowd of 7500 people witnessed the game Lineup: Wash A (35) Kentucky () Dorsey LE Lyons FI tepa trick LT VanMeter Groop LO Bummers Latham Pence ripps (C) no (C) Wert Ftaher RT Drury Spotta RE Waltere Stearns QB Miller Howe Jenkins Barclay Rw Portwood White ID Phippa Score by quarters: Washington and Lee 0 6 13 6 35 Kentucky 0 0 0 0 0 Summary: Scoring Washington end Lee: Touchdowns White Stearns Howe 3 Points after Tlppe 1 Kittbmen (Northwestern) Severance (Oberlln) Heed Linesman Tichenor who played a great game Intercepted an Evansville pasa on the 46-yard Une Thb started the march that ended In another touchdown with Cremer plunging off guard from the one-yard line after a long pass from Crrmer to Parr put the ball In scoring position The half ended with Normal In possession of the ball on their owq 81-yard line The Aces pbyed better offensively end defensively the eeeond half hut" the aerial attack of the local squad functioned twice again and Si me end Penogllo scored on peeaea Sims caught a 30-yard paae end ran SO more yarda in the last quarter to end the scoring for the day The playing of Sima end Cooper Normal ends coupled with the performance of their entire backfleld featured -the gome end was responsible for- the victory HEYERAL II MIVtKIt Frltch Dick end the Rea rot he re turned In the best performance on the offense for the Aces white Davis Lang Leach Cooksey end In fact -the entire Une composed the bulk of their defence The Normal players as all other opponents of tha Aces found Dick a herd men to atop -Frltch ripped off a number of nice galne from running formations McBrlan ceaervea mention for the -manner In which he stopped many of the locals' Him plungss Line-' up and summary Kvenutllie (ii) Illinois Normal (35) -a Davis LE Cooper Dlckman LT RouUedgeU Lang LG Ives Cooktey OiboF- RQ Smith RT Stone Rea RE Blnrs Rea QB Penogllo- Whltledga HB KlnscL Frltch HB Parr Dick PB Cremer- Scarf by quartans: Evanavlllo 0 0 0 0 Illlnob Normal 0 13 7 3V-- Touchdowns Penogllo 3 Blma and Cremer Point after touch-town Blme caught pace Subs 1 Normal Oilmen Hall Cremer Miller Penogllo Blaoise Parr Evansville Leach Able Felget Branden- berger Harper Welbnmeyer Officiate Referee McMillan Baker -Umpire Jefferies Indiana Head- lineman Honn Illlnob AS REITZ BESTS HENDERSON HOLDS MAYFIELD TO TIE Bason Scores Marker in Second Quarter While Visitors Count in Fourth Period By SCHOEPFLIN they were pot disappointed for It woe an even scrip in both score apd' In (Continued Prom Page 1 This Bee) Courier-Journal Sports Correspondent HENDERSON Ky Oct 33 Henderson wee the Mecca for football In the western Kentucky conference this week end and entertained Mayfield this afternoon with a 6-to-B tie Again the scare might be truthfully broadcasted aa Mayfield 6 end Baaon 6 for tha fleet halfback of the Henderson eleven was again the outstanding atar iff the contest Hundreds of people gathered from all over the western end of the state to see what waa billed a battle between two evenly matched teams and Dickie Flashes Down Field for Four Touchdowns in Lead ing Team to 26-0 Win LEAN8BORO 111 Oct 33 Playing a superior brand of football In every deportment of the gome Mc-Leonaboro high aehool defeated Baon-Tllle here tob afternoon 36 to 0 Capt Dickie Lockwood McLeaneboro triple threabr waa easily the outstanding star of the game scoring all of his points Displaying a great styb of open field running Dickie flashed down the field four times for touchdowns much to the consternation of the Boonvllb boys who wen unable to top him He kicked goal twice The Boonvllb eleven os a whole pbyed good football but were unabta to solve MCLeeneboro's 'eke pbya They elected to pby a passing game against the Green and White but without much succeei The ball we In Boonvllb territory throughout most of game Baum at right guard was easily the outstanding star for Boonvllb whlb Whltmer Hay and Donnelly also pbyed brilliant football Bruce Caldwell 31 years old by your Isa vs 133 pounds la heft end one 1 of a football playsr if pardoa my Swedish And yet oa second and third thought there was larceny even in Mr Bruce Caldwell at least to the extent of a 36-yard drop kick that represents tha margin of Tale's victory It was secured under falsa prows In a measure because Army really expect Mr Caldwell to kick It seemed too far The Soldiers rather expected Mr Caldwell to Just keep on ripping thstr 11ns to silvan as ho had basn doing at will throughout too gams Thus It was not all square shooting on Mr Caldwell's part whan ha haulsd off and busted tost ona Ilka Baba Ruth -smacking a homer Whet with tot new 10 yards added to tot goal posts It would have been a 45-yarder In the good old days Breaking of football players which la exactly what am doing when I am speaking of Mr Bruce Caldwell thsre Is what you must call as great back TO put It mildly ha la humdinger of a football player He stood out all over too gam today Ilka goose pimples on a scared hoy It was Mr Caldwell's line digging early li tha pastime that took tha ball far down Into Army territory and It was Mr Caldwell's forward cast to the surreptitious Mr Quar-rier the tackle that gave Tale toe touchdown It wss Mr GaldwriVe hoof tost knocked off the point bum touchdown tost would have been enough to make Tela win even If he marts tha drop kick The Army's touchdown was Obtained in an orthodox manner without Vl stopping to the subterfuges of tha wily Mr Jonas The Mr Jonas who ooaehee the Army la of toe undeceiving Joneses Gog la the great back of the Army slipped open and above board pass to Harbold putting to hall up against Yals's goal 11ns Murrell pushed It using no trickery whatever Harry Wilson' toe Army back who aald to have been found playing football on a send lot In Trenton when Oecrge Washington croeeed tha Delaware blew the try tor goal from touchdown Wilson's profound and extensive football experience did toe Army no good except In spots today because Mr Tsd hoys had him all covered up Ilka a mulberry tree In winter Every tone he started somebody was around bothering him Cagle and Murrell did the standing out stuff for tha Soldiers A young fellow named Hemmeraley who came in lata for This and who didn't i to ho thoroughly Imbued with Mr TCd Jones' teachings of cunning was eiartiing around no little In an meat old fashioned way at tha aUh It was a battle of two rattling good: llnse The Tale folks got together on two occasions and stood off tha Army Inside Tale 10-yard territory On one occasion If soma Tele guy Just breathed herd tha hall would have been over Thera were around 30000 folks clustered about the Inside of the bowl hut It seemed to he a gathering of tha proletariat Enthusiasm was not what you might call rtfs except In (toe cheering sections ss Judge that the crowd was doer did general public more then anything else' However It must ha recorded that tha Tala men had the usual spasms of glee over fas triumph of the Btuc in a way too result today wee something of a surprise The Army licked Tele last year 18 to 0 which la ona of the worst lickings that anybody over gave Tale Moreover the West Pointers earns to New Haven today with a seasoned veteran team It would ha vs been veteran If It had had only Harry Wilson He veteran enough for eleven man HO played throe years at Penn stats and tola la his fourth at the Army beslda ha must have playad In high school But of course tht Army figure on running' up against a genteel bunco game such as Mr Tsd Jonas-quung on thorn The honest soldiers thought they wan going to play football with some Blot unsophisticated young fellows sd of a hunch of slickers It shows you never ean toll the Look at Your Feet Others Do lorelei playing Henderson had the better of the argument In the first half and Mayfield had lb say In the last MALIOBY STOPPED Two stars were senadubd to shine Boson of Henderson end Mallory of Mayfield Bason pbyed a stellar game but Mallory although the best tackle that hoe been against Henderson thb year was stopped on moet pbya during the con teat A red-haired lad Mi Harrb In toe backfleld took moet of toe honors far the vial tore Henderson woe playing minus the services of Hulan star beck due to injuries The flash showed batter form today then of peat games and it can he sold that Glngell Denton add Clay pbyed excellent ball PTOm the downs argument the visitor had the beet of the contest the count being to 6 The opening quarter wee full of punting and plenty of fumbles by both teams During thb time Tapp of Henderson got sway with a beautiful 36-yard paae and Bason skidded the end at one time for 60 yards No sensational work waa seen In the opening 16 minutes of pby HENDERHON SCORES At the opening of the eecond quarter Mayfield attempted a pose and Baaon snogged It and ran 80 yards over the goal line only to he called beck for stepping over toe ride line On a Henderson punt Harrb touched the ball and Henderson recovered on the two-yard line and Boson took the ball over on a line ploy Dunoon missed the try for point During thb quarter Tapp snagged two beautiful psssre one for 36 yards and the other for 16 one bring a one-handed stab over the side line Mayfield opened the third quarter fighting hard and Harrb leading the attack The teams resorting to punting over the goal line and Mayfield waa gaining through the Henderson line but for no greet distance When the fourtn round opened Gardner shoved a pee to Weller for 36 yards and ha went over lor a touchdown Gardner missed the kick Mayfield threatened to score on two more occeelon during the final half bring on the five-yard Una twice hut the Henderson teem held As a whole the teams were evenly matched but the game wee Juet ordinary and nothing particularly exciting about tha affair Lineup: Henderson (6) Mayfield (6) Duncan RE Sullivan Denton RT Bowden Delvln uiiRO i Mallory MaryneU Cross Byrne LQ Ra Hickman LT Clari Glngell LE Weller Clay BH Gardner Bombard Harris Tapp PB Heoth Boson -QB Beloite LMndereon Trafton 'and Duncan Mayfield Johnson and Cash-by qui in Scores quartan: (Continued Prom Pegs 1 This Bee) tries after touchdown not a single point bring tallied by this route In too second quarter Weber Jeffersonville left guard suffered broken left leg Juet below the knee whan torn blocked bp-Covert as Droll was dashing around Isfteend In an attempt to boots a marker after touchdown from scrimmage It took too West aiders Just two minutes to push over the first touch' down Wlneger going through center for the marker after a march down the field featured by hb 13-yard dash off tackle A few minutes later Withers Droll and Wlneger put toe bell on the four yard line from where the former went through center for a touchdown Withers featured the next drive to a touchdown with a 16-yard sprint to the 16 yard lino after which Wine ger carried the oval to tha five yard trip Here Droll galloped around toe left flank and over the goal line to Mug toe count to 18-0 too score at quarter time COFFMAN BEOISTEBS Coffman wear through center for eight yards and a touchdown for the tint polnto of the second quarter after Droll and Withers had carried the plgakln to a scoring position Droll then did hb stuff when he received a punt on too Jeffs' 40-yard strip and dashed -through toe field for a touchdown toe final of the half Engel gave him eo pretty Interference on this (print Droll duplicated this stunt at the opening of the eecond half only little more eo stepping hock a punt 60 yards and a touchdown Wlneger cam through with hb share of the running on the following marker when he ripped through the oonter of the Jeffersonville line for another elx polntan Coffman made the only touchdown In too final quarter when he went around right and across the line Rrita wee credited with two more points when Droll punted to the Jeff 15-yird line? and Manners lost six yards pn the next play A bod pass from' center sent the ball over the goal Hue and Btemler wee tackled hack of tha double strip for a safety lineup sad summary: REITZ (36) JEFFT1LLE (0) Coffman LB Brummot Crooby LT Xernbert Homed LQ Weber Browne i Bigler Wlneted SO Gunther Bites RTi Barron Ham BE Hauser Droll QB Kehrt Withers HB Held Engel HR Mamwe Wlnegsr PS Stemmier Score by quarters Relb IS 13 18 Jeffersonville 0 0 0 0 Substitutions Relb Brunson Covert Hadley McCurdy Pries Town send Underdown WetoeL Williams Marks Johnson Endlcott Jefferson-vllb: Bcholts Davenport Bad OiMratty EUs Brito Scoring Touchdowns: Droll 8 Coffman 6 Wlneger 3 Covert Withers Safety: Jeffersonville Referee watt (Wabash) Umpire: Gempler (Indiana) Hood Hendamm (Ohio Stab) Benton Runs Wild Around Ends Shows Fine Aerial At- tack in 46-6 Victory CAIRO 111 Oct Eldorado's high school football team lost lb second conference tilt of the season to Benton prep thb afternoon by a 46-6 count Benton's forward peeelng and end run attack completely bewildered the Eldorado defense Tha losers tried an serial offense during the greater part of the gems but ware unsuccessful with Benton picket men stationed to block all attempts Prey and Biunuels Benton were tha stare of the afternoon tha former making throe touchdowns and tha latter two Palming and Wathen allowed up best for tha beers Lineup anjLeainmary: Bfnton Eldorado Doty LE Kauta Ingram LT Meyers Bweford XG Grabta Rsy McMlcheel Bon elds HO Burnett Perry RT Adame Phillips BE Wllkeraon Samuels xtiiii QB Evens Gray LH naming Bobrsy BH Wathen Baker PB McKlnnb Score by periods: Benton 6 7 6 37 46 Eldanub 0 6 0 6 Scoring Benton: Touchdown Prey (8 Samuels 1 (3) Doty (touchdown on Eldorado tackling peas receiver) Eldorado: Touchdown Mc-Klnnle ii a dangeroui rock in the River Rhine 427 feet high and famous for its mythical Siren who waa rumored to sit upon it combing bar long tresses and singing bo raviihingly that the boatmen enchanted by the music of her voice forgot their duty and were drawn upon the rock and periihed The who have enchanted the customers of this store are "courteous treatment" and "reliable merchandise" You'll Like to Shop at This Store from No io tee Just down the hill old No 3 Then at 6:08 the second foreeome can begin play from No 1 and in another four minutes the group may start from No 10 etc This will scatter tha players (he course and they will be able to keep out of each other's way Heretofore everyone had to waltwnd start at No which caused a rather long delay PAN CHANGED TO FIVE Besides tha new green which should be the best on the course Judging from the construction a few other important alterations are contemplated What will Internet golfers next la tha fsef that old No 14 the double lake hole and now new No 6 will ho a five-par hole Instead of four This is also ona of Kidd's Ideas and it's a good one considering how much trouble one has in getting to the green la two shots being farced to cross both lakes This adds a stroke to par which will ha 74 The tea for new No 14 'will take the dog-leg out of old No 6 A rustic timber bridge will span tha ravine that separatee the new No 14 tee from the fairway to tha right iff new No 13 'green The new tee will be placed Just on top of the ridge on the left of the present No fairway tha pi see where If you drive through on your tee shot in playing the dogleg hole you are technically out of hounds Prom where the tee la going to be placed a dear vision of the green may ba had Tha shot will be a little over a No 4 Iron SHORTEN OLD NO 17 No 17 tot now No 8 Is to be moved down to about parallsl with old No 16 green the No 1 that will become a practice green when tha new order goes Into effect next spring This will shorten old No 17 shout 76 yards In constructing the now No 3 several tress will have to ha rsmovad from tha right adga iff old No a green A tee far No 3 will he built shout 86 yards to top left of old No HENRY LEVY PROP 437-436 Mein fit illMIMHIMI Shoes at a price to suit your purse Are Featuring BELDEN SHOES $5 and $650 FLORSHEIM SHOES $1000 WE FIT FEET "Look for Tho Flonholm Hendersqn Mayfield STETSON HATS Crossville Upsets Albion Eleven 6'0 CROSSVILLE IU Oct Croaavllb high school's grid aggregation pushed over a touchdown gainst Albion (IU) prep early in the second quarter on straight line buck! here yesterday afternoon chalking up a 6-to-0 victory Olvene and Pfleter did moat of toe ground gaining for the winners while Lemklne looked beet for the been Louisville Eleven Smothered 37 to 6 HUNTINGTON Vs Oct (AP) The big Green levin of Marshall college smothered the University of LoubvUb Canto today by a score of 37 to 6 After the start of the second quarter Marshall agver was In danger McDonald scored Louisville's touchdown early in that period Btarck accounted for four of tot home team's markers' HARRISBURG ys MARQUETTE Illinois Club TODAY BOSSE FIELD 2:30 ADMISSION 50c 7 tee and toe green oa this hide will be changed to No 8 The fun will eome In playing the longest hole No 13 Juet when the second shot stops providing It goes far enough a sharp right angle will have to be played to toe green The breasts supposed to carry the second Immediately past the little grove on-the right side of old NO 6 fairway- If the braaeb (alls short than' the player In a tough way to play through or over too tress unless he wastes another stroke getting around them Par will remain five oa tob hob Here's how too now pars win look on the score cards next season: 8-6-4-6-S-4-4-4-4 And the "sportiest Bourse in the Mlddle-weet" will the most convenient Marion Crew Drops i Hurst-Bush 19 to 12 XU Oct The Morion township high echoed football teem today defeated the Hurat-BuOh prep eleven In a non-conference grid clash by a lB-to-13 count The scrap kept the fens cm edge from the opening whistb to the Run Bead and Use Oonrier-Journal A-B-C ClauifiecLAds 323 Main Street I I I 0 -va rw-V'-f -fi1 g-it v- bn i -'A a 6.

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