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SBDALIA DEMOCRAT.- FRIDAY EVENING DEC. 1, 1898.SEDALIA GOT BOTH.Clarksburg College football Team Defeated.THE SCORE STOOD 23 TOO.Lincoln Institute Eleven from Jef-tzz iterson (ity No Match J for :he Deweys.The Missouri Pacific Shops’ foot ball team defeated the Clarksburg college team by a score of 23 to o yesterday afternoon at Liberty park.Notwithstanding the extreme change in the weather there was a good crowd present. Among the spectators were Peter Kuhn, Jim Quinn, Louie Ritchie and Bouldin Bowers, who enlisted their sympathies with the Clarksburg boys and “rooted” loyally for them throughout the game.In the first half Clarksburg kicked off to Sedalia 40 yards. The ball was returned by Barnett 20 yards. The shop boys then carried the ball up the field by 15 and 20 yard dashes, scoring a touchdown in four minutes. Hall kicked goal. Score, 6 to o.The remainder of the game was only a repetition of the first four minutes’ playing. The Sedalia boys at each kick off carried the ball over the goal, scoring a touchdown.At the end of the first half the score stood iS to o in favor of the shop team.Only once during the game did Clarksburg have possession of the ball, and then for only a few downs. This was in the second half, when Sedalia kicked off to Clarksburg. The visitors lost the ball in a few seconds’ time, and Sedalia, securing the pigskin, scored another touchdown, but failed to kick goal. Time was then called, the score being 23 to o.The game was interesting from start to finish, although the shop team easily outclassed their opponents.The visitors showed fine metal in bucking the home team, A1 Robertson, the full back on the Clarksburg team, playing nearly the whole game in tackling.dDeweys, 16; Lincoln, 15*The Geo. R. Smith College football team defeated the Lincoln Institute team of Jefferson City yesterday afternoon at Liberty park in an exceedingly close contest, the score being 16 to 15.The Jefferson City team scored the first two touchdowns, and then the Deweys began to work. When time was called the score stood 15 to 15, but a Geo. R. Smith player kicked goal, winning the game for
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Sedalia Evening Democrat
Sedalia, Missouri, US
Fri, Dec 01, 1899
Page 6
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