>A very large crowd was held to a high pitch of excitement Saturday evening during the first game of foot ball ever played in Adair county, which resulted in a victory of 40 to 0 for Lindsey-Wilson over Springfield High School. The game was characterized by those plays which make it the most popular of college sports. Several times Springfield players circled the ends of the Columbia team only to be tackled by some aggressive Lindsey player.

The feature of the contest were the irresistible offense of Dave Dulworth and the aggressive defense of Lewis, Dulworth and Jarvis. The Springfield boys complimented the manly way in which the Adair county boys played the game, but could hardly believe it was the first one ever played by them.

"The Lindsey boys have been training for some weeks. They will this week take up some trees and do some tilling so as to be able to lay off a full size gridiron."

The last and what promises to be the hardest game of the foot ball season will be played Thursday, when Lindsey-Wilson lines up against the Kentucky School for the Deaf. The school is especially strong this year in foot ball, having one man that played three years on the team of the University of Pennsylvania. These boys seem to be altogether oblivious of danger and possess far more daring than the ordinary mortal...

The appearance of the big men from Danville as they ran their signals and moved about over the field in their well-equipped uniforms before the game, would have augured for them a victory at the closing down. But it was to be seen from the time the whistle first blew that the stern resistance and fierce offense of the Lindsey boys would make a hard contest.

So even was the team work of the visitors, and so powerful their attack, that more than once it seemed as though the Lindsey goal would be crossed in spite of all opposition. But the timely intervention of fate or the redoubled energy of the local boys when brought to bay would interpose only in time to save the day...

The success of the home team lay mostly in the fact that every player realized thoroughly the proposition before him and spent all his energy in that direction. The playing of Dave Dulworth, who was a tower of strength on the defensive, was very significant in his forging the ball forward for three touchdowns, while the speed of Jim Lewis advanced the ball for long gains that eventually meant scores. The tackling of Powers was at all times in evidence.

The final score was 27 to 0 in favor of Lindsey.

The largest crowd that ever witnessed a game in Columbia was on the Lindsey hill last Thursday, The admission was twenty-five cents and the receipts were ninety-four dollars...