Given the task definition and input, reply with output. In this task, you're given a sentence and your task is to generate a simplified sentence that focuses on lexical paraphrasing from the original sentence given in the input.

an earlier incarnation of the wheat kings played for the stanley cup in 1904 , but lost to the ottawa senators.

an earlier version of the wheat kings played for the stanley cup in 1904 , but lost to the ottawa senators.