The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-11-29
MISSOURIS GAME
The JayhawkerS Outplayed by
the Tigers.
Ten Thousand People Witness
Kansas Defeat.
THE GAME AT TOPEKA.
Fort Riley an Easy Victim for
the Independents.
West Side Gun Clubs Tourney
a Great Success.
THE GAME AT Topeka.

K s Q. went down before the Missouri
Tigers at Kansas City yesterday after
hard struggle on a muddy field. Mis-
souri, led BY the score of 10 to at the
close, but Kansas was playing around
Missorris ten yard line when time was
called and a few more minutes play
might have changed the result
great throng of people witnessed the
contest. The right aud left field bleach
ers aud the large grand stand at Exposi-
ton ball park were packed with people,
while along the eat ropes large num-
Der of traps, drags and tallyhos stood
with wheels sunk in the mud. The
crowd must have mum bered 10000.
The field was in poor condition. The
recent snow was heavy at Kansas City
and this left the gridiron sea of mud on
which the players slipped and fell The
day was cloudy and raw. The sun has
not smiled on this annual game for
three years.
Kansas lost because she was outplayed.
While everyone admired the gallant
stands the Jayhawkers made it must be
admitted that the ball was in Kansas
territory great deal of the time. After
Kansas had scored in the first
half the Missourisns rushed the game
to the Kansas line. Here after a series
of the most desperate stands Kansas was
enabled to take the ball every time be-
fore Missouri could getit over. She
thus protected her lire from repeated
attempts until there came time when
she could no longer hold the Tigers and
they tied the score.
Kansas could not gain with the cure
ness with which their opponents did,
and this tells the story. In fact most of
the time she could not gain at all and
oil 01atInnalIp on tbir d
down. Had the ball been dry this might
have saved the game for her. The slip
perry condition of the field was against
the Kansas game. She has been playing
her backs far behind the line this year,
depending on quick start to reach the
line in time. 1t was impossible
for the backs to get away quickly yes
terday, and the holes which the forwards
made were always closed before the
backs reached them Kansas could not
gain through the line and usually did
better around the end. The Missouri
line outplayed the Kansas aggregation.
It made holes well and the Missouri
backs hit the line for repeated gains.
The bright particular star of the Kan
sas line was shorty" Hamill, the 220
pound left guard He opposed the
giant Brigham, whose game was superb.
HamilI was all over the field tackling
like an end man, and in the first half he
must have been in three fourths of the
Kansas tackles. In this he excelled
Brigham, but when Missouri bucksd on
her giant guard he usually pushed
HamiII over backward for gain.
Crooks, Outland, Piatt and Williamson
all played star engagements for Kansas.
Piatt played part of the time at left end
and part of the time at right tackle. and
was a stone wall. His tackling was
superb Outland's running and line
bucking. and Crooks running and tack
ling were fine.
Kansas was in poorer condition physi-
cally than Missouri and as a result Out
land. Hester and Stone had to retire be-
cause of injuries. Their places were
taken by Gump, Burney and Foster.
The Missouri men played roughly. and
were particularly brutal in falling heav-
lily on a man when he was lying alone on
the ground in the open field. This is the
way most of Kansas players were in
jured.
Kansas chose the north side of the
field, which was the driest, and failed to
regain on MissourTs kick of to their 10
yard line aad punted twenty five yards
| almost Immediately. Missouri brought il
| right back through the line, but were
stopped by desperate rally on
/ the five yard line. On the first attempt
OutIand sailed around Price for IS yards
to the Missouri 20 yard line. He was
caught by Brigham who piled on him
and injured him SO he retired later
Piatt gained yards and Hester missed
q drop for goal
| Missouri could not gain from her q