The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-22
MUTEs PLEY FOOTBALL.
T heir Game Free From Wrangling
Least.

Outclassed as they clearly were in the
game with Topeka High school Satur-
day, the deaf muteS from Olathe gave
an exhibition Of Spartan grit that was
good to see withaL The fortunes of bat
tie fell to the strong, the skilled and
practiced, and the High school rushers
had things pretty much as they pleased.
When the gale subsided and the slaugh-
ter was over ready reckoners found that
the High school boys had rolled up As
points to their credit, while the Olathe
contingent had advanced the pigskin
just eight yards in six PUSHES
No one seemed to mind the drubbing
they got 50 little as the mutes them
Selves. Brushed aside like flies, they
swarmed to the attack again; knocked
down like a row of wooden soldiers or
bowled over like so many tenpins, they
bounced up with the elasticity of a re-
turn-ba1l and waited to be flOored again.
And they never said word-just
grinned. The gale of wind that whirled
the dry dust across the field could not
lay a crust of dirt on each hot face
thick enough to hide their evident enjoy
ment. They cracked this crust with
continued smiles. Their eyes flashed
merriment. a shrug Of the shoulders, a
shake of the head, a twirl of the fingers.
an odd grimace, facial contortion-an
seemed to say the same thing: DO it
again, we like it
1t was a continued succession of five,
ten and twenty yard gains by which the
Topeka boys carried the ball at will
through their opponents line. Tackles
back gave splendid interference and the
runner would crash through behind
them for big gains every time. The
linemen were kept busy moving the
tape on every down, nearly, and not
once in the game did the visitors line
hold for four downs.
The way the High school backs
crashed into the Olathe forwards like
human catapults was enough to jar
cigar store Indian into speech. But
they never said a word-only grinned.
The bad parrot in the henhouse could
not throttle the dumb chicks into say
ing "Papal" as the story goes. Neither
could the good humOred, silent athletes
from Olathe be hammered, scared or
startled into speech. For it was a game
full of rush, dash and ginger, although
be it said to the credit of both teams,
there was no slugging.
The two halves of twenty-fi FIVE minutes
each proved cOncluSiNely that the bows
from the state Institution for the deaf
and dumb are a tough proposition fol.
taking hard knocks Professor Putnam
spoke truly, just before the game be
gan, IN answer TO a question, No. we
do not have a physician along. Our boys
are tough. They do not get hurt
Bates, q. Wiry little chap that went in
for a moment as right end, was the
only unfortunate that tended to disprOVe
the assertion In his second scrimna &c
Bates got mixed up with somebody's
shoe, as he made a tackle, and retired
with a cut alongside the eye. There
were no other casualties on either side
In the one brief interval Of the visit
OTIS offensive play, the crowd could not
make out how they gave their signals.
The boys are so quick in their move
mentS that it works to their football
disadvantage Each of the four times
that they ran with the ball. it was
fumbled in passing The second shot,
FeurloW, the elastic left end made q
quick recovery and advanced it for their
only recorded gain. They gave promise
Of running well, though. if they had had
more opportunity, and their greatest
football fault was in tackling high.
There were gestures enough to keep