The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1900-11-17
Missouri-Kansas Game.

The annual gridiron battle between '
the Missouri Tigers and the Kansas
,Jayhawkers, typifylng as it does, the
spirit Of rivalry that always has been !
and probably always will be iostered
between the sister states, Is no" less
than two weeks off, and the warrlors
who will try their strength In that
more or less bloody struggle are even
now girding up their loins and prepsr-
ing for the fray. Of course the battle
will be waged on the same field lhat
has been orr by SO many Of its KIND
at Exposition park in Kansas City, the
city which owes It's life and therefore
its allegiance to beth states, and Is
naturally considered neutral grounds
The date, Thanksgiving day, Novem-
Der 2eth, is even more familiar to the
people Of Kansas and Missouri, than
The place, for every Thanksgiving day
since that of 1891 has seen the Tigers
and Jayhawkers arrayed against each
other.
The teams that will meet at Kansas
City this year are net BY any means
the strongest in their respective states
the record Of each being marred BY two
or three defeats,sbu this fact does not
necessarily detract from the interest IN
the game. On the contrary, the fact
that they have been beaten before
should make each team only the more
determined 10 not finish the season
with a defeat and at the hands OF It's
hated rival OF that. 10 fact the show
ing of the anlagonistic elevens in the
past should insure one Of the most
stubborn contests ever decided on the
chalk ribbed field at Exposition park.
One thing at least can be said in
favor Of the coming game that has
been true Of only n or two OF those
OF the past nine years. The result Is
absolutely uncertain. Missouri may
win or Kansas may carry off the
honors, the score may be a small one
or it may be unusually large, the strug-
gle may be a logged one or 1t may be
lop-sided; just what will happen not
/, even the wIsest Of western foot ball
/, prophets can say. Comparative scores
will not tell the seeker after news any
thing. The Tigers lost to the Kansas
City NEEDLES by a score Of Is to ~, anc
two weeks later the Jayhawkers wer'
beaten by the same team to the tune o
20 to 10, but these two games do no
9 tell the student OF foot ball anything
except that the rival varsity teams ar
we'll matched. Both were able to scor
on the strong Kansas City doctors an
, both were In turn scored upon fire.
quently. In other words, at that tim
Of the Kansans and Tigers were alik
a. strong on the offense and weak on th
defense. This may still be true and
Of may not. It Is hard to say what Il
~ weeks Of practice since those gam
:, have done, but 1t Is safe TO predict th'
both elevens will show up stronger {
N. Thanksgiving day than they have
any previous time this season. Eve
X. possible effort will be put forward b
tween now and then to have the m
right on edge for the big battle, b
not until Thanksgiving night will the
be any certainty about the result,
,rv Missouri is preparing for this yea
game in a more thorough manner th
no, ever before. A training table, a mu
needed iunoyaiion at Columbia,
In being tried with good success this ye
+, Coach Fred Murphy aud Physi
Director Hetherington have compl
,rs. charge Of ii and their orders In reg
to the players food, habits and ea
IAN else are absolutely law. The men
being systematically dieted, only
y best and most nutritious food and DR.
oil being allowed them, and the effect
noticeable intheir physical couditl
which is Of a higher standard than
,ex. been customary at NJ. 5. Y, In
years.
EEK; The Tigers will be considers
strengthened during the coming "
by the addition Of four Of the o.
IL. players Of the School OF Mines tear
Rolla. The School Of Mines Is a
am Of the University Of Missouri aud Il
,oo, can therefore DO no objection to Il
.. playing with the Tigers The pla
ton, are bowie, Ruhle, Keenan, aud Pr
and they will strengthen the Miss
eleven right where II Is the veal
fer Bowie and Ruhle are both rati
good ends, while keenan, and Pi
Y " are tackles. The addition of these
|. cracks will give COACH murphy Pl
biz of material for his line and he
probably move Captain Kru'e