Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-10-31
VARSITY SCORES ON THE JAY
HAWkERs. ALMOST AT WILL.
FINAL SCORE is so TO o
Cochems and Larson Divide Honors
as Long Distance Runners-Visit-
ors Cause Trouble With Their
Tandem Guard and Tackle Plays
Large Crowd Present.
Madison. Oct 3

Madison, Oct. p.
Kansas went down to defeat before
Wisconsin yesterday by a score of so
to 0, hopelessly outplayed from start
to finish. The only consolation the
jayhawkers can claim is the fact that
their tandem plays with guards and
tackles back proved a puzzle to the
badgers up till the very end of the
game. Aside from this ray of comfort
there was grief in their midst last
night, deep and profound grief.
1t was the first time the university
from the sunfiower state ever crossed
the war path of Wisconsin, and while
there was little humiliation in the
overwhelming defeat there were also
lessons to be learned. When the Jay
hawkers had bartered their mite of
practical knowledge for the learning
OF the greater team, they went trip
ping home from school, crammed with
the wisdom that the sadness Of prac-
teal experience teaches.
The crowd that witnessed the game
was the largest of the year. There
were probably 1900 people present.
They sat in the grandstand, they tried
the new bleachers, they lined up
along the fence that separates the
field from the circular track, they sat
in carriages at the north end of the
field, they sWarmed over "dead-head"
hill, they sat on the roofs of adjoining
hOuses-in fact, they were everywhere
within the radius of half a mile
From the viewpoint of the critic
the game was not good football. There
were no minutes when the game hung
III the balance, nor plays that shifted
the chance Of victory back and forth.
1t was just merciless drubbing of
weak team by stronger. But the
people who came out to root for Wis
consin like to root, and there was no
dearth of opportunities yesterday.
Curtis won the toss, as he does in
Variably, and squirting his weather
eye at the southwest wind asked Kan
sas to kick off. The jayhawkers tilt
ed the ball toward heaven as if ask
ing for aid, and then Capt Jenkinson
booted the sphere right angrily. send
ing it by the airship route to Cochems,
who ran it back 20 yards. Then Wis
consin lined up and gave Kansas les
sons in the playing of offense.
The ball was being comfortably
shifted toward the goal with leaps
and bounds when there was a tumble
and Hicks of Kansas fell on the ball
Failing to gain Jenkinson tried a place
kick for goal from the 80 yard line
but did not get the ball off in time
1t was Wisconsins ball and Cochems
was sent around right end for a 65-
yard run for touchdown. Lerum
kicked goal. Time of play, minutes.
Score, to 0.
1t took only a short minute to make
the next touchdown. Marshall caught
the bail on the kickoff, and ran it
back 20 yards. On the first play Lar
son circled the end and covered the
20 yards that divided him and the goal
line. Lerum added another point by
goal Score, II to O.
On the next kickoff Marshall re-
turned the ball to the middle of the
field in pretty run. Cochems bucked
the line for 5 yards. Then Driver
kicked to Jenkinson, and the Kansas
boys brought out their fancy plays.
They used formations with guards and
tackles back with several plays under
each. One play was a single guard
back, but both were used to drive into
the Wisconsin line.
Dodds gained 2 yards on the first
play, Jenkinson added 1 and Louthan
completed the yards Then Dodds
made L yard, Jenkinson followed it
with a gain of yards and Buzzi
broke through for 10 yards Vincent
failed to gain, Jenkinson bucked the
line for 3 yards and Nofsinger added
2 more. Mixed signals caused loss.
Brumage broke away for 10 yards.
Nofsinger failed to gain. Then
tumble gave Wisconsin the ball on her
20 yard line.
Cochems broke away on the first
play for 35 yards. Larson followed
with 20 around the other end, and
Cochems covered the last 20 for the
touchdown. Lerum failed goal and
the score was II to 0.
From this point to the end of the
game the playing was much the same
Wisconsin made long gains at will,
but on defense allowed the jayhawk-
ers to push the ball along rather freely
at times. Cochems, Larson and Dri-
yer were played with regularity
Driver made the touchdown and Lee