The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-10-21
Game Was Largely Taken Up
With Foolish Wrangling.
CRIMSON DID BABY ACT
Blue Compelled to Concede
Everything to Lawrence
To Prevent OutIand's Men From
Pouting From Field.
Splendid Crowd Present, Most
Enthusiastic and Patient.

Without a victory for either side the
Jayhawkers from Mount Dread and the
Sons of Ichabod left the Washburn
gridiron Saturday without a score. Dur
ing two hours and half of playing and
wrangling the team of Kansas universe
ty found it impossible for them to win
even after Washburn had conceded to
them all they had asked
The crowd that witnessed the game
occupied every inch of space in the
grand stand and the carriage space was
filed. Few crowds at football games
In Topeka have been as large The
crowd was intensely interested and ev-
cry play brought forth the cheers of
Washburn or the long, believing chorus
of the Jayhawkers- The college band
played a tune which was supposed to
inspire the blue. Numerous trap and
tally-hO loads of varsity men were
supposed to cheer their favorite team to
victory and neither side succeeded K
U. was chafing under the memory of
the two defeats administered by WASH
burn last year and Washburn was anx-
ious to add another scalp lock to her
victorious belt. but both side will wait
a year before the score is settled
The game was intensely interesting to
the crowd except the fussing. The old
time K. u spirit of wrangling and
claiming everything in sight when there
is any likelihood of defeat was mani
fest. The Lawrence men named Myron
White their official He started in
as umpire. White played with Wash
burn last year and this team went to
the university. He played in the Kinks
vile game a week ago under the name
of Dodds and for that Coach Outland
and Manager Foster were called up on
the carpet at K U. So, for that if moth
ing else it was with bad taste that
White was named for an official.
The first dispute in the game came
when K. U. had the ball well in the
Washburn territory. Page gave WASH
burn the ball on the ground that the K.
u. backs started ahead of the play,
Washburn took the bali and with a ser
les of end runs by Mehl, Cave. Ander-
son and Gill the ball went sure and
suddenly down the field to the K u 20
yard line Washburn had played the
crimson off its feet and carried the ball
in series of brilliant plays for 20 yards
and was going straight over the goal
at that rate for touch down. On the
next play with the ball in the hands of
Mehl the K IT, players found their
chance to object. Mehl made a gain
and Nofsinger knocked the ball from
his hands and secured it.
Referee Page decided that the ball
bad been fumbled after he had blown
his whistle for down Then K Z.
started the wrangle which lasted over
half an hour The crimson was ready
to leave the field The university de-
manded that they be given the ball and
violated the presidents agreement at
Kirksville and then denied it, be put in
as referee. K u. would not continue
the game under any other conditions.
Captain Gill and the Washburn play
ers were ready to concede the advant-
age demanded by the K U. players in
order that the game might proceed
White went in as referee and Page as
umpire. The attitude of the K. u.
team gave out the impression that
White was there for the purpose of aid
ing the K. U. team in the rulings and
decisions.
The kick off was at $40 and Gill, for
Washburn sent the ball far down the
field Then commenced the anxious mo-
mentS for the rooters. 1t was soon seen
that the K. u team was the heaviest
and that Washburn could not with
stand the heavy gatherings at center
The K. u. team also found that Wash
burn had pair of ends hard to equal
and that end runs were not safe. When
Washburn got the ball she found that
the gains through the K. u line were
few and short but that the ends could
be run by the fast Washburn backs
with little difficulty.
Washburn soon had the ball far down
the field and then K u in sixteen
plays carried the ball to the Wash
burn 15-yard line, and the first dispute
arose when Referee Page gave the ball
to Washburn because of the off side
plays aud the fact that the K. U. backs
Washburn then gave the exciting ex-
hibition of the game. Gill, Anderson,
= Cave and Mehl were sent around the
ends for repeated large gains K. U.
was played off her feet and could not
recover Tom Cave and Mehl were
giving the crimson an exhibition of
sprinting that took the breath away
from Captain Jenkinson and his men
There was no doubt but that Washburn
was going over the line unless K. q.
could make a decided rally. The rally
was not coming, so when the chance
came for the K. u. team to wrangIe
over the decision of Page in not allow
ing Nofsinger the ball when he had
knocked 1t from the hands of Mehl
after time was called, the wrangle was
made and the cry put up that they
would not play unless they received the
ball and their man went in as referee
The Washburn team allowed the Jay
hawl<erS all they demanded.
The second half was played in X u
Territory Nofsinger kicked off to
WOrsley, who returned the ball by a
wonderful run to the line from which
1t started. The second half was short
and devoid of especially exciting plays
X U. had worked the ball back to the
center Of the field when time was
called. Jenkinson. Brumage. Vincent
and Elder played the star game for
x. u. The following was the lineup:
washburn. Position KU
Ritchie ------.- center ---...---- Hess
Steel fright guard .Lauthan
Dadisnan ..--left guard Dodds
Maxwell fright tackle .-.- Brumage
Cunningham left tackle ..-... Vincent
Cave --..-..-..right end .Nofsinger
C. Anderson left end Hicks
Worsley-.. quarterback ........ Elder
Meh1 --.--.-....left half........... Buzzi
p. Anderson right half. Allen
Gill Capt. .fullback (Capt.) Jenlxinson
Referee, H. w. Page; Umpire Myron
white Length of halves, 20 and Is
minutes
The actions of John Outland. the