The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-11-04
Men of the Mountain Team Far
Too Heavy For Topeka.
THE SCORE WAS Is TO o
Denver Paper Declares the
Home Team Was Unfair.
Foul Play Disguised Spectators
Early in Game.

The football team of the Denver Ath-
letic club crossed the Washburn goal
line for the first time in the history of
the four annual contests between the
two teams, in the game at Denver Sat-
urday. The D. A. c. team won the
game by a score of IS to o.
1t was a hard fought and one-sfded
game, and the only attempt made by
ID. A. c. to kick a goal from the field,
the manner in which that team won
the two previous annual games, was
very neatly blocked by Pierre Ander-
SON. The scores in the game Saturday
were fairly earned, inasmuch as D. a
c. did not pursue the same tactics as
IN former occasions, when it is charged
through unfair officials and in other
ways the WaShburn team was robbed
Of the ball. 1t was, however. an uneven
fight against fearful odds 1t was IN
reality a battle for supremacy between
4 team of lightweight amateurs against
a heavyweight team of professionals
Washburn made a magnificent showing
when it is considered that in the line
up the Kansans appeared as pigmies
beside the giants of the mountain town.
imagine Dadisman, weighing 1S0
pounds and about feet 8 inches tall.
as opposed to Kirkoff feet inches
in his stockings. and weighing go
pounds. Four individual men in the
D. A G. line each weigh 200 pounds ana
over, while in the Washburn line Is
found only two men who tip the scale
beam at $50 pounds.
In the four annual contests the ag-
gregate score between the two teams
amounts to % to 5. in favor of d. a Z:
The first game resulted in favor OF
Srashburn by score of to o. TINS
was in 1897 By a strange coincidence
the score was the same, to 0, In the
next two succeeding games, although
they were won by D. A. c. Both times
the score was made by a place kick
to the goal from the field. In the game
Saturday, Cavanaugh for the D. A q
was the first Denver man who ever
crossed the Washburn line with the
pigskin.
Plans were discussed Saturday to
bring D. A C. to Topeka, but all ne
gotiations were stopped upon the re-
suit of the game. Washburn with her
present lightweight team is unable to
cope with the heavier men from the
Colorado town, and it was deemed ad-
visable to abandon the project The
Denver Athletic club was anxious to
make the trip, and arrangements VIII
undoubtedly be made for visit here OF
that team next year Washburn VIII
undoubtedly have a heavier team next
year.
Washburn boys are quite satisfied
with the treatment accorded them. The
game was not marked by SO much
smuggling as has been the case hereto
fore Although the lineup included
professional champion prize fighter, B.
F. Gallagher, and other heavy profess
sional men, who have been in training,
the Washbur1 boys came out without
being badly bruised up.
A new man, Urlan, a brother Of the
Urlan who was in the game last year
was responsible for about the only COM
plant made by Washburn. 1t is claim
ed he played the game almost as much
with his fists as otherwise.
The Topeka boys were entertained
royalty by the members of the Athletic
association at the club rooms. Saturday
night they enjoyed box party at the
performance of THE Rurgomaster'' at
the Broadway theater.
WHAT DENVER THOUGHT.
Speaking of the game the Denver
Rost said:
The first game of the Denver Athletic
club for this season against Washburn
turned out a win for the cherry and
black, but it was not a win to be
pRoud of.
Denver was pena1ized for offside play
and holding in the line twice, and should
have been punished several other times
High tackling was SO common by the
local team that the people got tired of
Rhouking foul tackled" and except for
the play of Browning, who did some of
the prettiest running back of the ball
man could wish to see, Gallagher. who
played a very clean game at tackle and
made holes whenever required, and the
three backs, the work of the team was
poor rather than good.
On the other hand, Washburn's game
was very clean, and though the eleven
looked light and overturned, It kept
well up to the work Washburn's trick
plays invariably failed; most of Den
TaFs worked