The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-11-03
HIGH SCHOOL WON.
The Jayhawker Players No
Match for Topeka Team.

BY defeating the Kansas university
second eleven q to 0, the Topeka High
school demonstrated last Saturday that
it has this year what is without doubt
the best High school team in the state.
More than that, it is generally conceded
by those who are familiar with the High
school teams of years past, that this
team is the strongest the Topeka High
school ever had.
Although the K. U. team is composed
of heavy men, some of them being play
ers of experience, it was never in the
game against the fast Topeka team.
Topeka scored eleven points in each
half, a touchdown, goal and field goal
being the way in which the points were
secured in each part of the game
The star of the game was Art Griggs
the wonderful High school left half. He
kicked two field goals, two goals from
touchdowns, made a run OF 65 yards in
the first half and 70 yards in the second
half, besides numerous other smaller
gains Griggs is one of the coming foot
ball players of the west. He weighs 100
pounds.
Fleishman and J-arimer, the two High
school end men. were both in the game,
and K. U. rarely was able to make any
kind of a gain by end runs Rice, right
tackle, showed great ability as a line
plunger, and was used twice to carry
the ball across the K. U. goal line.
The K. U. team characterized it's play
ing principally by mixing up its signals
and playing defensive game through
out. K. u. was much stronger on de-
Tense than OffenSe, and in the last half
was able to keep the ball in High school
territory a good portion of the time by
means of punts and quarter back kicks.
The only K. Z. man who distinguished
himself especially was Elder, the left
end, who seemed to be about the only
man the High school players had much
trouble in boxing out of the play. Elder
is an old timer, having played quarter
on the K. u. first team in years past.
No xx-e- h11r-f in INA n nd q
contest was free from disputes. Dean
Low refereed and D. L. McEachron, a
Washburn professor, umpired. The
halves were % and 20 minutes.
K. u won the toss and chose the
south goal giving them a strong wind
at their backs. The high school kicked
off. 1t was soon evident that K u. was
up against hard proposition, and after
a few difficult gains was forced to punt
The ball went to the high school 15-yard
line, and there the teams lined up. A
few ScrimmageS. in which the high
school made good gains, and the bail
was given to Art Criggs, who hit the
end of the line, broke through, and ran
SIS yards. The K. U. fullback, Bohn,
missed him as he went past, but Griggs
was bothered by an injured leg, and
could rot run fast enough to cross the
goal line. Bohn pushed him outside of
the bounds just as he was making the
last leap, and the teams lined I'D on the
K. U. 2-yard line.
Here K u did its best work of the
day, and the .-igh school team showed
poor generalshio in trying by sheer
weight to gain the last two yards. Three
! times the high school hurled its backs
against the center of the K. U. line, but
all of the K. u team Were IN front of
the play. and the net result of the three
attempts was a yard lost to the high
school. K u. took the ball
| By hard work K u pushed the bail
out TO the 20-yard line. and then was
forced to punt. The ball struck the
line and the high school recovered it
on K. US 40-yard line. From here the
high school played straight for a touch
down. which was made after a total of
| IL minutes and 40 seconds of play.
K u. licked off. and with the wind
to help him Griggs punted to K US