The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-11-24

THANKSGIVING game must be a conjec-
ture, for there does not seem to be any
team can be proved logical winner.
Missouri has played every game now but
the. Kansas game, and on the whole the
season has been successful one. Com
pared with the record last year, when
she won but one game, this years rec
ord ought to be cause for congratula-
ton, as the Tigers have won five games
and lost two. The games this season
has been as follows:
Missouri, Il; Simpson, g.
Missouri 0: Haskell, 40.
Missouri 0: Nebraska, 12
Missouri %; Washburn, 0.
Missouri 27; Washington, 0.
Missouri, %; Oklahoma, 3.
Missouri, 6. Iowa, 0.
Pat O'Dea, coach of Missouri univer-
sity team. has a record as an athlete
that anyone might envy. He was born
in Melbourne, Australia, and while in
that country excelled in all branches of
athletics. In 1895 he came to this coun-
try and in '96 he entered the University
of Wisconsin. His career from this time
on became a succession of triumphs and
in the four years which followed he
made a wonderful record as an athlete.
He was accounted by football critics as
being one of the greatest of football
players. Before coming to Missouri
O'Dea was coach of Notre Dame and
there produced a team which for two
years held the championship.
THE JAYHAWKERS' RECORD.
The showing of the Jayhawkers dur
ing the first of the season was better
than that of the Tigers. notwithstanding
the fact that at the beginning Of the
school year the prospects were mot ex-
tremely encouraging. The schedule in
Guided some very hard games and there
was lack of very heavy material Coach
Curtis did much however. during the
first part of the season towards develop
ing the men he had to work on and his
efforts were not unavailing.
The first game was played on Sep
TENDER S. before the team had hardly
learned the signals. The game was with
Fairmount college and the Jayhawlxers
were only able to win by margin of
one touchdown the score being 6 to O.
second game and in this contest showed
some semblance of form, beating the
State Agricultural eleven by a score of
Is TO 0. The WaShburn college came
next and the game resulted in a YER
table wallcover for Kansas. The score
was "a to O. Missouri beat the same
team several weeks later. % to O. The
Kansas City NEEDLES lined up against
was a fierce battle from start to finish.
resulting in a victory for K. u. by d
score Of 13 to O. On October 25 the
team was scheduled to DlaV Wisconsin
and Coach Curtis was extremely anx-
iCuS that the team make a good show
ing before the eleven of his alma mater.
1t IS said that the JayhaWkerS were in
better condition for this game than in
any that they have played this season.
1t was a gruelling struggle, and though
Wisconsin won h-r the decisive score of
IS to 0. critics Wro saw the game claim
that Kansas gave Wisconsin tougher
argument than they had experienced in
any previous game. A few days later
the Jayhawkers played Knox, but they
haG not recovered from the effects of the
Wisconsin game and were beaten to 0.
The Nebraska Cornhuskers played Kan
sas on November s and won by a score
of Is to 0. Kansas played good bail,
but was rot in TIE best Of condition.
In the Indian game a week later the
Jayhawkers played listessly during the
early stages. but braced up wonderfully
towards the last. The consequence was
q score of "a to in favor of Haskell.
In last Thursdays game with the En-
poria Normals the Jayhawkers did not
show up quite as well as expected. The
score was II 70 :
TO USE SPORTSMAN'S PARK.
The Thanksgiving game in the after
noon will be played at Sportsmans
park This was decided Saturday night
after busy day OF visiting the grounds
and holding numerous conferences with
contractors regarding additional stands
j. H Manning told DIR. Hetherton and
George Foster. the respective reDresen-
tatives of Missouri and Kansas respec-