The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-17

plays brought the bali to the center of
the field The Fetersons were tearing
through the line for gains.
Straight to the SYashburn 2 yard line
the Bethany boys went. "A touchdown
seemed certain but a tumble gave the
bali to Washburn. The ball was adj
vanced 10 yards and then went to Beth
any. The ball was again worked up to
the 21% yard line and Washburn baked.
The BETHANY players could not go
through and again Washourn took the
ball. Caldwell. Mehl and Cunningham
We're hitting the line for gains. Then
Bethany took the ball and went straight
down the field The terrible Peterson
and the Banburys were doing terrific
work. They went straight for the goal
line and crashed through the line for
touchdown. The goal was kicked and
the score was WaSburn r. Bethany II.
Then the fight was on again. The
Washburn team was feeling the effects
of the playing but the I-indSborg play
ers were badly battered. The Bethany
team took the ball close to the Wash
burn goal and the blue held for down
and punted out of danger Again the
Bethany team carried the ball toward
the goal There was little time to play
and Bethany gave the signal for a place
kick for goal. The men in the two lines
were crouching low for the final struggle
which would decide whether it would be
q Washburn or Bethany victory. The
ball was snapped back for the place
kick and away it went. Clark touched
it with his hands. That touch came
near losing the game for Washburn.
The ball bounced from his hands and
struck the goal bar. wavered and went
under and the victory was Washburn's-
Washburn won the game. Now there
should be no wrangling asSto whether the
best plays were made by the Medic or
the Washburn players. The football teams
have been consolidated. The colleges
have merged. There is no Medic and there
is no separate Washburn football teams.
The players are all students of one col
lege and playing football together. The
credit of the victory belongs as much to
enc man on the team as another. The
Bethany eleven was strong. Had any
one man on the Washburns team been
weak ii would have meant defeat. Every
player deserves praise and TO player de-
serves any more than another. The men
who carried the ball may have had a little
better chance to make brilliant dashes but
the men in the line who. withstood the
brunt of the charges are deserving of just
as much credit. The public looks upon the
eleven as the Washburn team. 1t makes
no difference to the spectators where the
individuals came from. All that is wanted
is good, clean football and a winning
team. Washburn has this if there is no
disSention and if every man will work for
the interests of the college football ana
not enter into petty controversy as to
who attracted the most attention in he
grand stand. With % grimy, struggling
players on the field the spectators hardly
know one man from another, nor do they
care particularly. It is certainly to be
hoped that the players will play football
and cease wrangling. 1t is the WaShhErn
team that is playing football and it is the
public that will support that team so
long as there is no quarreling, for quarrel,
ing means ragged football and ragged
football means no patronage from the
public.