The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-27

Houser were smuggling enough for a
prize fight. All this was before Mehl
had in anyway offended. Booth is too
much of the Hugo Felix brand of off,
cial to give satisfaction. There was no
occasion to rule Nehl out of the game
as it was a question whether he slug
ged' or not while there was no question
as to the intent of Redwater and Hou-
ser. The rest of the Indian players put
up a clean game.
One thing Washburn has to learn and
that is to stand up and take their medi-
cine no matter low bitter the dose. It
was an unsportsmanlike proceeding for
Washburn to threaten to leave the field
unless HOuSer was also ruled out. When
Booth refused to decide against Houser
theWashburn players at once announced
that they would play no more. The In
dians wasted no words at all but inn
mediately wrapped themselves in their
blankets and started for the gate. The
reason the visitors were so prompt to
leave the field when the threat to quit
was made was that last season Wash
burn was prone to quit at the least pro-
vocation. It may be said to the credit
of Coach Gill that he favored the game
being continued. The players, however,
would not go on with the game until
Stahl was put in as an official and the
crowd had begged" the wearers of the
blue not to resort to that old time play
in football parliance known as playing
the baby act"
Washburn finally went on with the
game after long delay which disgust
ed the crowd. 1t is high time that To-
peka football players learn to accept the
decisions of the officials. 1t has gotten
/ to that point that the people do not
know whether to go to the games or not
/ for fear that a wrangle will start and
that the game will not be played out.
The college football team relies upon the
patronage of the public as so much per
ticket to keep the expenses of the team
from forcing the athletic association in
to bankruptcy. The players are ever
abuSing the public for not pa %rOniZing
expect poor patronage, and they deserve
just what they can expect. so long as
the wrangling and refusing to play cpl
SodeS continue.
A detailed account of the game would be
| but a repetition of the plays by the In
dians- The ball was carried by Baine
! Houser Archiquette, Migeul and Dubois
The greatest gains were made by Baine
and Archiquette. they scoring all the
touchdowns. The Indians failed to make
ground on their line bucking and the long
gains were around the Washburn ends.
The end runs were from 10 to 40 yards,
several runs of 20 to 30 yards being made
Baine made the first touchdown a mill
ute and a half after the play started and
on the fourth play
The interference given the Indians wit tn
the ball was perfect and time and again
the Washburn ends were systematically
got into the interference only to be ruth
lessly thrown aside by the runner the
same as the villain in a melodrama could
cast aside the heroine. The Washburn-
Medics displayed some very poor tackling
methods and several times the Indian run
ners would tumble two or three Wash
burnt edics as they pranced down toward
the goal alone Smith at full back was
plucly, but several times he went after
the Indian runners only to be shaken off
| about < elanhanf might shake M
kitten Worseley did not play and Lakin
was out of the game on account of an in
JuTed leg.
The Indians have had constant training
for months In fact they have been in
training ever since last year and they dis
played the worth of good training as q
factor in football playing. The Wash
drn-Medics got the ball only four times
and once, after costly tumble, forcsd
the visitors to punt. The blues tried the
ends and line plays against the Indians
and once or twice made small gains but
more often lost. When the two lines went
together for "beef'' it was about an
even contest of strength with the advan-
tage slightly on the Washburn- Medic side
The Indians often made no gain when try
ing the opposing line but easily made j;
up on the next play by trying an end
Hughes, the coach who played at tackle
put up n very poor game.
When Mehl was ruled out Read took his
place and played the star game of the en-
tire Topeka eleven Time and again it " las
Read single-handed who broke up the IN
dams interference and brought the run
ner to the ground Read is small. He
weighs about $50 pounds but he knows
how to tackle and when he went COR a
man, no matter how big he might be he
brought him down. 1t seemed 10 make nc
difference to Read whether it was HE
mighty Baine, the furious HOuser. or the
slipper Archduette that carried the bail
for they all stopped when Chicken Read
got hold of them
The lineup for the game was as follows