The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-10-05
INDIANS II; MEDIos 6.
Haskell Eleven Should Have Been
Given More Points.

Kansas City, Oct. 5-Herrnstein's band
Of warriors from the Haskell Indian school
scalped the Medics in the opening game
of the local football season at Association
PARK. The final score was IL to s, but 1t
should have been sixteen for the redskins,
for they wert deprived of touchdown,
because the officials ruled that Quarter
back Falls had used rough tactics Right
after this the IndtanSs tried fer a neldt
goal. Wheelock. their huge left tackle
made a pretty kick, but the officials did
not see il and refused to let 1t count. It
was shameful ruling and the decisions
were decidedly unpopular with the crowd
in he stands. The score at the end of
the first half was to 6.
In the first half the teams played a
hard, even game. For Haskell. Wheelock,
the. two Hausers and Moore. did the hest
work, while G7st, Griggs and Green were
the best gamers for the MedicS- The In
dams tried many ferociOuS DUCKS but the
Sawbones blocked them cieverly. The IN
dams worked their tackles hard and used
them almost entirely in the try for The
touchdown. It was during this half that
when the NEEDLES were penalized for eff
SIDE play, 1t was as much the fault of
bones should not have bees1 charged tae
q yards that they weree However, the
Indians did not gain much by this deeis-
ion. for in the second half the officials
twice gave them awful jolts-
The Indians went into the second half
to run up a big score, and the way they
tore through the Medics seemed to bear
up their intentions Falls, who had re-
placed Lamotte at quarter. was like a
game passing the ball fast and accurate
ly. He was also great in interference. r.
Hauser, Lugo, Wheelock and Gokey were
the stars of the Indians. They made some
great sprints and tore through the NEEDLES
without any great trouble
In less than five minutes of play the In
dams had pushed a man over the Medics'
line for a touchdown but the officials
called it out because Falls had, they said,
used unnecessary roughness. Falls was
put out of the game. He declared he had
only worked to save himself, because a
man was trying to kick him in the face
and he had knocked him down. After
they were deprived of their touchdown
the Indians tried for goal from the field.
The ball went over the poles, but the off
cia S didn't see it and they said it didn t
count This was ten points which the In
dams had been deprived of.
The NJ edics made a spectacle of them
selves in the second half of the game.
They becfed and kicked on everything and
made themselves disliked by many of
their own followers. Immediately after the
close of the game they almost caused a
riot. 1t is one of the traditions of football
t1at the winning team should get the ball
Used in the game, and when the Haskell
men took the ball the Medics tried to get
it away from them. 1t is said Coach
uerrnstein of Haskell was struck during
the crambIe for the ball. The Indians
finally got the ball, but they had braced
themselves for a battle, because the Med
fes went after them like a crowd OF
toughs. 1t was disgraceful scene and a
fitting climax to their day of rough play
lag.