The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-11-23
q word from Columbia.

Columbia, Mo-, Nov. 23-The Missouri
university squad went through its last
scrimmage before the Kansas game to
the satisfaction of the coach and all the
spectators who were allowed to be pres
ent. All the new formations which
have been learned during the past week
were tried against the scrubs and
proved to be very effective. The eleven
is rapidly improving in team work as
well as individual work. The efforts OF
Coach Mclean all last week have been
directed to the perfection of a football
machine, for he realizes that if the
department of the game. It was there
fore a very encouraging thing to him
Saturday evening to see the line men
carry the backs after they had been
tackled. Sometimes the big guards and
tackle dragged a back ten and fifteen
yards before the progress of the ball
was stopped.
There have been a few changes in the
lineup which will hold good for the Kan
sas game. Coons has been placed at
center, Childers to right guard and Hoff
to left tackle. This change will hold
good if Doll does not recover from his
injury in time to take part in the game
The eleven has been lined up as follows
Coons, center; Childers, right guard;
Landon, left guard; Haggard, right
tackle; Hoff, left tackle; Smith, right
end; Wulff, left end; Birney, quarter;
Ardinger, right half; Anamosa, full
back; G. Anderson, left half.
1t has been settled beyond any doubt
that Jesse won't be able to play
Thanksgiving day, as he is not strong
enough to stand the most severe train
ing which was necessary in order to
put him into fit physical condition. His
doctor strongly advised that no attempt
be made to bring him into condition, as
| it might produce such a strain which
would permanently injure him.
Missouri must guard against the Jay
| haWkerS' attack on the tackles This
style of play they used continually in
! the Nebraska game and seldom failed
to cover several yards each time. The
formation for the play was made uI
with remarkable CELEBRITY and moved tC
the attack with almost irresistible COM
/ pactness
Missouri has so far not proved itself
to be particularly strong either on the
/ defense or the offense. Nearly every
team it has played has been able tC
gain consistently against it. The team
has seemed to lack balance and has
been wanting in snap and ginger. A
glance at MiSSOuri'S record for the sea
son impresses one with the idea that the
/ team is lamentably weak, but those
who have watched the eleven closely
have noted that it has been improving
steadily.
The Tigers opened the season OF
/ October 3 in game with the Rolls
School of Mines. which they defeated
40 to 0. A week later they bucked III
against Grinnell and were beaten Il
to s. Drake college proved another nu
they were unable to crack and another
/ defeat was handed them. In Kansas
City on October 13 the Tigers played
the Indians and the latter won. 10 to 0
On November the team went to st
Louis to play the Washington univer
sity and it was freely predicted thai
they would beat the st. Louisans easily
but they didn't. The game resulted il
a tie score of 0 to 0. The team prob
ably made the best showing of the yeal
against Iowa, a week ago Saturday
The Iowans scored 16 points in the frs
half. but in the second the Tigers tool
a remarkable brace and did not ALLOW
another touchdown. Last Wednesday
was a badly battered team that tn,
Tigers put on the field that day, anc
the game was really not a test of theil
real strength