The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-10-12
SPORTING NEWS.
The Lawrence Football Team
Defeats Emporia NOrmaIs.
The Game Was Slow and Tire
some Throughout.
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K. U. IL; NORMALS o.
Ball in Teachers Territory
Most of the Time.
Best Players for Kansas Eleven
We're Topekans.

Lawrence, Kas, Oct. 12.-The Jay
hawkers played their third game of the
season Saturday afternoon and won
from the State Normal team by the
score of IL to 0. The Kansas goal was
never in danger. and the game was
much more one-sided than the score in
dicates. The playing was in Normal
territory almost the entire game.
The result, however. was a surprise
to Kansas. The teachers put up a
stubborn resistance and at times made
good gains. although their entire gains
did not aggregate over one-fourth of
the ground gained by the Jayhawkers.
1t was q, loose. slow game. The local
team did not play together either on
the defensive or offensive, while the
Normal team did fairly well on the
offensive and was weak on the defen-
sive There was a good deal of slug
ging. Hensley kicked Allen in the head
several times, and the big boy hit him
in the face. The two were PLAYING
against each other, and for a time it
seemed to be more of a fight between
the two teams. Weeks took Allen out
the last half to avoid trouble. and
Hensley was allowed to continue his
work.
Kansas played a weak game on the
offensive. The backs did not play to-
gether and men We're allowed to be
thrown back after making good gains
repeatedly. 1t was quite different with
their men in fine style and often had
the Kansas line off its feet. Kansas
fumbled badly especially in the first
half. Several times good chances to
score We're lost by fumbles. Michael
son was nervous at center and did not
snap the ball accurately during the
first half. This helped to worry the
back field and made the attack much
slower. Weeks gave the team lecture
at the end OF the first half and the men
played better game from that time
on. The backs got off better and the
line seemed TO be in the game better
Cooke was relieved at half about the
middle of the last half, after PLAYING
a good game. Woodford took his place,
but soon gave way to Griggs, who
proved to be the best ground gamer of
the day He made the second touch
down after a pretty run of 40 yards
and kicked his own goal He made
several other good gains and returned
the ball we'll on Dunts. The Kansas
tackles were used with good effect on
cross bucks. Allen got through for 10
yards several times, and Alderman also
game at half and tackle. The halves
on straight bucks were not so strong,
but on cross and end bucks Cooke,
Rice, GriSgs and Ise all made good
We'll, but was given miserable support
by the halves on straight plunges.
Ihe tackling of K U. was uncertain,
and, while the line lunged in WELL it
often failed to break the plays, and
Hyndman found holes for gains repeat
eddy. Neither side attempted end runs
often, and very few long gains were
made. The Kansas ends and halves
played strong games on the defensive.
The game will probably have the effect
q IA fla,-
eliminating the fumbling. The Normal
team played a fast game, but lacked
wind and weight. Their ends and
halves were strong on the defensive
There was a great deal of punting
Pooler and Sneel being the rival kick
ers. They were tied for honors.
The game was called at o'clock,
and the Normals kicked off. The Kan
sas backs tried the line, but Pooler was
forced to punt. The Normal team fun
bled the ball to Rice. and K. U. at once
returned the leather on a fiuke. The
teachers tried the Kansas left end but
Rice and F'leischman threw them back
for losses both times. The visitors FUN
bled, punted and regained the ball aft
er Pooler dropped it. The visitors were
at once forced to punt again, and Kan
sas unbled twice, forcing Pooler to
punt Pooler carried Mcfarland ten
yards back on the next play. Kansas
then carried the ball to the Normal
seven-yard line by a series of tackle
and half bucks, which Emporia couldn't
stop, but the ball went to the visitors
on a tumble when a touchdown was
almost sure. Emporia punted out of
danger, and regained the ball again on
bad attempt at catching the ball by
the Kansas safety man. The visitors
then made good gains on line bucks,
and also secured ten yards on an off
side play. The ball changed hands on
punts in Kansas territory and Kansas
soon punted back. Mcfarland then
made a thirty-yard gain around K. us
left end, and Kent followed with a good
gain. As time was called Kansas got
the ball on a tumble.
The second half was not nearly so
interesting Kansas kicked off and aft
er few short gains the Normal was
forced to punt. K. Z. got the ball on
the Emporia forty-ffve yard line and
soon had the first touchdown. Cooke
made a beautiful end run for twenty
five yards and Ice got ten more. Acker-
man. Brumage and Rice then bucked
the ball across. Brumage made the
touchdown through Hens1ey. Pooler
kicked goal.
The Normal then kicked off and Kan
sas started to play ball Griggs shot
through for two gains of ten yards and