The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-31

ond line of defense, and no one stood
between him and the WaShburn goal
but the opposing quarter, and Wash
burns last hope of salvation. Jimmy
Stewart. The WaShbuTn quarterback
threw himself at the K. U. quarterback,
gripped him, held him; and then a gasp
of horror went up from the Washburn
hosts as Pooler tore himself loose, was
free, and trotted to victory across the
Washburn goal line.
| Goal was missed. That was a ray of
| hope for Washburn. 1t might, by max
ing a touchdown and kicking goal, yet
be able to win. But though it made a
desperate effort, it was held back in
its own territory. and the great game
ended with sullen exchange of punts,
| like the booming of big guns at the end
of a musketry engagement.
| The following comments on the game
| were made:
| Coach OutIand, of Washburn: THE
score should have been to o. 1t would
have been that probably, but for Poo
ler'S two end runs. However, 1 am
not squealing about it. They beat us,
| but our boys played them a good game,
! and held them event.
Coach Kennedy of Lawrence: 81
| thought we had a little the best of the
game throughout. But it was hard
| fight, and both teams did good work. ="
| by her quarterback runs, which turned
out very fortunately for her. There
was a good deal of luck in it for K. u,
however. A quarterback run is in the
nature of a trick play, which works
well if it works at all. The teams
seemed to be very evenly matched"
| Lit. Cosad, umpire: TX. U. had the
| best of it in the first half because its
| line charged quicker than the Wash
burn line. and had the jump on them
all the time. However, the battle was
hard one, and either team might
have won. They are very evenly
matched
There were about 5000 people out to
witness the great game, the largest at
tendance in the history of the game IN
this city. Topeka people have not been
educated up to dollar football, or there
would doubtless have been 5000 there.
They go up to Kansas City and pay
$3.50 to $500 for the Thanksgiving day
game, and think it is all right. There
were about 800 K. u. students and the
K U band here for the game, and
probably 500 from other out OF town
points. The two big bleachers and the
grandstand were all full, but there was
room for a few more around on the
side lines The street car service was
inadequate to handle the great crowd,
and it was necessary to delay the game
half an hour because of the inability
of people to get cars out to the
grounds.
Protested Sam Lakin.
About the first thing that happened
out on the field was the announcement
on behalf of K. U. that Sam. Lakin, the
| Washburn left end, could not play be-
cause his name was not on the list of
eligible players certified t. K. u. Prof.
H. L Woods, of Washburn, was called
out and stated that the name had been
omitted purely because of an accident
in making up the list Prof Woods is
chairman of the committee of the
Washburn faculty, having in charge
the eligibility of football players. The
rules require that the names of elig1-
HI no N before
a game By consent this rule is often
waived, however. 1t was waived in
the case of Hart who played for K. U.
Saturday and whose name was not GER
tilted to Washburn until the day be-
fore the game. An exactly parallel
case to that of Lalkin was that of Pc
kters, who played fullback on the 1908
K. U. team. In the story of last years
game. the State Journal said in its is
sue of November 2, 1903:
Peters, the K. U. fullback, was
not on the list of eligible players Ger,
tilted to by the K. L. faculty, and
had Washburn objected, he would
have been ruled out of the game 1t
was claimed by Mr.. Naism1th, the X
u physical director, that Peters was
really eligible, and that his name had
been omitted by accident. Washburn
conceded the point and Peters
played"
anything, and Lakin was Withdrawn,
his place being taken by Anderson.
The Game.
In the first half of the game. Wash
burn was outplayed, and only saved
itself at critical times by punting. In
the second half Washburn outplayed
K T., with the exception of two
great runs by Pooler. With the excep-
ton of Pooler's two runs, the total
amount of ground gained during the
game by each team was Washburn
$50 yards, K. U. 18S yards.
Washburn was at decided disad-
vantage in punting because of the alb
sence of Millice. Pooler had about
ten yards the best of it on every ex-
change with Caldwell. In the second
half. Caldwell punted five times for
total of $50 yards, an average of 80
wards. Pooler punted four times for
a total of 161 yards, an average of 40
yards. In the first half, Caldwell's
average was only % yards, while
Pooler's one punt was for 80 yards.
CaldwelPS puntS were too high.
In the first half, K. U. had the best
of it in charging, and the WaShburn
line seemed to give way before every
attack. In the second half, K. U.
made its gains through the line with
score it's touchdown by Pooler'S bril-
liant end runs.
Caldwell. upon whom Washburn
was depending for its best gains, was
on the offensive work. The best line
bucking for Washburn was done by
Pearson, Brown, Hill, Louthan and
Williams.
Michaelson did fine work at center
for K. u. He repeatedly came through
and over the line and downed the
quarterback with the ball. 1t was the
duty of the Washburn guards to pre-
vent this, but they seemed unable to
do so.
Pooler's quarterback kicks were also
a strong feature of K. us game.
Pooler repeatedly booted the ball from
is to 80 yards, and there was usually
very little, if any, return.
Once in the first half, K. L. had the
ball on Washburn's 10 yard line, but
was afraid to try a field goal, and lost
the ball on downs. Washburn did
not have the ball in its .nnssaSSior,