The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-17
SPORTING NEWS.
Haskell Indians Easily Defeated
Missouri.
The Tigers We're Outclassed in
Every Respect.
THE GAME WAS A FARCE
Opposition to the Redmen Was
or Little Moment.
Good Crowd Out to See the Con-
test at Kansas City.
THE WAS AFARCE

Kansas City, Oct. 1.-THE University
of Missouri football team was given a
trimming Saturday afternoon at Asso-
citation park by the Haskell Indians.
To call the farcical exhibition a
game of football is dignifying it far
beyond its merits. 1t was little short
OF a parody on the great American
game. The score, SO to o, gives only a
meager, hazy idea of the superiority
displayed by the aborigines over their
lamentably inefficient rivals. In every
detail, in every department of the
game, the Indians were the masters
OF the situation.
1t began in the beginning-the dis
play of inequality-for within three
minutes of the referees signal for the
beginning of hostilfties the Indians
had scored their first touchdown The
second came about three minutes later.
and after that there wasn't a person
among the 1000 spectators who couldn I
see a most decisive defeat staring the
AIissourians glaringly in the face.
TouchdownS came with startling regu-
1arity the monotony being broken Tor
only an instant in the first half when
T. Houser succeeded in making a crop
kick from Missouri'S II yard line.
Missouri has beef but Missouri has
not skill. The players are very, very
green to the game and their lneXpefi-
ence was pitiably apparent.They are SO
each others way and so slow that II
an omnibus had been driven down the
field il is doubtful whether or not any
of them could have climbed on They
did not show a hint of well developed
team work The ends might have Just
as well not been in the game for all
the good that they did. Every play
that was directed around either of the
line extremes resulted in a gain The
line was cratic At times it held Well,
but at other times crumbled like
sand hill hit by a cannon ball
In the matter of tacklfng the MIS-
sourians are especially weak. The In
Sifans wriggled through their grasp
easily and many a long run would
have been stopped at its inception had
the Tigers been able to hold on TO
The most gIaring fault of the Mis-
souri, team is that it lacks experience
II ii hopes to beat Kansas on Thanks
giving day it will have to practice
strenuously and conScientiouSly. 1t has
plenty of weight and the men seem
willing but in its present condition the
team is simply srtclassed by any OF
The Indian team is a remarkably
fast we'll balanced aggregation. 1t
could give any eleven in America a
in November formhanT. has team work
developed to a science. 1t is not an
unusually heavy; team, but what 1t
lacks in weight it makes up twofold
IN Speed "A NOikS ILG 1AlCA4
rapidly, calling the signals before they
are lined up, and every play gets away
with the speed of chained lightning.
But the teams efficiency ISN'T limited
to team work. There ara individuals On
the eleven who have reached the acme of
foot ball ability. Archfquette, the big
right half, is a wonder. He directs the
plays. In running back punts Archi-
quotes playing yesterday was especially
spectacular. Again and again he lodged
through the sluggish Missourians. for
yards and yards of gain When occasion
ally ArchiQuette was given the ball for an
end run he never failed to make a gain
and frequently galloped down the field
20 yards or more
The two Housers also distinguished
themselves z. Houser does the kicking
for the team and does it extremely we'll
His punts were long and well placed and
he showed great accuracy in kicking
goals after touchdowns. LaMott, VINO
played the quarter back position during
the last half was also a bright particular
star. He made frequent dashes for many
yards of gain
The game began with Pete Houser
kicking off for the Indians. On ITS sec
ond play Missouri lost the ball on a FUN
BILE. Almost Immediately Houser took the
ball and skirted the Missouri left end for
% yards and a touchdown. The next
touchdown was made by Archiquette,
who. after catching a punt near the CEN
ter. lodged down the field for a touch
down \ little later Houser added four