The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-15
TOPEKA HIGH sCHooIDEFEATED
Easily OutpIayed By the Lawrence
High school Team.

Easily Outplayed By the Lawrence
High school Team.
Tt remained for Saturday. October Il,
1905-and that was yestePday-to be a
black mark all fringed around with
crepe on the Topeka High School Calen-
dar of Athletic Events. For on Saturday
afternoon the canvas armored football
warriors of the Old Gold and Black lost
the first game on their home grounds
for the past six yeaFs-some say longer
anyhow as far back as they have had
a reputation in Kansas high school pig
skin chasing. And incidentally it was
Lawrence which sor seven consecutive
years has lost every game TO the Topeka
institution, that proved to be the Jonah.
The score: First half. Lawrence 5, To
peSa 0. Second half: Lawrence 6, To-
peka 0. Total. Lawrence IL. Topeka
But the whole season promises to be
just one unbroken funeral procession
for the Topeka high school unless its
cobWeb and tissue paper line is REIN
forced by several bales Of hog wire
The boys from the Athens of Kansas
just naturally hIterd through the To-
peka line at will They ripped holes
| into it as large as the gaping apertures
and chasms which disgrace Kansas ave-
nue. They tore open wagon-roads
through which an elephant could have
waltzed. They went over it, under it.
| through it, and all but wiped it off the
map. Verify, verify, a string of paper
dolls would have done better.
And there is a mystery about the
game. Tt is easy to ind but hard to
answer. How in the world did the To-
peka lads keep the score from mounting
up TO two dozen or perhaps thirty
points, The visiting aggregation just
mauled Captain Jennings class all over
/ that field. ThTee-fourths of the game
was played in Topeka territory. Law
renee had the bah about seventy-five
per cent of the time. Lawrence punt
/ ed once in the contest, Topeka five times
/ Lawrence. made its downs time and
4 again, only to lose on some poorly ex-
1 ecuted play, or a Wretched tumble
J But one or two bright spots loom
4 up on the Topeka horizon, that is
/ especially good ones. Jim Mcfarland.
son of Judge J. D Mcfarland COW
Won many a smile from the high
school maids who cheered from start
to finish, and who would with little
! help have just about managed to
trounce the visitors all by himself. rs
/ it was, he proved up to be real foot
] ball material. His team mates accuse
! him of being lazy. He didn't act that
way Saturday afternoon. On several
/ occasions he ripped off chunks of 9er-
FitOry ranging all the way from ten to
I
! Lawrence lineup several times and
rubbed the nose of the man with the
/ ball into the dust. Captain Jennings
/ doomed up strong on the few end
plays which he attempted as did
[ Halfback Reed, but strange to say
but few attempts weRe made by either
+ to encircle the opposing ends Tt was
quickly TO be seen that the Topeka
lads could not smash through the
j Lawrence line and the natural change
+ of tactics should have been end run
ming. But away the team whaled at
+ the Lawrence line only to be repulsed
again and again, sometimes kicking,
/ but more often surrendering the ball
on downs.
/ The Lawrence team far outclassed
the Topeka team Tine and again big
gaping holes were knocked into the
( Topeka line. Gain after gain was
made. But the backs seemed unable
/ to glue their fingers to the pigskin.
Fitzpatrick. Connolly and Hill We're
/ the stars. the three back field men.
I But to Captain Connolly goes the lions
share of praise. He is the only vet
! eran of last years Lawrence high
school team, and the way he pune
tured the Topeka lads formations was
! fright
7 Topeka nearly scored once. Cap
/ tain Jennings raised the ball high in
the air. The Lawrence back fumbled
the ball, TOwne picking it up and
{ starting on a race down the field. He
/ crossed the goal, while the Topeka
[ rooters went crazy, But Quarterback
/ Rowley had Numbered. In his eager
ness to help him. Rowley tackled one
of the Lawrence boys who was right
ON Towne's trail in full pursuit. This
nlisdemeanor occurred on the 20-yard
line. The ball was not only returned
to that point but Topeka penalized
/ ten yards in addition. After that the
time was too short for either side to
+ score. The ball died in the middle
of the field in Lawrence7s possession.
Final score. Lawrence II. Topeka 0.
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