The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-08
WASHBURN WON.
Defeated the Kansas City Ath-
letic Eleven 8 to 0.
The Game Was a Punting Match
All the Way.
WERE NOT IN CONDITION
Plea Put Up by the " Blue Dia-
mOnds" as an Excuse.
linda. tho Nav RuIaa This E0n-
NOT IN CONDITION
Under the New Rules This Con-
test Less Interesting. ..a

Kansas City. Oct. s.7Out- nditioned
and out-punted, the Kansas City Ath-
Ietic club football team lost to Wash
burn college at Association park Sat
urday afternoon by score Of to 0.
The game was not as interesting as 1t
would have been had the old rules been
used The only way either team could
move the ball was by punting. twas
a kicking game from the start Neither
team more than four times made ten
yards in three downs. The game was
the same all the way. The team in
possession of the ball would make two
Intellectual attempts to carry the ball
past the defense of their opponents and
then they would kick the ball Miliice
had the better of Pechmann On the
punts The Washburn ends usually
got down under the kicks. and with
the exception of a good return Dy Hart
and two nice runs by ThrailklH the
Athletic man catching punt was
downed in his tracks.
The first half of the contest was
close and the teams seemed to be
evenly matched. The Congregation
alists first scored from a IT yard place
kick by Williams twelve minutes after
play had begun. Washburn got near
the K. c. A. G. goal when they recoV-
cred the ball after Millice had punted
fifty yards to the Athletics The Blue
Diamonds pulled off a conglomerate
mass of fumbles, that ended with the
pigskin in the possession of Haughey.
A clever forward pass put the ball on
! the Athletics 10 yard line Twice the
Topeka team failed to puncture the
Blue Diamond line. Then came the
place kick.
Even then the Athletics seemed to
/ have an even chance to win the game
! They came back and started to eat
| into the Washburn line. Their gains
! nv
who had been playing great football at
/ fulIback was forced to leave the game
| because of a bad knee. Lewis was the
only man who could get past the
Washburn line. He made two good
gains during the game. In the first
half on defense and offense. man to
man. the Athletics played just as good
/ football as did the Congregauona1sts.
IN the last half the lack of training
began to tell on the Blue Diamond m en-
who we're tired and had lost a good
deal of the snap that was prominent
III the first half
There was more kicking in the last
half than in the first Washburn
usually kicked on the first down.
Pechmann and MilIice fought each
other for most of the half. Pechmann
/ losing ground slowly on each exchange
of punts The Washburn touchdown
/ was made on q long return of a punt,
an end run and a line plunge VIII
liams made the touchdown and missed
/ the goal.
K. G. A. c. Position. washburn
Hicks ..--..-. r. e. $500. Haughey
Larimer
Payer ........ R. t7ss........... AIunford
Prather ....a... -. R.. c.. Millice
Kramer g ..-----.. Brown
Gist ....r...s... L. G.. Clark, Brethour
Lewis. X L. T..z... Plat
Franklin. ...-.-.. L. E. .-.... =. Johnson
Pechmaan, Hart. O. B.. ..t..-- -. Hope
Thrailkill 49, r. Ha B, ...-. 49,. = Smiley
Gates .....-..s...I L. H B.4....-.. !. White
Roy. Pechmann. f. B.. Williams
] Halves-25 and 20 minutes. Referee
l=Masker. UmpirezO Hearn. Place
kick-Williams Touchdown = VIII
liams.