The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-05
STING OF DEFEAT.
Sons sOf IchabOd Experience
First Of Season.
Victory Due Principally to Ref
cree Glassford.
HE ALLOWED A SAFETY
Washburn Protested But Con-
tinued the Game.
Visitors Touchdown Made on
Long Forward Passes.
HE ALLOWED A SAFETY

The Washburn football team had a
package slipped to it Saturday after
noon on Washburn athletic field, and
the contents of that package was de-
feat. Paramount. with a much in
ferior team. beat the Topeka team BY
a score of Z to 6, after the Sons Of
Ichabod thought they had the game
won.
AS a matter of fact the ceremony. of
presenting the game to Paramount
took place in the first half, when
lieutenant named Glassford, from Fort
Riley, who is probably the worst
apology for a football official that ever
stepped on a field. gave Paramount
credit for safety when the bail was
punted by Paramount across the
Washburn goal line. This scored 2
points for the Wichita team, and as it
| turned out gave them the game. The
| decision Of GlaSSford on the safety
proposition was only a sample Of his
ridiculous work throughout the after
noon. Twice he had to stop the game
for about 10 minutes while he hunted
| through the rule book for something
| to justify his uncertain decisions
This writer has no disposition to
rob Paramount of the credit of its VIC
/ tory. 1t certainly Is entitled to all the
credit it is able to get out of such a
victory. It scored a touchdown in the
second half by a couple of we'll played
forward passes, aided by the remark
ably dumb work of the Washburn
/ backs in allowing Fairmount to re-
cover two punts in succession. There
Is not bit of doubt that Washburn
deserved to be scored on in the sec
ond half. The team seemed to be so
confident OF victory that it quit trying
to play football Paramount greedy
fer victory, forgot to quit, and the re-
suit was that the Fairmount got a
touchdown.
Washburn played the game with a
crippled team, but even at that it had
no excuse for allowing the Paramount
team to VIM Both on defense and Of
Tense the Washburn team is far ahead
Of Paramount and should have won
the game by about three touchdowns.
F'airmount does not seem to possess
half the power Of the State Agricul-
tura1 college, and predictions are that
Paramount will be easily beaten by
Manhattan today
How the Scores Were Made.
Washburn made its first touchdown
after about eight minutes play in the
first half. Robb got away ON a for
ward pass for a 5 yard gain, taking
the ball to the Fairmount 1 0 yard line.
Platt made a touchdown on the first
scrimmage, and goal was kicked.
hmm diately after this touchdown,
| Adillice was taken out, and Tice went in
| at half back. The game had gone far
| enough to convince the Washburn
coach that he could afford to save Mil
lice. It looked like an easy victory for
! Washburn.
Fairmount kicked off after the
touchdown, and Washburn punted
Paramount returned the punt, and it
! went past Hope and rolled over the
Washburn goal line. Lieutenant Glass
ford held that Hope had "dribbled''
| the ball over the line, and called the
play safety, scoring points for
Paramount. 1t was fearfully and
wonderfully cooked up.
The first half ended with a score of
6 to 2 for Washburn.
Fairmount kicked off in the second
Ihalf, and Washburn Immediately went
after the Wichita bunch as though
they intended to get two or three
more touchdowns. They worked the
ball to Fairmount's % yard line, and
! there the trouble commenced. Fair
mount got the ball, but as usual, failed
| to gain. They punted rs yards, and
! recovered the ball, while Hope and
/ Haughey did an Alphonse and CASTOR
act. Fairmount hit the line for .
yards and then lost yards trying to
get around Washburn's left end. Again
Paramount punted, and again recover
ed the ball while the Washburn team
+ s1umbered. Even then Paramount
failed to gain, fumbled, lost the ball.
& and dRi everything possible to aid the
Topeka bunch. WashDurn punted to
Fairmount's IS yard line, and there
the ball was given to Bates on a long
forward pass and he ran to the
Washburn yard line. There Wash
burn woke up a little, and in three
trials, Fairmount lost yards and the
ball Washburn at once punted to
their own 0 yard line. On the very
first scrimmage Paramount gave the
ball to Magill on a long forward pass
- IT, 4 To-
took the ball 80 yards to Washburn' s
5 yard line. In two hard line bucks,
George Softer was sent over for the
first touchdown scored on WashDurn
made at the extreme southeast corner
of the field, and in trying to punt out
for a try at goal, the kick went wild,
and the score was Paramount z, Wash
burn 6.
ONLY Eve minutes remained to play
and IN a desperate effort to win, Wash
burn put White in at left half in place
Of Lee. But it was no use. The Fair
mount team had tasted blood, and
were on the Warpath. There was
nothing doing for Washburn but de-
feat. The lemon had been pinned, and
refused to be shaken off.
Forward Pass Did the Business.
1t is rather a significant feature that
both of the touchdoWns were the di-
rect result of the forward pass wash
burn made As yards on the forward
pass which brought its touchdown
and Paramount made so yards on the
two forward passes which put it with
nj striking distance Of the Washburn
goal.
When it came to straight. hard foot
| ball. the Washburn team had all tbs
better of it. 1t smashde the ends of the
Paramount line for big gains, while
Paramount was able to gain almosl
| nothing. Exclusive of the three for
ward passes above mentioned, Fair
mount gained 50 yards from line Of
scrimmage during the game. while
| Washburn gained 100 yards With the
forward passes added, the distance
gained was exactly the same, 175 yards
each.