The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-01
1T DIDN'T THRILL.
New Football Rules Tried in Topeka
Disappointing.

Disappointing
There was nothing especially impress
sive In the try out of the new 1oot- /
ball rules on Saturday afternoon nS |
Wasitburn and the Topeka high. schooi
teams Washburn took the game, as II
was of course expected to do, BY
score of to 0 in two 10 minute naiVes-
But there was nothing IN the exnipltiolts
to fill the spectators with frenzy OF
admiration for "debrutalized -foorpail.
The strong north wind was possibly
responsible in part for the inability OF
for the new way of playing football It
was too risky to try long passes, anu
quarterback kicks and punts were Il
able to be blown clear outside the nelQ
With these two factors eliminated
there was nothing much left to the
game except 1905 football plus the ten
yard rule.
This. it seems, will almost inevitably
be the case in event of bad weather
conditions. Conditions must all be right
to give the new style of football any
show to crawl out of its hole
Washburn tried the much talked OF
| forward pass just once, and that time
the ball sailed neatly into the arms OF
| a high school man. Toward the end OF
/ the game, Washburn played the quar-
| tarback kick with more success 0nah
| earlier in the contest, the VINO naf4iAs
Williams was given the bensft Of the
new rule against hurdling in The sec
| ond half and q brilliant leap which ne
made over the end of the high school
| line for a ten yard gaiR cost the WASH
| burn team Is yards.
Most of the ground gaining for Wash
| h11ru was nv Williams on end runs,
though Rad" Lee and White both car
RED the ball well. Lee promises to be
| one of the men to make sensation
this season. Williams kicked very neat
/ field goal from the high school % YARD
line in the, second half, right into the
teeth of the north wind. Johnson played
a great game at end, and recovered
several punts-
team made an excellent showing against
the heavy Washburn squad, and the one
, touchdown which Washburn scored
was on a fumbled punt back OF the
| high school goal. WaShburn made It's
!. distance oziiy about five dozen times in
the course ~ the game on straight foot
bali Williams, who did the puntlng 1oT
Washburn. made some long kicks, and
had plenty of time to get them on be-
cause the high school boys could not
get through the heavy Washburn line
At the same time the high school line
was leaking like an old shoe at al
stages of the game, and the high school
punts were repeatedly blocked
Just at the end OF the game Wash
burn came close to another touchdown
= With the ball on the high school 81
e yard dine, Rad Lee got ten YARDS OF
= terback kick which the Washhurn enc
: the high school right end, and a quar-
i gathered in gained Is yards more. An
n other Quarterback kick to the othe
= side Welded 20 yards more, and on tn
e next play Williams went over the lisl'
for a touchdown. He dropped the ball
= however, as he fell, and a h1gh senoo
. man got it. Before the nigh schoo
q had time to punt out. time was called
Il XVashburn was so much supel4 r Il
p its line that had it's object been to scor
:. repeatedly it could probably nave oon
so by smashing the high school line i
n the good old fashioned way. But tn
# object was to try end runs, and thi
q showed that there is plenty Of room fo
8 Improvement in the Washburn inter
i ference. Millice was not in the ,gam'
lie and Gill has not showed up to claim
l. place at tackle on the WaShDurn team
Therfan. the big Medic who is expecte
to come out and play guard, was ais
* absent but aside from these vacancie
the team presented its best line up i
70 the first par< Of the game Toward tn
ie close number OF substitutes wer
s. given a chance. Nobody was hurt an
az the game was tame from the specta
or tors standpoint. About 200 people pal
= their % cents a head to see the Dc
y. brutalizings' spectacle.
o. ON Wednesday afternoon the Wasl
burn team will play what is really i
( opening game of the season Wit
n Friends university, the big Quak'
.fv-i
~ Is not believed to be as strong as F'ai
n mount, the other Wichita school. but
MS mas played one game with Winfield tn
sy Isseason, and is said to have some goo
or material
n The lineup Of the team Saturday W.
ed y Was sfi Position. High schos
IS Haurhey. Robb- left end 1890. Coblen
e- Platt left tackle ....-..-. Re
ho Brethour and
Goss left guard .........K Xii
al Brown center -----.-.-. Brow
ne Clark right guard Sta
,-s Nunford and
- johnson right end 800. Cows
Hope, Tice.. quarterback -.-...-. IA
mt White .-.---...le left half. .---.-- " llle
rec Smiley and
he Lee right half ...-..-.. Snl
art Williams tC). full back Mcfarland
Referee-Dr. John 0utland- Umpir