The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-04
WAS23 FOR Them
Quakers Went Down Before
Sons of IchabOd.
Friends No Match for Wearers
Of the Blue.
SOME GOOD FOOTBALL
Washburn Shows a Decided I'm
provement in Game.
Quarterback Kick and Punting
SOME GOOD FOOTBALL
Quarterback Kick and Punting
Features.

was against them in the score. wash
burn scored two touchdowns in each
half and Williams kicked three goals,
making the final score Washburn %,
Friends university 0.
Just before the game. while the
Quakers were watching Washburn
warm up in signal practice, one of the
memb of the Quaker team said:
I'VE can keep that bunch from scor-
ing. It's a cinch." And for a while it
looked as though the man had a bunch
in his predictions. It was nearly the
eud of the first half that Washburn
got its first touchdown. The Wichita
men went into the game without any
great expectations of winning. They
would have been perfectly satisfied to
hold Washburn to no score. After It
was over, Captain Howard, the big
Quaker fullback who had to quit the
game toward the end Of the second
half, said:
1.-THE Washburn team is too heavy for
US. We couldn't stand the pace they
set. About half OF our team never
played in a game Of football before
last Saturday, and we were no match
for the Washburn team. We have no
kick coming. We were given a square
deal, ana want to say that with one
or two exceptions, the WaShburn team
members are gentlemen, and play
one or two men on the team who
would do a man dirt If they got
chance. It's the same way with our
team We have one man on our team
who is no gentleman, and he won't go
out with the team again II have any
thing to say about it. Otherwise our
team is composed of good boys. We
showed the Washburn people that we
were game, even if we couldn't play
football"
Captain Howard and Johns. a big
Navajo Indian, are the most formida-
bic men on the Quaker team. Johns
gave the Washburn interference lot
of trouble in Wednesdays game, and
ii was Johns who broke through the
Washburn line and made a gain Of Il
yards, the only time that the Quaker
team made its first down during the
game.
Johns is a veritable "Strongheart' for
football He is very popular with his
teammates. and came to Friends uni
versity from the Chfllocco Indian school.
He Travelled with the ChilIOccC Indian
Ing music at Friends university. and
working his way through school. He
weighs 40 pounds, and besides play
ing fierce game on defense and Of
Tense. did the punting for his team
after Captain Howard was hurt.
Another good man on the Paramount
team, is BinfOrd, the left tackle. Bin
ford is cousin of Williams. the Wash
husky $50 pound man, with q tow
head, very much like his Topeka
cousin.
In spite of the fact that Captain
Howard complained of the excessive
weight of the Washburn team, a COM
parison of the weights given out by
the respective teams before the game
shows that aside from Fatty Clark
the men On the opposing elevens were
about equal in beef In fact, the Quak-
or line seemed to have the best OF the
Washburn line during the first half OF
the game, and repeatedly smashed
through the guards and tackles and
broke up the interference before it
started. The Washburn line leaked
through Clark. Plat and Brethaur, but
toward the end Of the game it held
more solidly. Coach Weed went after
his nnesmen rough shOd between this
halves, and a number Of changes in
the line we're made in the second half
The Washburn ends and backf1eld
showed up well, and with more drill
ought to make hard bunch to stop
Rad Lee and Bruce Maxwell were not
allowed to get into the game because
Of back work in their studies. They
have turned in their football suits, by
order Of the faculty until this work Is
made up. They expect to be eligible to
play within q week. Maxwell is a
strong end man, and Lee IS very
promising halfback.
White made the most brilliant play
OF the day in the second half, when he
received a forward pass in beautiful
style. blocked Off two tacklers who
dived at him, and by wonderful foot
work eluded the fulback and ran rs
yards for a touchdown. The play
illustrated better than anything that
has happened this season on Wash burn
field the possibilities of the new for
ward pass White also played q
brilliant game in returning punts Con-
sidering the fact that White Is not in
the best Of health this fall, his work on
the field is very remarkable.
Williams. as usual. played a terrific
game, and did rather more than his
share of advancing the ball.
The feature OF the game was the
way in which Washburn recovered its
rank fumblins Of the Quakers on
punts. In the first half. Washburn
played the quarter back kick ten
times, and while three of the attempts
yielded 10 yards gain apiece, Wash
burn recovered the ball all but a
couple OF times. One of the Washburn
touchdowns was the direct result of a
bad tumble by the Quaker fuIiback on
his 10 yard line.
On straight football. not counting
quarterback kicks. Washburn made its
first down ten times in the course OF
the game, and the Quakers only once.
Not once during the game did the
Quakers play either the quarterback
lied wholly on old fashioned football
and punfs.
In the punting, which was frequent
ly resorted to by both sides. Washburn
had a shade the best of it. In the
first half Williams punted three times
for Washburn, and the Quakers punt
ed four times. In the second half
Washburn put Milltce in at guard, as
he has not become hardened to q posi-
ton back OF the line. Millice did the
punting IN the second half. and with
all his old time skill. He was un-
lucky. however, in having a large num-
Der OF punts go outside.
The aggregate of Washburn's eleven
punts was 375 yards, an average Of 81
yards The aggregate OF the Quakers'
10 punts was 3S7 yards, an average OF
80 yards.
In the course Of the game Washburn
advanced the ball in scrimmage total