The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-01
FOOTBALL NOTES.

however, was anything out Satisfactorily
in the west The heavy downpour OF
rain previous to the games coupled
with the working of the new rules
made it utterly impossible for any team
| to score unless one team clearly out
clasSed the other which happened not
to be the case IN any of the champion
ship games which were played
Thanksgiving day. However, on the
whole the new rules meet Win Win ap-
prevail. Considerable objection mas
been registered against the ten YARD
rule and many are of the opinion that
this rule will meet with revision IN
some form or be modified httle. Inc
forward pass, however, is considered
capable of still greater possibilities
than has been shown this season and is
considered a valuable innovation IN the
gridiron game.
The score of the Oklahoma Wash
burn football game last Thursday goes
not give an accurate line on the play
ing of the two teams and the game
could hardly give either team 1alr
deal as the field was probably as BAD a
field as game was ever played upon
On one side of the gridiron was a large
space entirely devoted to q saturated
area of gumbo and quagmire. while
the other side which had at one time
been covered with sod was tnlcKly
coated with sand burs, all OF Whlcn
made the playing awfully slow on poth
sides. A fair critic. however, would De
inclined to favor Washburn me Diue
is not as heavy as the Sooner aggrega-
ton but they display a better team team
work and get off more intricate ana
difficult plays with certainty. WASH
burn on account of their absence in
weight rely a great deal on sWlAehess
and on a muddy field this Of course Is
entirely lacking.
Another game. the result of which
is attended with a good deal OF salts
faction. was the game at Kansas S 10y
4rv1 aw nd
field was a combination of mud ana
water and the rJayhawkers style OF
plav was very susceptible to the 7acplon
Of the elements which played havoc
with the grounds. On a good day the
result of the game would nave D esn
an interesting game, but it is generally
admitted that the Jayhawkers Woulu
have the best of the argument.
The annual struggle for the state
championship of Colorado was pulleo
Off Thanksgiving day with SoIoraoo
university and the School of Mines as
onDonents The playing see-saWed PACK
and forth across the field as IN several
other games with the final result =
neither side scoring The championship
Of Colorado is about as nearly settled
as it is in Kansas
The Fairnnount-Friends game this af
+ernoon Is the last one for the Fair
mount team this year. The dope OF the
season seems to favor the Congregauon-
alists who are just now claiming inc
championship of seven states. Friends
has made an effort to keep Davis, the
heavy center of the Paramount team
ollt Of the game upon charges Of pro-
fessionalisn but he has been decided
eligible.
The season just closed marks the first
season Tor fGarfield W. Weede, the |
coach OF the Washburn team as a
coach. Considering the material with !
SE.biob he had to work, the show
ing of the Washburn team this season !
has been a remarkable one and reflects |
much credit upon his ability as coach |
Washburn's position in western foot
baaI next year will be unquestoned /. /
the services of Coach Weede can be |
secured in 1907
The Aggies added another victory to
their credit last Thursday when they |
defeated the state normal team at EN-
poria by a score of 10 to o. The Ag-
eies outclassed the Normal at all stages
of the game and succeeded in pushing |
the ball over the Normal goal line
twice. However the Normal put up a |
game fight all the way through
The following is the record for Wash |