The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-12
Nashburn Put Up Magnificent
Game Against X. U.
Rot Able to Score Kept OPP
pOnents From Goal Line.
CONTEST A FAST ONE.
VIII Furnish Topic for Dis
cussiOn for Days.
Sons of Ichabod Demonstrated
Excellent Team Work.

Excellent Team Work.
It is all over, The great football
contest of the state has been played,
n the Kansas championship is unde-
cided. Washburn G. Kansas O.; the
summary OF an hours test n tension
the like OF which is only seen when
collegiate rivals of years standing
meet to settle athletic superiority on
b white barred field.
Crash. and plunge. and tear and
pull. get the other man and get him
hard, even4d you break your neck in
the attempt; stake your last atom f
Strength on every play. for there's
somebody ready to take your place if
you are laid out; that's the spirit that
makes a great football game. and that
sort Of play is VIA has made the an
nual football game between Kansas
University and Washburn the supreme
refinement OF athletic intensity; the
game which is different from all other
games of the season.
See them as they stand there waiting
fer the referees whistle to begin. All,
that IS moment when hearts thump
wildly under canva jackets, and tense
nerves are sawed by the razor edge of
torture. The high bleachers on the
east GtQE OF the LE4Q dIE ing anu
numbering with Rock Chalk while
the west bieachers, a sea of blue, bill
lows to the bray of the Washburn
band, in the inspiring football chant,
the 'Boola." Kansas has been lucky.
lit has won the toss. The strong Forth
gale is to be its partner. Captain Will
Hams OF Washburn is preparing for the
KICKOFF. All is ready. "Br-r-r-r-r'
goes the whistle
JUS then the wind blows the foot
bali OF f- q Cnua of dirt More nerves
are racked. Il is-a nightmare of an
~ticipation. More preparation; more
At last the football goes sailing
through the air, straight, and true and
low. right into h teeth of the north
wind; steven men in blue jerseys hurl
themselves forward with tigerish
springs, tearing their way down the
field through the sweeping Gordon of
black armed giants from Lawrence,
until down in a heap goes that newt
able human target of the football field,
"the man with the ball" And then the
strain of anticipation is over. The.
game Is on.
They VIII talk about that game of
Saturday between Kansas and Wash
burn for a long time to come-prob-
ably until next year, When the two
teams meet again. ard fight it out. 1t
was a game to be remembered and a
game in which the players on both
sides VIII be proud to see their names
ia the lineup.
Before the game, Spectators who
back opinions, not sentiment, laid the
odds on the game at 10 to 4 in favor
Of Kansas and Washburn money was
hard to ind even at that price
Those odds represent just about the
confidence which the Kansas team and
ft5 500 energetic "rooters" had that
they would go back to Lawrence with
another victory chalked up to their
credit. Consequently the ~disappoint-
ment of the Kansas crowd in the in
ability Of its team 10 win was just
about 10 to Washburn's 4. 1t was a
very glum and silent crowd that went
back to Lawrence Saturday night.
Coach Bert Kennedy of Lawrence
was the truest sport in n bunch
After b game he overheard some OF
the Kansas team "beehng" about the
@Oh. cut it OUT said Kennedy,
''you ought to be glad you weren't
licked"
Asked for an expression about the
game, Kennedy said:
1T was a splendid. clean game. I
want to say that Washburn did well;
1t showed itself the equal of Kansas,
and I'm the last one to deny it full
credit. But"-and Kennedy added
this with great feeling, "it shows what
the new rules will do for a light team
Kansas certainly had it on Wash
burn in the weight department. Nearly
every man OH tins Hdllo6S team JUL
weighed his adversary from 10 to so
pounds
1t was a splendid crowd that attend
ed the game; the largest, probably. In
the history of Washburn athletics.
Both bIeachers were sold out, and
even the baseball -grandstand was
crowded Every carriage space was
sold, and the standing room around
the fence was taken to a depth OF
about six feet. Probably 5000 peo-
pie were in attendance. Aside from
the high north wind, the day was per-
feet.
Washbgrn's Wonderful Defense.
The defensive play OF the Washburn
team in the first half Of the game
ahould go down as one of the events
ri Washburn's football history never
TO be forgotten.
With the wind and a vastly heavier
team against them, Washburn I'VE
times forced Kansas to kick, and once
took the bail on downs. The best kan
sas could do was to get within 81 yards
OF the Washburn goal once Kansas
attempted a field goal from the ~ yard
line, which shows What desperate
chances it was willing to take.
Washburn also ezcelled Kansas dur
ing the first half in offensive play, ad-