The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-22
ENDED INA DRAW
No Score, Result Of Washburn-
Colorado Football Game.
Contest Vas Hard and Bril-
liant One.
NEAR THE GOAL LINE.
Sons of Ichabod We're on the
Three Yard Line.
MountaiReers Failed to Kick
Field Goals.
EAR THE GOAL LINE.

Twelve hundred people on Wash
burn athletic field Saturday afternoon
witnessed one Of the most thrilling and
desperate football games even seen in
Topeka, and say the light. aggressive
eleven of Washburn college play TO
standstin the heavy. well balanced
team representing the University Of
Colorado When the time keepers
rushed onto the field at 4:40 o'clock,
and announced that the game WsS
over, the ball was in Washburn's pos
session on the Colorado 40-yard line
and the score, after 55 minutes e1
fierce and fast play, was 70 g.
Coach Castlenan says that had the
game been played under the old rules,
his team would have won, and Castle
man is probably right.
Coach Weede believe that had Ilsnn
Millice the star punter Of Washburn
been able to play, Washburn would
have won, and Weede is also right.
But under the existing conditions
each side has cause to congratulate
itself that the other team didn't win
Colorado escaped defeat by a halr
breadth in the first half, when Wash
burn had the ball on the Colorado three
yard line. In the second half, ColoIaoo
threw three separate and distinct cntlla
into WaShburn by its three trials 1or
field goals, each one of which was
comparatively easy, and looked a.
though It COui0nL De 4liSSGU- Anu a
Colorado had had {. kicker ike CalSyI
/ there would be a different story 70 tell.
Reduced to actual figures. the game
Is as much Of a standon as the score
of to would indicate Coioraoo
gained ~ yards more than Wasnburn
by straight football from the line oI
1 scrimmage, but Washburn gained A
yards more than Colorado in returning
T punts, kickoffs and place kicks. WASH
burns punts aggregated III yarus'
i and averaged 27 yards each Colo
+ radios punts aggregated All yards ana
averaged 20 yards each Each sloe
was. .penalized 30 yards in the course OF
Washburn had expected to get
4 around the Colorado ends with its swift
backheId. but It was disappointed a.
this The Washburn line was unable
! to stop the leaks. and the man with tiis
! hall was repeatedly thrown back Tor
a loss. White was the best gamer on
end runs.
At the same time. the expectations Of
/ Colorado that 1t would batter the
Washburn line to pieces on ofense.
and gain big distances by line bucking'
were also shattered The Washourn
/ line stopped the Colorado backs Win
| considerable regularity, and the Colo
rado end runs we're an utter failure.
I FJauzhey and johnson on the WASH
1 burn ends, did magnificent work
The forward pass, as a weapon OF
/ In the face OF swift, aggressive foot-
hail such. as was played by both teams
! on Saturday, the forward pass IS SIN
/ ply a polite method OF presenting lile
oDposirlR team with the ball. Colorado
/ plaved the pass five times, and lost the
/ bali each time, though the play always
gained about 10 yards. Wasnourh
( tried the pass four times ana lost Sne
/ hall twice One other efLort gained
yards. and another lost 5 yards. The
forward pass is at best a gamble
against odds
Washburn had the Colorado team
going IN spite Of the fact that the
4 Mountafneers had put IN q new set OF
backs to finish the game The big men
IN the Colorado line were PLAINLY SNOW
ing signs of exhaustion, and had the
game continued 10 minutes longer the
/ chances would have been favorable %
a score for Washburn- Trudgian's
punts lacked steam toward the ena OF
the game, and Williams. who was
punting for Washburn, was gaining on
every exchange. Just before the halt
closed, the Washburn linesmen ripped
open the Colorado line ana Diockea
Trudeian's punt on the Colorado 80
ward line. Another punt by Wash-
burn, and the Colorado goal would
have been in danger Tor the second
time during the game But time was
called with the ball still on the Colo
rado 40 yard line.
The failure of Washburn to score Z
| touchdown in the first half was due to
somebody s DAD 4uOeLent. " o11ADulH
tried to smash through the Colorado
! line. and the undertaking was too much
An end run or q long pass would prob
/ sbly have brought home q score. Dur
/ ing most of the first half Colorado was
/ on the defensive, but Trudgian was out
puntinz Williams by many yards By
/ the exchange OF punts, Colorado worked
/ the ball into Washburn territory toward
/ the end Of the half.
one of the most brilliant plays Of the
/ game was when Williams caught the
! Colorado yickoH in the second Ralf,
and carried the ball 40 yards right down
/ the center of the field. He WIS tackled
hard. and dropped the ball Colorado
/ then played its best game Of the day,
/ and battered q trail down the field for
a distance of 81 yards without losing the
ball Then came the three tries for field
goals, before Washburn could get the
[ ball back to comfortable distance
1 from its goal line Shortly before the
| close of the half Moore caught a quar-
| terback a.ick from a quick line up, be-
fore the Washburn team knew what
was going on. and carried It IS yards.
The tacklfng Of the Washburn team
was on the whole not as good as that Of
! Colorado. Washburn was faster IN get
| ting into the play, but not so sure on
tackles after 1t got there
If there is one thing which was con-
| spicuous in the Colorado team this year,
/ It is the absence Of Galley, last seasons
/ ful1back- There is no one In the team
/ who can C lpare with that wonderful
/ PLAYER either in 4ackling or kicking
| and the effective work Of the team is
diminished % per cent by his absence
Aside from Galley the team is as strong
/ as the one which represented Colorado
I last year, and beat Washburn 30 10
| at Boulder, Colo
The weather was responsible for a
shortage in the attendance It was