The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-15

In the first half, the gains of the
Washburn team were Offset by heavy
penalties imposed by Coach Samson, OF
the Normal team. who was acting as
umpire He handed out SO yards in
penalties to Washburn, which served to
help out the Normal team very mater
tally. These penalties We're partly for
holding and party for offside.- IL se-a#
IN the second haff, the Normal team
had the wind and it did not try to
advance the bail by carrying. but sim
ply punted every time it got a chance.
Its three punts aggregated 1855 yards,
and this kept Washburn busy winning
back the distance by hard line bucking
and end runs.
The Normal played "oId fashioned
football. Not once did it attempt
| forward pass, or any Of the new tangled
things provided for in the rules. K
relied wholly on its line smashing game.
| in which it had been well drilled by
/ er hand, made some big gains with the
/ forward pass. White did brilliant work
in this line of business. He ripped of
| 5, % and 30 yard runs on this pla "
Twice the play was tried for a 10 yard
gain. but the ball was lost. Once Smi-
| ley gained 10 yards. Washburn also
played the quarter back kick three
times, and gained p yards in the three
! attempts, recovering the ball each time.
4 Washburn also recovered several of its
/ QuHlS. WHICH the WIFI DlcN DdSh al
most to the line OF -scrimmage.
4 In the course of the game, Washburu
made it's first down in scrimmage ten
times, and the Normal three times. BY
far the most brilliant work for Wash
/ burn was done bv White, who carried
back punts for long distances. and also
got away well on end runs. MiIlice
was able to get away only once, when
he made 20 yards Half a dozen times
he was thrown back for a loss Of from
to yards. This was due part to the
inability of the left end Of the Wash
burn line to hold. but it also seemed
to be due to lack of speed in getting
away This was the first game Milliee
has played at halfback this year.
Ii was very unfortunate that no out.
side officials could be obtained for tht
game Ouigley of st. Marys ant
Ahern. Of Manhattan. were both invited
to officiate under the new rules Ths
! come None Of the local football peopi.
outside OF the college would attemp
to officiate under the new dulles. Th'
result was that Samson the coach O.
! / the Normal team, and Stahl manage
of the Washburn team, AGGRAVATED al
/ referee and umpire samson is a gooe
square chap, and no doubt tried his bes
to do absolute justice. but he certainl.
: did sock it to Washburn on penalties
A good many Of these were merited
r for there was a good deal Of offsid
work. but the trouble was that Samson
couldn't see the offside play of the Nor
NAL team, as we'll as that Of Washburn
Washburn was penalized total of )
yards during the game. and the Nor
NAL only 10 yards
r The game opered with the Wash
burn kickoff from the south goal wit
the wind at their backs. The ball wen
to the yard line. and was returned t
E the 25 yard line. Hargis smashe
! through the line for yards. but tn
: next buck was stopped, and the Nor
/ NAL punted to Williams, who returne
E 10 Yards Millice went 90 yards on tn
t first line up. Another attempt at rigf
e end lost yards and then Millic
i gained more A quarterback kic
e which White recovered advanced tn