The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-29
BLUE VICTORIOUS.
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game away safely After the first
touchdown. Boles was taken out, and
White went in at half. Boles had been
doing hard work, and was exhausted.
4 Oklahoma was utterly helpless on its
: attack before the fierce charging of the
Washburn line. Robb and Haughey
caught Wolf and hurled him back for
yard loss, and a moment later Brown.
the big center and Robb nailed Want
/ land for a loss of 4 yards. Cross punt
! ed, but the ball went out of bounds
/ with only Is yards gain. Washburn was
on Oklahoma's 80 yard line and tried
at forward pass, but Oklahoma got the
ball on their 10 yard line, and punted
into Washburn territory. Then by ter
rife line pounding by Platt, Williams
and Johnson, the ball was carried to
the 20 yard line, where Williams miss
ed field goal Oklahoma punted out,
and White made a brilliant return.
White also gained Is yards around the
end on the next play. When the ball
was on Oklahoma'S yard line the OK
lahoma hnesman again became too anx-
ious, and got offside, and yard PETE
atty brought the ball to their yard
line, and Millice slipped around the end
for touchdown. Hope kicked another
goal after the punt out.
Oklahoma kicked off into Washburn
territory, and Millice made a rs yard
return. A quarterback kick followed.
Oklahoma playing desperately for just
one score, hit the Washburn line hard,
and after getting to the 40 yard mark,
tried for field goal, which fell only
few feet short of the cross bar. That
ended the scoring, for Washburn kept
the ball at a safe distance from her
goal Just as the whistle blew to end
the half, Oklahoma was about to try
another field goal from Washburn's Is
yard line.
Features of the Play
AS usual, the big, scintillating
feature of Washburn's game was the
terrific punting of Millice. He out
punted Cross of Oklahoma 10 yards
at every exchange, and his punts were
so high that Cross, who played full
back on defense for Oklahoma, was
seldom able to return more than five
yards, and was often downed in his
tracks. On the other hand, Cross
punted low, and Boles, White and
Williams each made long returns
From the kickoff, too, Washburn
showed vast superiority in returning
and in forming interference for the
runner.
Next to Millice, the most brilliant
playing was done by Capt. Ed Brown
of Washburn. Brown did some stunts |
in tackling that are seldom seen on a |
football field. Twice in the second |
half, he broke clear through the CEN |
ter of the Oklahoma line, and down |
ed the halfback with the ball. Once
he got the halfback by one arm and
played crack the whip with him. He |
would have swung him back over the
goal line for a safety had not the Ok !
lahoma man wisely laid down on the
ground.
The whole washburn team played |
g. fierce game, the ends Haughey and
Robb, getting down fast under punts;
while on offense, Plat, Williams and
johnson could at any time be relied
upon for a good gain through the
line. Millice, White and Boles each
played the best game of their lives
al
for 75-yard sprints:
Brethaur and Munford did their usual
brilliant work at guard, and were
making trouble for the Oklahoma
backffeld at all stages in the game.
For Oklahoma, Acton was the only
consistent ground gamer on offense.
Acton is broad-shouldered, power
full giant weighing $50, who makes a
with good effect. He rarely failed to
smash through the right side or the
line for from 3 to 10
yards-but he couldn't play the whols
end, made some good gains. and
Wolf, the Indian, proved himself to
be a hard man to stop, though ne was
several times unable to gain on his
tackle swing. and once was hurleo
back for big loss.
Washburn's line leaked at times,
and Hope was on several occasions
caught in the act of making for
ward pass ana thrown IoI d IOSS-
Hope played his usual steady game,
no boobies, and using the
right play at the right time
The only weak spot in the Wash
burn play was the fumbling in the
first half.
Summary of the Gains.
The following table presents in con-
densed form a summary of the dis
-ances gained by each team:
Wash Okla
burn. homa.
Gained from scrimmage, yards. 17S 1S5
Running back kicks, yards. lbs 80 ;
Punts onside kicks, yards. .....-21 205
Ave. distance punts......... ~ y !
SECOND HALF.
Wash Okla ,
burn. homa. .
Gained from scrimmage, yards. .172 "a
back kicks, yards. $3.50. SO so
ounts, onside kicks yards. ......12S ISL
Average distance punts. ......-.. ~ 81
Oklahoma played the forward pass f
vice in the first half, once for a gain ]
If "a yards, and once for a loss of +
ards and the ball. WaShburn also t
played the pass twice, once for Is yards {
Jain, and once for a 5 yard gain, but f
he loss of the ball Oklahoma did not l
robably should have done Washburn,
Iowever, gained 10 yards on it three l
ines but lost the ball at one of these L
rails through a tumble by Millce. I
The on-side kick was used frequently [
" washburn. and the quarterback c
lex was called into action twice Okla
oma used the quarter kick only once. c
Neither side had any luck in recovering y
heir onside kicks c
There were no injuries during the :
ame Only one change was made in |
ach lineup. The opposing players were