The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-07
WORK WAS SLOW.
Washburn Won a MISSY Game
From r. I'll. s.
College Showed Lack Of Form
and Team Work.
SCORE WAS 10 TO o.
He'll, 125-Pound Quarter, Dis
tinguished Himself.
High School Promises to be a
Fast Aggregation.

In two halves of twenty-five minutes
apiece the clever little high school
team battled against the Washburn
college team last Saturday afternoon
and held the varsity lads to a score OF
10 to O. For a fast lightweight team
the high school team certainly takes
the palm.
The Washburn team rather disap-
pointed the four or five hundred spec
tators who watched the game. Wash
burn, however, always makes dls-
appointing start in the first game OF
the season. A year ago the game with
Topeka high school resulted in score
of only 8 to o, which was poorer
showing than the game Saturday II
seems to be sort of a habit that
Washburn has of getting away pao IN
the opening contests of the season and
Saturday was no exception
The Washburn team lacked team
work Their formations were slow IN
execution and the wearers OF the Blue
were none too familiar with the
signals. Some excuse is offered from
the fact that the Washburn team has
had but little scrimmage work. what
is needed more than anything else py
Hhe Blue is more scrimmag1ng- Nex'
Saturday the WaShburn squad goes up
against the State Normal team on the
Washburn grounds. They VIII nave
to do much better work than was ais
played Saturday, but anyone VINO
knows Coach Weede and the WASH
burn men have no fears of the Norman
or any other team. one th1ng ABOUT
washburn is that they never 80 stale
through entertaining.
The game in the main was a puntlnS
duel between the two teams He1! dlo
most of the punting for the hlgn scnooI
although Willard took his turn at the
game while Williams and M1ll1ce ol-
Vided the punting honors for Wash
burn The high school bunch easily
kept up with the collegians IN punlins
while in returning punts Hen, the ~,
tie quarterback of the high schooI
team, showed up in great shape
Smiley of Washburn did the pest WORK
in this line for the varsity. wash purIl
used the forward pass considerably ana
1T worked for good gains for the most
part. The new rules allow or more
use of the forward pass and Washburn
evidently will utilize this form OF play
considerably during the season. IneIe
was but little line bucking, Williams
and Platt being used by Washburn ana
Mcfarland carrying the ball for h1gh
school. A little ground was galneo
IN this manner.
ling department and IN gains IN the
open field were made through careless
and Indifferent methodS OF taekAhS'
Robb of the Washburn team, however
nroved himself the best tackler OF the
game and if he improves as he should
do with the added training or the sea-
son he should prove one OF the pest
The star of the game was He'll, the
high school quarterback. He'll was the
smallest man in whole game ana only
weighs about one hundred ana tWeaSy-
five pounds, but he easily outshone the
others in his brilliant work In the
open field he is, hard to stop as ne al
ways keeps his feet. In punt1ng Hell
used his head to good advantags- his
bunts were all well placed and were
high enough to enable the high schooi
ends to get down under them Inc
punts of the Washburn team generally
came straight down in HeiTs arm no
matter where he played. Mcfarland
of the high school team did good Work.
However, the changes in the Washburn
lineup were so frequent that there was
but little chance for any of the players
30 distinguish themselves.
The Game in Detail.
High school won the toss up and
chose to defend the south goal. Hope
kicked off to He'll, who made short
return. High school was forced to
nunt after a couple of unsuccessful at
fempts to make gains through the line
Smiley caught the punt and made
1fteen yard return. After Williams
made a couple of short gains through
the line Millice punted forty yards to
He'll, who made fifteen yard return
High school made a couple or 1ner-
fectfve attempts on Washburn,s Ilne
and were forced to punt to Smiley
Washburn was forced to punt; He'll
carried the ball five yards and was
forced to punt on the next down, the
ball going out of bounds on the IorIy-
ave ward line Washburn tried the
forward pass, Millice to Smiley and
the ball was carried to High schoofs
ten ward line A couple of line DUCKS
nv Williams carried the ball over the
line for the first touchdown of the
game. A trial by goal by Hope Jailed
nv a small margin.
Hone kicked off to He'll who return
cd the ball ten yards. He'll punted
and Washburn secured the ball on the
fftv ward line. Millice gained ten
1ords around the end and Larimer
carried the ball twenty-five yards on
forward pass. Larimer then carried
We sbburn was penalized for off side
NAV and then attempted a forward
nass which was intercepted by the
High school. He'll punted and john