The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-11-09

| played its part. On the south side of
| the field, were a thousand other spec
| tators, not quite so strenuous in their
cheering, as a majority were Topekans
and Missionaries, but nevertheless,
| game to the core and cheering the
! Washburn moleskins as much as posi-
| BILE.
! Those who expected to see the Kan
sas team pull off something of the spec
| tacular were disappointed. Doubtless
| Kansas has some great ground gaining
| formations, but they We're not needed
Saturday. And the fact that Assistant
| Coach Borg of the Nebraska team oc-
I cupied seat in the grandstand with
note book in hand, doubtless kept Kan
sas from rolling up a higher score. The
Kansans contented themselves with old
style football and this really was all
that was needed.
The Washburn rooters who expected
the forward pass to net some substan-
tial gains were disappointed. Eleven
times Washburn tried this play and
but five times was it successful and it
Melted Washburn but fifty-one yards
Twice Kansas men intercepted the
pass. Once the runner with the ball
was thrown back for five-yard loss,
and three times the ball struck the
ground and Washburn was forced to
take a fifteen-yard penalty. Nor did
the onside kick net either side any
gains. Each team tried the kick twice,
but the other side always got the ball
important factor in keeping the score
down. Hope punted q times for an
average of fraction over 80 yards.
Once a punt was blocked but Smiley
recovered, and twice the Washburr
ends got down in time to recover the
punts. Johnson and Steele, the Kansas
punters, booted the ball fifteen times
for an average of an even 80 yards
There is but little that can be said
of the Washburn team outside of the
pluckiness with which the players went
clear through the seventy minutes of
play. The team was outclassed in
every respect and stood no show
against the Jayhawkers.
The game was clearly played all the
way through. There was no smuggling
or fighting nor any of that disgracefuI
conduct in which football players are
too frequently wont to engage.
The Washburn team will have a hos
pitaI list from this game. Captain
Robb after playing a hard game all
during the first half. was injured in the
second half and had to be carried from
the field. Whitney was also hurt and
will have to rest several days before
playing again. Kansas saved her men
and none were injured. Templeton had
his nose badly cut but though covered
with blood pluckily played the game
through.
Kansas was weak in handling the ball
and frequently lost on fumbles while
the local warriors were more fortunate
and recovered all their own fumbles
besides many of the Kansas fukes
This is one place where Coach Kennedy
will have to improve his team.
A glance at the summary of the
game is all that is needed in explana-
ton of the Kansas victory. On
straight football the Washburn team
gained but 81 yeards, while the Kan
sans gained 419 yards or almost eight
times as much. Kansas made her first
downs p times while the Blue was
struggling to make hers four times.
The Washburn team also suffered Sc
Yerely from penalties. seven penalties
for a total of 95 yards being Wash
burns allotment for illegal playing,
While the Kansas team drew but five
penalties for SIS yards.
The Washburn team, relying alto
gether upon Hopes punting for de-
Tense and the forward pass for its Of
tense, beaten to a pulp from the start,
Wash burn spirit of Never Quit AL
though hopelessly outplayed from the
start, the Blue never laid down, never
gave up, and when the game was end
ed, every nerve was being strained as
at the outset, to make the sturdy op-
ponents earn every inch of ground
that was gained
The Kansas team was stronger than
Washburn at the start. The Kansas
me held like stone wall on defense
and on the attack found big holes in
the VASE burn line large enough for
the baclIfeld to make big gains The
old style tandem play did most of the
gaining for the Crimson. The. Kansas
backheld. did practically all the work
In the first half, Dahlene. Fisk and