The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-11-23
BLUE GOES DOWN
The Old Story Must Sadly Be
RetOld.
Like catering Ram Aggies
Pound Washburn Defense.
CRUMBLES AT LAST.
] hen Over Crippled Warriors
Purple Marches to Victory.
Sons of Ichab0d Show Flashes
of Old Form.


| lacking the stamina for a long Cruel
| ling contest, the Washburn football
team for the first time in history, was
| humbled in defeat at the hands of the
| Kansas AggieS on WaShburn field, Sat
| urday afternoon, the score being % to A
| Washburn's lone score came on {
drop kick by Hope in the first part OF
| tint second half, while Bates kicking
| Eetted two goals for the Aggies, and
touchdowns by Randalls, Gingery anG
| Sims raised the score tos23. Had the Ag-
| gies played without Bates during the
| first half and without Gingery in the
| second half, the result might have been
vastly different, for these two mer
! played a star game for the AggieS and
| without their work, the Farmers might
/ have been beaten.
| The whole secret of the game was the
! inability of the light Washburn team
to stand up under the strain. AS long
/ as their physical endurance would per-
init, the WaShburn men played a good
| game, but outweighed ten pounds to
/ the man, Washburn was forced to sue
cun1b to the heavy onslaughts- of her
opponents. The Blue really played a
| much better game, than it has on pre-
vious occasions this season. However,
many of the old weaknesses of the team
were evident. The Washburn Hnemen
were unable to charge, and the team
was woefully poor on tackling, espec-
tally in the open.
1t is only fair to Washburn, however,
to state that many of her men were
scarcely able to play the game. Nc
Vey has been suffering for a week from
stomach trouble and had not been to
practice for several days. Whitney,
hard practice and strenuous training is
wearing on his nervous system and
he is on the verge of a nervous col
lapse. Robb's injury to his ribs, re-
ceived in the Haskell game, together
with a bad knee made it impossible for
him to do his best. Even Smiley, who
has been in the best of condition all
season, was anything but fit to go into
the game. But despite this list of Grip
pies, the Blue played hard game
against odds that they were physically
unable to meet.
The Aggies have the best team in
years and Coach Mike Ahern's four or
five years at the Manhattan school have
not been for naught. His team played
real football Saturday and clearly dem
onstrated its superiority. Gingery, the
big left tackle, is a tower of strength.
Time and time again, Saturday, the
Washburn line would succeed in hold
ing the Aggies for no gain in two
downs only to have him plough through
for from 10 to 20 yards and even more
weight and strengthEbut has no speed.
This was clearly demonstrated in the
second half. when after getting away
with a clear field to the goal lines, he
Munford, who by the way showed a
reversal of form and played a fierce
game.
Bates, with his place kicking in the
first half contributed eight points to
the tabulation of the AggieS. The first
kick was from the SO yard line. while
the second went 20 yards. Both were
from fairly easy angles. Bates is
Topeka boy, and his work was about
all the glory Topeka gets out of the
game. Randalls, the Aggies' fullback
put up a good game. These three might
be termed the stars of Ahern's bunch.
For Washburn the old bunch who
have been mentioned as stars in every
Smiley, McVey and Robb played almost
the entire game for Washburn. Whit
ney, Codding and Hope showed good
form at times, but were not always
consistent players. Brethour played
hard game at fullback but his line
smashes were repealed with but short
gains.
1t was good day for football. The
sky was clear and the wind did not
figure very prominently. There was a
light wind when the game started, but
it died down after the first half had
started and did not come back
The attendance was the largest of the
season. The Aggies brought 1,100 to
Topeka, more than the entire enroll
ment at Washburn. w ashburn p was
we'll represented too and the down town
people who hadn't seen a game for
three weeks were out in force. 1t was
a financial success for Washburn even
though it did not prove a football sue
cess.
Leaving the score out of consideration
and judging from the actual playing, the
game was a sort of see-saw affair. The
first half outside of Bates place kick
ing was evenly fought The Aggies
started strong but as the half drew to
a close the Blue had come strong and