The Topeka state journal., 1908-12-07
OLD STARS WON.
Defeated the Nashburn Regu-
lars 2 to O.
Feature of Game Was Playing
of John Haughey.
THEY WADE THROUGH
Weight of Old Timers Too Much
for Youngsters.
Fatty" Clark Proves He Hasn't
Lost His Proves.
THEY WADE THROUGH

That a man has reached his prime at
the age of 25. and that he is ready to
be consigned to his final reward was
thoroughly dlsproved last Saturday af-
ternoon, when a team composed of old
football stars and old men humbled the
Washburn pigskln athletes by a score
of to after playing hard fought
game Of 40 minutes duration.
The only scoring of the game was
due to the oldest man on the team,
Hon. John w. FIaughey. who played
south goal line, and Haughey going
down under the punt showed little
Johnnie Foster back of the goal line
This happened near the end OF the
game. Safety" cried Referee McCar-
roI after the play was made. and once
again the proud Washburn student en-
thusiasts were compelled to watch the
college colers drip in defeat.
What a bunch that old star aggrega-
tion must have been! In weight the
entire gamut from 1926 to 1853 pounds
was run. Lloyd Stahl and Mr.. Haughey
being the two extremes. Glenn Millice,
who is 26 years old. was the youngest
member of the old star team. Mr.
Haughey at the age of "a was the old
est. On the ends Montgomery and Jim
n1ie Stewart started the game. Mont
gomery is a member of the Topeka bar
bershop team, while Jimmie Stewart is
veteran Washburn player. Both ends
retired, however. in favor OF DR.. Ern-
est a former Washburn player, and
Coach Weede, who played a great game.
clearly outplaying their Washburn OPP
ponents. H. Ward Page and Cowden.
the former an ex-Wisconsin and the
latter x-Northwestern. played strong
games. Haughey and FATTY" Clark
played the guards Haughey never
played much football but showed so
much promise last Saturday that he
was dubbed KID Haughey. Clark
played like fiend at the other guard.
Jerry Johnstone played center Just like
an all America center. and his work
in the mud showed, that his presence
in the battle OF the Bag-Bag, had not
ter stahl called the signals while Art
Griggs and Lloyd Stahl played the
halves. Mlnce. the star punter of for
mer days played the~fullback position.
The backfield had never worked togeth-
er before but one could never nave
guessed It by watching their play.
This team presented an impervious
front all the way through. The beefy
line held like a stone wall. while the
backfeld was fast and with machine
like interference repeatedly. tore on
good gains.
The field was cQygred with six inches
of slippery nliIdss sticky and hard to
pull through. ButeTnis didn't deter the
old men bit They got together. ran
few signals. and then announced their
readiness for the game. Mr.. Haughey
was the most SpICuOuS' lAS dTe Al IlAC
bunch He couldn't get surveyed for a
suit in time for the game so wore citi-
zen trousers. of dark grey business
color and tailor-made. A white sweater
formed the upper works of his uniform
and knee pads buckled with straps
formed the remainder. These pads
came loose on the fourth formation.
Ward Page is deserving of special men
ton as he bought a new pair of trou-,
sers for the occasion. y-.
The referee blows his whistle and the
big game is on. Hope kicks off ten
yards to Cowden and the Y. NJ. c. A.
secretary returned to the center of the
field. Lloyd Stahi and several others
tore off big runs around the ends.
kid" Haughey opened a hole in the
line and all the players followed
through the hole. The ball was ad-
vanced on straight football to the
Washburn ten-yard line when the old
Stars let up little and Walworth took