The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-11-23
KANSAS HARD GAME.
Iowa Played Desperately But Could
Not Stop Jayhawkers.

Iowa City, Ia, Nov. 23.-In the hard
est fought battle of the season for the
Kansans. Nebraska not excepted. Coach
Catlin's football team for the fifth time
this year fell before a 'worthier foe
and the Jayhawker squad mounted next
to the top step on the ladder of the
Missouri valley championship by win
ming 10 to 5. It was a game in which
the humility of a string of defeats, and
time and again it looked as though the
oyerconfidence of Coach Kennedy's
proud bunch would necessitate the
As Kennedy announced before the
game, he tried to win by sending in
his substitutes and saving the regu-
lars for the Thanksgiving game. How
ever. before the first half had closed,
with the two teams struggling in the
center of the field and neither appar
emily having the advantage, the Kan
sas coach foresaw the finish and began
to relieve his less experienced men for
the old and tried players.
The feature of the game was the phe-
nomenal end runs of Fisk and Meyer,
the punting of Captain Kirk of the
Hawkeyes and the stone wall defense
of Kansas at critical times. FISK made
repeated gains of from to % yards,
humping a Hawkeye here and lodging
another. Kirk for the Iowa team was
not only a star punter. but twice in
open formation he rushed the ball to
35 and 40 yards and then his teammates
We're held for downs.
Many penalties were charged during
both halves in which Kansas was the
greater loser. The loss to the, Jay
hawkers on holding five times, hurdling
once and one forward pass failure net
ted LAB yards. Iowa lost 135 yards In
nine failures of the forward. pass The
Jayhawkers succeeded in making the
on-side kick Is times during the two
halves. Kinks punts averaged seven
yards more than Johnson's.
The game was started at o'clock.
Bond kicked off for Kansas, 80 yards
against the wind. The Iowans were
forced to punt on downs. During this
half the goal line of neither team was
in danger The Iowa team kept their
goal out of danger through Kinks long
punts. The Jayhawkers made their
downs more often than the home team.
The half closed with the ball in Iowa's
possession on her own 40-yard line.
In the second half Kansas started
with her strongest team. Kirk kicked
so yards to Fisk. The Kansans started
to march down the field with six and
eight yard gains by Fisk, Meyers and
Rice, but were stopped by a penalty
for holding. Johnson puhted and Iowa
Iowa's 45-yard line the Jayhawkers
started with a whirlwind speed and
Meyers succeeded in carrying the ball
across the enemy's goal line for the
1rSL touchdown dII6E III VI
play. Following this touchdown Iowa
braced and by the open formation play
sent Kirk to the Kansas 6-yard line in
a beautiful 35-yard sprint through cen
ter Kansas held the HawkeyeS for
downs and punted the ball to their own
40-yard line. Again Iowa executed the
same play. This time by two bucks and
a forward from Kirk to Perrine, the
Iowans tied the score. Goal was miss
ed.
Kansas made her second touchdown
by an S-yard end run by Fisk, a 10
yard skirt by Meyers, 20 yards on an
on-side kick, Is by Rice and more
by Pleasant The final score was 10