The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-18
GR1D1RoN GOSSIP.

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occasion no surprise in football cir
| cles as Denver was really expected 10
take the long end Of a score. A Kan
| showing in the Rockies. The reports
indicate that Washburn fought game
/ ly all the way through The Blue al
ways fights hard, and no mater now
decisively defeated, the opposition
always has to work for every point II
makes. The result of the game VIII
| have no effect on WaShburns stand
| ing in Kansas, and the team still mas
a chance to win the states champion
ship. This honor is now up TO WASH
| burn and Kansas. Washburn must
! defeat Kansas, and must also oeIeat
the Aggies to make the title listen
well in the camps of the enemy.
The chances are that Washburn
won't have a very hard fight at St
Mary's next Saturday. The Catholics
are probably disorganized as a result
| of the William Jewell trouble last
| Saturday. The Catholics were all USED
up in the game, and Quigley mad no
available substitutes, and on that ac-
| count forfeited the game Unless the
Catholics develop unexpected strength
within the next few days, Washburn
should carry off the plum Saturday.
Kansas still has an undefeated rec
ord, but the Aggfes managed 10
| throw more than an ordinary scare
| into them last Saturday afternoon
Kansas with a large amount of luck
earned one lone touchdown. me
Kansans came through the battle in
| good shape, and should easily rally
for their game with Washburn week
| from Saturday.
! washburn's next home game is
with the Kansas University team a
week from Saturday. The Blue IS
still in the contest for the state cham-
running by the Jayhawkers will be a
formidable factor. But the chances
are that the Jayhawkers will trim the
Congregationalists. Washburn always
puts up a hard fight against the Kan
sans on the Washburn grounds.
though the dope may be upset as is
| frequently the case.
! Nebraska won't get to figure in the
Big Eight championship this season,
as the Gophers managed to put the
Cornhuskers out of the running Sat
urday The Nebraska team does not
/ bring the terror to opposing teams
which it once did when Lawyer Booth
was doing the coaching. Nebraska
was rarely defeated for several sea
sons until 1906, when Ames managed
to win a game, after which the club
went to pieces and hasn't been a
whirlwind affair since. Nebraska
| this season isn't as strong as it was
year ago, and it isn't likely the Kan
| sans will have any trouble.
Missouri is still winning all her
early season games, taking her last
! Saturday. But the club hasn't shown
very much yet. Missouri hasn't the
material on hand which she did
year ago, and Coach Roper won't get
away very good.
The Washburn team returned from
the Colorado trip this morning. All
the players are in good condition and
| suffered nothing from the trip. save
Robb and perhaps Hardy. Robb's ell
bow injured in the game, by come
! spectacular flying tackles Hardy was
bumped in the back and had to be
/ taken out. Robb's injured elbow
will keep him out of the game, per-
| haps for the rest of the season. Har-
dy will be back in again soon Coach
Weede and all of the boys take their
defeat in true spertsmanlike-- style
They, however, admit that the score
should not have been so onesided.
The Denver players fumbled the ball
on the Washburn five-yard line early
in the game. McCarroll grabbed IL
and took it to the other end of tho
field. The referee brought it back say
, ing that the ball had been declared
dead, although all the Washburn
players maintain that the ball was
still pretty lively for dead one The
result was that Washburn did not get
the touchdown and the Denverites
made touchdown two minutes later.
This It can readily be seen made a
difference of ten or twelve points in
favor of the Denver team. Again on
ers got the ball on their own 25-yard
line. Then a march down the field
followed until the team had advanced
the ball forty yards on straight line
bucks. Then Denver took the ball.
This was done through the mere tech
nicality of measuring when the ball
was placed with it's longest axis at
right angles to the ground. instead of
the shorter axis as the rules provide.
This also might have made differ
ence. Coach Weede says a score Of
Is to IL in favor of Denver. would
have about expressed the merits OF
the game. No one criticises any of
the officials. save Referee Smith, who
comes in for unanimous condemna-
ton at the hands of the washburn
players.
Jimmy Coffroth. the promoter. an
nounced the receipts of the Johnson
Ketchel fight at $4,000.
This is in excess of the seating ca
pacity, but it is explained by tue fact
that 900 extra were crowded into the
bIeachers section and that many
standing room tickets were disposed
of at SIS per head.
The fighters took 60 per cent of the
receipts. divided So per cent to the
winner and 35 per cent to the loser
This made Johnson's end S12.4SO and
KetcheFs $6,720. AS there was a SIS
900 side bet Johnson will receive over
$4,000 for his days work and Ketch-
lost $1,000 on the bet. In addition
the negro had a 40 per cent interest
in the moving pictures as against go
per cent held by Coffroth.
That is the most Interesting ex-
hibit and the best Investment proposj-
ton I have ever SEEN" was the re-
mark made by prominent man, af-
ter being shown through the San
Diego exhibit at the National hotel.