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


ready to leave for home defeated but
not disgraced, for they finished dead
game and playing better than on the
start. -1--,- <--c-
The University of Denver put a
team of football warriors on the field
Saturday afternoon that in Drawn and
performance would have surely given
Carlisle or Chicago or any other team
a merry chase for the honors Of the
day. With Crowley, Volk, BruSse and
Walker in the back field there was
team in itself. Then Duke Schroeder
was in the line and Myers on an end.
Pray, good fellow, what more could
ye ask?
The Ministers unquestionably have
from Topeka. To anyone witnessing
Saturdays contest this is an i'm
pressingly evident fact. And it must
have been that the Topeka fans were
kept posted and some cody father
of a Congregational flock got the score
and uttered a prayer that was
answered within the last four minutes
of play when on a cleverly executed
delay pass Washburn circled Denver.s
left end, McCarroll making a beauti-
full dash for a touchdown, turning a
cipher into a figure 8. 1t had seemed
that the Koehler brigade's goal line
was to remain uncrossed until this
sudden turn of affairs. The goal post
broke, the ball was kicked so hard,
and Washburn got only her five
points.
D. L. played a good defensive
game as well as an exceptionally bril-
liant offensive game. Meyers in par
ticu1ar distinguished himself for his
work in this department, getting the
enemy time after time and smashing
through the interference with praise
Rut the whole D. u. team played
first class ball and it would be in
dustice to the others to say that the
game was won by one or two Volk
stars, though Walker. HanlH and
Large, what little time he was in,
helped bring about the result with es-
peclal vigilance and execution
Smiley and McCarroll had very
effective ideas of how to stop the
enemy and get toward their goal
Titus at tackle for Washburn carried
the ball considerable for nice gains.
Robb and Larimer were brilliant in
their defensive playing. Lartmer in
particular. He tore through the To-
calls interference several times ana
downed the man in his tracks.
Lots of Squabbling.
Souabbfing in which coaches, players
and officials were involved, character
fsed the game, which began to drag in
general interest before the first half
was over.
keepers were courteous. Everything
was done to make the affairs pleasant
for the patrons so far as the manage
ment was concerned. The side lines
were kept clear and the newspaper men
taken good care of as we'll as all 9TH
ers.
Washburn won the toss and kicked
to D. U McCarroll booted the ball 20
the Ministers 10-yard line Volk re-
turned it to the center of the field. d.
o. soon brought the forward pass into
use, after a penalty of 10 yards Volk
tossed the pigskin to Meyers for gain
of 20 yards. De F'rantz was offside and
Washburn was penalized five yards.
De Frantz jumped over the discrini-
rating line on the eight-yard line and
invoked another penalty Volk soon
carried the ball over, Hamill kicked an
easy goal Score: D. u, 6; Wash
burn, o.
McCarroIl, for the Blue and White
kicked off and the ball went over the
lire. From the 25-yard line. where the
ball was brought to, Denver worked
across the field to Washburn's f1ve-yard
line There was cloud of dust and
out from the pile humanity shot Nc
Carroll for one of the most sensational
runs ever seen on Colorado gridiron
The wearers of the crimson and gold