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


25 yards from the goal line. One pen.
atty of Is yards for holding is all taxed
| to K. U.
In the punting department honors are
about even though it seemed by watch
| ing the game that it was all in favor Of
Johnson Johnson averaged 30 yards
in five punts with the wind in the first
half. Parks and Hunter with the WING
in the second half averaged Al yards
in nine punts. three of which went ovel
the head of Johnson at safety and roll
ed yards. Bates in the first half against
the wind punted but once for 80 yards
preferring the onside kick and ground
play when not forced.
Johnson on the other hand when
forced to kick punted repeatedly aver
aging 20 yards against the wind in
seven efforts.
One play of a fake nature was at
tempted by each team. Johnson for
K. .. once jumped back several yards
from position with the ball making a
quick onside kick which was success
full. The college tried a delayed pass
to Gingery but the interference got
"balled up" spelling the play.
Two forward passes were tried by
the Manhattan Aggies. One was in
the first half when a short on-side
kick over the line was recovered by
farmer near the side line and Bates
Immediately threw the ball wide into
the center of the field where an end
had hung out waiting. The end was
tempt was in the last few minutes of
play when they were desperately try
ing to score. The attempt was a SIM
pie pass to left end and fell sadly
short striking the ground.
Aggies Outplayed X. U.
1t is the opinion of most impartial
witnesses of the game that K u.
was outplayed throughout the game.
They were continually on the defen-
sive and backed way down into their
nVryr1 "a No
Z. luck was with the team in their
time of greatest need and they recov-
cred the ball for their score. The far
merS were also lucky, perhaps. in the
but that was in the center of the field
and they were carrying the ball. A
careful compilation of the gains of
the respective teams shows a total
gain for the university team of 257
yards while the college gained a total
distance of 307 yards.
An innovation original with the Ag-
gies in this state and of untold bene-
letin board carried by lines men and
announcing in big figures the down
and the distance to go.
Before the game a crowd of several
hundred co-eds who have banded
themselves into roofing club vieing
with that of the men marched onto
the field with great demonstration
and were cheered by the crowds. Dur
ing the intermiSsion between the
halves the rooters's club surged on
to the field in numbers reaching 400,
and formed silently into a long line
of march, the band played funeral
march and the leaders of the line
started forth pulling a draped minia-
tltre hearse bearing the red and blue
of K. u. When the line had passed
huge letters *. U" were made by
sprinkling confetti on the ground and
the mob rapidly dispersed.
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loudest, best conducted and most
prolonged of any game in the state. A
crowd of 5000 witnessed the contest
and all Joined in the cheering. the
clubs using some new methods in de-
livering their yells.
Manhattan Position Kansas
Elliott L. E. Caldwell
Gingery. capt. L: T. .....R. Smith
Zoeller. -...- c. ;...-- Carlson
Carpenter r. c.. Lowell
Roots -s..A.-s.. r. T.Davidson, Randi
Toller .....R r. E. .Brownlee, Ford
Bates, Hunter. @ johnson
Croyle L. H. Pleasant, capt.
Speer r. H. Bond, Ammons
Hunter, Parks F. B.. Stephenson
Dahlene
The officials. A. Reilly, K. G. A.
c., referee; J. Ryan, umpire; Wade.
field Judge and Thompson, head lines
men.
Between halves the scores. of east
ern gS21eS, the worlds cham pionShip
baseball score and other sport news
furnished by the Topeka State Jour
nal and announced by Yell Leader
SPOTS of K. U. were received with
great enthusiasm.
In the lobby of the Gillett hotel
the same mega phone announced the
scores. more complete and including
the outcome of the big prize fight. to
cheering crowd, and the announce
ment that the complete scores and
stories of the sport news would be
sold on the return train to Lawrence
in the extra edition of the State
Journal was lauded.
Every paper which could be gotten
to the excursion train when the west
bound passed carrying big supply
for the city of Manhattan, was sold
on the excursion cars before the seller
was we'll inside the door.