The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-03
BLUE WINS GAME.
Defeats College of EmpOria on
Washburn Oval.
Is Given UnwelcOme Lesson in
Forward Pass.
SCORE STANDS % TO Is
Locals Proved in Their Showing
Lack OF Defensive.
Few Penalties Mark First Test
of New Rules.

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Saturday with the defeat of the Col
lege of Emporia by free-for-all score
Of 81 to Is. The Blue was given an I'M
Welcome and humiliating lesson in the
new forward pass and in sheer help
lessness watched the lightweight Wis
itors presume to score.
Not that the incident of the En-
poria scores gives any indication of a
permanent weakness for 1t was the
first game for the local warriors. Their
play showed plain enough what their
training had been. They have been
running signals. They ran them right
through the Emporia line and around
their ends and there was no trouble in
ponents took the ball and began
throwing it back and forth, Washburn
players seemed dazed and came out of
it only to find that they knew little
about defensive play. The Emporia
men had the advantage of having play
ed one game in which they trampled
Campbell 20 to 2and learned a lot. D.,
The day was sweltering and 1919 min
ute quarters were decided upon. Wash
burn kicked off and recovered the ball
when Granger fumbled on his 20 yard
line. Mcfarland plunged through the
line for the first touchdown less than
two minutes later. Then the Blue
went through everywhere and before
the quarter ended had two more touch
downs. kickout for the first goal fell
short the receivers and no attempt
was made. Hardy scored goal after
the second but on the third he kicked
a grounder. Score: Washburn 16.
Three minutes on their backs amid
complaints of the hot weather appar-
emily took the ginger out of the local
players. Crumbine went in at quarter
for McCarroll and called a punt. Hardy
booted it 40 yards. Emporia put It
back in play by a long forward pass to
Lyon, an end who hung out on the
sideline. Lyon dropped the pass with
a clear field to the goal in front of him
and Burkhart recovered it for Wash
burn. Crumbine came back at them
with a forward pass, the only one
Washburn tried. Hardy made a clear
pass to Lee for a gain of 20 yards but
Field Judge Holmes ruled that Hardy
had advanced within five yards the
scrimmage line, which was a, mistake,
and brought the bah back A punt gave
the ball to Emporia On their 20 yard
line.
Immediately they began their pass
ing. Mcfarland hit the first receiver
amidships and by the new rule was
penalized Is yards. Another long side
line pass brought the ball to striking
distance Washburn here recovered the
ball on the three yard line and Hardy
kicked from behind the goal line out
of bounds. The ball was brought into
the field to the ten yard line and a
neat pass to Willis resulted in touch
down for Emporia. Another series Of
successful passes followed the kickoff
and brought Emporia to striking dis
lance where Willis drop kicked a goal
The half ended with the score 16 to 9. |
In the third quarter Washburn kick
ed off to Emporia and the latter by
three passes of Is. 10 and 80 yard gains
brought the ball to Washburn's 20
yard line. The heavier team was so
badly disconnected that the elated Wis
itors actually went on through for a
touchdown by straight football and
then kicked goal. Once during the
they held Vashburn for downs but
their scoring was at an end.
Washburn was penalized in their one
attempt at a forward pass for the
thrower advancing within five yards
of the scrimmage line. Emporia made |
a total of 20 forward passes, eleven of
which were successful. There was
great deal of objection on the ground
that on their double passes they viola
ted the same rule as Hardy but no
penalties were called.
The pass as developed by the EN-
poria coach worked better than any
seen on the local gridiron since the in |
vention of the play. The new rules
part of the line If the wouldbe receiver
who hung out on the side line be de- |
tected, then at the charge of the line
the pass would be made over the line
to half who ran in. Or with half
and an end playing wide to draw sus
picion on one end a double pass would |
be sent in over the line to the opposite
end by the fullback and other half.
Coach Stewart, owing to the poor !
rules defending against the forward
pass in that a tackler can not tackle |
until the receiver has taken a step, had |
coached his ends to lie five yards back !
and watch the receiver. The tackles
were to charge the thrower. AS the |
thing worked out the tackles used the |
space for breathing and the ends for
got their lesson. Until the last quar- |
ter, the ends tried to charge the throw |
er from a five yard handicap and the |
throw would go safely over their
heads In fact Emporia worked the |
pass everywhere on the field, within |
their own % yard line even where or
dinarily no team would take the chance |
and where no team will dare to in the |
future
Blue jerseys were now seen flying into |
the forward pass formations and their |