The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-11-07
IT'S LOST TO K. U.
Hope of Missouri Valley Cham
piOnship Gone.
Buried Saturday Beneath
Weight Of the COrnhuskers.
OUTPLAYED AT START.
Nebraska Battered Down Line
But Held to One Score.
Only Wonder Is That 1t Was
Not More.
OUTPLAYED AT START.

Lawrence, Kan. Nov. THE Ne
braska university football machine
practically cinched the Missouri Val
ley championship Saturday by defeat
ing Kansas university c to on the
Kansas field. Working with clock
like regularity, each play timed with
wonderful accuracy. the Cornhusker
machine rolled over the JayhaWkerS
in determined gains of small but final
ly sufficient distance.
With the kickoff by Kansas came
two whirlwind end runs by Ne
braska's halves and Kansas went on
the defensive, there to stay. Steadily
throughout the first three-quarters Ne
braska rolled the ball toward the Kan
sas goal, usually within the 30-yard
line. But for that length of time Kan
sas was able to keep off defeat. The
Cornhuskers resorted to line smashes
entirely within that zone and ham,
mered from side to side with crushing
regularity.
Finally, in the fourth quarter. that
never ceaSing battery broke down the
K. U. barrier and owen Frank. left
half, dived across the goal line. The
play was beautifully timed split
buck. Frank kicked his goal and the
valley honors were won.
A combination of luck, penalties and
generalship, combined with the logged
resistance Of the Kansas line, kept the
scoring down. Never was staged such
scientific 'stalling" as that used by
Cornhuskers. After every down, when
the big northerners were beating them
back inside their 15-yard line, the Jay
hawkerS grouped together in consulta-
tiOn or for uniform repairs, taking
their full allotted time. Each delay
served to discomfort the steady attack
of the Nbraska backs and the follow
ing down seldom was for gain. By
that method, probably more than any
thing else, was Kansas able to hold
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The luck element does not disparage
the toll of the Jayhawkers. The luck
of the game was in the disastrous fun
bles of the Nebraskans. One of these
was on a third down. Nebraska re-
covered the ball, but lacked a few
inches of making the required dis
lance. At another time Temple FUN
bled the ball when the Nebraskans
were ripping their way toward the
Kansas goal with mighty big rips.
Kansas recovered the tumble.
Seven Minutes of Consistent Offense.
How completely Kansas was out
played is shown by the fact that in
only seven minutes of the sixty were
the JayhawkerS on the offensive. The
Kansans came back at the start Of the
third period and ploughed their way
into Nebraska territory with an amaz-
ing regeneration. Twice they made
first downs in the first seven minutes
of this quarter. They made only one
OLnef ufSt down III -Jne game. Even
with this squirt the Jayhawkers never
had a touchdown in sight. They got
close enough to afford Pete He'll two
opportunities for drop kicks. One
went wide, the other was blocked.
Once it was a tumble, and again it
was a 15-yard penalty for holding
right on the heels of 2 5-yard penalty
for offside that forced the Nebraskans
back when they were driving their way
to the Red and Blue goal.
On straight football Nebraska
gained $40 yards in the sixty minutes
of fighting; Kansas gained only seven
ty-three. The Nebraska ends gave an
exhibition of getting down under kicks
that never has been surpassed in the
valley. Chauner and Lofgren always
were ready to pOunce on the receiver
of the kick. Nebraska returned punts
9or total distance of 101 wards; Kan
sas returned only seven yards. Ne
braska made first downs fifteen times;
Kansas made first down only three
times. Nebraska was penalized fifty
yards; Kansas, twenty-five. Kansas
missed two attempts at drop kicking;
Nebraska failed in three attempts
The forward pass was called into
play only once by the men of Cole. In
the second period the Nebraskans
slipped one onward for a gain of eight
yards. In the third period Kansas
missed one attempt and was success
full in one effort for gain of nine