The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-10
LUCK AGAINST kLUE.
Washburn Freshmen Try Five Field
Goals in wentworth Game.

The Washburn Freshmen football
team lost to the Wentworth Military
school at Lexington, Mo-, Monday by a
score of 1 to 3. This was the first
game on the Freshmen schedule and
the team failed to make the most of
their chances for counters. The II
points scored by Wentworth we're two
touchdowns and a safety. Washburn
counted a drop kick field goal
The Freshmen whipped off down the
field after receiving the ball on the
kickoff, but were slowed at the 20
yard line and Trobert, right half and
kicker for the bunch dropped back for
a drop and failed. Once again in the
first quarter they neared the military
goal but lost the ball rather than kick.
Use Old Style Game.
The Wentworth team made all their
gains by old style football, due largely
to superior weight and team work
They tried number of forward passes
but these all failed. In the second
quarter they pushed the ball over the
line and failed for goal.
In the third quarter Wentworth
gained safety after showing the
Freshmen Blue down to the ten yard
line. The Freshmen got the ball here
Center Barrett shot the ball back high
over his head and Wentworth players
tackled the man who recovered the
ball behind the goal line.
counted another touchdown on straight
football and failed of a second goal.
The Washburn bunch also scored in
this quarter, Trobert kicking a beau
tiful drop goal from the 35 yard line
and at a difficult angle.
Lose on Five Field Goal Tries.
The Freshmen, after learning tbs.
they could not score on touchdowns,
field goals at every oppor-
tunity and made five tries with the one
success. They were partially success
full with the forward pass and once
made a clean pass to Billings on the
ten yard line, but he muffed it. There
were no Wentworth players near and
a catch would easily have resulted in
a touchdown.
The men taken to Missouri under
the guardianship of Manager Dunn in
cluded Seaton, Barrett, Painter Nc
Cafferty, Chamberlain, Billings. Fisher,
Haynes, Tucker. Whitcomb. Pearson,
Trobert and Fent.
Blue Preparing for Fairmount.
The Washburn football team began a
week of hard work last night pointing
to the Paramount game on Friday, the
18th. The game will be played at Wich-
tia and there is fear at the local col /
lege- A few new plays will be de-
veloped during the three nights of
practice remaining before the game, |
two of which were tried out last night. |
The no score tie at Ottawa Saturday |
is not considered an indication that the |
Washburn squad has improved They |
We're wholly unable. to get the ball I
across the goal line and their defense |
was against old style play. Ottawa has |
an old style player for coach and nat I
urally are depending largely on the old |
stuff.
Paramount. on the other hand, are. |
and have for the last four years, been !
using the passes and kicks very largely /
and with uniform success. Three years /
ago they threw out a bewildering array \
of forward passes which were entirely |
unexpected. They won games on their /
passes and have done so ever since. /
This season they rely on fast forward I
passes more than ever and have two /
sets of back field men and ends equally /
as adept at handling this style of play. /
Fear Forward Passes.
These passes were greatly RESPONSE
BILE for the defeat the College of EN-
poria handed Washburn in their first /
game of the season and Ichabod's boyc /
will be up against a harder combina-
ton Friday, the 18th. They showed |
defense against the Emporis
passes and Ottawa did not use them SO ,
there remains the old fear of a top l
heavy score in the Wheatshockers'
favor.
Driver has been working his men
passes and quick kicks and devotes J