The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-11-04

across the line for Washburn's only
score. Smiley who held the ball was
groggy and the pigskin wobbled as
Trobert kicked. 1t went wide by reason
of the unsteadiness with which it was
held Had Bishop instead of Smiley held
the ball the score might have been
tie.
Then with three and a half minutes
to go Washburn tried for another
touchdown. Tearing the line of the
Teachers to pieces the Sons of Ichabod
were going at a rate that meant quick
realization of their hopes when the
whistle blew. Smiley, Berg and Rogers
carried the ball for the touchdown,
Smiley going over. The same combina-
ton was working fine when the whistle
blew.
On account of injuries received in
practice Coach Driver hoped for 10 min
ute quarters. After the delay in calling
the game these We're necessary in or
der that the team fet the train. And
these short quarters beat Washburn,
the coach himself admitted after the
contest. 1t was apparent to all in the
last quarter that minutes more
would have meant victory for the Blue.
stone wall couldn't have stopped
them the way they were going But
such is the fortune of men who engage
in games in which there is an element
of chance as well as skill.
The writer doesn't like to single out
one man for prais in a game like the
one Saturday. Every man who played
is entitled to an equal share of credit.
Each gave the best that hard work on Il
muddy, slippery field, left him. There
were some mistakes made and they
should be pointed out. Without doubt
they will be but it will not be done in
this column. The coach has a week
for that. Every man was game and
tried hard on every chance. If any in
dividual player is to be praised Smiley
must be given credit for his splendid
work. It was the most spectacular and
he gained the most ground. But he had
the finest kind of support and as
sistance from every Wash urn player
on field. For the list of those who star
red see the lineup
For the Normal White and Morgan
seemed to the writer to snow to best adj
vantage. James was close bshind if he
was at all in the rear of the afore men
toned. Crispin has a team that will give
a lot of Kansas conference teams some
think to worry about if it keeps up at
the pace started. sweat, a negro eligi-
BILE for the first time Saturday, will
have to show more class than he did if
he takes Wooster's place. The African
didn't gain five yards all day. He looks
like a man who could do 100 in ten
seconds if he were on a cinder path
with no one to bother. But running in
the field is a different proposition as he
found.
To the mind of the writer, Coach
Driver used good judgment in not
opening up single play against the
Normals. 1t was announced in this
column last week that it might be up
to the coach to choose which game
he would win, the Normal game or
the contest with Kansas. He chose
to try to win the one against the
Jayhawkers. Only the regular, every
day plays were put on against the
Teachers. In the first half the locals
ing as quickly as they got it. The un-
sas scout in the grandstand would
have been bad. Opening them on
muddy field where there was risk of
them doing no good would have been
poor judgment in the mind of the
writer, although it might have won
the game.
1--WE are in splendid shape, the men
all right and the plays all covered up
said Coach Driver, following the game. |
The men got just what L wanted
them to have so far as the work is
and while I would rather
have won the game. I am well salts
fled. The boys know what it is to
have to work now. They will play
a better game Saturday for having
been defeated
The lineup: