The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-11-18
TWO TOUCHDOWNS
Aggies VictOrS in Contest With
Colorado [.
PLAYED Off Their Feet in First
Ouarter-COme Back.
LINE SMASHES WIN GAME
Only Five Forward Passes Al
tempted in Game.
Whistle Prevents Announcer
Touchdown by X. 5. A. u

Manhattan. Kan, Nov. 1s--The Kan
.ag kgries made a strong finish here
and won from the University OIL ~
rado-14 to 6. The superior work O
the Aggie line in opening up holes To-
+beir backs and holding just as sterilIH
-, defense was the deciding factor %
+bo came For three quarters the teams
battIed. with the Aggie ciutchlns .
laad of l point And then in the "a a.
neriod came the Aggie rally ana me
placing of the Aggie chances cleai 0O
of reach of the mountaineers- ,-
inc plunge after line plunge throu
tbe Colorado line scattered the Coo
RADIO defense to the winds, ana the a.
eies scored a touchdown, kicked the
goal and then received the kick-on anu
e+a-+ed nm Re field with a mighty ad-
vance. The whistle for the end OF the
came kept the Aggies from another
touchdown. But Colorado had no reason
TO regret game. Icy were OUT
played, but hey I cd a great game;
and superior line smashing de1eateo
them.
Old style Line Ramming.
There was nothing of the new game
in the contest. Both teams smashed
the line continually. The Aggies at
tempted two passes, completing one.
Colorado was successful in one out OF
three attempts. Neither team was aole
TO advance far on end runs, but relied
solely on the old style game TOT gains
The Aggie line proved its superior stay
ing power and showed the better
knowledge and strength in charging OPP
poneuts and that spells the story or
the Aggie victory. Nothing should be
taken from the glory of Holmes,
Prather, Pollom, Agnew and Sims for
their great work in carrying the ball
But II was the line that opened the
holes and broke up the plays of oppon-
ents. 1t was a battle of linemen. in the
final count.
Colorado went after the game in the
first quarter. With q series of fast
plays they caught the Aggies mapping.
Slattery. soon after the quarter started.
went around the Aggie left end for 40
yards. A forward pass followed and
advanced the ball 20 yards more. Then
the Aggie line stifrened and held for
two downs. But the CoIoradoans were
not to be denied. and Ivers shot
through the line for the touchdown.
Colorado chose to punt out. and sue
ceeded. GIendenning failed to kick an
easy goal Aggie hopes looked far |
away
The Fighting Spirit Seen.
Then the Aggies developed a world of /
fighting spirit and forced the fighting |
into Colorado territory A string of /
Colorado 20-yard line. Then Sims fell in /
behind splendid interference and stiff
armed right and left in a dash for the |
goal, crossing the line at the corner of
the field and bringing up behind the
goal posts. Pollom gave the Aggfes the
lead by kicking goal.
Neither team could score in the sec
ond and third quarters. Both lines held
splendidly. and Prather and Ivers test
ed their kicking toes. Prather sent his
spirals down the field for so yards.
Iver's boot falling short of that dis
tance by an average Of 10 yards. But
the Coloradoans' kicks were hard to
handle. and the Aggies gained little
ground in the exchange of punts. In
the third quarter. the mountaineers
strengthened considerab bly,, and forced
the Aggies to play at top speed to re-
tain their lead of 1 point. But in the
last quarter the Aggies cama strong
and a relentless advance on linz
plunges destroyed all of Colorado'sl
chances to win.
Tackle Swing the Winner.
Left Tackle Holmes demonstrated
ms right to consideration as a first
cholce IN the picking of an AIl-Mfs-
souri, eleven. On tackle swings he
proved through the Colorado line for {
nrst downs many times. And on de-
tense he was a tower Of strength
PTather played a great game br+
found more difficulty than Holmes in
p1ncturins the Colorado line. Agnew
offered a better performance on Do ,
tense than by carrying the baII. but :
played brilliantly. Pollom, although ,
he failed at two attempts Ar 49,
KICKS, played a consistent speedv
game Sims was in the game fror7 /
start to finish He went through the
line and around the end and once
saved the Aggies from having a :
touchdown scored against them nv
mailing Slattery with p pretty +acLie /
9tah! and Schafer and the whole Az +
gle line were in finest form.
Ivers and Donovan starred for rho
visitors. 1vers played great game on
offense, and DonOvan's defensive worL- ]
was away above par. But the tackIfnp. ,
OF the Colorado eleven was enough -
defeat any team. If the Colorado de- 7
tense had equaled their cffense. there
might have been another story to tell.
The lineup:
Aggies CoIora5o
----..- R E Mcconnell
1oonis R. T. Garland
Marble .-.-R. c. Knowles Z