The Chanute times., 1912-11-29
KANSAS DOWNS MISSOURI u TO 3

| spectacular ever seen on McCOoh
Field, the Kansas Jayhawkers de
feated their old rivals, the Missouri
| Tigers, by score of II to 3 in the
twenty first annual battle between the
two schools The Kansans had the
game within their gasp practica ly
from the kick off, and the Missouri
score was made by an unprecedented
drop kick made by Shepard, the Tiger
full back, who booted the only count
for his team from the 45-yard line in
the first quarter. 1t was a kick
worthy of Pumpelly, the Yale star,
who saved his team from de eat against
Prince on.
The first Kansas SEQ was made in
the second qua ter after Kansas had
outrushed the T gers and | ad the
ball on the 3O-yard line. Weidline,
the Kansas star tackle, made the kick
which perfect In the same quar-
ter the ia hawkers, stimulated by
their achievement OF tieing the score.
hammered the Missouri consisten ly,
and with Coolidge and Detwiler carry
ing the ball in great spurts behind the
perfect interference of the Minnesota
SHIFT" worked the ball to the M S.
souri, 10 yard line BY pretty piece
f headwork Wilson, the Kansas
4rterback, carried the ball around
the Tiger right end for the only
touchdown of the game. The goal
was missed and the score stood Kan
sas, Q; Missouri, 3.
= In the third quarter the Jayhawkers
met with a stiff resistance from the
Missourians, who came back from the
intermission fresh. However, after
about seven minutes of play. Weld
line drops ed back of the 4O-yard ne
and made great place kick. Score:
Kansas, II; Missouri, 3. On each of
these kicks the Kansas line held super
bly, and helped make the tries sue
cessful.
The Kansas victory Saturday indi-
Gated team which has been beset by
the worst luck Jayhawker eleven
has ever suffered in single season
Playing rings around Nebraska in
Lincoln last Saturday, they fel be-
fore the Cornhuskers because of two
sprints of the length of the field in the
last few minutes of play, both the
result Of pure luck. The team which
upset the dope Saturday ha suffered
defeat by small m rgin by three
teams which are acknowledged as not
in their class The game Saturday
was their chance to show their real
caliber and the men of Mosse and
Frank rallied nobly and fulfilled the
created hopes of their followers.
In the twenty-one years Kansas and
Missouri have met on the gridiron
the Jayhawkers have been awarded
the victory fourteen times with the
game Saturday. 1t took Kansas
three years to pass the unlucky thir-
teen in number of wins, as the games
of the two years preceding this one
were tie scoTes, 5 to, and 3 to 3.
The betting odds in Lawrence be-
fore the game were In favor of
Missouri and all the dope seemed to
favor the wearers Of the gold and
black. 1t WAS the same fight which
the Jayhawker elevens Of the past
have shown aud which has made
Kansas one of the greatest football
schools in the Missouri Valley. On
the side lines we're 100 old Kansas
veterans who had wen their letter on
former Kansas teams, and practically
all Of them had been on elevens
which defeated the Tigers.
The great game in Lawrence was
witnessed by crowd of $4,000 pe:-
Sous, double the size OF any crowd
which has attended a football game
on McCook Field. 1t was the first
time the Missourians had invaded
the Jayhawker lair.
The Kansans' victory, which was