The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-06
.|CHABODS Merry.
OutclasSed by CornhuskerS, but
Fought Them Valiantly.
Played in Mud and Were Handi-
capped-COuldn't Use Speed.

Lincoln. Neb.. Oct 6.-Washburn
! college met the mighty Nebraska
| eleven on the gridiron Saturday in the
first contest of the local football season
and was sent back defeated. But the
! score of 10 to 0, by which Nebraska
won, is not significant of the terrific
| battle that the lighter Washburn men
! put up against their heavy foes on a
| field practically a sea of mud
| Rain pouring down the greater part
| of the night and a portion of the morn
ing made the gridiron heavy and soggy.
End runs We're not to be attempted,
and speed in getting down the field to
nab forward pass or nail a receiver
of a punt were things scarcely to be
thought of.
Led by HalfbackS Hardy and Bearg
and Quarterback Elbe, the Washburn
eleven fought the Nebraskans until the
last whistle was blown and at that
juncture in the game Washburn had
the ball on the Cornhuskers' 13-yard
line. A minute before that the ball had
been carried to the Nebraskan's 3-yard
line, where it might have been pushed
over had the condition of the field been
given consideration Time and time
again after Nebraska made the last
touchdown, Bearg and Hardy ripped
through the Nebraska forwards for
good gains. and when the Cornhuskers
were given pair of severe penalties
for holding, the Washburn squad had
the ball under the shadow of the Ne
braska goal posts.
Disregarding the muddy field, and
their previous success in plunges off
tackle and through center, Hardy at
tempted to skirt the Nebraska left
wing, and Beck threw him back for a
ten-yard loss. There time was called.
Had the play been through the line,
WaShburn might have scored.
ahro ell
On the Washburn line, ripping through
center and guard and after once carry
ing the ball to the Washburn line and
losing it on an incomplete pass, Purdy
plunged over the line, fumbled the oval
and Towle fell on it. Goal was missed.
The Second Quarter.
The second quarter was a repetition
gaining on the Cornhuskers and were
forced to punt frequently. and here the
luck again turned against the visitors.
Billings boots were wild, the ball con-
stantly going out of bounds. A series
of bucks through tackle. and Purdys,
Towle's and Rutherford's plunges
through center and guard, sent Towle
over for the second touchdown early in
the second period Goal was kicked
Coach Stlehm sent in a number of
substitutes at this point in the fracas
and the battle waged on even terms
after that. the third quarter resolving
itself into a punting duel, with the
Washburn men gaining on the Corn
huskers throughout
Captain Rodgers plunged through for
small gains, on tackle around and
tackle-back plays, but the halfbacks,
Hardy and Bearg, We're the only men
who could lug the ball to gain.
Nebraska gained possession of the
ball in the fourth period and bucked
it straight down the field with one or
two forward passes, which were for but
short distances, and registered again,
but missed the goal
The brilliant work of the Washburn
team. which seemed to find the weak
points in the Nebraska line at this
point, was demonstrated, and with but
a few minutes left they battled their
way across the field. but time cut short
their apparent possibility to score.