The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-19
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After Saturdays game with the Ne
braska team Coach Lowman of the
Aggies said: They were just too
| much COrnhuskers for US. They met
US at an opportune time and every
thing was in their favor"
| He said that this was the hardest
game on his schedule. 1t was stin
contest and the Aggies put up a hard.
game fight. Had it not been for the
fumbles and the ill luck of the first
quarter which gave the visitors the
initial touchdown, it is probable the
score would have been closer. The
Nebraska center, was not pleasing to
any of the Manhattan fans and there
were times when it seemed that he
courted penalties. However. the game
was generally clean and Nebraska's
victory was due to her superior team
work, weight and the superb interior
ence she uncorked whenever interfer-
ence was needed.
| Agney, Haymaker and Ems played
brilliant ball for the Aggies, and Hay
was in a dazed condition. The great
little quarterback drew the big end Of
the injuries on the Aggie side, but
Lowman said he thought all the in
jured men would be in excellent shape
for the K. U. game next Saturday.
In discussing the Manhattan game
Coach Steihm admitted that the score
was larger than it should have been.
The team has made considerable
game" Mr.. Steihm said. Still it is
not up to what l expect. / have shift
ed the men until 1 have them about
where I want them. but there 1t lots
of room for improvement. Our hardest
game of the season will be next Satur
do fho 81
year we beat the Aggies "a to g.
Talking of games. Mr.. Stiehm said
that he always enjoyed the Washburn
game more than any other because OF
it's cleanness and the good fellowship
that the team carries with it. wash
burn gave us a good hard fight" Mr..
Stiehm said. land If 1t had not been
for a tumble there would have been no
IA to z score"
However, from the high class ball the
Huskers played last Saturday 1t seems
almost miraculous that the Ichabods
, held them to such a close score. II
Gray's men can hold a team of Ne
braska's caliber to a IA to score. there
is absolutely no excuse for them losing
a single conference game.
The feature play of Saturdays game
at Manhattan was the 60 yard run OF
Potter for a touchdown on received
punt. And the big feature OF Potter's
run was the interference the rest Of
the Husker team gave him. 1t was a
cleaned field with one man acting as
Potter's bodyguard. There was not one
chance in a thousand for an Aggie to
stop him, but in order to hold his in
reference Potter slackened his pace
and the bodyguard was available at any
instant. This interference highly
pleased Coach Stiehm and it was the
talk Of all who saw it.
Potter, by the way, is not q football
player by profession or ambition, but
a Canadian farmer. Last summer ne
raised a crop in western CANADA ana
has a farm there. Feeling that he
ought to know more about scientific
agriculture, he returned to Nebraska
this fall and entered the agricultural
college without any thought OF going
into football again. However. the lure
was too strong for him and he donned
a uniform a week ago Saturday for the
first time. Potter weighs only 146
stripped.
Chamberlain. another hero Of the Ag-
gle battle and a widely known star.
played right half Saturday and secured
| two of the touchdowns. He weighs 100
stripped, and every pound of it is foot
ball meat.
Stiehm Of Nebraska seems to favor
the X. U. Jayhawkers for the Kansas
championship this year, and expressed
himself as believing they would make
wonderful progress in the next few
weeks.
| From the Drake score, 1t looks as
though Mr. Stiehm's dope is not far
wrong. After the Emporia game the
most enthusiastic Jayhawker supper
/ tiers were uneasy about Wheaton's
prospects: but at Des Moines the new
coach made his old style tactics pay
and piled up larger score than was
expected. Detweiter and Strothers at
right and left half respectively SEEM
ed to be the Jayhawker stars in the
Des Moines engagement.
1t is understood that washburn is to
''hit the ball' this week in preparation
for the Emporia game here next Satur-
day Emporia's punts in the Baker
game Friday averaged only IS yards.
and Captain Trobert will have decid-
| ed advantage in this respect unless
! Emporia's kicker puts more steam be-
hind his foot.
1t is more than likely that Emporia
will rely mainly upon the forward
! pass and open play formations as
these have been their leading features
ity is requisite to success In football
and the Ichabods will do we'll to
tighten up On all defensive as well as
offensive work. Bob Whitcomb being
will have to be overcome and it will
take a good man to fill his place.
st. Marys' defeat at the hands of
Friends last Saturday must have
brought back memories Of 1912 when
X. U. beat the Catholic boyc 62 to 0.
This was the largest score a X. U.
team ever made. The next largest
| score on the Jayhawker records was
Sc to 0, made against Iowa in 1897.
The Fredonia high school team beat
Oswego last Friday ISL to 0, which is
pretty close to q record.
J 1t seems queer that NOtre Dame, the
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