The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-11-26
LINDSEY The STAR
X. u. Won Second Game From
Missouri i'm Five Years.
Final Score of the Game Was
s to 6.

Columbia, Mo-, Nov. 26.-In one of
the most unusual games in the history
of football clashes between the two
schools, the University of Kansas de-
Thursday afternoon by the score of
to 6. The game was played on
mud-soaked field before the largest
crowd that ever witnessed a contest
in Columbia.
L.indsay's toe work was largely re-
sponsible for the victory 1t was the
first victory the Kansans have scored
on the MiSSourianS in three years
The low total of the JayhawkerS
was due to a three inch rain which
started just before the game and con-
tinued throughout the afternoon. Roll
Inns field was turned into an i'm
mense pond. Clothing belonging to
more than 10000 persons who had
assembled was soaked and ruined. In
spite of the daShing moisture, how
ever. most of the spectators remained
to witness contest replete with fierce
playing and thrills
Although Kansas was able time and
again to work the pigskin to the Mis-
souri, danger zone, no touchdown was
d. credited to the Jayhawkers. The Kan
saS eight points were due to two drop
kicks booted by Lindsay, and a safety
on the Tigers. All the Kansas scor-
ing was done in the first half, during
which time play was entirely in Mis-
souri, territory.
Drop Kick Failed.
Inc hdnSdDS WON the loss ana CnOSO
to defend the west goal with the wind
at their back. Groves kicked off 40
yards to Wood, who returned 10. K.
q. punted, after which Wood inter-
copied forward pass and carried the
bail to MiSSouriS 4O-yard line. Steady
plunging took the ball to the Tigers
12-yard line, where the Jayhawkers
attempted a field goal that failed.
The ball was put in play on the 90
yard line and Missouri failed to gain.
Tn n NTiGSnrTV-ise
ter made a bad pass and Missouri was
downed behind her goal line for a
safety, counting points for Kansas.
Score end of first quarter: K. U. 2;
Missouri o.
The second quarter began with the
ball in Kansas possession on Missou-
rfs 20-yard line. After advancing the
ball yards, Lindsey drop kicked a
field goal. making the score to o in
favor of K. U. The field was fast be-
coming a sea of mud and the rain
turned into a storm K. U. again adj
vanced the ball to her opponents 10
again planted field goal between the
posts, making the score 8 to in favor
OF K. U. at the end of the second quar-
ter.
Third Quarter.
After a few minutes OF play in the
third quarter, Speelman, Missouri's
captain, recovered a Kansas tumble
and raced 80 yards for a touchdown
Goal was missed. Neither side was
able to score during the remainder
of the quarter, although Missouri
tried a field goal that failed. The
quarter ended with the ball in. Missou-
ri's possession in mid-field. Score
end of third quarter: Kansas 8; Mis-
souri, 6.
Both teams fought hard in the final
period, but neither was able to put
over another score. Kansas carried
the ball deep into Missouri's territory
and the Fighting Jayhawkers kept the
Missourians on the defensive most of
the time. Lindsey and Wood played a
brilliant game for the Jayhawkers,
and it was Lindsey's field goal work
that gave the Sunflower team victory
The final score: Kansas 8; Mis-
souri, g.
A Good Showing.
Kansas rooters feel that they have
good reason to be proud of their team.
Not only is the victory the second
over Missouri in five years, but it is
the second Kansas victory in a big
game in the same time. The great
even the Missouri supporters to ad-
NIT that on a dry field Kansas would
have won by a twenty point margin
as Coach Olcott predicted just before
the game and the rain. The triumph
means also that Kansas rooterS will
consider their 1915 eleven a successful
one, even though the Nebraska and
Oklahoma games were lost The
eleven men-Captain James, Reber,
Croft Keeling, Strother, Frost, Heath,
who started and finished Thursday
will be added to the K U. gridiron
honor roll.
Statistics of the game show Kansas
carried the bell 149 yards from scrim-
mage tc n1ssouri's total of 81. Kan