The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-11-13
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1 ZgSAN From Everywhere. AOI
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LUCK WITH ACCIES
IchabOdS Lost Good Game Fri
day on a FIuke.
Blocked Punt in Last Quarter
Gave Farmers Score.
From Everywhere

After having fought Coach Twist
err Bender's Aggies to a standstill for
three quarters Friday afternoon, the
Washburn Ichabods collided with a
big COB of tough luck in the final
quarter, and the Farmer team scored
a touchdown on a play that was so
near a fluke it could have passed for
the twin brother of the flukiest fluke
that was ever permitted to Just hap
PEN" The final score was to 0.
At the beginning of the final quarter
the ball was in the possession of the
Aggies on Washburn's 25yard line.
Wilder and Eartwig advanced the ball
10 on two line plunges, but Bea1s
broke up an attempted forward pass,
the Ichabod line held as it had pre-
viously in every emergency, and the
ball went to Washburn on her own
10-yard line.
Punt Blocked.
Stewart went back to punt, but just
as he drove his toe into the ball,
RandalIs, of the Aggies, broke through
and blocked the kick. The oval
bounced and bounded back behind the
Washburn goal line with half a dozen
players frantically chasing it, But
Randalls proved to be the best chaser
and fell on it behind the line
1t was great work on the part of
Randalls, but he never would have
been able TO accomplish H. anu Inc
score would have been nothing to
nothing tie had it not been that the
Ichabod line leaked and luck poured
through to help Bender's Wildcats.
Eliminating the element of luck
that favored the Manhattan players
throughout, the two teams were as
evenly matched as is usually seen and
the game was as clean and as good
contest as the two teams ever played.
In punting and working the forward
pass the Ichabods excelled, but the
visitors were far superior in line
plunges and in their interference
work
Hartwig Star.
Hartwig, the big Aggie fullback,
was by long odds the individual star
of the visiting eleven. In fact he was
the bulk of his teams offensive
strength and also played a constant
defensive game 1'tacek, at guard,
and Barns and McGalliard, halfbac1s,
also played top notch football.
The Washburn eleven played a sim
liar game to the one in which they
Every member of the team played
hard and consistently, but the punting
of Stewart, the brilliant running of
Beals and the defensive playing of
Rice stood out as the big features
Gene ViIlipigue, at fullback, played a
great game, despite the fact that he
was injured in the first quarter. he
never before filled the shoes of a full
back more effectively.
Stewart opened the hOStiHtieS with
a 5O-yard punt to Hartwig who re
turned 10. A series of punts followed
and both teams seemed to be sparring
for an advantage. Then Washburn
opened up with the first forward pass
of the game, BealS to Champeny, and
Beals skirted left end for the first
downs.
Forward March Checked.
washburn had the ball we'll into
Aggie territory and it looked like the
Ichabods might be headed for a touch
down, but Barns intercepted a forward
pass and Hartwig punted out of dan
ger Washburn failed to gain, was
penalized l 8 yards and Stewart was
forced to punt. BealS intercepted a
Stewart kicked. The Aggies added
another first down and the quarter
ended with the ball in their possession
on their own Is yard line.
In the second period the Aggies
made six first downs with Alexander,
McGalliard, Hartwig carrying the ball,
but the closest they were able to get
to a touchdown was the s. yard line,
where they held the ball at the end of
the period.
In the third quarter neither team
was able to gain an advantage and the
playing was almost entirely done in
the middle of the field. Not once had
either team made very serious threat
to score. Hartwig got away for a 80
yard run, but Beals offset this by
making 50 on a fake play. With the
ball on the 20 yard line Washburn at
tempted a field goal but the kick was
blocked. 1t was at this stage of the
game that Chamberlain played his
when he broke through the line and
threw McGalliard for a 5 yard loss
The third quarter ended with the ball