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The Topeka state journal., 1916-12-01
MANY HARD GAMES
Football Had a Big Farewell in
Kansas Thursday.
Fairmount Upset the Dope by
Defeating the Quakers.

Lawrence was not the only place in
Kansas where the dope pot was bad
ly Jared in Thursdays Turkey day
gridiron games. nor did K. u. and
Missouri stage the only game in the
state that was a thriller. In fact,
there were several that were more
interesting from the standpoint of
evenly matched teams, as is shown by
the scores.
The biggest upsets in the dope were
at Wichita and Sterling. The husky
Wheatshockers of Lamor Hoover de-
feated Friends university at the for
mer place by the score of 3 to s,
Pierce booting a field goal that
meant victory one minute before the
final time was called, and at Sterling
DR.. Weede's Cooper college eleven
took some of the chestiness out of
handing it 13 to drubbing. largely
thru the stellar playing of Cheatum.
Edgar and E. Dill.
Good Game at Emporia.
At Emporia the State Teachers of
Bill Hargiss won from the Saunders
| G. of E. eleven, 3 to TO- in a game
that was much closer than it had been
thought the Presbyterians could make
| it.
kessler starred for the State Teach
ers by making their only touchdown
and Cutlsr kicked two field goals that
gave his team enough points to win.
The c. of E. did not start scoring un-
til the final period, when a forward
pass enabled Captain Hughes to go
over for a touchdown. Then they
made field goal before the end of
the game.
st. Marys had little trouble in hum
bling the highly touted Doane team
in their clash at st. Marys, and Coach
Rourke's lads annexed the long end
of a "a to score with ease
Midland Made Big Score.
| Southwestern trimmed Ottawa to
O, and the Lindsborg Bethany team
won from Salina Wesleyan in a one
| sided game, 21 to O. The Southwest
n-Ottawa game was closer than had
been expected and the Baptists kept
their opponents pretty busy breaking
up their forward passes.
The Pittsburg Normal school won
from the Oklahoma Central Normal
school, to 0, and Midland college of
Atchison defeated, lis to O, the Mid
landers thereby gaining the distinction
of piling up the highest score made in
the state.
The Topeka state journal., 1916-12-01
COLGATE IN MIDDLE
Victory Over Brown Puts Another
Baby in Title Scramble.

New York, Dec. 1.-Colgate, thru
the success of its little party at Provi-
dence in which it defeated Brown 2S
to 0, has kicked, dragged and man
handled the well known and often-met
eastern football championship into
the nearest resemblance of a cooked
hat that a football championship
could attain.
OF course, folks who live in Pitts
burgh and West Point will say there
isn't anything to argue about; they
know where the championship rests.
If you live in Pittsburgh, the cham
pionship rests with Glenn Warmers
band, and if you inhabit the environs
of West Point or any one of numerous
army posts, Lieutenant Daly's eleven
is the very best in the country.
However, Yale's victory over Col
cesses over Harvard and Princeton
entitle the New Haven school to an
even break. Colgate's victory over
Brown, and by such a top-heavy
score, shows beyond question that
Yale was mighty lucky to win by a
score of to 3 when the Eli clashed
with the New York eleven. Brown,
by triumphs over Harvard and Yale
made it possible to count Colgate up
there. The fact that weak elevens
were placed in the field by Yale and
Harvard makes no difference, for the
teams represented the schools, and
that's the main thing. On those par
ticular days Brown probably would
have trounced the best team Harvard
or Yale could have mustered.
The Topeka state journal., 1916-12-01

thru and recovered a tumble that
started Topeka's first down-the-field
march, made a beautiful tackle swing
for % yards and mussed up the Wis
itors' line thruout.
A. Jones on end threw the visitors
runners on several occasions for To-
yard losses. Yonkers did well on the
other flank. Irvine at center was a
trying customer for the Emporia line
men and Light and Henderson both
were effective. J. Jones at half i'm
proved steadily thruout the game and
his gains were second only to Harsh
barger's.
Details of Game.
Emporia received the ball on the
kickoff and returned to the 32-yard
line. Fleming on two trys carried the
ball to midfield, then Rogers broke
thru the line and recovered a tumble.
Harshbarger and Jones butted their
way down the field for the first
touchdown. Emporia received again
and Weyler returned the ball to mid
field. Weyler skirted A. Jones's end
for SO yards, being downed on the IT.
across for Emporia's first counter, the
whole proceeding taking about one
minute Things looked blue for To-
peka, but the defense tightened.
In the second quarter there was a
punting duel between Weyler and
Smiley with the Emporia man out
kicking the local player. Weyler
grabbed punt on his own As yard
line and in beautiful exhibition of
lodging and open field running car
ried the ball over for Emporia's last
score.
Features of Play.
They failed to kick goal. Weyler's
two runs were perhaps the most out
standing single plays of the game,
with the exception of 49 yard run
by Harshbarger following Emporia's
kick off to Topeka. He followed it
with a 20 yard plunge and ]. Jones
placed the ball on the IT yard. The
Emporia line held for once and Dar-
row was called back to drop a beauti-
full goal.
Topekas second touchdown was also
secured by Harshbarger's line smashes,
aided by good gains by ]. Jones.
Topeka played the entire game
The Topeka state journal., 1916-12-01
TRIUMPHANT END
Topeka I'll. s. Takes EmpOria to
a17 to Is Trimming.
Harshbarger the Big Star OF
Hard Fought Battle.

"Harshbarger played" and High
school won'' are getting to be
synonymous terms In one of the
cleanest games of the season high
school defeated Emporia by score of
II to 13.
Harshbarger whose participation
appeared dubious two days ago owing
to his needing the "call of the Wild
from his western Kansas home was
the star of the game. His wonderful
bucks thru the center of the line were
almost as effective the last period
as they were in the first, altho he was
worked hard thruout the game. His
playing on the defensive was also gilt
edged. He intercepted forward pass
and twice dumped Weyler, the fleet
work in backing up the line was
superb.
Weyler was the Emporia star, his
40-yard return of a punt and a So
yard run explaining the visitors two
touchdowns. Fleming, Emporias left
half, was almost as effective. Neither
of the two men were able to do much
the last half, as the Topeka line broke
thru time and again, smothering the
plays in their inception.
Stars Numerous.
AS it was the last game of the sea-
son bouuets are in order. Darrow.
the new 190-pound guard of the high
school team, made a name for him
self by his drop kick in the second
period and by his work in the line.
Rogers kicked two nice goals follow
ing the high school counters. broke
The Topeka state journal., 1916-12-01
BATTERY A TRIUMPHS
Topeka Soldier Team Wins From 3rd
Field Artillery 10 to o.

Eagle Pass, Tex, Dec. 1.-The foot
ball team of Battery A from Topeka.
of the Kansas National Guard, de-
feated the Third Field Artillery team
here Thursday by the score of 19 to 0
in a game that showed the superior
football ability of the Topekans
thruout.
.'Bill" Haggard. an old Kansas Agri-
cultural college star, Bell and Hugh
MacLean were the individual stars for
the Battery A team, altho the whole
team played consistent football thru
out the game. The Third Artillery
team had Terry Allen, former all
American back in it's line up but even
his presence did not interfere with
the ground gaining of the Kansans.
The Topeka state journal., 1916-12-01
TWAS SLAUGHTER
AggieS Humbled the IchabOds
by Score of AZ to O.
RandeIs Alone Was Almost
Enough to Defeat Cripples.

When a giant, in the full flower of
his physical strength, enters the ring
with an undel sized man who is handl-
capped by being crippled, referee S
decision is not usually necessary 10
determine the winner Such was the
case between the Aggie Wildcats and
the Washburn Ichabods in their last
game of the season at Manhattan
The final score of At to 0 does not
exaggerate in the least the superiority
of the Wildcats over the Washburn-
ties and after the first four minutes
following the kick off when the Icha-
bods advanced the ball close enough
to their opponent goal line for Mis-
sou" Shaw to attempt a drop kick, 1t
was a one-sided affair thruout with
the CleVenger Schulz machine giving
a neatly executed exhibition of steam
roller tactics.
stiff Randels was the engineer,
the boiler, fire box and main drive
wheels in the steam roller and IT was
entirely thru his super-playlnG that
the score was made as big as it was,
but even without the stiff" Wash
burn undoubtedly would have lost, as
the blue line was unable to hold that
Of the Wildcats and the andy over
forward passing was moro than Cap
tain Stewards men could cope with.
Ichabods Badly Outclassed.
Washburn played here only real
football in the first four minutes of
the opening period. The Aggies won
the toss and chose to kick off, Ran
dels booIing the ball thirty-five yards
to Colvin who made a return of five.
Champepy got thru tackle for four
yards and on an onside kick he car
ried the ball for the only first down
the Ichabods registered during the
game. Perry plowed thru for five
yards and then for two more and
Shaw attempted his drop kick that
failed because there was not enough
power behind It.
From then on the Aggies marched
almost al viii, as is shown by the fact
that they made thirty-four first
downs ard gained 645 yards from line
of scrimmage, figures of such proper
tions that they do not look right in a
football summary.
The steam roller did not start off in
high gear, but got under way at a
moderate pace and gradually increased
the speed until the last quartte' when
the throttle was thrown wide open
and tOuchdowns came with such rapid
ity that they became monotonous to
the spectators
The First Blood.
Taking the ball on their own 2O-yard
line after Shaw's kick, the Aggies new
er stopped until they had sent Captain
The Topeka state journal., 1916-12-01
TITLE HOPE DEAD
Missouri SpOils Kansas Chance
to Claim Championship.
Tigers OutcIassed Jayhawkers
in Turkey Day Tilt.

Lawrence, Kan, Dec. kansas
university was a place of crepe and
mourning today. Hopes for a Mis-
souri, Valley conference title died here
on McCook field Thursday afternoon
shortly before sundown, murdered by
invaders from Missouri, and today the
ing to forget their grief and recalling
the scenes of the overwhelming trag-
edy. Many also were trying to figure
out how the line that had held Ne
braska and caused the greatest upset
in the Missouri Valley in years by
doing so could be humbled by team
from Missouri.
However, try as they would, it was
| impossible to form a legitimate alibi
for the 3 to 0 victory the Tigers took
home with them, and when sorrow
has given way to reason it will be
freely admitted that Missouri won
| because of better more evenly bal
anced team that was up and on its
toes every minute or the game.
Jayhawkers Outclasscd.
Aside from the kicking of Captain
Lindsey. who out-punted his opponent
| on every exchange of kicks. the Kan
sans were on the short end of every
| comparative tabulation of the statis-
| tics and were literally battered down
by the smashing attacks of the invad
ers. Fast, Woodward and Miner were
no matches for Lansing, Stankowski
and Collins, one of the Missouri sub
stitutes, who took Pittams place at
halfback after the game started and
did some of the most brilliant work
seen on a Lawrence gridiron in some
spell. Also, the Jayhawkers lacked
such line SmaSherS as Rider and Nc
MILAN proved to be.
The first quarter ended without
either team having been able to hang
up a point, but even in the opening
plays it was apparent that the Jay
| hawkers would have to speed up to
hold their own. The first score came
in the second quarter. five minutes
after the beginning of play, Stankow-
ski going over for the touchdown fol-
lowing a tumble by Foster and
a series of line bucks by Col
Inns and Rider that placed the ball on
Kansas 2-yard line. Collins failed to
kick goal.
The Second Touchdown.
The only other score came in the
final period shortly before time was
called, Collins going over and Lansing
kicking goal. In the last quarter the
Kansans appeared to be badly bat
tered and the heavy Missouri backs
mixed line plunges with attempted
forward passes in a way that was baf-
! fling to them.
Early in the game the Jayhawkers
had two chances to turn the tide in
! their favor when Missouri fumbled
| but the Olcott men were not alert
enough to take advantage of their op-
portunitieS and in both instances the
ball was declared dead with a Tiger
| resting on it.
! The game was watched by the larg-
est crowd that ever assembled on Nc
| Cook field, practically every seat in
the stands being occupied. The line
The Topeka state journal., 1916-12-01
Noodles and Nuggets
- Dug from the Dope Pot n
s. BY cluS- q

With another disastrous season behind
them. the Washburn Ichabods have only
the future to look forward to. The i'm
mediate past is so black that the sooner
1t is forgotten the better.
The overwhelming defeat suffered at
the hands of the Aggies was the culmina
ton of a season of disasters, but looking
back at things as they were when DR.. Ken
nedy took charge, and considering every
thing, the results might at least have been
partially expected.
Conditions were in a demoralized state
when Kennedy took the saddle. Most of
not enough new men coming on from the
freshmen ranks to fill out a squad. And
some of the men had not been playing foot
ball for several years.
On top of all this, Stewart, the one man
on the team capable of coping with any
opponent in a physical way, was injured
and Sargent who was developing more rap
idly than any of the recruits was laid up
with a sore foot. Dehn went to the hos
pital early in the season. Calihan was hand
icapped by bad ankle from the first
Wilson went on the sick list towards the
end.
Taking everything into consideration, re-
suits other than those on the record books
could hardly have been expected. But with
promising squad of freshmen coming on
and with Kennedy working to build up
team dahs1e. as he expected to work there here will
day after next Thanksgiving.
The 1917 team undoubtedly will be
builded around Perry. Logan, Hope and
Calihan, and it is probable that Colvin
will be back another year. Colvin has one
year of football allotted to him and he is
thinking seriously of changing over to
the law and taking two more years in
school.
The first effort to bring out material for
next year will be made in the playing of
the inter-class games which are scheduled
to start at once. 1t is thought that some
good men can be uncovered in them and
put in line for the spring practice
The gloom that settled over Mt. Dread
Thursday night can better be imagined
than described. But it surely must have
been heartbreaking after having gotten
away to a poor start to have climbed to
the pinnacle of fame by defeating Nebras-
ka and then to have dropped down under
the onslaughts of the Missourians.
And. incidentally it must have been n
bitter pill the Fairmount Wheatshockers
rammed down the throats of the Quakers.
At the start of the season Friends uni
versity appeared unbeatable, while Fair
mount ranked with the dubs.
At Manhattan they tell you that Wells.
who did not play Thursday, is better
man than Harwood. If so he must be some
| blttering ram because Harwood ranked
next to Randels in the Washburn fracas.
Dodrill probably ranked third. altho Clark
played a bang up game thruout-
The Topeka state journal., 1916-12-01
I@ sFoFTInaNE Q < slSE!s &Ssh
| /NggN From Everywhere. 80.
From Everywhere.

Barnes over for the first touchdown
he had scored for his team this sea-
son. Randels kicked goal and there
was no mere scoring during the quar-
cat territory with Washburn on the
defensive on the 45-yard line.
One more touchdown was made in
the second period when the Farmers
opened up with their aerial offense for
the first time, one flip, Clark to Ran
dels, gaining 80 yards, and another,
Clark to Skinner, putting the ball over
the goal line. Again Randels kicked
goal
In the third quarter the speed of
the steam roller was increased and
two touchdowns were registered, the
first being made by Harwood and the
second by Randels. On the second
one Randels missed his first goal of
the afternoon and the first in several
games. The fourth quarter saw the
blue goal line crossed three times.
Four forward passes figured extensive
ly in these scores, Bayer making the
first touchdown, Wright the second
and E. Ptacek the final one of the
game.
Randels the Big Star.
The Aggies did not display the driv-
ing power that they have displayed in
other games, but they did not need il
with Randels going like he was and
with the luck they were having or
forward passes. Ten passes were COM
pleted for a total of lis yards out OF
fifteen attempts and several long runs
were made by the men receiving the
flips.
OF the Washburn men, Captain
Stewart, Champeny, Benton, Hope
Calihan, Perry and Logan did the best
work and Calihan's tackling of Ran
dels was the one interesting feature of
the affair from a Washburn stand
point. Altho his game ankle was
twice injured, Stewart remained in the
lineup thruout and fought valiantly to
the last whistle. The lineup, score
and summary:
The Topeka state journal., 1916-12-01
THURSDAY FOOTBALL RESULTS.

Aggies At, Washburn 0.
Missouri 13, K. o. O.
Emporia Normal 13, c. of E. 10.
Fairmount 8, Friends 6.
S'western Z, Ottawa 0.
Cooper 13. Hays Normal 0.
st. Marys 81, Doane Z.
Washington 9, St Louis 0.
Ames 33, Drake IA.
Kendall III. Rolla 0.
Notre Dame 20, Nebraska 0.
Okla. U. Al, Okla Aggies I.
Bethany 21, Wesleyan 0.
Midland lis. Argentin 0.
Pitt. Normal Z, Okla c. N. 0.
u of Penn. %, Cornell 8.
Colgate 2S, Brown o.
Pitt. U. 81, Penn. State 0.
High School Games.
Topeka II, Emporia 13.
Frankfort SO, Marysville 0.
Ottawa IA, lola 13.
St John 8, Stafford 0.
Wichita Z. Pratt 6.
Auburn 81. Highland Park O.
Osawatomie 80. Garnett 0.
Horton "a. Robinson 0.
Solomon 12, Hope 0.
Atchison 81, Leavenworth 0.
Lucas IA, Luray 49,
Oskaloosa 13, Perry o - 81
Neodesha 6, Independence o.
Montgomery II, Neodesha H. S o.
The Topeka state journal., 1916-12-01

Eau Claire, Wis. Dec. Mike
O'Dowd of St Paul. welterweight,
outboxed and out-hit Eddie Moha of
Milwaukee in seven out of the ten
rounds of the bout here Thursday. in
the opinion of ringside critics. O'Dowd
carried the fighting to his opponent
during the greater part of the match,
but Moha finished strong and took the
final round
The Topeka state journal., 1916-12-01

without a substitute, and Emporia
used two. Emporia's ruse of having
small sections of pigskin sewed on the
players jerseys under the arms, be-
wildered Topeka a little in the first
half. Bearg protested at the end of
the half and they were removed.
The lineup.
The Topeka state journal., 1916-12-01
STECHER EASY WINNER
Nebraska Wrestler Defeats Charley
Cutler in Straight Falls.

Chicago, Dec. Joe Stecher of
Nebraska, giving fifteen pounds in
weight, won a wrestling match here
from Charley Cutler of Chicago. in
straight falls. Cutler was downed
first in 10 minutes 40 seconds, Stecher
using the scissors hold and the half
Nelson. Stecher won the second fall
in minutes "a seconds. using the
same holds. Cutler weighed 22O
pounds and Stecher 205
John Billitzer of Toledo, light
weight champion, was unable to win
from Joe Smith of Chicago. Billitzer
took the first fall, Smith the second,
and the third was draw
The Topeka state journal., 1916-12-01
Rabbit Hunting Party.

II. B. Howard, Hubert Howard and
F. G. Dreaming, all of Topeka, were
entertained at a hunting party given
by ]. w. Hendricks of Watson
Thursday. and the Topekans brought
home thirty rabbits which were dis
tributed among their friends for
THANKSGIVING fries
The Topeka state journal., 1916-12-01
Fight 90 Rounds to Draw

New Orleans. La, Dec. 1.-Ad VOL
CAST. former lightweight title holder
and frankie Russell of New Orleans
fought twenty rounds Thursday night
to a draw. 1t was one of the best
mills the south has witnessed in years.
Wolgast got ten rounds, Russell eight
and two were even
The Topeka state journal., 1916-12-01

INtItTte-DT- Q. A. REILLY, GeOrge-
town Umpire-W. c. Gordon, Har-
ward. Head linesman-C. E. Mcbride
Missouri Valley college,
missouri scoring - Touchdowns
Stankowski, Collins. Goal from touch
down. Lansing
Substitutions: Missouri-CoIlins for
Pittam; Kansas-Fast for Lindsev:
Lindsey for Foster: Woody for Vern-
son; kabler for Frost
The Topeka state journal., 1916-12-01

referee Tresner. K. S A. c.. umpire;
Chamberlain, Washburn. head lines
man; Turner, K. S. A. c., timekeeper.
Substitutions: Emporia, Widick for
Macy, Powers for Nixon. Touchdowns:
Harshbarger, Smiley, Fleming, Wey-
ler Goals from touchdowns: Rogers
! 2, Weyler. Field goal, Darrow. First
downs: Topeka; IS; Emporia, 6. Pen
alties: Topeka, 25 yards; Emporia, 10.
The Topeka state journal., 1916-12-01

Substitutes: Washburn-Bailey for
Muirhead, Muirhead for Bailey, Hope
for Muirhead, Stewart for Shaw, Sar-
gent for Stewart, Heller for Hope.
Hope for Champeny Whitcomb for
Colvin, Colvin for Palmer. Aggies-
Gingery for Rhoda, Wilder for L.
Ptacek, Bayer for DodriII. Whedon for
Bayer, L. Ptacek for Wilder, Frank
enhoff for E. Ptacek. Randels for L.
Ptacek, Slatterly for Randels, Aye for
Whedon.
Touchdowns - Barnes, Randels,
Skinner, Harwood. Bayer, Wright, E.
Ptacek. Goal from touchdown
Randels 4. Successful forward passes
-Washburn 8, Aggies 5. First downs
-Washburn 1. Aggies "a. Yards from
scrimmate-Washbu SO yards, Ag-
gies 645. Penalties-Aggies 40 yards.
Washburn 5 yards.
Officials Griffith. Drake. referee:
Anderson. K. c. A. c., umpire; Wade.
Indiana, head linesman
The Topeka state journal., 1916-12-01

Conditions were in demoralized state
when Kennedy took the saddle. Most of
the old veterans were gone and there were
not enough new men coming on from the
freshmen ranks to fill out a squad. And
some of the men had not been playing foot
ball for several years.
The Topeka state journal., 1916-12-01

With another disastrous season behind
them. the Washburn Ichabods have only
the future to look forward to. The i'm
mediate past is so black that the sooner
it is forgotten the better.
The Topeka state journal., 1916-12-01

The gloom that settled over Mt. Dread
Thursday night can better be imagined
than described. But it surely must have
been heartbreaking after having gotten
away to a poor start to have climbed to
the pinnacle of fame by defeating Nebras-
ka and then to have dropped down under
the onslaughts of the Missourians.
The Topeka state journal., 1916-12-01

The first effort to bring out material for
next year will be made in the playing of
the inter-class games which are scheduled
to start at once. 1t is thought that some
good men can be uncovered in them and
put in line for the spring practice.
The Natchitoches enterprise. (Natchitoches, La.) 1888-1965, 1916-10-26
Concerning Our Congressman.

IAN inspirational treat" is the
headline of an article in republi-
can paper Published in Wisconsin
that recorded an address made by
Hon. j. b. Aswell, who discussed
the political issues of the campaign
from the Wilson point of view.
The speakers character and attain
ments insured a brilliant, forceful
and clear exposition of the politi
cal problems of the day."
A Michigan paper, also repu Dill
can. in reporting one of the Aswell
meetings, says real campaign fire
works not originally included the
sectional eIement-north VS.. south
---decreed by independents Was
Injected into the appearance OF
the man who is said 70 be with
out peer id the whole south IS.
"a orator"
Another republican paper re-
ported that the opera house was
fIIed with an appreciative aud.
fence, majority republicans. and
while the congressman from the
southland defly singed the repub-
lican candidate on the spit of crit
icism until his fiery eloquence bad
roasted him to turn each telling
hot was greeted with loud ap-
plause."