The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-12-09
w. u. WINS
Failed to Break Up Forward Passes.
w. US SPEED BOWLS LINCOLN
BY A 20 TO 10 SCORE.

Failed to Break Up Forward Passes.
With the brilliant 28 to 10 victory
ove Lincoln Institute in Kansas City
on Thanksgiving Day, Western Uni
versity brought to a close one of the
most successful football seasons in the
hitory of the school. Western had a
w~ellrounded machine that knew foot
ball and played it a it was taught.
Team after team fell before the fury
of the Jay Hawk backfield which dis
played such remarkable power in
every game.
Summer Weather Prevailed.
In contrast with the day of the
game a year ago, it was very warm
and scarcely a breeze disturbed the
flag as it hung wrapped Imply around
the staff. The crowd, though small
for such an affair on such an ideal
day, was enthusiastic and well re-
warded, for it saw two well trained
teams, a clean, hard, fast and well
played game. 1t saw the long aerial
toss worked almost in perfection. 1t
saw, also, the w. U. quarterback pull
a heady play at the psychological mo-
ment in the 4th quarter which caught
the entire Tiger team and
clinched a victory for his team. All
that accounts for the vociferous cheer
ing and commentator heaped upon
the player by the crowd that thronged
the grandstand. 1t was an unusual
sight, that crowd. Beautiful women,
chic hats and stylish gowns. monster
chrysanthemums, enthused students,
college %pennants, favorite %colors, ar
dent supporters of either team, the
cheering, the yells and o the band,
all lent an expression of good will and
fellowship to the game. They were
all there, including the w U. cheer
leader with the "cute" little "doggie'
which forgot the game and snoozed
away, wrapped in the Old Gold and
Blue.
First Quarter.
The first quarter was all Lincoln.
1t was in this section that Captain
Kelly, the heady leader of the L. |
team, used his best Judgment in di
recting his plays, taking advantage Of
the w. U. line which seemed to give
way to the plunges of the heavy
backs. Four first downs and five sue
cessful forward passes for short gains
enabled Lincoln to reach the 25-yarC
line before w. U. awoke to the stu
alton. Capt. Kelly signalled for {
place kick and as Don as the sigma
was given, and before w. U. could
charge the line, the pigskin sailec
from the accurate toe of Kelly up ant
up through the two upright posts FOL
a field goal, scoring three points
Pandemonium reigned. Lincoln sup
porters were frantic. oh how the!
yelled. Hats, canes and various al
ticles were thrown in the air.
Second Quarter.
In this quarter the w. U. squaC
found themselves after a long dream
They charge, they hold, they tea
through the heavy line, they r~etaliat
the plunges of their friendly foe an
check the Tiger team in its e%xecutio
of valuable plays. With their head
up, eyes open and brain alert, the
start goalward for revenge and
came. White and Mansure demon
strated brilliant work in wrecking v
U. plays by tearing and breaking u
interference time and time agail
They refused to be fooled and wrougl
dismay to w. U.
The quarter ended by W. U. brea'
ing up l.. rs short passes and bot
teams resorting to kicking with Fran
lin, the star punter of w. U. outdi
tancing Kelly by several yards. !
this moment, however, a feeling /
tense to every onlooker was expel
enced when Quarterback Howard
his cool-headed manner careful
studied the rival line and his ow
guagen the instance to the goal pos
from the difficult angle which the b;
i was now in and while the patience
4 the throng seemed almost at a sna
1 ping point, dropped to his knee givi,
the signal for a field goal. Then Ii
/ the flight of an arrow through the a
II lle EDlClG odlICu hobAN - -
j exactly between the bars. Score:
Third Quarter.
The quarter is opened by Kelly XII
ing to w. us 15-yard line. Frank
running it back 10 yards, was down
by Turner. w. U. failed in downs a
kicks to L. is 1O-yard line. Ke
returns ball to the 1S-yard line bef'
he is tackled by Capt. Bahgh. AT
an exchange in punts in the center
the field, Kelly calls a spread out t
nation and makes a forward pass
W yards and White darts over the 6
line with Bentley swinging to him
the first touchdown of the gal
1, Kelly kicks goal. Great enthusiast
Franklin Goes over for w. U.
Western awakens and starts
- play real football with Manley Xxi
ing to Lincoln's 2-yard line. Mi
. running it back 10 yards. Kelly XII
- IS Iannar noIOnaU hrin pinp