The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-10-28
Washburn Made Touchdown
and Kicked Goal.
OvercOnfidence Nearly Gave
Game to Baptists Friday.
M'COSH AND SARGENT HEROES
"LittIe Mac' Took Ball Across
for Victory.
Ottawa Scored on Fluke Punt
by Captain Stewart.

Playing moonlight football without
any moonlight, the never quitting
Washburn Ichabods defeated Ottawa
university here Friday night in the
final play by the score of 7 to s. few
minutes after which Referee Quigley
was forced to call the game on account
of darkness.
Jay McCosh and Church" Sargent
were the chief heroes of the bitterly
fought game. altho the whole team
played brilliantly at times. With the
ball in mid-field and it getting dark
very rapidly Stewart flipped a pass
to Sargent for ) yards. Ottawa was
penalized and another forward pass,
Stewart to McCosh placed the ball on
the 4-yard line. Then, on the next
play Little Mac" went over for the
necessary distance. The touchdown
tied the score and it was necessary to
kick goal for the Blue and White to
win. This Captain Stewart did, plac-
ing the oval squarely between the up
rights.
Overconfidence all but cost the
Ichabods the battle they had expected
to be so easy. Coach Kennedy warned
them of this in his final talk and
urged his men to get the jume. but
they failed to heed his advice and
early in the opening period found
themselves on the defensive. After an
exchange of punts Stewart made a
fluke boot that went only 10 yards
and gave the ball to the Baptists on
Washburn's 1O-yard line. ottawa was
penalized 15 yards. but a long pass,
Cassidy to Cowles for 25 yards. put
the ball over the last white mark.
Captain OFT attempted to kick goal,
and it looked as tho he had succeeded
but the officials declared it no goal
From then on to the middle of the
final period the Baptists were on the
offensive most of the time and relied
almost entirely for their gains upon
forward passes resorting to hunts
when falling to make downs
Both Penalized Frequently.
Early in the second quarter McCosh
got away to a clear field and raced
40 yards goalward before being
downed. Washburn attempted a field
goal and failed.
The game was bitterly fought thru
out and penalties on both sides were
frequent The Hard Shelf line held
better than that of IVashburn, aItho AT
critical times the Ichabod defense was
found to be pretty solid At the begin
ming of the fourth quarter Ottawa
was within a few inches of touchdown.
but in trying to buck thru fumhles
Colvin recovered, making it a touch
back
Sargent's return of punts and his
frequent gains thru the line We're sDec-
'tacular, and next to McCosh he Drob-
ably played 3 better individual game
than any other man. Stewards defense
was great and he got away with some
pretty passes and punts but was not
able to gain with his customary fire.
quency thru the line. Colvin, in spite
OF bad ankle, played a consistent
game.
Cassidy and Cowles were the indiv-
1dual stars for the Baptists
Called Because of Darkness
The game ran into the night hours
because of the fact that a high school
game between the Ottawa highs and
Burlington, in which ottawa won %
TO 0. had to be completed before the
big lads could get possession of the
field. Ten minutes of play remained
to be licked off on the stop watches in
the last quarter when the contest was
finally terminated.
The lineup, score and summary:
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