The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-11-12
PLAY REAL CAME
st. Mary's Showed Washburn
Classy Football Saturday.
IchabOds Were Completely Out
GIassed Turnout the Game.

The Washburn football team will
take its longest trip of the season this
week when Coach Kennedy and his
hopefuls journey to Wichita to meet
the Paramount Wheatshockers- Their
success will depend largely upon how
much real football they learned While
taking their 10 to defeat "a the
hands of st. Mary's last Saturday af-
ternoon
If they did not learn some real foot
ball in their game with the Cathohcs
they have no one to blame but them
selves because the O'ROurke lads
demonstrated to them how just about
everything is done that can be done
on a gridirOn. No team that mas
played in Topeka in the last two years
has had as big a variety of plays and
no team, unless it was that coached
by DR.. Weede at Cooper college has
PLAYED as brainy a game.
Altho they were outweighed and
were handicapped by being on strange
sod and surrounded by strange, an
tagonistic rooters. the st. Mary's ban
tams left no chance for an argument
about their superiority They eX-
celled both extensively and defensive
ly and. man for man, the only Wash
burn player who stacked up with his
opponent for more than flash vas
Ma ior'' Harvey, Kennedy's plunging
negro back. During the first nalf
Washburn made not single first
down while the visitors piled up 13
and two touchdowns by mixing end
runs forward passes. criSS cross
plays and straight line bucks in
surprisingly successful manner.
st. Mary's Satisfied.
During the second half the Catho-
lies showed that they were satisfied
with victory by any old score and
did not try to do more than hold
their own. Finally, when they saw
Washburn getting desperate and TAX
ing long chances on long passes. they
pulled a new trick for killing time.
With the center standing alone in line
waiting for signals, every other man
on the team retired to backfield terri
tory and went thru ring around the
rosy game, after which there was
much visiting around from position to
position until finally Referee Hopes
insisted on going ahead with the origi-
nal game and succeeded in having his
wishes carried out. However, quite a
little bit of time had been "Ieeiti-
mately'' killed and the O'Rourke men
also had accomplished their purpose.
The honors of the first quarter were
all on the st. Marys side of the field.
Immediately following the kickoff by
Aslew the Catholics began marching
BoalWard. Lane made the first down
of the game and then a short gain
and a 22-yard pass, Maloney to Cur
ran put the ball on Washburn's 20
yard line. Lane went back and tried
a drop kick but failed. Washburn
took the ball on her 2O-yard line and
Hope kicked 40 yards. Grone returned
the book. kicking So yards over the
cross bar and Hope kicked back 80.
st. Marys then carried the ball to
within one foot of a touchdown where
the lchabOd line held and the ball was
lost. This it seemed should have put
a. ,crimp in the st Marys spirit but
Hope kicked only II yards and the
quarter ended with the ball in st.
Mary's possession on Washburn's 20
yard line.
In the opening of the second period
Lane tried another field goal that
failed and when Hope tried to punt
out of danger his kick was blocked
and st. Mary's player recovered the
ball Haskin, the star ground gamer
for the invaders plowed thru to with
in striking distance and Curran went
over for the first score of the game.
Lane missed goal by a narrow margin
Logan kicked and Hasl1in and Lane
then led the procession right on to the
second triumph, Haskin going past
the last chalk mark and Lane kick
ing goal. The score board was then
closed for the remainder of the game
Never did Washburn get where it
looked like even break of luck or
anything short of a miracle could give
the Ichabods a chance to score In
the first half they never made a sue
cessive 1O-yard gain and it was a long
denied crowd that cheered Harvey
when he registered a first down in
the third period. However, there was
no one to keep the good work going
and Hopes Kick was blocked on the
next play and the ball taken by St
Mary's Washburn went at the pass
ing game desperately in the last half
and succeeded in completing one.
Harvey to Heller. for 40 yards, but
on the next play Haskin intercepted
a pass and st. Mary's took the play
back to midfield. Washburn tried
eight passes in ALL completing only
one. st. Mary's tried only three and
completed one. Washburn was penal
lied 5 yards and st. Mary's 25.
The lineup and summary:
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