The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1917-10-14

Hamilton's failure to kick goal after
the Missouri touchdown prevented a
tie game. Captain Lansing's failure
to kick goal resulted in the same score
last year against the Aggies.
Missouri rooters today are regret
ting a defeat but at the same time they
are rejoicing over the fact that the
Tigers have developed into a real,
fighting team, a team far superior to
the one that defeated William Jewell
a week ago. The Aggies are given
full credit for their victory, which
was well earned, but they had to scrap
for every inch of ground gained.
Slusher's punting was disappoint-
ment. There was a general feeling
that had he been in good form the re-
suit might have been different.
1t was neither Missouri's nor the
Aggies' game until the final whistle,
Aggie backs and passers putting the
ball in Tiger territory time and again
only to be pushed back for losses
by the men of Schultz. The game
demonstrated to followers of the
sport from over the valley who had
come to see a most important game
that the Tigers were still in the
valley championship fight and that
both teams had improved markedly
during the past week.
Missouri's backffeld proved itself
worthy of the attention that has been
given it, the work of Rider and
Viner showing up for many of the
Tigers best gains, while Kinds, the
Aggie star halfback did the best
part of the work on the Schultz
eleven. Dodging, jumping, hitting the
line. the shifty little Aggie half had
the ball during most of the Aggie
gains and earned his right to his
touchdown which he made in the last
few minutes of the third quarter.
Slusher scored for Missouri, his
touchdown coming as the result of a
forward pass made by Morris who was
close to the Aggie goal. Randels by
kicking goal for the Aggie team won
the game for the Aggies, the kick of
Captain Paul Hamilton of the Tigers
failing.
The Tiger line seemed remade after
the exhibition put up last Saturday.
Many times the Aggies had the ball
within the shadow of the Tiger goal
when the linesmen. the same men who
played in the Jewell game last week,
held the Aggies for no gains.
For two periods the two teams held
q to a scoreless tie, the only ap-
eat possibility for an early score
comma when Randels, Aggie kicker at
tempted a place kick from the Tiger
2O-yard line, in the first period of
playJ/ In the second period the Aggie
forward passer. Clarke was success
full with a pass to Enlow and this
seemed to give the Aggies their start in
the forward passing end of the game.
In this period it seemed again as If
the Aggies would score when Randels
made a kick from the Tiger 1O-yard
line, but this kick was blocked by
Greenwood, Missouri center. The for
ward passing of Clarke in the third
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territory and towards the last part of
this period Kinds received a pass
c1r a gain of II yards. Kinds car
ried the ball over for the touchdown
and the kick was made good by
Randels.
Returning with the same sort of
play by which the Aggies made their
touchdown the Tigers, first by the
passing of Morris. and also by work on
the part of Rider and Viner, Mis-
souri, carried the ball back into Aggie
territory in the first few minutes OF
the last quarter. The final forward
pass was made by Morris to Slusher
who carried the ball over. Hamilton's
kick failed.
A place kick by Slusher failing in
the third period lost for Missouri an
other chance to beat the Aggies' touch
down score.
The gains made by rushes on the
part OF the Tigers were doubled by
the Aggies, the total of the Aggies
being 156 to the Tigers 76 but the
Tigers made best gains in forward
masses. the score in this line being 40
yards gained by the Missourians to 81
bv the Kansans. Three unsuccessful
passes we're made by Missouri and
five by the Kansans. Missouri lost
forty yards in penalties while the
Aggies lost nothing, for this reason.
Tho linpuD.
Missouri Position Kansas Ag.
Slusher Left end------------Randels
Hamilton Left -Ptacek
Berry. Left guard
Greenwood - Center ---.----.-----------Aye
Kirkpatrick Right guard---------.--Gate
Bass Right Wneuon
Schroeder. Right -Eniow
Morris. ..........-... Quarter -------------Clarke
Rider Left halfback- Hinds
Collins. Right halfback---L. Ptacek
Viner Fullback -.-----.Harwoou
Substitutions: Missouri-EdWarus
for Collins, Marshall for EDWARDS
Kolp for Kirkpatrick, Stevens lor
Viner.