The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-11-08
IN BLUE CAMP
BY HUGGINS.

Nit white, old timer in Emporia,
who will be remembered by many in
Topeka as a sportsman from away
back. said the contest Saturday was
the hardest he had ever seen.
THE Hargiss men were out for the
pennant," said Nit, with Washburn
feeling the same way, and the teams
pretty evenly matched in spite of the
dope. They fought hard. l never
saw a better game even with the
mud"
The field was in the worst condition
possible for football. A light drizzle
set in at about noon, and at 2:45. when
the game was called, the field was
thoroly soaked. The rain was inter
mittent turnout the entire game, and
the last half was played in a down.
pour. The condition of the field is
given by many as the reason for the
fatal accident and the other two seri-
Gus calamitieS.
The writer was a scant five feet
from the play in which Fullback
Reeves received his fatal injuries.
There was no dirty or unsportsman-
like playing on the part of Washburn
in this play. Reeves had shaken off
two tacklers, and the third hit him in
the thighs, throwing him partly out
side the field, over the headlines
mans chain, in a rather twisting posi-
ton. Another player, whether Nor
NAL or Washburn no one seems to
know, fell across Reeves's body on the
downward fall. The instant the full
back was tackled he dropped the ball
and fell limp. Specialists think he was
paralyzed in rnidair. The fifth verte-
bra which controls the nervous sys-
tenn from the neck down, was snapped
by either the impact or the fall, it is
thought. Five minutes after the ac-
ri QaVPS'S
PROSTATE form and asked how he felt
The fullback nodded his head slightly,
looked up and responded 'All right"
The Normal touchdown was the re-
suit of an apparent ball up of signals
on the part of the Ichabods The Blue
fighters had just taken the ball on
downs, after holding the Normalites on
the sixteen yard line. Wykoff made
yard and Butler failed to gain. Captain
Stevens called a punt signal, and then
stepped in front of Fullback Wykoff
as the ball was kicked. The speeding
ball hit Stevens, bounced back and a
Normalite fell on it eight yards from
the Ichabod goal line. Davis and Dill
lon took the ball to the one yard line,
and Koch went over center for the
counter.
Not until the odds were against
them, did the powerful Blue eleven
bered and rapid fire ordered. The
second quarter was a toss up, and the
last half went to the Ichabods entirely.
Davis, right half on the Hargiss-
Schabinger eleven, looks like strong
contender for a place on the all-state
He is a deadly tackler, runs like
deer, and resembles Grant in the way
he lodges tacklers. Both the speedy
c. of E back and Davis can dodge
la efi1 in Where
Grant is only an ordinary player on
the defense, Davis is there with the
goods These two backs from the EN-
poria town will bear watching by the
compilers of al1-state material.
Dillon, K. S. N. quarter. seems to
have the unusual ability of playing
any place in the backfield. and going
like a whirlwind, no matter what posi-
ton he plays He started the game at
Quarter. was shifted to fullback and
later to half He is without doubt the
most consistent ground gamer on the
Teacher aggregation, and, apparently
is immune from injuries. Dillon is in
every play, and always come up smil-
ing.
Wykoff. 198-pound fullback on the
Blue team, played a wonderful game
Saturday Mud seems to be no obstacle
to this fighter, and his weight crash
ing against the Normal line, crumbled
it into nothingness. Time after time,
play after play, the ball was given to
the big boy, and only three times In
the entire game did he lose ground.
His tackle swings were good gains, and
a line smash is fruit to him. Wykoff
eats up football like the negro boy
does watermelon.
Emporia, the college town." has
done away with its Iong-standing ri
CT mr.
townspeople, who before have divided
their affiliations on one school or the
other, are now united as one against
a common foe. College and Normal
students were mingled together in the
grandstand and bleachers on the Nor
NAL field Saturday, a thing unheard
of in years gone by. 1t was to the
advantage of both c. of E. and the
Normalties to have Washburn out of
the conference race
Altho most of the big crowd at the
game took refuge in the grandstand
when the downpour started at the be-
ginning of the second half, a good
many loyal rooters. armed with UNI
brellas stood in the bleachers and
good at the game, and handful of
men and women from Washburn took
over the east bleachers.
A trip tackle, or tackle by the
shoe strings, was the only effective
means of stopping a ball-lugger Satur-
day. The pants, jerseys and socks of
the players were Shiny and slippery
with the mud of the field. and impos-
sible to hold.
Both teams were playing hard. clean
football, and in proof of this state
ment. only four penalties were given
during the game. Two five yard pen
alties went to each team, for offsides
plays.