The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-01-03

1.-The greatest surprise OF the 1901
ball year" That's what the defeat of
Centre college by Texas A. and NJ. AT
Dallas yesterday may be called, with
accuracy.
Even Centres early season defeat of
Harvard, unexpected as it was, could
not equal the surprise given the fans
from coast to coast by the result of
yesterdays conflict at Dallas.
There was no f1uke in the game
that could be accorded criterion for
the Centre defeat, judging from de-
tailed wire accounts of the battle.
The Texans simply outplayed the
Colonies. From start to finish their
aggressiveness on offensive baffled
even the redoubtable "Bo" and his
equally famous team-mate, Red"
Roberts.
A man. named Mcmillan, playing in
the backfield for Texas, was seeming
ly a greater star than his Kentucky
namesake.
There is only one alibi we can think
of. 1t is this. The entire Centre col
IeEe team stood silently by and
watched a Fort Worth preacher tie
an unbreakable knot for "Bo" Alva
McMillin at 8 o'clock on the morning
of the game. The famous stars mar
riage to Miss Marie Miers, a child
hood sweetheart, might have taken a
deal of enthusiasm from the hearts of
Centres opponents.
But even that tragedy can hardly
be held accountable for the Centre
defeat.
The dope was all against Texas.
Their defense was heralded far and
wide as weak and useless" Yet
when McMillin tried to make a gain of
six inches thru the line--all that was
needed for a touchdown-he couldn't
do it. And the eyes of his bride of
only a few hours were watching him.
That ought to make a man do super
human things. Therefore we deduct
that the Texas line had some de-
Tense after all.
It was the first defeat for Centre
this season.
Another surprise occurred in Pasa-
dena, Cal, when the Presidents from
Washington and jefferson college
Fought a scoreless tie with the mighty
California team, team that has lost
no games for two years.
The only touchdown of the game
was not allowed because Captain Rus
sell Stein, All-American tackle on
the W. and j. team, was offsides on
the play. Brenkert, of the Presidents,
lodged numerous California tack,ers
and ran forty yards for a touchdown
but Stein was offsides.
We'd like to have been present after
the game to hear what Coach
Greasy Neale had to say to his ALL
American man.
Topeka had her own athletic enter
talnment last night at the auditorium
and the evenings card was one of the
prettiest every presented.
The main go of the evening, a wrest-
ing bout between Stanley Rogers and
Billy Edwards, was won by Edwards
who took the first two falls
The first fall came in twenty-five
minutes with an arm-scissors and a
half Nelson, after both men had taken
a deal of punishment on the mat
The second fall took longer. After
fifty-nine minutes of wrestling Rogers
shoulders were again pinned to the
cloth, this time with a body lock
me men were evenly matched and
both satisfied the fair housefuI of en-
thusiastic rooters with the work.
Irwin Tubbs of Burlingame refereed
the wrestling matches. including the
preliminary between Glenn Orr and
Henry Dunback, both heavyweights.
The boxing matches were fast and
entertaining. The first bout between
Tony Schick and Jack Springstead,
high school lads, was a circus. Jack
Rlgby and Willard Lafferty, fourteen
year-old kids, boxed four rounds
using more science in their efforts
than was expected.
Poison Ivy and Bull Dog
Smith, both proteges of Captain Mac
Leans Industrial school, stepped a
lively tune for five rounds.
The match that was an exhibition
IN the real sense of the word was
fought by two 14O-pound brothers
from st Joseph, Mo-, Jackie" and
KID Wallace. Topeka has not wit
messed a more clever scrapper than
Jackie Wallace for some time. Altho
a little brotherly love might have ex-
listed between the two it was not par
ticularly noticeable. The lads milled
furiously and scientifically for five
rounds, pummeling each other with
slams to the face and body. Both
boys are in the twenties. They re-
ceived an offering of over twenty dol
lars from the crowd for their efforts.
Coach Forrest c. Aliens basket
tossers from the University of Kan