The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-10-02
GETS 112-YD. RUN
John WOrsley Goes Length of
Field for Touchdown.
Spectacular Feat Tied Wash
burn. Ottawa in 1901.

Arthur Brewster's S2-yard run in
the Washburn- Ottawa game Saturday.
which WOO the game for the Ichabods,
10 to 10, recalls to the minds of the
oder fans a run of approximately 112
yards in 1901 when Washburn was
playing ottawa.
1t was near the final whistle and
Ottawa was leading. II to I. Ottawa
had the ball on their own 2-yard line.
John Worsley. now chief engineer in
the office of the Kansas public utiH-
ties commission. was playing quarter
on the Washburn eleven. Pierre An
derson was playing left half, and War
rem Gill was playing full
King Goes Around End.
A man by the name of King was
playing left half for Ottawa. the
quarter called King around the wash
burn left end in what in those days
was known as a short end run Ihe
play in reality went between tackle
and end. The Ottawa tackle went
thru and King was following him
closely. Anderson tackled King right
on the chalked goal line, and the
tackle was so hard that King lost the
ball when he fell. and it bounded right
into the arms of John Worsley, who
had come up from his safety to block
der his arm. jumped over the forms
of Anderson and King, who were right
on the chalk line. and with only
Shiras, Ottawa safety and quarter, be
tween him and touchdown, ne
started on his historic 112-yard run.
He succeeded in lodging Shiras, and
Gill. who saw what was happening,
came around the Ottawa left end and
started after Shiras who was closely
upon Worsley as they tore toward the
Washburn goal.
Gill was somewhat faster than
Shiras, so he overlook Shiras in
the middle of the field and gave
him the shoulder, therby putting
him out of the game. Wors!ey,
however. had not seen Gill put Shiras
out of the running, and continued to
do his best until he had planted the
ball over his own goal line, thus tying
the score.
Field Was 10 Yards.
In those days the football field was
10 yards long. and since Worsley
caught the ball between two and three
yards behind Ottawa'S goal line, he
really ran about H. or 113 yards for
the touchdown.
AS far as is known this run has
gone down in history as the longest
run ever made on the Washburn field.
Brewster made one of the most spec
tacular runs seen at the Ichabod camp
in recent years and only the old
timers who have followed Washburn
football all these years remember the
famous run of Worsley.
-The Washburn Ottawa game Satur-
day was somewhat ragged. This was
due no doubt to two reasons. First,
that the field was wet. and then both
teams were playing their first game,
and were green.
Washburn made it IS to at the
end of the first half. and it looked
like the final count would be Is or 80
TO 0, but ottawa staged a rally in the
third period, and tied it up, 3 to IS.
One other feature of the game was
the catching of pass by Tippeconnic,
Ottawa backfield man, who raced 80
yards for a touchdown.
Preparing for Aggies.
Sharp Tipped a clever pass over
the scrimmage line into the waiting
arms of Jamison, for the second
touchdown of Washburn. The first
one was made thru the line after the
ball had been advanced toward the
goal by end runs, punting and line
plunges
Washburn missed two attempts to
score after touchdowns, and Ottawa
missed one.
Coach Mike" Vosburg was fairly
well pleased with his men except in
the third quarter. He is unable to
account for the slump Washburn ex-
perienced in that period. He said OF
tawa should have been defeated 80 to
O. He expected to have his machine
in fine working order by Saturday
when the 1chabods meet the Manhat-
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