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The Courier Review. ATHLETICS.
K. U. vs Topeka Athletic Club.
We sent our second eleven to Topeka in the vain hope that we might have a hard battle to fight. But we easily won the game and also treated them to a goose egg.
When our boys arrived in Topeka they were shown the town from the top of a tally-hocoach and made themselves known by the K. U. yell.
The game was played at the fair grounds, south of the city and the two teams were promptly on the grounds in due time.
K. U. loses the toss but takes the ball and the east goal. Promptly at 4 p.m. the men lined up and K. U. starts the game by a kick off for 15 yards. Topeka loses the ball on a funble and by quick work on the part of our boys, K. U. scores a touch down in just 5 minutes after the game started. W. McMurray fails to kick goal. Score 4 to o. It takes just 7 minutes more to gain another touch-down, wrested from Topeka by the good work of Hill, A. McMurray and Maxwell. W. McMurray kicks a perfect goal and score is 10 to o. Topeka kicks off from center of field, but K. U. soon has the ball in her opponents territory. Hill gains 15 yards by end run, Foster gains 7 yards. K. U. bucks the line for small gains but finally loses ball on downs. Topeka loses it on a fumble, K. U. follows suit. Evans, full-back for Topeka, makes several good gains but the half closes with K. U. in possession of the ball. Score 10 to o.
After an interval of 20 minutes the teams lined up, Topeka having the ball. A. McMurray catches the kick off and carries it 10 yards. K. U. bucks the line repeatedly with small gains. W. McMurray finds a hole at center and covers 10 yards, Maxwell gains 10 yards by end run. Topeka gets the ball on downs but loses it by a fumble, Maxwell gains 7 yards, W. McMurray punts 25 yards. Leland gains 5 yards but Topeka is doomed again to lose the ball on downs. K. U. ingloriously loses it on a fumble. Topeka punts but the ball is soon
carried into her territory by Turner, A. McMurray and Maxwell. We buck the line for repeated short gains and Maxwell secures a touchdown for K. U. W. McMurray kicks the goal and score 16 to o. Topeka braces up but is unable to withstand the playing of the "scrubs." The ball changes sides several times but K. U. gradually approaches the coveted goal line. "Big Mac", "Little Mac" and Maxwell make good gains, "Little Mac" finally crossing the line to add another touch-down to K. U's score. Goal is kicked and 22 to o is the result. Further playing fails to change the score and the half soon ends, the ball being at Topeka's 25 yard line.
Topeka's team outweighed ours but they had no team work and could put up but very poor interference. Evans and Ryus are good men both tackling well and in fact are all around players. Hill, A. McMurray, W. McMurray, and Maxwell held the honors for our team.
Our "scrubs" played a very even, steady game and had good team work, showing that they had profited by experience when battling against our first eleven.
The teams lined up as follows:
K. U. T. A. C.
Foster...R. E...Beerbaum
Cowman...R. T...Lawrence
Prentiss...R. G...Hesie
Walker...C...Tipton
Simpson...L. G...Watkins
Kirk...L. T...Carr
Hudson...L. E...Trainer
A. McMusray...Q. B...Ryus
Maxwell...R. H. B...Kane
Hill...L. H. B...Leland
W. McMurroy...F. B...Evans
Substitutes, Squires, Turner. Referee, A. Cain. Umpire,
Mitchell.
Class Foot Ball.
For the first time in years a foot ball team, representing a class of the University, played a game of foot ball although the game was not a brilliant one, it was at least an exciting one, and from the exhibition of class spirit in Saturdays game, this sport is certainly going to produce a good quantity and quality of class spirit. The class of "97" again comes in for credit