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line. Piatt gets the ball on a scrimmage. By a series of gains, the ball is within two yards of goal, but McMurray fumbles and the golden opportunity is lost. Michigan rapidly carries the ball back to center, but loses on a fumble. Shelly goes around left end for fifteen yards; K. U. loses five yards on end play, and Johnson punts. U. of M. gains five yards on right end, Hamill tackles Hollister for a loss. After short gains, Dyer goes through left, and Johnson fails to tackle, and thirty-five yards are covered before Shelly downs him. Hollister is downed for a loss of ten yards and the ball. Here Ferbert is substituted for Dygert. Johnson punts for twenty yards. Then Hollister, behind good interference, adds thirty yards, and U. of M. is in ten yards of goal. K. U. is unable to brace, and, in four center plays, Griffiin carries the ball over for a touch-down, and kicks goal just before time is called.
Score: U. of M 6, K. U. o.
SECOND HALF.—The kick-off gains eight yards, but Johnson is forced to punt on the third down. Hollister and dyer go around the end for fifteen yards, but K. U. gets the ball on a fumble. Johnson punts low for a loss of twenty yards; Shepard loses five; Matteson goes through center for ten yards; but on third down, Johnson punts for twenty yards. By a series of center plays, the ball is brought to the center of the field, and Dyer punts for twenty-five yards. K. U. fails to gain in four downs. Hollister finds a hole in right end for twenty yards. After a small gain by the rolling wedge, Hollister again breaks away for a touch-down Griffin kicks an easy goal.
Score: 12-0.
Flying wedge gains ten yards, but loses the ball on downs. K. U. soon regains it on a fumble, and Johnson punts for twenty yards. Surely but slowly Ann Arbor works the ball down the field for sixty-five yards, but loses the ball on a fumble. Johnson punts on the third down for fifteen yards. Then Ferbert passes the ball to Hollister on a criss-cross, and Michigan's sprinter carries the ball for forty-five yards and a touch-down, Johnson failing to tackle. Griffin missed an easy goal.
Score: 16-0.
K. U. punts for thirty yards on the kick-off. By steady and fast playing the ball is soon at center. Steinberger is forced to retire, Rothrock taking his place. K. U. obtains the ball on a fumble, and in following scrimmage, Coleman is knocked insensible, and Harvey is substituted. After two center plays, aided by good interference, Hollister goes around left end for thirty-five yards and a touch-down. Griffin kicks goal just as time is called.
Score: U. of M. 22, K. U. o.
The teams played in the following order:
K. U. WT. POSITIONS. WT. ANN ARBOR.
Steinberger { 162...Left End, right ... 185... Aldrich
Rothrock . }
Matteson ...172...Left Tackle, right ...195... Villa
Hamill ...194... Left Guard, right ...175... Henninger
Coleman { 165... Center ...230... Smith
Harvey { 174... Right Guard, left ...210... Hooper
Griffiths ...174... Right Tackle, left ...175... Griffin
Platt ...170... Right Tackle, left ...175... Shepard ...152... Right End, left ...150... Senter
McMurray ...140... Quarter ...145... Baird
Champlin ...164... Right Half-back ...160{ Dygert
Ferbert
Shellenbarker ...155... Left Half-back ...140 Hollister
Johnson ...160... Full-back ...175... Dyer
Referee, Mr. Doggett; Umpire, Mr. Dwol.
Thanksgiving day brings the foot-ball season of '93 to a close. In the East, Princeton and Yale will meet in a terrific struggle for championship. Berkley and Leland Stanford will contend for the supremacy of the Pacific coast. While the championship of the Western Interstate League will be decided at Omaha and at Kansas City. The standing of the League at present is as follows:
WON. LOST.
Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 0
Missouri . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1
Iowa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1
Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 2
Don't forget! Don't go home! Wait until Thursday night. We must take a crowd to Kansas City on Thanksgiving. Let everyone go and aid the 'Varsity in this, their last game of the year. Help the boys by your hearty support. Remember Columbia will have the backing of the entire town. Crimson forever! Rock Chalk! Jay Hawk! K. U.!