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THE STUDENTS JOURNAL.
THE FOOT BALL SEASON OF 1893.
To the casual observer, the season of 1893 for the K. U. football team has seemed one of disaster simply. Regarding this, however, it may be of interest to ask several questions. Are appearances as black as they look? Are we able to trace our defeats to any cause that can be remedied, and what are the prospects for the future?
It was seen at the opening of the season that our old time rivals, weary of continued defeats, had all procured professional coaches and were settling down to hard work. Baker had secured at great expense the services of Mr. Thomas, an ex-Michigan guard; Mr. Crawford formerly of Yale, Michigan, and Baker, sought to instill football lore into the Nebraska mind; Mr. Robinson, of Tufts College, Mass., took the Missouri team in hand; while Iowa enjoyed for a short time the expert advice of Sport Donnelly, of Princeton.
As a result, all these teams showed in their play more or less marked improvement over last year's form; but none more so than Missouri.
Kansas, with the exception of a few days coaching from Mr. Heath of Kansas City, had no outside aid.
When the candidates for the team appeared on McCook field this fall, the prospects were bright. Half of the old team had returned and there were a fair number of applicants for the vacant positions. When regular work began, this number was materially reduced. Accidents and indisposition toward labor thinned the ranks until, for a large portion of the time, it was almost impossible to get twenty-two men out to practice.
Another thing showed itself here, and that was the average lack of weight among the candidates for the team. Hardly any heavy men appeared on the field. Now, a line man must be quick and agile, but he must also have some weight. It is manifestly impossible to make guards, centers, and tackles out of one hundred and fifty pound men, be they ever so plucky. This lightness of line proved a severe handicap in several of the games.
September was spent by Captain Champlin in getting into shape the crude material, and his success in that direction was shown by the game with Minnesota, the champions of the northwest. It was a defeat, but one that brought no disgrace with it; and was characterized by the strong defensive game put up by the Jayhawkers.
Unfortunately, the promise made here failed us, for the work of the team from this time on began to manifest that unsteadiness that is fatal to success. The next three games,—with Baker, Denver and Iowa,—showed this only too plainly. At the same time, some of the work in the Denver game, both offensive and defensive, was of the highest type.
The fifth game, in which the strong Nebraska team was shut out 18-0 was a very creditable one. Here the team showed that it was capable of really good football It played a defensive game that was careful, close, and steady, and an offensive game that was strong, hard, and effective.
A week later, Kansas fell in with the University of Michigan, and met on Fairmount Park a large sized Waterloo. Ann Arbor's defeat early in the season showed that the local talent alone were "no great shakes" at football; but the management rose to the occasion. It gathered together the Association funds, and soon persuaded several youths who had distinguished themselves on the gridiron in other colleges that their education was incomplete,and that they needed a few small cupolas such as could be added nowhere better than at Ann Arbor. The aforesaid youths also saw the need,—and came.
The combination under the efficient coaching of Mr. Barbour of Yale gave Michigan the strongest team that has ever worn the yellow and blue.
The first half of the Kansas-Michigan game was the best exhibition of football that the southwest has ever seen. The play of the Kansans was hard and full of life; the men often broke through and tackled the runner behind the line, the interference was good, and the team worked together well. With the second half, the team play of the Michigan eleven, aided by their great superiority in weight, began to tell. The wearers of the crimson made a strong and plucky fight, but to no avail, they were outclassed.
But one more game now remained to be played, that with Missouri on Thanksgiving day.
The Missouri team was in the best condition, while Kansas was crippled by the loss of some of her old players. Taking everything into consideration, it seemed the toss of a coin, which would win. The fates were against us, and we lost—lost because of the same fatal unsteadiness that has cost us so much this year. At times, Kansas played a brilliant game, and then again it seemed absolutely impossible for her to take the sorely needed brace and get the ball on downs.
Yet she was capable of playing winning ball, and ought to have won.
By this no disparagement is meant toward our opponents, who won by hard, steady work their well earned victory. Missouri deserves a good deal of credit for her sportsmanlike spirit: Undiscouraged by defeats early in the season,her men buckled down to work,and that patient hard work gave her a winning team.
The causes of this year's defeats are not hard to find. There was lacking in the team unanimity. It seemed impossible to get concentrated action.
Too great unwillingness to get down to hard work and train properly was manifested by some of the players.
There was too little of that spirit which fights for every foot and every inch, and which defends its goal line with desperate and dogged resolution. No better illustration of this spirit was ever seen than that given by Yale on Thanksgiving day. Though greatly outclassed, their indomitable Yale spirit prevented Princeton's crossing the goal line but once.
Our team was not to blame for this. It was a tide too strong for Captain Champlin to stem, strive as he might.
The secret of the whole matter lay in the support of the team by the college. It was not properly backed up by the University.
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