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Kansas University Weekly.
Iowa wins the pennant.
McCook field looks deserted.
"Doc" Palmer has left the city for a nine months' vacation.
Although we lost the coveted pennant the score of 30 to o is decidedly consoling to our injured feelings.
Will T. Reed was elected football manager for the year of 1897 at a meeting of the Athletic Board, held Thursday noon.
Results of recent games: Iowa 6, Nebraska o; Leland Stanford 20, University of California o; University of Colorado 8, D. A. C. 6; University of Virginia 46, University of North Carolina o; Minnesota 12, Kansas o.
Now that the foot ball season is past and the river is frozen over, would it not be well to organize a number of polo teams. Let them be inter-class,inter-frat., or between University and city teams.
The game between Iowa and Nebraska, to play off the tie, resulted in a score of 6 to o in favor of Iowa. This game gives the pennant to Iowa for this year. Iowa has not been scored against this season. She shut out Missouri, Kansas and Nebraska, after playing a no score game with the latter on Thanksgiving.
Minnesota Defeats the Jayhawkers.
That too much foot ball is "a weariness of the flesh," was clearly demonstrated in the game with the strong Minnesota team at Exposition park last Saturday. After winning the Thanksgiving day game to the tune of 30 to o, Kansas did not care to share her laurels with the men from the north, and so it was with a feeling of "win or know the reason why" that they arranged themselves for the first kick off of the game.
The day was cold with a piercing wind from the north, consequently there was but a small crowd gathered to witness, what proved to be, a much better exhibition of foot ball than the Thursday game.
In the first half Kansas played as though the men were stiff and sore, and it was not until the second half, that, encouraged by the magnificent work of Captain Hamill, she seemed to wake up and play the hard, scientific and plucky game which kept the Norsemen from scoring a third touch-down.
Minnesota made both her touch-downs in the first half, and Kansas also made one but it was not allowed by the referee. Several times during the game the ball was carried to the Minnesota 10 yard line, but lost on fumbles or given to Minnesota for off side play.
Minnesota won the toss and chose the north goal. Baine kicked off for 35 yards, Bagley returning the pigskin to the center. The play by the Minnesota team was fast from the first. Within four minutes Harrison carried the ball around the left end for a touch-down and then kicked an easy goal. Score, Minnesota 6, Kansas o.
Baine kicked off for 55 yards, Bagley returning it 15 yards. From this time until the end of the game the play of both teams was furious. The ball was worked back and forth across the field. At one time Loomis fumbled the ball on the Minnesota 30 yard line. Baine picked it up and sprinted over the goal line for a touch-down, but referee Lieut. Smith decided that the ball had been whistled down before the fumble, and it was given back to Minnesota.
Bagley scored the second touch-down. Harrison kicked goal. Score, Minnesota 12, Kansas o.
In the second half Jones took Crook's place at end, while Christopher went to right half for Minnesota.
During the second half neither team was able to score, although the work of both was clean and fast. The play of the Kansas team was