THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1940
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
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They Lost Several Games In 1890 But They Will Return Tomorrow
By REGINALD BUXTON
By REGINALD BUXTON Rabid Jayhawk fans need not sob over the present football season. All they have to do to cheer themselves is to interview those five pioneers of the first University football team who will be here tomorrow and Saturday for the Homecoming and fiftieth football anniversary celebrations. They really had a disastrous first season back in 1890.
Any of the following men will be able to tell something about those gridiron fiascos with Baker and the Kansas City Y.M.C.A.: C. W. Fredericks, now a lens expert for the Eastman Kodak company, in Rochester, N.Y.; J. W. Dyer, a merchandise broker in Wichita; Thornton Cooke, president of the Columbia National Bank, Kansas City, Mo.; C. W. Baldridge, Chicago, an employee for the Santa Fe railway; R. D. Brown, a cotton farmer and lawyer in Idabel, Okla.; and E. M. Hopkins, Lawrence, a retired professor of English.
Like all good loyal Jayhawks they will probably spread it on thick. Some of them may insist that Kansas really won that last game with Baker, played on Dec. 8, 1890, down where the Lawrence Memorial High School now stands.
Carruth On Hot Spot
The ones who will grudgingly admit a defeat may poke a little fun at the officiating done by W. H. Carruth, professor of English at that time and now deceased. At a moment when both sides were about to mob him, Carruth decided in favor of Baldwin against his own team.
Carruth wasn't disloyal. As president of the Athletic Association he had solicited money for playing suits from students, faculty members, and Lawrence merchants. He had rooted for the team during practice sessions; he had given them tips on playing that he had picked up while watching the Harvard team a year before; and finally, he had even consented to be referee in the crucial game—Baker had already walloped Kansas 22-9 at Baker on Nov. 22.
It seemed that Baker was leading 12-10 when Howard Pearls, captain, who was out of the game, grabbed the referee's arm and demanded "time" because of an alleged Baker foul. Inexperienced at the task of a referee, Carruth obediently blew his whistle. Then the Baker center placed the ball on the Kansas 5-yard line, and the Kansas center, Billy Coleman, picked it up and ran helter-skelter for a touchdown with both teams and sidelines tagging after him.
The game was over and a riot similar to a Mexican election was on Both sides claimed victory. Carruth decided in favor of Baker when he realized that Peairs had had no business demanding time out. And anyway, what was Kansas trying to pull? Running with a "dead" ball! According to an article written for the Graduate Magazine in 1923 by Professor Carruth himself, he was exceedingly unpopular around Mt. Oread for some time.
Both Claim Victory
State newspapers and particularly the University Courier acclaimed a victory for Kansas. The Baker Beacon just as loudly hailed the state championship for its team. After the
heat was off, the consensus was that Baker had won the game.
The Jayhawks of 1890 also took a trimming from the Kansas City Y.M.C.A. to the tune of 18-10. And in those days, win, lose, or draw, football players took a trimming! The Kansas players had their own hair for headguards, and the donated suits had little padding. They had no coaching except the guidance of Professors Hopkins and Carruth, both confessed dilutets of the game.
A few of the other members of that 1890 team were Archie Hogg, deceased; J. W. Dyer; Era Palmer; W. H. Kutz, deceased; E. C. Case; Ora K. Williamson, deceased. Dyer, Palmer, and Case are unable to attend the celebrations.
Thecelebration Friday and Saturday will serve as a tribute to both those living and dead—a tribute to men who played football when it was in its infancy but when it was definitely not an infant's game.
Bridge Tournament Delayed By Exams
Continuation of play in the all-University bridge tournament has been postponed until after mid-sec- mester examinations, Ann Robbins, c'42, said yesterday.
The next round will be played Tuesday evening. Approximately 38 couples remain in the competition.
This annual tournament is sponsored by the Student Union and is being played in the main lounge of the Memorial Union building.
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The Kansas-Okahoma football football game Saturday will be broadcast over stations KMBC, KFH of Wichita, WKY of Oklahoma City, and KFKU, E. L. Falkenstein, financial secretary of the athletic board, announced today. This will assure the Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma area comprehensive coverage. Walt Lochman, sports announcer, will broadcast the game for KMBC.
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