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WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 24.1937
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
Classic Series of Upsets Began in Kansas City in 1891
By Elon Torrence, c'uncl.
Forty-five times in the years there has arisen a question of great importance to the residents of the "Show-Me" and the Sunflower states, "The Tiger or the Jayhawk?" This year the question is as much feeling and argument as ever, and, judging from previous examples, we will know the answer until the final gun ends the game tomorrow.
The start of this rivalry, the oldest between Big Six schools was on a bright October afternoon in 1891 on a gridiron located in Kansas City. Three thousand fans paid 23 cents each to see the Jayhawkers get off to a good start in the series by trouncing Missouri, 22 to 8 five times against two touchdowns. (Those were the days when a touchdown counted four points and a conversion two.)
Rock Chalk Then. Too
Kansas supporters then, as now cheered their team on with the classic "Rock Chalk, Jayhawk," while Missouri had a "Rah, Rah Missouri." Even the dignified Chanters gave it game to help root for the Kansas.
One of the most exciting games in this period was the 1009 contest. That year, the Jayhawkers were coached by his Kennedy-Mosey coach, who had curried the services of the later famous W. W. "Bill" Roper, from Princeton. Both teams were undefeated when it came time for the annual battle, this time one to decide the Valley championship.
The annual fray continued to be played in Kansas City until 1911, with Missouri winning only four times in the 20 years.
Tommy Johnson's Day
Missouri started the game with a rush and scored twice by the drop kick method. The immortal Tommy Johnson was leading the Kansas team that day, and soon engineered a touchdown. Then Missouri answered by making a touchdown of its own to go back into the lead, 12 to 6.
Three times before the game was over, the perless Johnson carried the ball back to the Missouri 5-yard line on punt returns, but a fighting return with a deep cleft hawkers score, and the game ended with Missouri champions for the
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first time. Fifteen thousand persons saw the game.
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The first game played in Lawrence, in 1912, found the Tigers the favored team. However, the dope went for naught when the Kansans, uncovering a “Minnesota” shift, went on to win, 12 to 3.
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Another big upset was registered in 1916, this time in favor of the team from Columbia. The Jayhawkers were led by Ad Lindsay, now head coach at his Alma Mater. This same team, which had beaten Nebraska (and it is the most recent start in the league) started fast, but faded before the Tigers to come out on the short end of a 13 to 0 score.
**Skipping to the game of 1923 we come across another result that was an upset, Kansas was undefeated up to Thanksgiving day, although tied twice. Missouri, on the other hand, had not had such a successful season. Comparative scores on the Washington (St. Louis) game gave the Jajayhawkers a big edge, for Iowa. Kansas was West Virginia 7 to 13, the Kansas team had walloped the Bears 8 to 0. **Tie in a Showstorm.**
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In 1925 the Tigers, then coached by Winn Henry, came to Lawrence undefeated in seven games. Kansas on the other hand had won only one game out of seven played. These season's records didn't mean a thing, though, when with the score tied 7 to 7 and only seconds to p.l.a.y. The game was to place-kick. A hush fell over the huge crowd as the teams lined up for the play. The ball was snapped back and "Stoney" kicked. While the ball was still in the air, the final gun sounded, but the kick had
Thanksgiving day found a blinding snowstorm that made playing conditions miserable and greatly hindered any offensive display. Nevertheless, both teams managed to score with field goals. Although the tie was over 20 points in Kansas, the Kansas team from tying the Cornu-haskers for the championship.
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Stark Will Not See Game
Gov. Lloyd Stark of Missouri last night informed Gov. Walter Huxman of Kansas that he would be unable to attend the Kansas-Missouri game tomorrow. Dr Frederick O. Middlebush, president of the Missouri souir, will be a guest of Chancellor E. H. Lindley at the game.
gone between the goal posts with the winning margin for Kansas.
Pass Breaks a Tie
In 1927 another conference-leading band of Tigers invaded Lawrence to play before a crowd of 27,000. The Jayhawks had been through another poor season, but, as a headline in the Daily Kansan proclaimed, it ended in a "blaze of glory." Although the Kansans outplayed Missouri in every department it took a desperate four-period 90-80 win over Shenk, the Sherborn Shenk, on safety, to break a head of the Missouri safety, to break a head of 7 to 7 tice.
The Tigers came back to win in 1928 and 1929, but then Missouri football went into a slump and Kansas won the annual classic six consecutive years, scoring 100 points to 0 for the Missouri. In 1935, the first year the present coach, Dion Faurot, was at the head of the Tiger machine, the game ended in a 0 to 0 tie.
Last year at Columbia, after a disastrous season, the Jayhawkers almost pulled another of the usual upsets. The Missouri team yielded a field goal in the first half, and for a good part of the game it looked as if they were winning. But superior reserve strength wore the Jayhawkers down in the second half and the Tigers came through with three touchdowns to win 19 to 3.
Tigers This Year?
This year the Kansas team has a higher rating in the conference than the Missouri team, though most observers pick the Tigers as the probable winners. Missouri, they say, have much power and reserve strength.
In the light of 1923, 1925, 1927 and other years when dope has gone for nothing, the answer to "The Tiger or the Jayhawk" will not be known
until the final gun has cracked out the end of the 1937 season.
KU MU KU MU
1891 22 10 1915 8 6
1892 12 10 1916 8 6
1893 4 12 1929 7 16
1894 18 12 1929 7 16
1895 6 10 1919 6 13
1896 30 10 1921 6 13
1897 16 10 1922 7 9
1898 16 10 1923 3 3
1899 12 4 1924 3 14
1899 34 6 1925 0 14
1899 34 6 1925 10 14
1901 12 18 1926 0 15
1902 17 5 1927 14 7
1903 5 0 1928 14 7
1904 26 1929 0 7
1905 24 0 1930 32 0
1906 0 4 1931 14 7
1906 0 4 1932 0 0
1906 10 4 1933 17 0
1909 6 12 1934 20 0
1910 5 1935 0 0
1911 5 1936 3 19
1912 12 3 —
1913 0 3Totals 509 287
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Games won by Kansas ... 24
Games won by Missouri ... 15
Tied ... 6
no Phi Gam between him and the goal line.
Championship-plenty of troubles as Fagler and Sims of K-State proved
The game was marked by few penalties and a hard clean type of ball that would do credit to any two football teams. The difference between the two teams was almost negligible, but the Phil Giam's got the better blocking at the right time and therein lies their victory. For the losers, Allen, Durand, Franklin and Kline stood out, while for the winners there were Kell, Morris, Bevan Lemoine and Cokman.
The starting lineups:
PhI GAM
Bevans LE McNaughton
Knuckle LT Kline
Ritchio LG Hutig
Morris RG Durand
Mlcaughlin RT Davidson
LeMoine BE Yoe
Meiney QB Yee
Dawney LB Bowles
Coleman RH Cunningham
Wobkey RF Frankli
Officials: Referee, Jay Plumley Umpire, Stewart Chambers.
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but is expected to see a lot of service.
His running mate at tackle, Heidel,
tips the beams at 211.
New Waterford, Ohio, Nov. 23—(UP)НАпин Blackburn on her one-hundredth birthday suggested "wholesome exercise, with plenty of fresh air" as the only explanation for her longevity.
Tigers-plenty of troubles as Fagler and Sims of K-State proved
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Kansas Backfield Advantage
Kansas has a weight advantage in the backfield, with Masoner and Douglass giving the Hawks a good margin. However, the Tiger backs, led by Mason and Mahley, are faster and can cause the Lindsay team
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with their speed.
Bob Fauret, brother of the coach,
has developed into a dangerous
triple-threat and is expected to get
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Nine Seniors Play Last Game
Playing their last game for Kansas will be nine seniors. They are Hardcure, Burnette and Henson ends; Ward, tackle; Stapleton and Moreland, guards; Wienecer, quarterback; and Douglass and Camady, fullbacks. Ward, the "iron man" of the squad, will be game captain, opposing Maurice Kirk, Tiger guard and captain.
The game will start at 2 p.m. as
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The starting lineups:
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About 200 faculty members have taken from $1 to $5 memberships. As yet not all the solicitors have turned in their money, and when this is done the amount will total more than $300.
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tional headquarters, while the other half will be kept by the local Red Red Cross chapter.
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Hardcore (162) LE (162) Nelson
Warren (171) LT (211)
Stapleton (200) LG (170) Simon
Warren (180) LT (213) Setty
Rogers (195) RG (178)
Ward (190) RT (202) Haas
Ward (190) RT (202) Haas
Masoner (202) QB (165) Johnson
Sullivan (167) LH (166) Mahley
Replough (167) LH (166) Duncan
Masoner (195) FB (170)
Officials: Referee, Earl Johnson (Doane); umire, P. Russell (Nebraska); head lineman, M. G. Volz (Bandit); head judge, A. E. Bell (Vanderbilt).
Walter Shaw of the First National bank said that 650 persons in Lawrence have donated $1200. One-half of the money will be sent to na-
Faculty Members Join Red Cross
"The University faculty has donated around $300 to the Red Cross fund," said Laurence Wooldriff, assistant professor of entomology, yesterday. The Red Cross drive will end tomorrow.
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