Friday. Nov. 22.1957 University Daily Kansan
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Baker Downs KU In 1890,22-9
The year 1890 marked the first intercollegiate football game at KU. In 1884, uniforms were bought and a team was formed, but interest lagged until in December 1889 when an athletic association was organized. This organization included the entire student body, the faculty, and employees of the University.
The first notice on the team occurred in the Lawrence Journal October 29, 1890. It said: "A match game of football will be played on the ball ground Saturday afternoon between the University eleven and the picked eleven." It is unknown whether the "picked eleven" were town boys or scrubs.
Lost To Baker
KU's first real football game, however, was with Baker University at Baldwin on November 12, 1890, which Baker won 22 to 9.
Five days later on November 17, the team went to Kansas City to play the Kansas City YMCA team, a game which KU lost 10 to 18.
The crowning event of that football year was the final game of the season, the only game played at home. Played on December 8 on the Massachusetts Street field against Baker, the game has always been carried on the University records as a victory for KU 14 to 12. Baker, on the other hand, has claimed the game, 12 to 10.
The controversy arose over the last play of the game when Baker, trying to score from a few yards out with a wedge play, fumbled. The ball was scooped up by KU's Coleman who ran it back for a touchdown.
Baker Claims that Baker claims that the umpire, who was other than Professor Carruth, had whistled for play to stop on the request of a KU player. This, Baker maintained, had happened before Coleman got the ball.
Baker Claimed Win
Professor Carruth, standing on the honesty of his convictions, awarded the game to Baker. However, the KU students regarded it as a victory, for that evening the first bonfire of conquest was kindled in Central Park on Massachusetts Street.
In 1892 the Western Interstate University Football Association of
KU had 8,000 volumes in its library in 1880.
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