THE KANSAN
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
VOLUME V.
LAWRENCE, KANSAS, NOVEMBER 21, 1908
NUMBER 28
KANSAS WINS IN A HARD FOUGHT BATTLE
MAKE 10 TO 5 AGAINST THE DOUGHTY IOWANS...TEAMS STRUGGLED DESPERATELY.
Game a Punting Duel Between Johnson and Kirk Myers and Pleasant Make Score—Subs Did Brilliant Work.
In one of the fiercest struggles ever witnessed in the West Kansas outplayed the Iowa eleven this afternoon at Iowa City by the score of 10 to 5. The first half was a punting duel between Johnson and Kirk. Neither side was able to score although Iowa grew dangerous at times. Myers and Pleasant have the individual credit for making the two touchdowns that won the game for Kansas. Every man on the Jayhawker teamworked like a hero to save the day and add one more step to the ever victorious march. Both teams were penalized repeatedly throughout the struggle. Iowa seemed to have the better of Kansas in the punting duel and worked the forward pass in the last half for the only touchdown. Several Iowans were injured and many changes were made in the line during the game.
The work of the subs in the first half was good. Kennedy evidently underestimated the strength of the northerners, but his line up proved sufficient to hold the enemy in the first half. He was willing to win by a close margin to save his men for Missouri next Thursday. In the first half at the time when Iowa came dangerously near the goal line, he was forced to send in Pleasant to prevent a score. Other regulars were forced into service in the last half.
FIRST HALF
The first half was a spectacular exhibition of modern football in its most open form. Time and time again the opposing teams were forced to punt. The duel between Kirk, the great punter for Iowa and Johnson, the hero at Nebraska, raged fiercely during the first half, the advantage in distance of punts being on the Iowa's side. Iowa showed great form in running down their own punts and in line plunges, but gained little advantage over Kansas in the forward pass, the play which netted both sides many penalties. Only five Kansas regulars started the game for Kansas, and this fact placed the Jayhawkers in danger of Iowa several times in the contest. Pleasant was sent in at the critical moment and saved the day for K. U. in the last of the half when things looked bad for the crimson and blue.
Bond kicked off for Kansas at 2:17. Iowa forced to punt from 30-yard line. Kansas got ball on Iowa 40-yard line and makes first down. Houghton makes 5 yards. Waring punts 15 yards. Iowa fails at forward pass. Ball in 20 yards of Kansas goal. Kicked out of danger. Kirk punts 45 yards. Johnson is downed in tracks. Johnson punts 25 yards and Kansas recovers ball. Bond makes 10 yards through line. Kansas fumbles. Iowa gets ball on Kansas 35 yard line.
In a battle of punts and forward passes Iowa loses 10 yards on first pass, Kirk punts 30 yards, and Iowa recovers the ball. Iowa fails at forward pass over center and is penalized. Iowa then kicks 40 yards and gets ball on Kansas 20 yard line. Kansas is penalized 15 yards for holding, but gains ball and sends Waring through center on fake for 22' yards. Iowa gains ball after this brilliant play and makes 10 on forward pass. Kirk punts but loses 10 yards by kick. Iowa gains 5 yards by forward and Kirk punts 20 yards. Steele is downed in his tracks. Ball on Kansas 40 yard line.
Kansas plows through the line for 3 yards and Bond adds 5 more. Johnson kicks 40 yards and Stewart returns 5 yards. Iowa is penalized 15 yards for failure on forward pass over center. Kirk kicks 40 yards to Johnson in center of field. Kansas bucks three yards through line and is penalized for failure on forward pass. Kansas makes three yards, and Iowa gets ball, but fails at forward pass. Kirk punts 45 yards and Kansas gets ball on 40 yard line. Kansas punts and regains ball on Iowa's 40 yard line. The gain is short lived, for Iowa soon gets ball and punts to Steele who is downed in center of field. Kansas fails at end run. Johnson punts 30 yards and Kirk returns kick for 40 yards. Johnson replies with 10 yards.
After a line buck Johnson punts 40 yards and Iowa returns 50. Kirk punts 40 yards. Johnson downed in tracks. Houghton makes 8 yards around end. He gains 5 more through line. Iowa gets ball and returns 20 yards. Ball on Iowa's 40 yard line. Kirk punts 40 yards and Johnson returns 5 yards. Ball
is now on Kansas 30-yard line. Houghton fails at an end run. Johnson punts 25 yards. Iowa returns 10 yards and then fails at forward pass and is penalized 15 yards. Steele fails to return ball. Pleasant goes in for Steele. Fisketakes Houghton's place. Kansas makes first down. Pleasant makes 8 yards. Kansas fails at fake play. Kansas is penalized 15 yards for interference with fair catch. Grass for Iowa gains 19 yards through line. Iowa gains 10 more. The half ended with no score.
SECOND HALF.
Kennedy started the second half with the same line up that closed first. Hanlin goes in for Carberry. Kirk punts 40 yards to Fiske. Bond goes through line for 8 yards. Ball in Kansas possession on K. U. 15 yard line. Johnson kicks 40 yards to center of field. Iowa attempts forward pass and is penalized 15 yards. Myers goes in for Bond. Kansas gets ball and Johnson is penalized 15 yards for double play. Johnson punts 30 yards, and Iowa fails to return. Ball is now on Iowa's 40 yard line.
Kirk is forced to punt and makes 20 yards on kick. Kansas returns to center of field. Fiske makes 8, and Kansas makes first down. Fiske then breaks away and makes the first spectacular run of the game for 40 yards, but ball is returned to center of fiield for offside play. Haggerty takes Hylands's place Johnson punts 40 yards and Iowa returns 10 yards. They gain 10 more on a line buck. Kirk punts 20 yards and Kansas fails to return. Johnson punts 40 yards but ball is brought to center of field. Here began a brilliant series of plays towards Iowa's goal. Like fiends the Kansans fought for gains. Slowly they shoved the enemy down the field. Kansas finally has ball on Iowa's 30 yard line. Pleasant wins honor for himself by making a much-needed 20 yards. With a terrific plunge the mighty Myers is shoved over for first touchdown. Pleasant fails at goal. Score 5 to 0.
Kirk makes a long kick-off over the Kansas goal line. Johnson punts 40 yards. Iowa then gained 25 yards on a fake play and is on Kansas 15 yard line. They plunge through for five yards and are held for downs. Kansas is penalized 5 yards and has possession of ball on 3 yard line. Kansas punts out of danger and Iowa loses on downs. Johnson punts 25 yards and the Iowans get ball on K. U. 30 yard line and begin the march down the field again. Kirk gains 5 through the line. Fee makes 8 around end. The ball is on Kansas 20 yard line. Iowa is penalized for holding. Iowa proves a terrific foe in
Iowa proves a terrific foe in the use of the fake play. They
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MURDOCK WAS HERE TODAY
THE POPULAR CONGRESSMAN VISITING W. R. STUBBS.
Is Impressed With the Wonderful Improvement in the University. Entertained by Phi Delts.
Entertained by Phi Delts.
Victor E. Murdock, representative from the eighth Kansas Congressional district, his wife and child are visiting Walter Roscoe Stubbs and family today. This is Mr. Murdock's first visit since two years ago when he made a long remembered talk in chapel. He is greatly pleased with the progress the University has made in his absence.
Mr. Stubbs brought him on the hill this morning in his car and showed him the new buildings that have been erected during the last two years.
"I went all over the campus this morning," said the congressman, "and was delighted with the improvement I saw. Kansas has a live university and will always have as long as Kansas spirit exists. I told Mr. Stubbs this morning that your school showed more signs of life and spirit than any other I know of with the exception of the school in California. I can't say without some thought whether I favor the mill tax idea or not, but whichever plan is used you can depend on it that the Kansas legislature will stand by the great school that is growing on Mt. Oread."
He was entertained by the Phi Delt fraternity this afternoon. He is an uncle of Murdock Pemberton, a special in the college.
BETAS GIVE TURKEY PULL.
One Hundred Guests Attend Annual Function.
The thirty-fourth annual turkey pull of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity was given at the chapter house last night. Covers were laid for 100 guests who sat down at 6:30 to an eight course dinner. The dinner was followed by informal speeches by Professors E. Haworth, W. H. Carruth, E. W. Murray and Dr. McAllister, Charles Finch, '07, and Roy Pierce.
After the speeches dancing was enjoyed. The music was furnished by Harry Kelly of Kansas City. The house was decorated in pink and blue.
The out of town guests were: Cornelius Gleed, Katherine Kellam and Isabel Heath, Topeka; Irene Piper, Crince Porter, Katherine Doubleday, Dr. and Mrs. McAllister, Roy Pierce, Dan Anderson, Elmer Sigler, of Kansas City, Mo.; Helen Thompson, Margaret Forde and Luther Thomas of Emporia; Frank Burford, Bartlesville, Okla.; H. V. Bozell, Norman, Okla.; and Mrs. Carl Hesser, of Beloit.