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The University Daily Kansan
Friday, September 12, 1997
Kansas, Missouri game has long, storied history
Continued from page 8A
the Jayhawks in the rivalry's second annual game ranged from 133 to 191 pounds.
Lawrence saw its first Kansas-Missouri game in 1912. Two editions of "The University Daily Kansan" came out that day: one with "before-the-game dope" and one printed during the game, covering all but the last 30 minutes — sort of an early form of simultaneous broadcast.
The paper told Lawrence folks not to come to the game in automobiles, because all the space was needed for outsiders. And it admonished readers not to tear down the welcome signs that Coach Hamilton had posted around town "because we want to treat the visitors like gentlemen and then defeat them."
"Phog" Allen gave a pep talk at the rally for the 1923 game and was in charge of getting bleachers set up on the Hill so as to not destroy the grass and to avoid the crowds.
"Women, especially, wanted to hear the cheering and see the color scheme from a place which would not be difficult of access or very crowded, said Doctor Allen," reported the "Kansan." An advertisement for New York Cleaners in that issue urged students to "Tote a Mean Crease to The Game. It'll help you root for Kansas." Back then, the trouser creases were as crisp as the weather.
Amidst pre-Missouri game stories and ads for basketball games in Hoch Auditorium (student season tickets: $1.50) in a 1938 edition of the "Kansan," there appeared a short article about President Roosevelt meeting with the U.S. ambassador to Germany to discuss what to do about the political refugee problem created by the Nazi government and about the anti-Semitism in Germany.
In 1942, stories mentioned that after the final game in the season against Missouri, graduation and military service were expected to drastically deplete the size of the football team. On Dec. 1, five days after the game, the Archduke Otto of Austria spoke in Hoch Auditorium, saying that the small states of Europe expected the war to be
finished within a year.
Despite the grim political climate, losing to Missouri and ending up in a tie for last place in the conference, Kansas didn't fare too badly. Ray Evans completed 18 of 31 passes to boost his season record to 101 completions in 198 tries, setting a new national record.
The Kansas-Missouri rivalry continued through wars and shaky political times. In 1972, during the tense times of Vietnam, the game took place on the newly-christened and very muddy Don Faurot Field in Columbia. In 1963, a little more than a week after President John F. Kennedy's assassination, the season ended badly for Kansas, with a first-quarter fumble turning into a 101-yard touchdown run for Missouri. Kansas lost 7-9.
Some years don't stand out as shining examples in the 106-year rivalry. In the Nov. 20, 1989, edition of the "Kansan," for instance, one reporter wrote, "If the 'Never Ending Story' had a sports equal, it would have been the second quarter." That year, the second quarter lasted for an hour, during which only 10 of the game's 90 points were scored.
But some years were great. In 1991, 100 years after the first Kansas-Missouri game, the Jayhawks were victorious, 53-29. Tiny Tuxedo Tony Sands, senior running back, finished the last game of his college career by rushing 396 yards in 58 carries. This 5-foot-6-inch player set 10 records that game, including two NCAA rushing records.
For 106 years, these two teams have only missed playing each other once. The Jayhawk and the Tiger have battled through times of war, a presidential assassination, the Depression and in terrible weather conditions.
But in 1918, they met their match. The game was canceled because of a flu epidemic.
One hundred six years after that *first a cappella rally, the rivalry continues. The players, the equipment and even the location have changed. But when the teams take the field tomorrow, one thing remains the same — the Jayhawks and the Tigers still clash ... and so do their uniforms.
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