Notre Dame at Kansas

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  The Topeka state journal, Topeka, Kansas, November 7, 1904, page 2

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  SPORTING NEWS. Kansas University Defeats NOtre Dame Eleven. Victory Came Easy for the JayhaWkers. FIRST HALF. NO SCORE, Long Run Gave lndianians Their Score. Other Football Scores and Notes OF Sport. FIRST HALF, NO SCORE Lawrence Kan, Nov. kansas defeated Notre Dame university of In diana here Saturday by the decisive score of “a to 5. The Jayhawkers out played the Hoosiers in every stage of the game. The visitors only score was made by Captain Shaughnesy on a f1uke by the Kansas back field. Shaughnesy secured this ball on Kansas three yard line and made sensational run of 107 yards for a touchdown. The weather was a little too warm in the early part of the game for good football, but became cooler before the contest ended and seemed to increase the vigor of the home team. Little was known here of. Notre DANES strength and much fear was aroused when the husky players We’re seen. The Hoosiers We’re. saving some of their regulars for the. game. with Purdue next Saturday, but before the end of Saturdays contest Coach Salmon had used up his regulars and a goodly part of his subs. The Kansas team played a great game. The Japhawkers’ work was especial ly meritorious in the last half. After Notre Dame had kicked off the Kansans marched across the field for two successive tOuchdowns without let ting the visitors secure possession of the ball. The line plunges by Drummer, Ise, Ackarman and Donald invariably net ted from five to fifteen yards. The Wis itors’ line crumbled like a high school aggregation before the grinding interference of the JayhawkerS, and had It not been for the fluke the HOOSierS would have been shut out. In the first half neither side scored. Kansas outplayed the Danes but at one time it looked as if the visitors the Kansas 10-yard line, but lost it on downs. In the second half Kansas was repeatedly penaliZed. This prevented a much larger score. Kansas lost over 80 yards in penalties. Russell was put at full towards the last of the game in place of Ise. This was the only place in which Kansas used a sub. The game started with Pooler kick ing off 40 yards. The Jayhawkers Sc cured the ball on tumble and Russell was sent to the visitors 5-yard line, where the ball was lost on downs. Notre Dame attempted q punt, but the ball was blocked and Church fell on it back of the HOLSTERS goal line. After Dame got the ball on a tumble and Church made a brilliant run of % yards around right end on a, fake. sf4-. f., The visitors pushed the ball to the Kansas 20-yard line, where they lost 1t on downs. Kansas Immediately punt ed. At this point Captain. Shaughnesy was put in and Church ruled out for smuggling. When on the Kansas 25-yard line Funk attempted a drop kick from field. Pooler caught the ball on the Kansas line and returned it 20 yards. The half closed with the ball in Kan

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Notre Dame leads 4–⁠1–⁠1 in six meetings, counting the five since this game.