Haskell at Washburn

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  The Topeka state journal, Topeka, Kansas, October 21, 1907, page 2

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  Haskell Indians Failed in the Washburn Contest. Proved a Massacre With Red Men as Victims. SCORE WAS ONE SIDED. Sons of Ichabod Rolled Up Thirty-Ghree Points. ~ Braves From Lawrence Did Not Cross Goal Line. The Visitors We’re Sore for Various Reasons. SCORE WAS ONE SIDED. About 1900 people witnessed an Indian massacre at Washburn athletic held on Saturday afternoon; a mas sacre in which a band of Haskell braves out hunting pale face scalps We’re caught in an ambush by the tribe OF Washburn, and butcheredliterally cut up into shreds and SOU venirs-in the presence of their help less and grief-stricken friends For Haskell proved to be a false alarm in the football business and its mucn-touted team, which beat the Doaesfuf Aggfes” at Manhattan week ago, was not only decisiveIy de- 1eated by Washburn, but was routed. crushed and Inundated by the over wheiming score of 33 to 0. Six touch downs were allowed to Washburn, ana one more was made and not al lowed It was bitter pill for Haskell. and every one of the loyal bunch of a hun dred rooters sent I’D with the team was ready to weep with chagrin. And tney we’re all sore. from Superinten- Dent Peafrs and big Coach Bemis Pler2e down to the pretty little Min nslaha girl who waved the purple grandstand. They were ready to blame the officials. blame the crowd, pane even the gatekeeper, for their oereat. They accused the Washburn team of winning by rough play by foul tactics, by smuggling, by anything except by superior skill at football Washburn did US dirt said Pierce, the old Carlisle player after the game. NO. he responded sulkily, to repeat ed questions, 81 don’t think this score represents the relative strength of the teams. Washburn played rough. One OF our men was kicked in the head. That isn’t fair football. Our boys went all to pieces in the second half” The fact of the matter is, Haskell thinks that DR.. John Outland did not treat them right as referee. Outland made them back up on a forward pass which gained % yards, and would have put the ball on Washburn’s Z yard line, just after Washburn had made its first touchdown. The pass was not made in the manner prethought that DR.. OutIand should have overlooked that fact for the sake of old times when he was coach at Has kell. Outfand couldn’t see it that way. and in addition to calling back the forward pass, he tackled on a penalty of 15 yards, also provided by the rule book. BY this unseemly conduct, DR.. Outland forfeited the good will of HaskelPs rooters. As a matter of fact, neither team received any the best of it from the officials. HaskelPs penalties aggregated only 46 yards for the entire game, and Washburn’s were 40 yards. | Washburn protested vigorously because one of the Indian players was not ruled out for kicking at a WASH | burn tackler who had him by the leg. | The game was no doubt a rough one, | because both teams were playing for all they were worth, and in the first half, especially, a furious pace was set. Haskell usually wins it’s games in | the first half, and Washburn went in with a determination. to smother the | whirlwind before it got started. In this Washburn was successful, for the ! spirit of the Indian team was broken | in the second half and although sew en- substitutes were put into the | Washburn line, and the regulars saw | ed for bigger game, the score contin- | ued to pile up. Ends Did the Business. II one thing more than any other is | eceountab BILE for Washburn’s victory it / is the. work of Haughey and johnson | at ends in the first half. Haskell pin ned its faith to end runs. Johnson | and Haughey stopped those end runs. | Repeatedly the fleet Indian backs | of their line. The failure of the we’ll | advertised lightning backfeld” to gain ground for Haskell was an awful ! shock to the braves. On the other | through HaskeIPs line. and with reas- | enable regularity around the ends. OF | course the spectacular work Of Haughey and Johnson would not have | been possible without the brilliant | work of other Washburn men in | crushing back the interference. Punting Was a Feature. About the best thing the Indians | pulled off in the course of the game was Baird’s work in kicking back | punts. Washburn was not looking for ! that Joker in the deck, and a couple of ! times Baird punted over the whole | Wash burn outfit. Once the ball, kick | ed by Baird from HaskelFs 10 yard | line, went 95 yards to Washburn’s | yard line before Washburn got it, and | an Indian was right there to down the | man with the ball. Baird tried this | return punt game once with disastrous /

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Tied 3–⁠3 in six meetings, counting the two since this game.