Missouri at Kansas

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  The Lamar register, Lamar, Colo., December 4, 1907, page 2

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  | III UNIV Japan r. Meade Shumway. convicted OF numbering his aunt, Mrs. Sarah Mar tin, near Adams. Neb.. has been SEN fenced to hang March 13. A marble fountain, the gift of Philo s. Bennett to Haven, Conn, was dedi- Gated recently by William ]. Bryan. executor of the estate. Kansas is to have an Alfalfa Day on December IA. At $50 farmers In stitutes held on that day alfalfa will be the sole topic discussed. Attorney General Jackson has filed in the Kansas supreme court formal accusations against 23 city officials and employees of Pittsburg for receiving money from joints in viola ton of the courts order. Seven business blocks in Cody, Wyo., were recently destroyed by a fire presumably of incendiary origin. At Waterbury. Conn. Ave factory employees were killed and six others seriously injured by the collision OF trolley car and freight train on a grade crossing. The municipal debt of Boston is $111 ,s4S,735, or $50 per capita. an in crease in the past IL years of Ill per cent. Germany is upon the verge of an industrial crisis. There are said to be 10000 unemployed in Berlin alone. Senator Long has sent letters to Kansas bankers and business men asking for expressions as to needed legislation touching upon the financial situation. Two men charged with the recent hoId-up of the bank at Clinton, ILL.,, pleaded guilty and were given indie terminate sentences in the peniten. tiary. The work of securing jury for the trial of George A. Pettibone. for COM plicity in the murder OF former Gov. Steunenberg, has begun at Boise. Idaho. A copper plate engraving made by Paul Revere was recently sold to Harvard university for 1925. The premium on currency in New York has almost disappeared. Ollie Reed, prominent insurance agent, fell dead while attending a Thanksgiving dance at Wheeling. W. Va. In an attempted holdup OF Greek la borers at Kansas City one of the for eigners was killed and the leader Of the robbers was fatally wounded. The United States Fidelity and Guarantee company, of Baltimore, has Withdrawn from business in Okla homa. The banks OF Ardmore. Ok. have begun the use of cashiers checks. A jury to try Caleb Powers for the murder OF Gov. Goebel, of Ken lucky. has been secured. 1t is COM posed of eight democrats and four republicans. The Kansas university football team defeated the Missouri university team at st. Joseph in the annual Thanksgiving day game by score of 4 to 0. Owing to the large amount OF APP plications received Secretary Cortelyou has closed the subscription for per cent certificates of indebted ness. Seven persons were burned to death in a cheap lodging house near the Union depot at Kansas City re- Gently. The origin OF the fire is unknown. The Sacramento Bar association has passed n resolution declaring that the laws passed by the recent special session of the legislature are vicious. dangerous and unconstitutional. Gen. Davis. judge advocate gen. eral of the army. has decided that the use of United States soldiers at the recent balloon contest at St. Louis was not warranted by law. An interesting fact brought out in the hearing of the governments suit against the tobacco trust was that the consumption of tobacco in the United States was not keeping pace with the increase in the population. Eleanor and Leroy Chestnut, of Mexico. Mo-. have received $4,000 from the Chinese government as dam ages for the death of their aunt Miss Eleanor Chestnut, who was killed in the Boxer uprising at Lien Chow in 1905. The national convention of the peopies party has been called to meet in st. Louis on April next. The supreme court of New York has refused to make permanent the injunction granted against the Inter national Pressmen’s union to compel them to live up to the agreement made last January. Attorneys for II. H. Tucker. Jr. and the Uncle Sam Oil company has filed formal charges with Judge Hazen. referee in bankruptcy, charg. ing Receiver Morse with having sold products of the company for less than he was offered and conducting the receivership extravagantly. Trial of the Colorado land fraud cases will begin before the United States district court ut Denver De. cember 16. Two men locked officers of Clinton. Ill. bank in the vault took. the money from the counter and escaped. The grand jury at New York has returned indictments against three officials of the Jenkins Trust com pany of Brooklyn.

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  The Topeka state journal, Topeka, Kansas, November 29, 1907, page 2

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  JAYHAWKERSWON The Old *. e. Eleven Defeated Missouri Tigers 4 too. Thanksgiving GridirOn Battle a Glorious Spectacle. 10000 SAW THE GAME. Kansas Had Hard Fight Every Inch of the Way. An Error of Judgment Lost the Victory to Columbia. 10000 SAW THE GAME. st. Joseph, Mo-, Nov. 29.-Notwithstanding the fact that. man for man and play for play, they were the equals of their doughty opponents, the great eleven representing Missouri by a score of 4 to 0. went down to defeat at League park before the splendid Kansas machine built up by Kenney. To Sam Forter. the star of the Jay hawker aggregation, more than to any other thing or man, does the Red and Blue owe a debt of gratitude, for it was his wonderful goal from the field after twenty-seven minutes of play that brought out of impending disaster a glorious victory. Twice had the fierce onslaughts of their rivals and then the hero of the day dropped back to the forty-two-yard line to try for what seemed an impossible score. As the ball sailed over the surging Lines before him, rising steadily and travelling directly for point between the goal posts, the cneers died from the lips of the cohorts of both contestants. True as an arrow sped the oval, passing between the uprights, many feet in the air. For a moment thereafter there was silence and then in a mighty roar, which echoed triumphantly across the field, came the applause of the loyal Kansans, presaging victory in every note-a knell to the stunned Tiger rooters who filled the opposite stands. Then did Missouri awaken. Fight ing like demons, with a vim and desperation that was all but Irresistible and q fine courage that won the plaudits of even their opponents, Cap tain Miller’s warriors hammered and smashed their way through the line using Roberts to head the mass plays and Driver and Williams to engineer the formations. until the Kansas eleven had been forced back to its own two-yard mark, fighting for every themselves were expected to fight. The Missouri stand rose and implored its team to get the touchdown, but an error of judgment in attempting to kick a goal from the field with three yards to go. kick that was blocked dashed the only hope of the Tigers and lost them the victory. The town was a mass of decorations and 1t is estimated that 10000 cheer ing spectators were at the game. This is 2,000 more than ever attended the game at Kansas City. The First Half. At 2:05 the Kansas eleven arrived in a tallyho coach with red and blue bunting. Instantly the band struck up “Boola” and the air resounded with the cheers of the Lawrence men. The squad trotted out on the field and went through the usual preIiminaries. isplaying speed and snap. Forter him to be in fine form. It was $3.50 before the Missouri squad appeared on the gridiron. They looked good and compared we’ll with the Jayhawkers. Miller won the toss for Missouri and

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  New-York tribune, November 29, 1907, page 4

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  FORDHAM EASY VICTOR. HOLY CROSS OUTCL4SSED. Worcester Team Unable to Hold Local EIeren at Polo Grounds. FOOTBALL ON MANY GRIDIRoNs. AZ Phiiadeiphia-PennsyIvania IL; Cornell l. At Folio Grounds. New York-Tordbam 35; Holy At WashinEtOn-GeorEetown o; George Washing 81 NashNle, Icnn-N aDdeFbilt, l.; SeWsnee. ie. At N0rtolk, Na.-AGricuItural and Mechanical Col lege. 10; Virginia. O. At It. Louis-St. Louis “a; Nebraska o. ~ ST Joseph, EO.-kansas. 4: Missouri. 0. NJ Easton. Peun.-Tafayette. II: Dickinson o. NJ fhtsburg-Nestrrn University of Pennsylvania q: PENNSYLVANIA state. q. At PhtNburg-Lchish Il; Carnegie Technical school. o. At Ly4cbburG, Va.-BuokneI, .; Washington and At Chicago-Notre Dame, u: st. Vinccnt’s IL AT hichmond. Na-firgtnia PoIytechnic. 90; North Carolina, 6. At Lancaster. Penn.-Gettvsburr e. FrapLIi, o,d Marshall, Q. AT washington Park. BrookIyn-Erasmus 6; Poly- technc Preparatory School l. Az saratoga Park. BroOkIyn-Rovs’ High I6. FIIgb school of Commerce. :. At Hobokeu-East Orange High School !; Newark High School. 0. -

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  The evening star and Newark advertiser, Newark, N.J., November 29, 1907, page 1 (results column)

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  FOOTBALL RESULTS At OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, u; Cor nell. 4. AT New York-Fordham, IS; Holy Cross, O. At acknowledgement 0; George Washington University, o.. At st. Louis-St. Louis, “a; Nebraska, 4. At st. Joseph-Kansas, 4; Missouri, 0. At Nashville-Vanderbilt, II; Sewanee, II. At Omaha-Creighton University, 8; Has kell Indians, 6 At Des Moines-Ames, 10; Drake, s. At Norfolk-A. and M. College, North Carolina, 10; University of Virginia, 4. At Denver-Denver University, 5; Colo RADIO Agricultural College, .. At Topeka-Washburn, IL; Oklahoma, 0. At Lancaster-Gettysburg, G; Franklin and Marshall, O. At Chioago-Notre Dame, 81; st. Vincent College, IL. At ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Polytechnic, 20; University OF North Carolina, s. At Atlanta-Clemson College, 8; Georgia Neurological, 5. At Macon-University of Georgia, c; Auburn, 0. At Roanoke-Davidson College. North Carolina, 10; Virginia Military Institute, 6. At Lynchburg-Bucknell, 2; Washington and Lee, o. AT Prttsburg-western University OF Pennsylvania, s; Pennsylvania State Col Ilege, 0. AZ Pittsourg-Lehigh University, 21; Car negie Tech. 0. At Jackson-A. and M. College. 1s; Mississippi, 0. At Newport News-Richmond College. 40, At Austin-University of Texas, II; A. and M College, 8. At Observation-Disclosures, 81; Dickinson, O. At Charleston-University Of South Carolima. 70; South Carolina Military Aeadenvy. o. At Observation-Disclosures and Jefferson, 10; West Virginia University, 3.

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Officially, Missouri leads 59–⁠54–⁠9 by Missouri’s count and 58–⁠55–⁠9 by Kansas’s (the 1960 game is disputed); as played, 56–⁠48–⁠8 in the 112 games on file; the official count covers all 122 meetings, counting the 105 since this game.