Washburn at Kansas

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  Omaha daily bee, Nebraska, November 8, 1908, page 1

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  KANSAS HAS EASY VICTORY Washburn Too Light and No Match FOR the Jayhawkers. for the JRyhawkers. LAWRENCE, Kan, Nov. 7.-(Special Telegram.)-Washburn was defeated on McCook grounds by a score Of 20 to o, Five thousand people witnessed the game, the largest crowd ever gathered in Law renee for a foot ball game. The game was an exciting one but from the very beginning IL was plain that the Jay awkers had the best of it. Kansas played all around washburn with the exception of the forward pass, which the Congregationalists were handy with. They worked the pass five times. making from fifteen to twenty-five yards each pass and only lost the ball once. Kansas was too heavy for the blues and they bat tered the Washburn line for long gains. washburn was weak on the defense. Bond, Fiske and Dahlene did the best work for Kansas. while Hope, Mcvey and Bretheur di dthe best work for the Cong~regationalists. The game was clean and we’ll played. Both sides played a fierce game and sew eral men were laid out. Captain Robb Of washburn was taken out in the mid die Of the last half. Kansas showed up in the game better than was expected by the coaches. Kansas won the toss and choose to kick off the ball. being received by Washburn on their twenty-yard line. Kansas recovered the ball on Washburn’s fifty-yard line and from there the Jayhawkers went through the Washburn line for ten and fifteen yards at a clip. Rice carried the ball to the blues twenty-yard line and by a series Of line bucks Meyers was pushed across for the first touchdown. Dahlene kicked goal. Score: Kansas, g.; Washburn. 0. Kansas kicked off again and in twenty minutes made their second touchdown. The blues braced up and forced the Jay hawkers to punt several times. WASH burn lost much ground because of their poor tackling. The Jayh awkers’ Kickoff was received on Washburn’s twenty-five-yard line. Kansas University tried a place kick for goal, but failed. Washburn kicked to Kansas, who lost the ball on a tumble on their fifty-yard line. From here Nc vey made a sensational t~hirty-yard run through a broken field and with a line buck advanced the ball on the Jayhawkers’ fifty-yard line. Washburn lost the ball on down.. Kansas began here and made a touchdown, going the full length of the field, pushing Fiske over for the second touchdown. Dahlene kicked goal. Score: Kansas. IL; Washburn, o. In the second half the Washburn team showed the effects of hard work and were worn out. Bond went in for Kan sas and his long gains enabled Kansas to score a touchdown after eight minutes Of play. Rice carried the ball over on an end run, but Bond missed goal WASH burr rallied and kept the ball in Kansas territory until near the end of the half, $1,000 -w.l-. “A 1890 center scored the final touchdown one minute before the game ended, Bond taxi ing the pigskin over and then kicked goal. Final score: Kansas, 90; Washburn, 0. The lineup: YANSAS wAaHRIfRR

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Kansas leads 23–⁠3–⁠4 in 30 meetings, counting the 22 since this game.