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  The Chanute times, Kansas, November 29, 1912, page 1

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  KANSAS DOWNS MISSOURI u TO 3 | spectacular ever seen on McCOoh Field, the Kansas Jayhawkers de feated their old rivals, the Missouri | Tigers, by score of II to 3 in the twenty first annual battle between the two schools The Kansans had the game within their gasp practica ly from the kick off, and the Missouri score was made by an unprecedented drop kick made by Shepard, the Tiger full back, who booted the only count for his team from the 45-yard line in the first quarter. 1t was a kick worthy of Pumpelly, the Yale star, who saved his team from de eat against Prince on. The first Kansas SEQ was made in the second qua ter after Kansas had outrushed the T gers and | ad the ball on the 3O-yard line. Weidline, the Kansas star tackle, made the kick which perfect In the same quarter the ia hawkers, stimulated by their achievement OF tieing the score. hammered the Missouri consisten ly, and with Coolidge and Detwiler carry ing the ball in great spurts behind the perfect interference of the Minnesota SHIFT” worked the ball to the M S. souri, 10 yard line BY pretty piece f headwork Wilson, the Kansas 4rterback, carried the ball around the Tiger right end for the only touchdown of the game. The goal was missed and the score stood Kan sas, Q; Missouri, 3. = In the third quarter the Jayhawkers met with a stiff resistance from the Missourians, who came back from the intermission fresh. However, after about seven minutes of play. Weld line drops ed back of the 4O-yard ne and made great place kick. Score: Kansas, II; Missouri, 3. On each of these kicks the Kansas line held super bly, and helped make the tries sue cessful. The Kansas victory Saturday indi- Gated team which has been beset by the worst luck Jayhawker eleven has ever suffered in single season Playing rings around Nebraska in Lincoln last Saturday, they fel before the Cornhuskers because of two sprints of the length of the field in the last few minutes of play, both the result Of pure luck. The team which upset the dope Saturday ha suffered defeat by small m rgin by three teams which are acknowledged as not in their class The game Saturday was their chance to show their real caliber and the men of Mosse and Frank rallied nobly and fulfilled the created hopes of their followers. In the twenty-one years Kansas and Missouri have met on the gridiron the Jayhawkers have been awarded the victory fourteen times with the game Saturday. 1t took Kansas three years to pass the unlucky thirteen in number of wins, as the games of the two years preceding this one were tie scoTes, 5 to, and 3 to 3. The betting odds in Lawrence before the game were In favor of Missouri and all the dope seemed to favor the wearers Of the gold and black. 1t WAS the same fight which the Jayhawker elevens Of the past have shown aud which has made Kansas one of the greatest football schools in the Missouri Valley. On the side lines we’re 100 old Kansas veterans who had wen their letter on former Kansas teams, and practically all Of them had been on elevens which defeated the Tigers. The great game in Lawrence was witnessed by crowd of $4,000 pe:- Sous, double the size OF any crowd which has attended a football game on McCook Field. 1t was the first time the Missourians had invaded the Jayhawker lair. The Kansans’ victory, which was

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  The daily Gate City, Keokuk, Iowa, November 24, 1912, page 1

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  KANSAS WINS BIZ SMALL SCORE FROM MISSOURI Missouri Taxes FI-ss Qua-er On : Fs-sssse-sss;ss. Ns-s gs1s ser Field GesE [ Tinted Press Leased N-s s,a-si1a LAWRENCE, Azs. S0v- aE1e sas -ozp,e5 zFag 4ran missouri ha-s his afternoon. Winning Tia missouri team had a6rEnzass q ths vznd = he tt-E quarter aaI took -hs period ma unE 4ra-1 kick ~ Shepherd n 1hs sarund uuE-fer Kansas bunchsd n and aad NIB SORTS score g1s- togr ulinures III : Hsld goaf nY Waidl4ne. lan saarHa Z touchdown s,sto-s -hs gEa-za- ends6 Kansas nads En9-hs- 1ald EpEi u tie third QuE1s-, bapsans IL sca-s The feature Of hs ziz- has ~a 1hs z-asts1isls working B5 zhs csie s1-ats5 unasu-a shzss IT IL Masss machine Tbs Jgvhs7kH-s directed !. q stzha- sids ~ 1hH lina with eCaa, IL clrv. Espal1ass zn5 -,z-wTs- ze8-. ing oE c51sis1sr- cams 1s .-uI fp1z u tan vsrds Ssrans win z IRISH ths ssas5s Tsss- hacks puy OF SONS EnpEy sD5t hsn the first puE-la- En6 Shae herds s5eI6 goa looked 1zAs sR4rgl5 encouraging lsa6 unr1 ths ~nnesoE shtF5 vas Introduced

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  The Cairo bulletin, Cairo, Ill., November 24, 1912, page 6

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  Arkansas La, Washington Z. Marquette 2T, Freshmen 0. Cornell 10, GrlHnell 0. Trinity 10, Tufts o. MISSOURI LOSES TO KANSAS TEAM. Associated Press Dispatch. Lawrence. Kas., Nov 23l-Missouri, lost to Kansas Il to 3, here, today. Speedy shift plays by the Kansans baffled their opponents early in the game. The local eleven took the lead by making the only touch down OF the contest In the sec ond quarter. Missouri made the first score early In the opening period when Sheppard sent over perfect drop kick from the forty.five yard line. Kan sas tied this in the second period with field goal by Weidline. Weld line made his second field goal, the last score of the game, in the third period

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  Evening star, District of Columbia, November 24, 1912, page 59

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  KANSAS DEFEATS MISSOURI. Speedy Shift Plays Figure Promi- nently in the Victory. LAWRENCE, Kan, November % Missouri University’s foot ball team lost to Kansas, l. to 3, here today in a game that was hard fought all the way. Speedy shift plays by the Kansas players baff1ed their opponents early in the game A feature was Shepard’s perfect drop kick for Missourfs only points. from the 40 yard line.

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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 100 since this game.