The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-11-11
| CONVENTION HALL MIDDLE
May Not Be a Thanksgiving Game
Between Missouri and Kansas


Between Missouri and Kansas
Kansas City, Nov. 11.-From present
indications the movement that was
launched a short time ago to induce the
management of Convention hall to can
eel the contract that was made with the
Missouri and Kansas football teams
may have a different ending from what
was expected.
Coach White, Of Missouri, made the
somewhat startling statement last
night that the Missouri team may not
meet the Jayhawkers after all, but may
meet the Medics instead.
Coach White has made preparations
to play the Medics on the morning of
Thanksgiving day unless the Kansas
team agrees to cancel the contract with
the hall management. Coach White is
determined that his team shall not play
in Convention hall, while Coach YOst
would like to have the team indoors,
for the reason" he says, that we
can not violate our contract"
So the difference may terminate in
such a squabble that the annual game
between the elevens of Missouri and
Kansas may be called off altogether,
and the spectators will see a game be
tween the NedicS and NJ. ). u. instead.
The following resolutions were adopt
ed by the Missouri university alumni
yesterday afternoon, and were tele-
graphed to Kansas university;
Resolved, That it is the sense of the
Kansas City alumni of the Missouri
university, in meeting assembled, that
the manager of the Missouri football
team be and is hereby instructed to in
sist that the Thanksgiving game of
football between Missouri and Kansas
universities be played on the regulation
grounds and under the regulation rules
Football association, or not at ALL
Coach White, of the NJ. S. U. team OBJ
jects to the Thanksgiving football game
being played in Convention hall for the
following reasons,
First-There are no rules extant for
playing indoor football, and Missouri
and Kansas alone under the association
rules, have no right to formulate special
rules
Second-The field that would have to
be played upon in Convention hall
would be about one-half the regulation
size.
Third-The height of the building is
not sufficient to allow good kicking.
FOurth-It greatly increases the dan
ger to the players because the side lines
would be formed by the walls of the
building.
Fifth-It will reduce the work to
mass playing, which has never had any
| interest to the public.
Sixth-It would take many hours to
! play the game for the following rea--
sons: On account of the building yell
ing would prevent signals being heard,
| thus causing the team to be called back
! on each lineup and the signals given ;
| on account of the war til of the build
ing fast playing would be prevented =;
| a cOmplexity of the rules would cause
| a great amount of Wrangling.
Seventh-Neither team would feel
| that an indoor match would decide the
| football championship, and therefore
! the indoor play would lack spirit which
! is absolutely necessary to a good game.
Eighth-The only argument advanced
/ in favor of playing the game in Con-
! vention hall is promise of greater gate
/ receipts. Football is not founded on a
/ commercial basis, but for pure love of
| the sport, and the Missouri university
/ football team is ready and willing to
/ meet the Kansas university team on
! regulation grounds.