The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-10-31
PREPARED FOR wAsHBURN.
Denver Athletic Clubs Football Team
Expects to Win.

Says the Denver News of Tuesday:
The game between Washburn and D. A.
c. is less than a week away, but the
outlook for the local team is far more
encouraging than it has been since the
football season opened Last week,
when Van Stone and Walker decaInped,
the prospects were extremely gloomy
Van Stone, on account of his great KICK
ing, was depended upon to do much
towards Strengthening the eleven Wal
ker in the practices made a splendid
showing and promised much. 1t was
rather bad turn of affairs, but the
clouds have dissipated and d. A. G. VIII
probably meet Washburn with a team
that will equal if not eclipse the one
which represented it last year against
the same club. 1t is hardly to be ex-
pected that the team work of the eleven
men will be as smooth as If they hao
been working together for a month, but
it is thought by nearly all of the back
ers that they will have enough strength
to down the Kansans. Cavanaugh has
a new guardsback formation in when
he will use kirkoff- He says that ne
has tried it repeatedly against the
school line and he believes it will gain
more ground for the team than any
play which he has. He will also use the
tackleback play considerably with d
number of changes over that which ne
used last season AS the backfeld viii
be very fast, persistent attempts Will
be made to shift the WaShburn ends
MacAndrews could have done TINS
against the Wheel club last Saturday,
if he had any men to interiors for him.
LOOMS and Brown, who will play the
back positions, are both able to cover
ground rapidly and should do some
good ground gaining around the ends
Every man back of the line bucks well,
he h cr1 ina mo a T-Q
big enough holes in the Washburn line,
good progress should be made towards
the Kansas goal. Cavanaugh has been
running both the guards and the tack
les with the ball, and it is expected that
he will run them in the game Joss and
Kirkoff, the two candidates for one of
the tackles, both run well with the ball,
but are inclined to start too near the
line. In several practice games their
neglect to go far enough back when
starting to run has kept them prac-
tically out of the play.
Cayanaugh has been trying to drill
them to take a long step back and then
dive for the hole, and he feels assured
that they will now heed his Instructions
While the interference which the team
shows is not so strong as one would
desire, still it seems sufficiently COM
pact to be effective. In yesterday 8
practice it was formed up and started
quickly and an opposing team would
have found it difficult to smash through
it.
Cavanaugh has not yet settled on the
personnel of the team. At the present
time it looks as if Johnny Kenney had
a sure thing at center. He has earned
the right to the position by faithful and
conscientious work. He has followed
Cavanaugh's instructions closely and
plays the position effectively. He
charges we'll and his activity enables
him to be all over the field in defensive
work.
Kirkoff will have his old position at
right guard, and it is probable that the
other guard will be played by Red
Gallagher. Bill Uriau is slated for his
old place at right tackle, and Archie
Austin will alternate with Joss at the
other tackle Austin, while hard
enough to stand a hard game, has not
the wind to sustain him for two halves.
However the weeks work might put
him in shape. 1t looks as though Cava-
naugh would take his old place at end,
although it is thought the team could
do more effective work if he were be-
hind the line. where he could observe all
that was going on in the work of the
team Rothwen will, of course, play at
end. and if Matt is in shape it is more
than an assured fact that Washburn
will not make any gains in that direc-
! ton. Browning will be entrusted with
| the direction of the team from the
| quarter position. He has excellent judg-
ment and is quick to single out weak
spots in the opposing line. The team
| will be drilled hard all this week
| SAYS THE REPUBLICAN,.
| Manager Parvin yesterday opened the
sale of seats for Saturdays game with
| Washburn- Twenty boxes were sold be-
| fore the sale had been on an hour. The
| interest in the game has grown because
| of the lack of games. apparently, for
| the calls for seats are greater than in
| any previous year. The makeup of the
/ Washburn team is still a mystery, no
| word having been received here con-
corning the lineup. The athletic club