The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-11-02

City, the plucky little quarterback who
played on Yost's Kansas team and who
coached the victorious Washburn coll
lege team of 1900
Yost's work as coach in the past three
seasons proves that there is science in
the art of coaching. His choice of
Owens as assistant is proof of the Kan
sans ability. Under the tutoring of
Yost and Owens the most wonderful
eleven in the history of football in the
country has been brought out. The de-
feat of the University of Buffalo at Ann
Arbor last Saturday by the overwhelm-
ing score of 12S to demonstrates that
fact and furthermore it goes far to
hasten the day when the old time auto
Gratis of the gridiron, Yale, Harvard and
Princeton, will have to recognize the
football teams of the west. A step
coward that desired recognition was
made when the University of Pennsyl-
vania defeated Harvard. After all real
westerners consider Pennsylvania an
eastern term although the men from
Cambridge may have called Philadelphia
''out west
What every football enthusiast in the
west would like to see would be a game
between Michigan and the strongest
eastern team, but the eastern elevenS
are wise and will undoubtedly refuse to
arrange any game with Michigan. The
opinion among the kanSanS who know
Yost is that any team the east can pro-
duce would go down in defeat before
Michigan To be sure the Ann Arbor
eleven has some games yet to play
wherein defeat is possible but not
likely and would be the result of cir
cumstances if such should happen.
The record of Yost groves that he is
either under a lucky star or possesses
superior knowledge of football and
wonderful knack of impartings it. In
1897 Yost played tackle on the Lafayette
college team in Pennsylvania. In 1899
al ted I 7
team. That was the greatest year in
football the crimson ever experienced.
To be sure the presidents agreement
was not In working order but as that
was the case in every college the STAN
dard of excellence was in proportion.
That year Yosts Jayhawkers piled up
241 points in games to their opponents
SO. Kansas university defeated Haskell
L to 0, Washburn So to O, Ottawa 20 to
g. Drake % to 6, Haskell Indians IS to
O. Emporia Normals 35 to 0, Nebraska
sc to 20. Washburn % to o. and Missouri
"a to S. That was the year that the
foot ballists in Kansas We're anxious to
see the Jayhawkers play some strong
team from the east of the MiSSiSsippf
In 1900 Yost went to Leland Stanford
university. California, and wrought
great changes on the coast The year
before Stanford went down in over
whelming defeat before the University
of California. Yost whipped the Stan
ford team into sha PEI and took revenge
on the z. of c. by the score of 5 to O.
1AAA LIS team WON seven Jul OIL eight
games, piling up a score of 154 TO
being scored against but once and that
in the game they lost TO Nevada to o.
Wherever Yost has gone his record
has followed him. This year in three
games Michigan has piled up a score of
$50 r their opponents rothir~ EcSt.s
sei-n ran up 80 points to Northwestern
Tothing 90 against I-1i-ra ard the
Hoosiers no score and the memora BILE
12S to Buffalo nothing. 1T will not be
surprising if Yost gets further east next
year but Michigan viii do well to hold
him. There is money in football as a
coach. 1t is understood that for ten
weeks work K. u. paid Yost $1,000
Stanford doubled it and il is the belief
that this year Yost commands close to
$1,000 Next year he Will undoubtedly be
on the market at about $1,000 for the big
colleges are willing to pay for win