The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-10-31
Three of Their Hen Are Out of
the Game.
Griggs, the Topeka Player, in
More Trouble.
WEEKS is CONFIDENT.
Says the Game Will Be a Hard
One.
Effort to Postpone the Contest
Intellectual.

Coach Weeks of the K U. football
team said this morning: I'VE expect
hard game, though expect that the
weather conditions are favorable to us
if it is true that Washburn expected
to win by end runs and trick plavs.
Three of our men are out of the game
Captain Brumage. Halfback Ise and
Guard Yielding
1t was reported this morning that
Art Griggs. the Topeka player, had
had another row with Coach Weeks.
and had been dismissed from the team
for characterization. When asked as to
the truth of this today, Mr.. Weeks
said:
''Griggs is a member of this team
whenever he is not a chump. When hef
acts like chump. he isn't. 1t isn't
true that he has been dismissed front
training quarters.
The following is the lineup which
was given out this morning by Coach
Weeks of K. U. and Manager Leach
of Washburn:
Kansas Positions. Washburn
Pooler left end. Lakin
Fleishmann.
Donald ........left tackle. Hill
Ackerman ....left guard.... Brown
Mlchaelson .center....... Dadisman
(Captain.l
Brunner fright guard .. BefIe1s
Chappell 49,. right tackle. Cunningham
Hicks ....-..right end ...... Stewart
Wilson ......quarterback.... Anderson
Cooke .....----right half. Caldwell
Woodford-
Rice, Griggs left half. Millice
Allen, Peters --.fullback. MehT
Coach Weeks had conference with
Coach Deitz of Manhattan this morn
ing Dietz is one of the officials for
today Weeks said to Dietz:
I want you to run this game exactly
right If you see any slugging, send the
man to the side lines without warming.
We want a clean game, and no dirty
work"
After a telephone conference held at
$3.50 this morning while the special train
from Lawrence with $50 students wait
ed at the depot. it was decided by Man
ager Plank of K. U. and Manager Leach
of Washburn that the football game
this afternoon will be played in spite of
the heavy rain which has been falling
since noon Friday.
The K. Z. special train arrived in To-
peka at IL o'clock with 200 rooters, in
cluding the band and the game will be-
gin at $3.50.
Washburns football field is a sea of
mud but Manager Leach set force of
men at work this morning as soon as
it was decided to play the game, dig
of the surplus water.
1t is the elimination of hard luck for
Washburn, and probably makes it a
hopeless contest for them Beef and
weight are what count in the mud
Speed is nothing. K. u has the beef.
Besides the prospect for defeat, the bad
weather is disastrous to Washburn's
financial outlook 1t was expected that
enough would be made on this game to
insure the team paying OUT this year.
But the team will be lucky now to get
enough to pay today's bills and the
debts already due.
When it started in with a hard rain
Friday afternoon, Manager Leach of
Wasburn called up Manager Plank and
offered to postpone the game until
Monday, but the offer was refused, on
the ground that K. U. objects to Mon
day games. Still, there was hope that
the weather might clear up by today,
but instead of that. it rafned all night
and has been alternately raining ana
drizzling all day today. It will be as
utterly bad and disagreeable a day for
both players and spectators as could be
imagined.
However, there is certain to be a big
crowd, since it has been definitely set
tied that the game will be played
There is too much interest in the con-
test to entirely spoil the attendance.
A good many advance tickets have been
sold, and as Washburn gets all the pro-
ceeds from the grandstand and carriage
spaces, it will help the home team
make little money on the game
This morning just at the time for the
K. U. special to leave Lawrence, Mana
ger Leach called up Manager Plank at
the depot in Lawrence, and again Of
fered to postpone the game till Monday
Plank was willing to make the change
in view of the fact that he could see no
money in it for K. u, but Coach Weeks
was opposed to it. A meeting of the
athletic board of the university was
held on the depot platform. and the
matter was discussed. The big delega-
tion of K. u. students was waiting ON
the platform, the train was ready to
pull out. and it was finally decided tnat
arrangements had progressed too far to
call it off. So the trains started for To-
peka.
This morning the telephones at the
State Journal office have been kept busy
answering inquiries as to whether the
game will be played. 1t shows that there
is an immense amount of interest in the
game, and a large number of people who
are expecting to go, regardless of the
weather.