The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-11-20
WASHBURN PRAISED.
Nebraska States Her Side of
Football Fuss.

Lincoln. Neb., Nov. 20.-The furore
aroused at Nebraska over the some
what precipitate announcement by
Kansas university that it had severed
athletic relations with the Cornhusk-
ers was f1eeting affair and now very
little is heard of it within the ranks of
the student body. The athletic board
at first considered the plan of making
a public statement of Nebraska's po-
sition in the controversy. but it is now
doubtful if it will be given any atten-
ton. Members Of the board. however,
are rot averse to discussing the matter
as individuals. One of the faculty
members of the board expressed him
self in the following:
THE chapter that reflects most upon
Kansas is that her athletic board adj
mits that IT voted to suspend relations
before the game last Saturday. but the
decision was not announced until af-
terward. when it was declared that re-
1ationS were severed from principle
and because the CornhuskerS were IN
fair foes From this only one thing
can be concluded, which is that Kan
sas waited until it had a fat roll of
gate receipts in its pocket, for Kansas
got all of the money except bare ex-
penses for Nebraska. and then it took
its stand. I am sure that if Nebraska
had objected to Kansas for ethical rea-
sons the question of gate receipts
would not have been considered.
I notice that the Kansans are try
ing to cast doubt upon the truth of Ne
braSka's claim that Bender and Will
son, the two players protested by the
Jayhawkers, ever made affidavits re-
fut1ng the charges of professionalism
The conduct of Kansas in this regard
is very questionable. When Nebraska
first wired the Kansas board that the
Iaffidavits were on file, the Jayhawkers
replied with demand to see the affi-
davits This was equivalent to a dec
laration that Kansas would not take
ATrI. aOye Mil
thought an objectionable affront, but
the other members of the board, after a
consultation, decided to pass it over in
the hope that the KansanS might yet
see the light. That night DR.. Condar
telephoned to the secretary of the Kan
sas board the contents of the affidavits
and the following day he wired that the
affidavitS would be sent to Lawrence
for inspection. The secretary of the
Nebraska board, however, either over
looked it or else waited for formal
authorization by his board, which has
not yet been done and never will be,
so that Kansas will never get to see
the affidavits in question. 1t will be
recalled incidentally that the Kansas
board did not even wait for the arrival
of the affidavits, but met in secret Ses-
sion, so that the failure of Nebraska to
forward the affidavits did not enter into
consideration
kansas evidently has a bad memory
when it objects to the efforts made by
Nebraska to transfer the Kansas-Ne-
braska game from Lawrence to Kansas
City. The Kansans declare that Ne
braska was seeking to break its con-
tract to play in Lawrence. and for this
they took unbrage. The facts are that
the proposed transfer was first discuess-
ed by Manager Buckner of Nebraska,
and ex-Manager Foster of Kansas, as
long ago as last spring. Buckner favor
ed it. and so did Foster, and the latter
gentleman even pledged to use his in
fiuence to induce his board to make the
change
Kansas was charged last year with
using an ineligible athlete in Mccoy.
the Splinter, but when its board insist
ed that the man, who played football in
Oklahoma year ago and then entered
Kansas without establishing himself as
a student under the one year residence
rule, was eligible, Nebraska accepted
the decision of Kansas and permitted
Mccoy to compete. Captain Boyle OF
| the Kansas baseball team has been
charged for several years past with pro-
fessionalism, but Nebraska never made
any objections and when it was de-
c1ared at Lawrence that Boyle was a
legitimate amateur. Nebraska acqui-
esced without further protests The Ne
braska board has been informed that
there are several questionable players
/ on the Kansas football team, but the