The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-11-21
Plans Under Way to Bring Crack
Football Team.
Indians Asked to Play Wash
burn On Way West.
HASKELL DROPS OUT.
Cancels Game Arranged for To-
peka Dec. 5.
Pennsylvania Red Men Are Ex-
pected to Fill the Date.

This morning the Haskell Indians
Cancelled the game which they were
scheduled to play with Washburn col
Iege on December 5, and Manager
Leach of Washburn at once opened
negotiations with the Carlisle Indian
team of Pennsylvania, for game here
shortly after Thanksgiving.
Carlisle plays Chicago university on
Thanksgiving day at Chicago. and
from there it is understood they will
go to California to play Leland Stan
ford university. 1t is the plan to have
them stop on their way out to play
Washburn.
Manager Leach telegraphed to the
manager of the Carlisle team this
morning asking whether it would be
possible to consider a date for a game.
and also sent a letter to the manager
which will reach him at Chicago. 1t
is thought that if Carlisle has not al
ready arranged for some other route
to California, the chances are favor
able to bringing the team around this
way 1t would be the biggest drawing
came to the state. Washburn, as the
champion team of Kansas. would be
a worthy opponent of the team which
beat University of Pennsylvania last
week, and is counted as one of the
strongest in the east
1t might be an expensive proposition,
and this is one thing which may hang
up the deal. Washburn could afford to
pay a liberal guarantee for the game,
but the manag ement of the team here
is now just about out of the woods fin
ancially, and does not want to take the
risk of losing everything by guarantee
ing Carlisle large sum and than having
bad weather to spoil the game Mana
ger Leach says that if there seems to be
chance to arrange the game, he will
| try to get a guarantee from the Topeka
hackers of the team sufficient to protect
it from financial loss in case bad wealth
er should spoil the game.
Just at present Washburn is devoting
its attention to getting ready for the
Thanksgiving day game. Practice was
resumed this morning on Washburn
field, and the team is in good shape
The game with Highland Park is with
out doubt the hardest which Washburn
will have this season. Highland Park
IS known to be something fierce" 1t
beat Grinnel1 IS to 0. and Grinnel beat
NJ. S. U. II to 5. Washburn beat NJ. S.
U. to 0. That does not look very en-
couraging for Washburn. Highland
Park beat Creighton of Omaha "a to O,
and the Haskell Indians beat Creighton
p to O. That would indicate that High
land Park is considerably stronger than
| Haskell. There is no doubt that Wash
burn has undertaken a big contract for
| Thanksgiving day
| WASHBURN WILL LOSE BIELER.
Bleler, the big Washburn guard who
has been doing good work this year. re-
ceived a letter yesterday announcing
that he had been appointed to a position
as teacher in the American school sys-
tenn of the Philippine islands. He will
get a salary of $500 a year to start with,
and considers that the opportunity is
too good to pass up. He will stay in
school, however. till the close of the
| football season, and will probably not
leave for the Philippines until after
| Christmas.
| Bieler's home is in Eureka, Kan. He
played some football there, but had new
er played in a college team until he
came to Washburn this year. He was
! counted a green man, but he is a
player of promise and his experience
this year would make him very valu-
able another season. He weighs about
$50, and Washburn will have to hustle
around some to find man to fill his
place next year.
Aside from Bieler and Anderson, it
seems likely that all of this years
members of the Washburn team will be
in school next year. Caldwell, Mehl and
Millice, the great trio of backs, will all
return.