The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-11-19
Controversy Over the Playing
of Caldwell Unfortunate.
Row Between st. Marys aud
Washburn Very Bitter.
EACH SIDE POSITIVE
Difference Is Between Feelings
Towards ColOred Man.
Statement Made That Washburn
Agreed Not to Play he Negro.

The Washburn-St. Marys row has al
most reached the sworn testimony
stage. Prof. H. c. Noonan, of St.Mary's
college, send to the State Journal
signed statement from A. E. Armstrong,
a st. Marys druggist. to the effect that
Manager Leach of Washburn agreed
not to use Caldwell in the St. Marys
game.
The trouble between Washburn and
ST. Marys seems to be a radical diff
ference in the fundamental principles
of the schools. ST. Marys draws the
color line as strictly as they do down
in Mississippi, and Washburn adopts
the northern policy of receiving colored
students for just what they are worth
in comparison with any other students.
Both schools will have their defenders,
and so long as Washburn has a colored
man on their athletic teams, there pro-
badly won't be any more negotiations
for games.
The ST. Marys statement is as fol-
lows:
To the Sporting Editor of the Topeka
State journal.
On the morning of November IL, we
stated that the Washburn-St. Mary's
game had been cancelled, not by st.
Mary's, but by Washburn
In proof of this We argued that, since
the game had been arranged
from the beginning, Manager
Leach of WaShburn, in refusing to live
up to the condition, viz: to keep Cald-
we'll out of the contest, had virtually
cancelled the game. To this Manager
Leach, adding insult to injury, thus re-
sponded in Saturday evenings State
Journal: ''He never agreed not to use
Caldwell; the allegations made by st.
Mary's are utterly false.'' Now we
shall establish, beyond the shadow of a
doubt, that Mr.. Leach did agree not to
use Caldwell and that, consequently,
ma a 10 hTyS Nor 10 ICn
lutely true.
In proof we adduce the testimony of
Mr., A. +. Armstrong, a well known
druggist of st. Marys, whose veraeity
no one will venture to question:
To whom it may concern:
This is to certify that 1, A. F. Arm
strong heard Mr.. Frank Leach, athletic
manager of Washburn college, Topeka,
Kan, state to Coach e. c. Quigley of
st. Mary's college, in one of several
interviews which took place in my drug
store in st. Marys, Kan.,- some time
previous to the 18th day of October,
learned was to be played in Topeka,
Kan, on November II, 1904, was to be
played with the same team represent
ing Washburn that would play against
Missouri, that they could not play Cald-
well, their negro player, against Mis-
souri,, and that this would be an excel
lent opportunity to try out some one in
his place.
named Rice, concerning which l do not
A F. ARMSTRONG.
Dated November 16, 1904.
Now that we have convicted Manager
Leach, Washburn's accredited repre-
sentative, of falsehood; now that we
have shown that Manager Leach made
the same agreement with st. Mary S,
as he had made with Missouri, not to
play Caldwell-the point on which this
controversy arose-we ask the fair
minded reader to judge, whether or not
ST. Mary's college is justified in sever
ing all athletic relations with Wash
burn college. (Signed)
CHAIRMAN OF THE ATHLETIC
COMMITTEE, ST MARY'S COL
LEGE.
Mr.. Leach says in regard to this dis
pute: Il told st. Marys from the start
that we absolutely could not make any
promises to keep Caldwell out of the
game. told them that the school would
not stand for any such agreement as
we believe in giving every man fair
show. / did make this statement to
them, however; that it was quite pro-
bable that Coach Outland would not
care to put Caldwell in the st. Mary's
game, for the reason that it was look
ed upon as one of our lighter games,
and not one in which we would care
to risk getting Caldwell hurt. Some of
those st. Marys people seemed to think
this was a promise to keep Caldwell
out of the game, and they commenced
to blow around about it, and say that
we had agreed to not play Caldwell.
That of course led to an investigation
by our faculty, and the cancellation OF
the ST. Mary's game. The trouble is
aged, by energetic work, to get a team
from the State Agricultural college to
take their place on the schedule. They
thought they had us in the hole"