The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-26
GATES ARE CLOSED.
Washburn Practice Is Being Carefully
Guarded.

Under the direction of three coaches
Washburn is now undergoing some
severe training for the K. U. game
next Saturday. The work of the back
field is in charge of Coach Outland;
H. w. Page, the old University of
Wisconsin man, is looking after the
line, and Lawrence Banks, the great
end of the WaShburn 1900 team, is
assisting with the end men.
Tuesday afternoon, at the secret
practice, the first team was lined up
in scrimmage work nearly the whole
afternoon against a bunch of twenty
one scrubs. The men who are coach
ing say that the showing made was
on the whole satisfactory, but very
little information is allowed to leak
out about the nature of the work.
1t is known to the Washburn
coaches that some of the friends of
the university have been trying to
get information about the new forma-
lions and signals of the Washburn
team. For this reason the work is be-
ing guarded with unusual care, and
even the scrubs who are admitted to
the field have to be known to be true
blue
K. u. has sent word that it will
withdraw its protest against Caldwell.
Whether it was fear of Washburns
threat of counter charges against
Hicks and Pooler, or whether it was
the action of the Washburn faculty in
giving Caldwell a clean bill of health,
is not known. No protest against
Captain John Dadisman has yet been
received, and K L. has probably
abandoned it's fight.
Johnson is being used at fullback in
place of Haughey. Haughey may not
be able to play in the K. u. game on
i'll the practice Tuesday afternoon.
Even if Haughey is able to play, John
son will very likely have to take the
position later in the game.
Ono of tI1.ax nrfa mt foot
Of the K. u. game is the necessity of
having a strong line of substitutes to
put in. In such a fierce struggle as
that promises to be, a great many men
side lines. Washburn is not very
strong in its substitute department,
and its supporters have fears of the
result if many men are put out of the
game
For substitute ends, Washburn has
Stahl, Anderson and Tice. Bob Max
we'll says he has quit the game. He is
the best substitute end the college had
last year, and Coach Outland ought to
keep him in line and give him a chance.
The trouble is said to be that he did
not get an opportunity to go into any
of the games this year.
For halfbackS, Nash, Thrailkill and
Lee are the available men as SubSti-
tutes. Johnson is the best man for sub
fullback. In case Jim Stewart should
get hurt, Anderson would go to quar-
ter but if he is not needed at quarter,
he will be used at sub end. The supply
of substitutes for the line is very short.
Sharp will probably play part of the
game al tackle, and Plat may be used
at guard. But there is not as much
danger of hurting linemen as the play
ers in the other positions.
Conflicting reports come from Law
renee about the state of affairs down
there. Private advices are to the eff
feet that the K. U. team is rather dis
couraged at the outlook, and is not at
all afflicted with overconfidence. Not
much betting is being done, and the
Lawrence people have not yet sent up
any money to cover the Washburn
offers of the betting fraternity. The
tales of woe which are being sent out
from Lawrence are something awful.