The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-09-08
new MEN ARE IN.
WashbuTn Football Practice Conn
mences in Earnest.

Several new men joined the Wash
burn football squad at practice this
morning. One was White, the quar-
terback on last years Lindsborg team.
White played about half of the game
against Washburn last year. His home
is Great Bend, and he enters Wash
burn as a freshman. Bennie Owens
considered White one of his most
promising players. He is not a big
man, but plays fast football.
Another new man today was Glen
Haughey of Wellington, for three
years the star fullback on the We'll
1ington high school team. Haughey
is big man for high school
team, and handles himself well.
He may make some of the
old timers hustle for their jobs
on the varsity this year. K. u. made
great efforts to get Haughey to at
tend school there, but his parents pre-
ferred Washburn. He enters as a
freshman, and will take four years
ing lawyers of the state, and was at
one time center rush on the University
of Pennsylvania eleven.
Fourteen men were out for practice
today. Considering that it is a week
till school opens, this is a remarkable
showing. The state university opened
today, and has practically all of its
men on the ground. 1t is said that
Q. Banbury, the great quarterback and
hafback of last years Lindsborg
team, will be with the university this
year.
Thrailkill. the Chanute man who
promises to develop into a good man
for quarter or end, is a brother of the
great Thrailkill who attracted so
much attention by his track perform
ances at the State university a few
h Ii afz a. k.,r-
a four years course at Washburn
He went to K. U. and worked with the
Il Y. squad for few days before
coming down here. He says:
They have a splendid bunch of ma
terial up there, and we might as well
admit it. There are some big, power
full men in their lineup, and they will
have a strong team
K. U. made a strong effort to get
young Thrailkill to stay there and at
tend school, but he decided that he
could get the kind of a course he
wanted to better advantage at Wash
burn.
Coach John Outland went to Law
renee today on football business. The
exact nature of his trip is not known,
but some developments may be expect
ed later. He will return this evening.
The big men for the Washburn line
have not yet arrived in any great num-
Der, but Manager Frank Leach says
they are coming. 1t is now considered
doubtful whether Hill, who did great
work at tackle on last years team, will
be in the game He has signed a con-
tract to sing with a quartette, which
may interfere with football. 1t is hoped
that he will be able to be in the game
until after the contest with K. u. i'll
November. There is need for about
three big linemen, but the Washburn
management says they will be here be-
fore school opens. There are two new
men out by the name of Williams who
seem to have some of the qualifications
of linemen, but they lack a few pounds
of coming up to the varsity standard.
Platt, a last years substitute, promises
to make somebody hurry for a position
at guard or tackle.
1t is announced now that Bethany
college, a. IindSborg, will have a team
in the field this year, in spite of an
to the contrary and that
Bennie Owens will be the coach. The
much of being the formidable organiz-
alton it was last year. The squad is
disOrganiZed, and Owens
may have difficulty in getting it to-
gether. The trouble at Lindsborg was
lack of financial support, and when
President Carl Swendson died. the team
lost its best friend. The business men
of Lindsborg, it is said. are putting up
the money for the team this year.
Guy Delay, the pIucky little player
who did such good work at quarter for
Washburn last year, is in town, and
will be mere for week, visiting his col
lCSS IIlCHQS. I1G graduated ldSI year
and will not be in school, but he said
he couldn't keep away when he heard
what they were doing with football, and |
had to come down and see the boys"
Mehl, the fullback of last years team, |
has gone to st. Louis to visit the ex- |
position, but told one of his friends here |
to get room for him here, as he ex- |
poets to be back to attend college. He |
has not definitely informed the Wash
burn management of his intentions, but |
there is a general belief that he will re- |
turn Mehl has had offers to play foot |
ball on a sort of semi professional team |
back in Pennsylvania.
Friday morning the football players |
will begin to get down to little heav- |
fer work. Coach Outland will be back |
the training quarters will be opened |
and the bath rooms ready for business |
1t is expected that some of the football |
suits. ordered about ten days ago, will |
be here. The players this morning did /
a little sprinting and long distance run |
ming to work up their wind.