The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-01-11
Investigating of "Profession-
alism" Continues at X. G.
Begins to Look Now Like u Case
of Spitework.
A STATEMENT Is MADE.
University Professor Explains
How Trouble Came Up.
Topeka Players Are Among the
Mentioned Scapeg0ats.

Much discussion has been caused by
the charges brought against five play
ers on the Kansas university football
team who took part in a contest be-
tween Lamar, Mo, and Carthage, Mo-,
during the holidays The following
story of the affair will be of interest as
it comes from one of the professors at
the Lawrence institution who was in
Topeka Saturday evening and gave out
the information.
The teams representing Lamar and
Carthage played one game last season
which broke up in a row. Since then
they have been challenging each other
and finally they got together on sec
ond game to be played during the holi-
days. A brother of big Pete Allen of
the K. y. team is manager of the La
mar team. He understood that Car
thage was getting some outside help,
so he decided to write his brother at
Lawrence to come down there with some
K. U. players and clean up Carthage.
1t being holiday time, Allen got Hicks,
Griggs, Rice and PooIer to join him
and they Went down to Lamar and
smothered the Carthage team to the
tune of 70 to 0.
All the K. U. players received was
their expenses, but it sees that there
was some money put up on the game
ny OulS1QSTS anu l11G N|etl lllcA5C pay q .
being naturally sore over the outcome
of the game, began preferring charges
against the K. U. players, saying that
they had money on the game and that
they should be ruled out of ever play
ing in another college game, and fur
thermore, that they would furnish the
absolute proof of their charges.
OF course, the K. u. players should
never have gone down there in the first
place, but after repeated efforts on the
r,E n
K. U. faculty, resulting in their ina
bility to get hold of any kind of evil
dence whatever SubStantiating the
charges made by the Carthage boys
they have decided that unless some,
thing more comes up in the way Of
affidavits the matter will be dropped.
! To lose these five players would
about ruin the prospects at Lawrence
next fall for a frst-class team. but
with all OF last years players back
along with Coach Weeks again. K. u
will undoubtedly make a record in the
football world in the fall of 1904
! However, the faculty is exceedingly
anxious to probe to the bottom ano
insists on keeping out all players MOI
eligible in every respect. On account o.
not keeping up his studies. Art
Griggs, the Topeka. boy, has been taker
off the basketball team and will be
allowed to play in no more games un-
til he makes IN his back studies Thi:
| is great handicap to the K. Z. bas-
ketball team. as Griggs is recognized
as the star player on the team.
And yet three of the five regular
members of the basketball team art
Topeka boys. namely, Freshman. Nc
Cauley and Rice. The team will soor
take a long trip, playing at Warrens
burg. Mo. going from there to Column
bia where they play Missouri univer
sitv. then to St Louis for anothe
game, and from there to Champaign
Ill, where they play the Illinois uni
\ versity. thence to Chicago for tive
| games and or up into Wisconsin befor,
returning to Lawrence.