The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-09-26
NO GAME TODAY.
Football Contest on Washburn
Field Given Up
The AtchiRon Team Decided
Not to Come.
CHANGE IN SCHEDULE.
Doane College to Play Here for
Postponed Game.
Sons of Schabad Will Open at
Emporia Saturday.

Manager Leach of the Washburn
football team was unable to arrange
q football game for today as a subSti-
tute for the cancelled Saturday game
with the X. c. Medics. and so has ar
ranged that the game scheduled with
Doane college, of Crete. Neb., shall be
played in Topeka on Oct % instead of
at Crete on that date. Tickets is
sued for the Washburn-Medic game
will be good for the Washburn-
Doane game
This is a very good change for the
holders of season tickets, for it gives
them a much better game than the
Washbu Medic contest promised
to be. Doane has had very strong
team in years past, some years being
able to defeat Nebraska university 1t
is said TO have good material on hand
for this years team
The cancellation of the Saturday $
game by the X c. Medics has not
been explained by the Medic manage
ment- There is apparently no excuse
for the breach of contract except that
they were afraid TO come down and
play because il was likely that they
would be defeated T L King, agent
for the Santa Fe, confirms the state
ment of Manager Leach that the trans
TO Kansas City on Friday evening. and
so there was no possibility for quib
bic on that ground
The transfer of the Doane game
from Crete to Topeka has made nee
essary another alteration in the sched-
ule- The game with Tarkio college,
at Tarkfo. Mo. on Oct A. has been
cancelled because the TarkiO manage
ment has UP TO this time not signed
a contract. and the game with the
Lincoln. Neb-, Medics, scheduled for
oct. 20 will be played Oct. 10 at Lin
The washburn schedule now stands
as follows:
Oct. college of Emporia. at En-
poria-
oct. estate Normal at Topeka
Oct 15-LincOln Medics, at Lincoln
Oct 22-Doane college. at Topeka.
Oct 29-K. L. at Topeka
Nov Estate Agricultural college
Nov. 12-st- Mary's college at To-
peka-
Nov 1e-HaskeH at Topeka
Nov. 24-Ottawa university at To-
peka.
This leaves the washburn team with
a ten-game schedule which is plenty
only ten games. inclusive of last Satur
days contest with the College of En-
poria- The Missouri university game
on November 16 is an extra on the
Washburn schedule
Game Here Saturday.
While the Washburn first team goes
to Emporia next Saturday to play its
opening game with the College of En-
poria. the Washburn second team will
have a battle with the Topeka high
school on the WaShburn field
Indications are that this will be
game well worth watching. The Wash
burn second team will not have any
walk-away. for this years high school
team is unusually strong After Coach
Outland picks out 16 OF IS men to take
with him on the Emporia trip. the sec
ond team will be made up out of the
remainder WaShburn Will probab bly,
have some advantage over the high
school in weight, If Teiss and Snattin-
ger play the guards Teiss and Snat-
finger are both heavier than Louthan
and Brown, the Washburn first team
guards, but lack the activity and ex-
perience. Teiss weighs go and Snat-
finger about the same
The WaShburn second team also has
q game scheduled with Midland college
at Atchison on Thanksgiving day
Washburn's already splendid bunch
of material is further strengthened this
week by the arrival OF Caldwell. last
years half back. and Pierson of In
dian Territory Caldwell said last Sat
urday that he did not want to play this
year. but he has yielded to the pressure
and has decided to get back into the