The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-27
AND DID He DO IT?
Charges of UnprOfessiOnal Con-
duct Against Coach Kennedy.
That He Is Trying to DisOrgan-
ize Washburn Team.
WHAT OF MILLICE9
viii Star HaIfback Return to
School.
Reported That X. U. Coach
Planned for His Absence.

washburn people make the charge
that Bert Kennedy, coach of the Kan
sas university football team, is trying
to disorganize the Washburn team py
finding berths for its star players IN
eastern schools.
1t is claimed that it was kennedy
influence that enabled Mehl, Rlce anu
the Griggs brothers to get in at the
Western university of Pennsylvania,
and that now Kennedy is trying TO get
MilIice to go to Chicago university TINS
wear instead of attending Washburn. II
is known that Milllce Went 10 Chicase
NOT long ago, and that he has not YET
returned. although it is expected that
he will return soon. ..,.,
Dr John Outland, coach of the WASH
burn team, refuses to discuss any VI
the rumors. I only nave TINS 70 o,, SaS'
he said. land that is that not since 1
have been at Washburn have Done
one thing or said one thing, to ihJure
DR.. Kennedy's work as coacn az. eLle
university l don't believe that any true
sportsman will try to inJure an aoVel-
sary by such methods"
The ugly rumors- were current 70
some extent last year. Now the direct
charge is made by some tnat Kennedy
has been writing letters to other scnooIo
praising certain men on the Wasno 9.l- u
team. and advising that these other
schools make an effort to proselyte the
players mentioned. Washpurn peopie
who know Kennedy find IT hard TO pc
lieve that he would be guilty. OF Suci
unsDortsmanlike conduct. They are IN
clined to lay the blame for anything OF
this sort to a faction in K. U. athletics
which had tried to run things to win,
regardless of rules regulating the COL
lege system of athletics.
A Washburn man said yesterday:
There is one crowd at K. U. which is
willing to do anything to win; there is
another crowd which will conduct
athletics on an absolutely clean basis,
I have the utmost confidence IN me
honesty of purpose of some of the
members of the K. u faculty. II
they can uproot professionalism and
the use of mercenaries they are going
to do it. Now for instance. there is
Roger, man who is said to be likely
to play on the K. u. team this year.
Roger played professional baseball all
Summer. 1 believe if this could be
proved against him, he would be dis
barred. But it might be hard to prove
that he received pay. 1t would be
| just as it was in the case of Mehl
who played here at Washburn. We
| all believed that he was guilty of re-
ceiving money for playing baseball
but we did our best to get evidence to
prove it, and could not. He had COW
cred his tracks too WE'LL The same
may be true of this man Roger fss.=
Washburn people do not seem to
put much confidence in the report
i from Lawrence that Drummer. the big
tackle, has quit the game because of a
last years board bill which is still I'M
paid. They say that if this is all that
stands in the way of Brunner's play
ing, he will undoubtedly find means to
square himself. Drummer is one of
the stars of the K. u. line, and it
| would be a serious matter if he should
fail to get into the game. 1t seems
that the trouble is relic of last year,
| when some of the players on the
training table insisted on having their
board free, instead of paying the
nominal sum which is charged. There
was a disturbance about the matter
last year, and it was finally settled up
satisfactorily. The same result is ex-
pected this year.