The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-28
FOOTBALL SEASON.
First Game VIII Be Played Tomorrow
at Washburn.

The first football game of the season
will be played at Washburn park tomor-
row afternoon at 8 clock. The Wash
burn college team viii line against the
fast team from the Topeka high school.
This viii be the first game which either
team has played this year. The high
school in years past has had a good team
but last year the team was rather on
the bum This year they have prospects
for a good team. James Mcfarland is
captain of the team and is himself a
first class player The boys have been
carefully trained for the game under the
direction of their coach, DR.. Robert B.
Stewart. Under the new rules which
allow the side which is punting to be
on side they hope to get away at least
once during the game and make a touch
down.
Washburn is not in the best condition
for the game as many of the men have
just begun their practice Clark, the
heavy guard, has been out for practice
onlv a few days. Dave Munford will
appear for practice for the first time this
afternoon. The team has had but little
work on the defense which will handt-
cap them to a great extent Coaeh
Weede has a different style OF defense
from that used by DR.. Outland SO thas
they will be weak when the high school
has the ball I'VE will endeavor 70 play
an open game said Coach Weede this
morning, 80 that the game viii De
played along the lines which the new
rules intend that it should be played
There will be several different plays
used by Washburn which are IN accord
ance with the new rules.
The fence which was badly damaged
last spring has been fixed so that the
park viii be enclosed for the game to-
morrow.
coach Weede will give every man
who has reported for practice regularly
a chance to try out in tomorrow game
| All the men are new to Coach Weede
and he has never seen any of them in a
gan game He win do this SO that he can
get a pretty good line upon their ann
The training table viii start Monday.
1t viii be located with Mrs. MOODY on
/ West Sixteenth street where It has beeh
| located for the past two years. 1t IS
not vet known who will board at the
training table but there will be bout
/ X men who will be accorded TINS priv
Siege Coach Weede will select the men
| for the table after the game tomorrow
and the work in the game viii largely
determine who will eat at the table
The game tomorrow viii be called at
o.clae[ The off7cials have already
been selected. Coach Weede ana Jas.
/ Stewart, the famous quarter back OF
the 1900 team viii ofdciate. The ad-
mission win be 20 cents.
Next Wednesday the Washburn team
will play Friends university on WASH
burn field. This is the first time the
| two teams have ever met on the grid
iron and it is not known how relative
merits Of the team will compare. It is
| only IN the past few years thar FalF-
mount has had g team but they nave
made a good, showing for a small college,
in the short time they have played foot
Roy Gill. who used to play with Wash
| burn on the team in 1902, will return TO
school Monday and he will report at
/ once to Coach Weede for practice. Gill
1 is q brother to Warren Gill who was
| captain and coach of the team in 1907
and 1908 Much is expected Of him. He
/ will probably be placed in the line he
/ has been pitching for the Webb City
| team in the Western Association all
season and will be in fine shape to play
/ The Washburn football people are
t concentrating themselves on the Sc
! curing of the University Of Colorado
game for Topeka. This vii lbe one of
/ the biggest games Topeka has seen in
a good while. The report mas been
| circulated that this was the Colorado
college team which played IN Iopeka
last THANKSGIVING. This, however, IS
I erroneous, as it is the university team
/ which is very much stronger and will
prove to be a much better drawing
card.
a week later against the Kansas uni
versity team They Will remain ~
| Topeka during the week and VIII pratc--
| ffea on the Washburn cid They viii
have a much stronger team this year
than they have had for years Coacn
Keinholz. who had charge of the team
last year. will again coach the noun
i taineers. All the old men will be back
with the exception Of Galley, the All
4 Western haIfback, who Is famous ToI
/ his kicking. This game will be played
on Washburn field October 20, which
will be three weeks from tomorrow.