The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-18
COACH KENNEDx's PLAN.
A Football. Club Which VIII Establish
a Training Table.

Lawrence, Kan, Oct. 1S.-Thst d foot
ball club viii be established at the Uni
versity of Kansas, some time this week
or next, is almost a certainty now. The
athletic board has taken no action as
yet but wild meet soon to discuss the
matter and it is thought they VIII re-
gard favOIably the proposition to estaD-
fish such a club at the university.
For more than month the Jayhawk-
ers have been carrying on their football
work without even the semblance of a
training table, the men being left en-
tirely to themselves. AS a result of such
a system, the Jayhawkers are to be
found right in the hardest part Of their
schedule with their men under weight
and the team as q whole in poor physi-
been unable to get together and dis
cuss plays and formations except for
the two short hours they get together
each evening on McCOok field for prac-
tice. This has been entirely inadequate
to the needs Of the team and as a re-
suit It IS lacking in the finish and
sIDOOthnesS in its playing a thorough
discussion of the work in the games
and practice would bring about.
Sentiment at the university is almost
altogether against going back to the
old-fashioned training table in which the
athletic board assumed all the RESPONSE
bilities for the expense which usually
amounted to more than 81 200 every
year. A proposition for the renewal Of
the old system would undoubtedly be
voted down by a large majority by the
athletic board The football club propo-
sition which the board Will wrestle with
is something like this The men are to
pay their regular board to the steward
Of the football club for football men
only and then the athletic board is to
give an additional two or three dollars
a week for each man eating at the
club, thus assuring the men the right
kind Of food necessary to keep into
u,-d 0f,.o
coach would thus be afforded ample op-
portunity to discuss the work with the
men at each meal and give them the
needed criticism. Such a proposition as
this would cost the athletic board be-
tween three and four hundred dollars
for the remainder of the season and
would give the men all the advantages
of the training table and at the same
time save the association something like
5000 over last year.
The muddy field of the past two days
has much Handicapped the Jayha wkers'
practice. so that they will not have any
too much time to prepare for the Soon
ers" on Saturday This will be the first
really big game Of the year for the jay
haWkers and is attracting more than
the usual amount of interest A root
ing club has been organized among the
students SO that the Rock Chalk, Jay
Hawk K. u can hold it's Gown in the
vocal contest with the Oklahoma root
ers who are coming up for the game
The band is also trying to raise enough
money to secure uniforms by Saturday
but will probably not be ready until the
Colorado game on the following Satur-
day. In addition to the rates of a fare
and a third which has been offered on
all railroads for the game the Okla
homa delegation viii come up on a spec
/ ial- train.
The Jayhawkers are a trif1e elated
over their overwhelming viotory over
A DO Ia
the Sooners Saturday. Angney's show
ing at quarter back was especially en-
couraging and gave promise of remedy
ing the one weak spot in Coach Ken
nedy's machine this fall. In spite of the
fact that 1t was his varsity game at
fourth time he had ever played the
position in his football career, he ran
the team without hitch and displayed
fair amount Of headWork in his gen
eralship. Angney has q natural apti-
| tude for football which VIII stand him
/ in good stead at quarter back and with
more experience, promises to make
! first class man to run the squad. COINS
| kicking was the other bright feature
of the game that made the students
/ happy. In practice he has been able to
/ boot the ball between the goal posts
pretty regularly all along but hereto
1 fore in games he has been trif1e ner-
vous Saturday, however. his work
could not have been improved upon and
/ clearly demonstrated that the Jay
hawkers are within scoring distance any
time they get the ball within the forty
yard line.
Most of Coach Kennedy's attention
this week will be given to the develop
ment of heavy backfield. It is
/ doubtful if he can get this in running
order by Saturday but he expects to
have it going smoothly by the Colo
| RADIO game on the following Saturday.
! This will be composed of CroWell,
C'ohn and Ise. all heavy men and ter
rible line buckers. Cohn and Crowell
both weigh more than 40 pounds
while Use tips the scales at 165 pounds
and is one of the hardest line plungers
the Jayhawkers have ever had With
this heavy backneld, Coach Kennedy
/ intends to wear out his opponents
line and ends and then send in his two