The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-04
MAYSTART THINGS
New Years Football Game at
Chanute Causes Gossip.
viii Raise the Question of Dis
qualifying College Stars.
DONALD ONE OF THEM.
X. I. Captain Participated in
the Game.
One of Famous PetersOns De-
scribes the Contest.

There is possibility that the big
/ foot ball game played at Chanute on
New Years day between teams repre-
senting La Harpe and Chanute. may
have the effect of disqualifying Donald
and McCarty of Kansas university and
possibly other college stars who played
in that game. The players divided up
the profits of the game, amounting to
about $1,000. The La Harpe team
took $500 and the Chanute team took
! $500 which was, presumably, divid-
cd up among the players.
Any player who participated in such
a division rendered himself ineligible
for amateur athletics It is much the
same kind of an affair which occurred
/ down at Lamar. Mo-, couple of years
ago and was one of the things leading
up to the rupture of lathletic relations
between Kansas and Nebraska. In the
Lamar affair Pooler. Rice, Griggs and
a number of others were accused of
playing in a town game in which the
proceeds were divided up among the
players. The Kansas university dele
cation claimed that they had not re-
ceived anything for their services and
them z. clean bill of health. There was
a strong ground for suspicion, how
ever, that some of the rich pot of
gate money found its way into the
4 hands of the players. A similar sus-
| picion. of course, exists concerning the
! Chanute game.
Joe Louthan, formerly a player on
! the Washburn team, and a couple OF
| the Petersons of the old Bethany team
were in Topeka yesterday on their way
/ home from Chanute. Asked concern
/ ing the disposition of the gate receipts
/ the elder Peterson, who played tackle
/ in the game against LaHarpe, admitted
/ candidly:
yes, we had big gate receipts and
| it was all divided between the teams
| LaHarpe took SO per cent anu we Oooh
| 40 per cent
Of course there is nothing discreditable
about taking money for athletic ser
/ vices of this character, but II SIMPLY
/ class to do so. A player who partcl-
pates in a game of this character ana
/ expects to retain his amateur standing
/ is taking considerable risk
Captain POoler of last year n ~
team was also in the Chanute-LaH arpe
4 game. but as Pooler has played his last
wear at K. U. It does not affect his eligi-
! bility. Captain Donald of next year
/ K u team however, might be dis
qualified and if so, it would be very
serious loss to Kansas. OF course, it is
/ to be supposed that the men VINO expect
/ to NAV college football next year have
| armed themselves with the necessary
/ credentials to save their amateur staho-
The game at Chainute was a game be
| tween football giants. Weight was al
/ a premium. Neither team had mucn
/ team work; the whole thing depended
on which team could deal the hardest
blows and crush the other by sheer
I Dhvsieal force. Football strategy and
science didn't count for much. peterson
said:
/ Cd nm for the occasion. We practiced
SIGNALS together only once That was
on Sunday; the day before the game.
! We got together on the field there at
| Chanute and ran signals mat was all
/ the practice our team had
That La Harpe team was certainly
something fierce, as far as weight was
concerned. Their line averaged over z0O
/ pounds to the man. Nevertheless, we
stopped them very well. the only man
/ in their whole bunch who could gam was
/ Donald He played opposite me, and
4 therefore his bucks were directed at the
other side of the line. He was making
| big gains over there in the hrst natr
/ In the second half. we changed Things
! a little and Joe Louthan and myself
/ nlaved on the side which Donald had
| been hitting. Louthan played guard,
and 7 Dlayed tackle, and we didn't let
Mr.. Donald get much Satisfaction.
Louthan weighs 215 ana I weigh 220, and
take US both together, Mr.. Donald round
| he was up against it.
once started around one end and
met Donald coming my way with the
| ball We hit square together, ana, my,
/ but guess we came down hard- ABOUT
/ 43O pounds hit the ground all in bunch,
RODGERS. the old Yale man who
1 has such a big reputation, was not
4 nearly as good a ground gamer as
/ Donald. OF course Rodgers IS a Dig,
| powerful man. but he didn't seem to
/ be able to make consistent gains.
De Saulles the Yale quarter, who
played for La Harpe, is mighty good
II was sorry we got beat, for it
was. to a certain extent, game be
| tween the east and the west Ia
/ Harpes star men, except Doralo'
were all from the big eastern colleges.
/ The Chanute team was made up OF
Kansas boys. We had the five Beth
/ any Petersons on the Chanute team,
Louthan, PoOler and IraiiklIl, the III
/ tie chap who used to be at Washburn
Thrailkill is a gritty player, but he
was too light for that bunch II was
around his end that La Harpe got It's
| one touchdown. Pooler did some
great work tackling. He would go in
under Donald almost every time, but
| Donald was so big that he usually
gained in spite of Pooler's fine work
"Pooler told US that the Washburn
team was the only team that stopped
Donald during the whole season He
spoke very highly of the work of the
VVashburn team on that day"
Baseball Notes.
Edward (Rubel Kinsella has written to
local baseball headquarters about ms
status He is not TO pitch for the Pirates
next year and wants to know something
definite He has not been placed yet.
President Dreyfuss OF the Pittsourgs
-. L., Goa e hut denies he has