The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-11-11
TIGERS AT WORK.
Missouri Expects a Hard Game
With Washington Eleven.
st. Louis Always Strong for
Fight at Columbia.
HAVE X. U. IN VIEW.
Think the Contest on Saturday
VIII Be Good Practice.
A Large Crowd Is Expected Out
as Seats Will Hold 1000.

Columbia, Mo-, Nov. 11.-Missouri, af-
ter winning from Drake university in
Des Moines Saturday, is grinding away
in preparation for Washington univer-
sity Saturday. Washington always
plays it's best football against the
Tigers, and, no matter how poor a
team they may have at times during
the season, they manage to rally and
land a bunch of fighters when they
face the Tigers.
Missouri rooters are expecting a
strong aggregation Saturday, mainly on
account Of Cayou, the redskin trainer
of the Pikeway lads. Many of Wash
ington's players were on the team that
got rubbed in the dirt 2? to last year,
and the moral effect of last years drub-
bling will be worth points to Monilaw's
men.
Capt. E. L. Miller is especially anxi-
Gus to hand Washington the wrong
end of the score. IF the team plays
the ball it can, we ought to win he
said today. Driver and Graves, two of
Missouris mainstays, are sure of vic
eat all I can hold this week." said
Graves last night. when we play
Washington L want to weigh 1000
pounds" The star tackle and back
fielder weighs 100 now, and his hand,
which was hurt in the Iowa game, is
entirely well. Up at Des Moines, when
Bluck was taken out from the tackle
and Graves shifted from the backf1eld
to that position, the big fellow wdded
in with a spirit that brought the Tigers
their second wind and took the starch
out of the Drake preachers.
Lieut.. Beaver, of West Point, who
refereed, said that Graves is the best
tackle in the west and could make any
team in the county. Graves and Driver,
assisted by Gilchrist and Deatherage,
put the fight into Missouri. for all four
have the buoyant pluck that is con-
tagious and takes its biggest rise when
the game is going the other way.
Missouris interference is being drilled
this week and "IzZy' Anderson, the
veteran Tiger assistant coach, is pound
ing the team into shape under Mont
laws direction.
The Washington game and the
Thanksgiving contest are the only
games the Tigers will play before dis
banding for the season, and rooterS,
alumni, coaches and players are thirst
dng for victory over the st. Louisans
and Jayhawks.
The varsity squad numbers 81 men,
and all more or less of varsity cal1ber
over 120 players on class teams are
practicing hard in hopes that WASH
ington will put out enough substitutes
to give them chance. IF we don't
rub washington in the dirt" said Ris-
tine the Missouri center. cit won't be
because we could have done it and
didn't"
1t is hoped big delegation or WASH
ington rooters will come to Columbia
with their team as the bIeachers will
seat 1000 or 5000, and every courtesy
will be shown the visitors. The classes,
under the class presidents. will detail
committees to act as guides for any
Neutrality-suspicious. who want to be shown
over the university.
From now on the team viii be coach
ed with the Kansas game in mind, with
the Washington game only an incident
in the proceedings. Coach Monilaw,
although not worrying over the proba-
BILE outcome of the Washington game,
Is expecting a close score. The Mis-
souri, rooters do not concede even a
possibility of Washington getting the
big end.
Missouri students are not worried
over the outcome of the Kansas-Wa
burn game, even if Washburn did hold
Drake to a lone touchdown. Compar
alive scores show nothing and only the
contest on Turkey day will prove which
is the better team.