The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-08
LACK OF GINGER
That Seems TO Be the Trouble
With Washburn Football.
Second Team Scores on Varsity
in Practice.
A SHIFT OF PLAYERS.
Mcfey Will Add Strength i'm
Fullback Position.
Schmidt Is to Have a Chance at
Half.

| second team did against the varsity
last night at Washburn, the result
Saturday will cause a new champion
hunter to appear on the field. After =
stin signal and catching practice last
night the first and second Washbur7
teams lined up against each other on
Washburn field for a twenty minute
nan. everyone on the field expected
the varsity to pillow through the Sec
| onds and skirt their ends for touch
Gowns out with a rush and dash the
| scrubs tore into the blue defenders
and when the half was over the score
was to o, two field goals being kicked
by captain Bowman of the second
team.
This was the first game of the year
| lost by the local collegians but as the
| honor and defeat was in the same
camp 1t will not be counted. The whole
| game last night was played in the ter
ritory of the varsity and the second
team went at will through the line and
| around the end. The varsity did not
try much straight football but spent
| their downs trying forward passes and
kicks. The second team was strength
ened last night by the playing of Jim
Mcfarland and ''Kinky" Walworth OF
the old high school team. Mcfarland
is in school and he will be eligible to
play with the second team on their
trip. Both men played a fierce game
for the scrubs last night and We're a
tower of strength.
There are number of good excuses
to give for the showing Of the first
team last night.
In the first place the varsity men
tried nothing but new and open plays.
The forward pass, quarterback kicks
and few new plays learned this week
were tried on the scrubs. On the other
hand, the scrubs played hard and
straight football and they caught ths
loose threads Of the openwork play
ing.
In the second place there is always d
difference in spirit between the two
teams. The varsity practices every
night, rain, snow-or sunshine and they
play more for the signal and wind
work. They make the intercollegiate
games their scrinmage and play toward
that end. The scrubs are full of am
bition. They come out and practice
when they feel like it and If they get
a bruise, scratch, sprain or cut they
sit around the library until it gets bet
ter. They play with all of their energy
when they do play and every pound OF
energy and spirit used gets them 50
much closer to ia position on the
varsity squad. They have everything
to gain in their fight for position and
nothing to lose. With the regular man
it is different. He is due to report
every night. If he is a good man he
feels as though he has his place on the
team all to himself and he has no am
bition except on the day of the game
The rushing wearing, tearing and
wriggling in scrimmage is distasteful
to him and he does it simply to harden
his muscles and loosen up his stiffness
The fact that a goal line exists never
presents itself to him.
This kind of a spirit was clearly
shown last night. The regulars did not
approve very heartily of the drubbing
given them but they did not waste
words about it. PLAY the seconds
against Ottawa" Lets have a new
football team Send the regulars to
Lexington" were . the. cries from the
interested student body last night, but
right down in their hearts they knew
that when Saturday would come a
change would come over the ''old
heads and they would tear into OF
tawa with all of the never quit spirit
many years past.
When asked last night if he thought
Ottawa would come hard Saturday,
Coach Weede said:
Il hope not. They will not receive
much opposition If they do. Some of
the men are not coming out and the
rest of them have a complaint of some
kind to offer as an excuse. They are
not getting the pep and they won't
have much time to get it,
happy as ever and his yells of Good
work. That's the way Just the
candy, Bottle" Pretty playing gave
out the impression that something was
being done just the same.
Captain Robb has not been in prac-
tice this week on account of the in
juries he received in last Saturdays
game. He will play for awhile Satur-
day but last night he was helping
Coach weede send John Foster
through the performances of his end
position. Foster will probably be used
if Captain Robb is not able to play
through the whole game. Foster is a
big boned youngster from western
Kansas and has played baseball and
football with the college before. His
football experience has never been
strengthened with intercollegiate games
as his parents have objected strenu-
ously.
Coach Weede is thinking of using
Brethour in the line against Ottawa
and giving McVey the full back posi-
ton. This will give Schmidt the other
half with Smiley. Brethour is a big
brawny player and is valuable nah
but he was made for the line He is a
good charger but in starting on his feet
he loses time. Realm. TempletOn and
tombstone will be divided up between
the two guard positions; Brethour,
Munford, Codding and Weisberger will
make a fight for the tackle positions.
Captain Robb and Larimer Will do the
end stunts and Hope will manage the
team at quarter.
Glenn Millice, the new manager of
Washburn athletics on account of the
resignation of w. W. Stahl Is coach
ing the second team and he has them
in great shape. He will take them to
Lexington, Mo-, Monday where they will
play the strong Wentworth academy
team. A week after they will play the
Kansas university freshmen at Law
renee and then games with Haskell.
Aggies and other second and freshmen
teams will be arranged.
Itch" Williams, for four years the
greatest tower of strength on Wash
burn will assist in coaching this week.
The position of fu1lback on the team
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