The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-03

Eext seasons work at Washburn. Mosse
is in Leavenworth and a denial or
confirmation of the story from that
end Of the line is impossible just now.
Mosse, is, however. declared to know
more football than any citizen In this
section of the west and the announce
ment that he was to lead the Wash
burn squad would boost stock in the
football team of the local school to
point above par. Mosse is said to be
responsible for great deal or the
splendid work of the Jayhawkers in the
last few years.
Then there is a plan to have Bob
Stewart coach the team and count upon
the friendship of certain Washburn-
ties with eastern coaches for new plays
and formations. 1t is known that Stew
art can get a great deal of work out
of a bunch of pigskin chaSers, but
whether he would be strong enough in
other departments to go against such
men as Kennedy. Roper, and others OF
that ilk is declared by some to be
doubtful proposition. AT any rate he
has q lot of friends here who would
like to see him have chance at the
Washburn squad.
With a change at Washburn and the
introduction next fall of half dozen
or more husky players there would be
q decided change in the sentiment re-
garding the schools football chances
AS there has been no meeting of the
athletic board it remains to be seen
what will be done. But the air is full
of dope and some of it listens" nicely.
Work on Schedule.
Work on the Washburn football
schedule for next year is now under
way and the promise now is that eight
Of the ten games played next year Will
be played in Topeka and several or
them will be better than the average
Kansas game. The dope schedule in
cludes a game at Kansas City with
Missouri university and a Thanksgiv-
ing game here with Oklahoma. Work
towards the securing of the desired
games has just been begun, but it is be-
lieved that no matter what changes 1t
may be necessary to make eight games
can be played at Topeka.
If the schedule now doped can De
made to stick it will be an ideal one for
the local team, furnishing an easy game
after each hard one. 1t follows:
September 24-Topeka high school, a.
Washburn.
october college of Emporia, at
Washburn.
October S-Kansas State Normal, a.
Washburn.
october 15-University of Missouri, at
Kansas City
October 22-St. Mary's college, at
Washburn.
october 2s-Kansas university, at
Lawrence.
November 5Creighton, at Washburn.
November 12-Manhattan, at Wash
burn.
November 19-Baker university. at
Washburn-
November 24-Oklahoma university.
at Washburn
A feature of the dope schedule is the
game with Baker. The Baldwin school
has been out of the football business
for years and only re-entered the field
this year. Next year it is believed the
Methodists will be up to their old tricks
Of cleaning up everything in sight
-t,0 "a <7x-oxr all in, ?
can be remembered that Baker former
ly was to be dreaded on the gridiron.
The Manhattan game, which will De
one of the best games of next year, has
that the SoonerS may be here Thanks
giving. Manhattan next year will prob
ably be more to be dreaded than she
was this year, and if ever a team had
a hard luck season K. s. A. G. expert
enced one during the football year just
closed. Kansas and Missouri too mar
rowly escaped falling before her. With
Washburn strengthened she is to be
next year this game should be second
in importance to the Kansas game only.
The game with Kansas will be played
at Lawrence next year and an effort
will be made to wipe out whatever dis
grace there may have been attached to
this years defeat. 1t is worth men,
tioning that the only two games Wash
burn will play outside Topeka are with
sas. The long Colorado trip has been
cut out
With the above schedule in view and
the anticipated strengthening of the
Washburn squad the record of the local
footballists should be far different at
the close of next season from what it
was last Thanksgiving night
Changes at X. U.
Because the Washburn game is one
of the best games K. u. has on it's
football schedule it is unlikely that
it will be dropped but gossip now is
that the games with st. Marys. En-
poria Normals, and possibly the
games with Oklahoma or Manhattan
will be dropped by Kansas university
in the next football season. Cores
pondence with Ames, Drake and Col
orado is now being carried on from
Lawrence with view to securing
games with these schools to take the
places of the games with smaller
schools.
The dropping of the Manhattan
game is said to depend upon whether
or not the K. S. A. c. football is put
under college conference rules. In