The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-28

saw one before as sad as that con-
fession is.
i Petty's place calls for something
different. At baseball game root
ling is degenerated into guying and II
| is one man pulling a hot shot from
under his hat and throwing it at some
one or cheering some feat accom-
plished. But at football one does not
gtly-tTie men are too apt to- get
kiIled-and one does not merely
cheer a well done trick. The prime
object of college football cheering Is
to keep the team in mind of the facL
that they have the entire sympathy OF
the school and that they are expected
to. do something. There's world OF
anxiety pleading and fearful en-
treaty in the prolonged cry of Hold
'em, Hold 'em'' when the team is
showed to the verge of the goal line
and no team ever existed which did
not do its utmost for that trembling
veil. Another thing is the fact that
football players are paid nothing at
college and what they do is for the
glory of their. old Alma Mater-ano
of course little hero by-piay.
With the bull reports from the
gridiron of the Blue local enthusiasts
and sports are making careful compu-
tations as to just what odds mlgnt
be offered on the game Saturday ana
coincidence is developing materially.
One lover of the game has caused a
handsome scarf pin to be placed IN
the training quarters where the team
will see it to admire every evening ana
has offered it to the man VINO makes
the first touchdown in the big game.
On the other hand, Kansas university
will be magnificently represented on
the Washburn field. Besides the 20
men which will be brought at the eA-
pense of the athletic manager including
the 80 men of the squad, the freshman
team and the band, one thousand stud
| ents and sympathizers will leave Law
renee desolate Saturday and come 10
Topeka Twelve cars have already
been ordered by the Santa F'e for the
special train and more Will De addeo as
the ticket selling increases.
Yet there viii be ample room III tne
new athletic field stands to aceommo-
date every one who can get to the game
and there is automobile space Tor nall
the machines in the city.
A Find at "A. U.
Lawrence KAN. Oct. 2S-The Jay
hawkers have a new halfback in one
Glide. McGiI1 of Wichita who played
end on the Paramount college team N
1907 and in the same year was picker
as one of the ends in the all-kansas
team This as McGilrs second year at
the university but he was not eligible
| last season on account of being nrSt
year man.
McGiII is a Medic student and though
he has been out to practice With the
|
the coaches failed to discover the real
ability Of McGiu until he was tried III
the Washington university game. one
reason the coaches did not get next TO
McGilI before, is that he is carrying
heavy work and has been coming to
practice irregularly sometimes only
once or twice a week. Mosse had no
| tfced that McGi1 did not appear like
a green man, so when Kennedy was up
to Lincoln last Saturday watching the
Cornhuskers and Hawkeyes play, Mosse
took out Captain Pleasant ten minutes
before the close of the game and In the
captains place he slipped McGiH. The
new man carried the ball several times
for good gains but particularly what
| impressed Mosse was the tackling OF
| MeGiIl. He dived for the knees and o
number of times broke through the op-
ponent's interference and downed the
man carrying the ball
Yesterday Kennedy and Mosse decided
to put McGill on the training table and
as the number on the training table is
c1usively that McGiu has won a place
on the Varsity. With McGil1 playing one
of the fullbaelSs. it will undoubtedly
mean that Captain Carl Pleasant is to
go back to his old place at end. This
should strengthen the team all around
for there is no man in the squad who
can play end as Pleasant can
Although Kennedy and Messe are
practicing every day behind closed gates
and they expect to do so from now until
the close of the season. some of the
Chosen Few who have been able to gam
admittance says the team is really just
beginning to take on form.
Kennedy says that he did not like the
idea of having to play Washburn Satur-
day, for he never played game with
Washburn in which his men were not
battered up more or less. Nebraska has
an easy game with Doane college, SO 1t
can use all SUBS" while Kansas will
probably have to use its better men.
Washburn is always noted for playing
its hardest game OF the season against
Kansas and It is understood that this
year is to be no exception.