The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-08
FOOTBALL GOSSIP.

The Washburn Freshman team, the
men who next year will be called upon
to defend the college on the big grid
irons will have a go with the Topeka
high school this afternoon on Wash
burn field. The Topeka highs have
a fast, scrappy and good weight team.
They have practiced on the Washburn
field all season and have a squad of
about 40 men themselves. Harry
Heinzman is their coach and has them
in fine condition. Physical Director
Driver is the coach of the Freshman
but will not be in charge of them to-
day. By working, every day in the
shadow of the Varsity both teams have
absorbed lot of the real thing and
will put on a good bill.
The Aggies meet Normal today at
Manhattan and a barbecue is planned
The pre-game dope sent out in a bear
story is branded this is not a bear
story" Ahearn has the beefiest fast
est gang in the state-perhaps Not
until Thanksgiving day will that be
decided. Certainly not before then.
Today's bear story follows:
1.-THE indications are that the Ag-
gle football team will have many subs
in it's lineup when it goes against the
Normals here Saturday. This is not
intended as bear story but it is
'The team received a blow last
night when Whitcomb Speer, right
half, suffered broken co1larbone in a
practice game, which will put him out
of the game for fully two weeks. Sew
eral of the other star players have
minor injuries and they are not going
to get into the lineup Saturday if they
can coax Mike to let them stay out
1.-THE cause Of the team not being
in condition is that the players have
not been coming out to practice reg
ularly. Half of the time scrubs and
second team men are used in the prac-
tice work and it hinders the regular
men who do come out for practice.
This was the cause of the Speer
accident last evening. A halfback on
the scrubs got away with a fumbled
forward pass. Speer downed him with
| a spectacular tackle, lighting on his
right shoulder. Speer is one of the
best men on the team and his work
| has been one of the features of the
Aggie games during the past two sea-
sons HIS place will be taken by either
Christian or Radcliffe.
Even with a crippled lineup the
| Farmers do not fear defeat from the
Normals but the Aggies have been
expecting to keep a clean slate as far
| as the home games are concerned
| With Speer and one or two other reg
| ulars out, the Normals may stand a
chance to score against the Aggies."
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The Marquette University team from
Milwaukee, will play Quigley's bunch
at st. Marys, Wednesday, October 10
enroute to Denver. where it meets the
| Denver University team October %
This is the team which many pro-
| fessors in Colorado colleges objected
to on the grounds that it was a pro-
| fessional team. The trouble resulting
in the Rocky Mountain conference is
history. It was threatened to throw
Denver University out of the confer
ence If they played and Denver tried
to cancel. Marquette answered with
threats of damage suits for Iibe
against the professors and replied they
| would hold the contract for to canoe
would be an admission that the charg-
es were true. The Denver game viii
be played; the conference action i.
looked for.
The st. Marys management thinks
the game there viii be drawing card
and have arranged to have the Topeka
!train held here going up and held there
for the Topeka people returning.