The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-11-04
WaShburn Closes Here With
Weselyans Tomorrow.
Blue Expect a Hard Fight to
Win.
NEBRASKA AND X. u.
That Will Be Big Game in Mis-
souri, Valley.
Shift in COrnhUSker Lineup
Made by King cole.

The last game of the present football
season in Topeka viii be played Satur-
day. Final scrimmage work was un-
dergone last night by the Washburn
football team in their preparation to
meet the Missouri Wesleyan eleven on
Washburn field. Coach Stewart is not
expecting anything easy and has kept
his men working hard. The team is
hoping to take new life with a victory
and begin over again.
While the visitors of tomorrow are
not counted in on Missouri Valley
schedules they often put out team
worthy of a trial at the hOnors. They
have not figured largely in the reported
games of the season but early in the
season slipped upon TarkiO, edging out
a victory and Tarkio has since beaten
Des Moines who won from Drake and
K U. had a hard time to win from
Drake.
It would seem that Washburn has an
opponent for tomorrow lined up about
in her own class. The Wesleyan team
is more or less of dark horse and has
had few games. William Jewell tied
with Tarkio last Saturday which fur
Their shows that the Methodists are
worthy of considerable attention.
Coach Stewart has his men in better
condition today than at any time this
season The miserable condition into
which the men fell the week of the X
Z. game needed only another week for
removal ana the team Is 20 per cent
better today than a week ago.
The only shift which has been at
tempted since the wild search for the
proper man for the right place last
week is to be Jerry tombstone from
guard to tackle. McIntire's shift to end
left hole in tackle which the recruits
have failed to fill up. 1t is expected
tombstone will do better leaving the
green players to guard positions.
In the backfield Hardy and Burkhart
still run at halves and Crumbine gen
erals the team from quarter. McCar-
roll is running at right end and Whit
comb is holding down his job of full
back.
Lincoln, Neb.. Nov. 4-There are
probabilities that King Cole will make
an eleventh hour shift in his lineup of
Cornhuskers for the Kansas game Sat
Urday. All members OF the squad are
anxious to play in the great contest
and five regular men are having to
fight for their places
These men are Minor, Ernest
Frank, Hornberager, Harmon and Ell
lott, On present indications it looks
as if Minor would enter the game as
right half when the referee blows his
whistle next Saturday. He has the ad-
vantage of being veteran of two
years experience, heady and withal a
brilliant player. His work last Satur-
day was the only redeening feature of
the CornhuSker showing His knowl-
edge of the game is expected to be of
especial value in sizing up plays and
Cole and the rest of the close follow
ers of the situation are morally certain
that Kennedy has a choice bunch of
fakes up his sleeve for the befooling of
the Cornhusker eleven, If he finds that
nothing but tricks will avail As one
touchdown, in all probability, will de-
eide the game, a man who can reduce
the danger Of such tricks being
worked to a minimum is valuable.
Minor can size up plays better than
Frank and is fully as good a player in
dividually. So it looks like he had the
place.
The guard situation presents a pref
ty triangular situation. Elliott the big
guard of last year. who sustained a
broken collar bone at Minneapolis is
on the field now and wants his chance
at the JayhaWks. He has a special
harness designed to protect his recent
injury and thinks that he viii be in
condition to stand the battle Satur-
day. Harmon, who took his place, has
shown remarkable development in the
past two weeks. He was not far from
being the star of the Denver game,
following the bali all the time. MAX
ing the first touchdown on the recov-
cry of a tumble, and getting forward
after forward pass. Cole thinks that
he has find in Harmon and is loath
to take him out of the lineup. Still,