The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-14
Seventy Students Practice on
Washburn GridirOn.
Never Such Interest Taken in
Game by Blue.
VARSITY SHOWS WELL
Makes Good Roadway Against
the Scrubs.
They Score Two TOuchdOWns in
Short Order.

Inside the high side line fences of the
Washburn field " men in football
suits scurried and scrimmaged last
evening. Never in the history of the
college has so large a crowd assembled
to practice the great collegiate game on
it's gridiron. The Varsity, the scrubs,
the freshmen and the academy each
with subs miIled back and forth, all in
blue jerseys, and truly presented a
wealth of blue material for seasons to
come as well as for the present. Be
side the great collegiate crowd, the
first and second teams of the Topeka
high school surged across the field at
the end allotted to them.
That the squad continues to grow In
place Of dwindling down to scarce
eleven is the marvel of the student
body. At last the athletically inclined
have found the spirit so long sought at
the local college-the spirit to provide
for future teams and prevent any such
slump as that experienced the past
two seasons That DETACHMENT, how
no one can be heard to talk Of any
other than the championship teams the
Blue has turned out
Coach Stewart is more optimistic
than ever: Looks better than ever
expected" he says, but I knew all
along the stuff was there if they just
got the pepper How are they going
to stop that bunch?"
cd Tirrell, the greatest booster
Washburn ever had, is on the field
watching the boys put through the
plays. Look" he says, Gust watch
that team for a few moments. Then
take a look over those other teams in
blue. I tell you. there was never any
thing like it on Washburn field"
Badders Under Suspicion.
George Badders, secretary of the
Commercial club, was out on the field
for the first time to see if everything
was as represented. Never saw any
thing like it in my life,' he said. Just
then DR. Stewart spied him but failed
to recognize him as Badders wore
yellow felt Sunflower in honor of the
city's visitors. Maybe that threw the
doctor off but he quietly drew Manager
NeiSwanger aside and said: See if
that guy is from K. U, will you. If he
is put him out, understand" Very
sincerely Manager Don edged up to Mr..
Badders and said to him that he would
have to leave the field or quit boosting
for Kansas. The secretary was pretty
sore for a minute but refused to leave
the field and soon learned Neiswanger
was testing his spirit. Then Stewart
was advised of the visitors identity
and squared himself.
But a look over the athletic park any
time between 3 and 6 o'clock any after
noon in the week would satisfy the
most skeptical that there was really a
wonderful change out on the hill
Here will be a bunch trying at goals
from the field and there half dozen
practicing punts. Another squad will
be running around the quarter mile
track and two or three teams running
through the plays. Still another bunch
may be tackling the dummy. Down at
the other end of the field the two high
school teams will be dashing through
their signals. About 4:45 O'Clock DR..
Stewart calls for a clear field and the
Varsity takes on all corners for scrinl-
mage work for an hour or more with
plenty of substitutes.
Colds Are Out, Too.
The fair co-eds, who make the col
lege world go round any way, have
begun to take notice and are f1ocking
to the practices to lend the aid of
their presence. It does not take a
trained eye to detect a slight tendency
on the part of the warriors to prance
a little as they pass the bright colored
sections of the stands. Unofficial
trainers say it is good for tagged nerves
to pass those bright spots.
In the scrimmage work last night
the Varsity plowed their way to two
touch-downs. Some more changes
have been made by DR.. Stewart. Nc
Intosh, for instance, has just about