The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-06
K. U. FORGETS FOOTBALL.
Sherwin Roats Squad-Were Signals
Tipped?

Lawrence, Kan, Nov. 6.-"Rotten,
rOtteni' is the opinion Of Coach Ralph
SherWin concerning the showing made
by Kansas against Washburn Saturday.
The men seem TO have forgotten ev-
erything they have learned in football
playing" said the coach Their tack
ling was exceedingly poor and the whole
team lacked that fighting spirit ana
Drake game The entire team played I
very hstleSss careless game"
SherwIn believes that the members
OF the Kansas team were over-confi-
dent The game was clearly repet1-
ton of the Baker and Manhattan
games. Kansas was doped to win easily
these contests and it was only luck
that prevented the Crimson and Eiue
from being humbled. Kansas was doped
TO receive a drubbing in the St Mary
and Drake games and surprised every
one by their superior playing and ex-
hibiting unusual strength in every de-
partment-
Ah-Ha-Signals Tipped
There is another solution of the
strength destroyed by Washburn and
the weakness manifested by the kan
sas team Undoubtedly the Blue and
White followers were fairly well &C
quainted with the SherT-n methods and
Jayhawker formations and they hal
been drilled to break the Kansas plays
On the punts the atiOnallsfs
had five men playing back OF the line
y
many of the Kansas plays were center
ed about the punts and forward passes
and they seemed very well acQuaint ID
with the formations preceding these
open field plays OF course, no one here
is even suggesting that Washburn has
been spying on the JayhaWkers but II
they had cared to there was nothing 70
stop them as McCook field has oaen
kept open With the exception OF one
CT two plays the whole Washburn team
seemed prepared for the Kansas forEna-
tons and appeared perfectly familiar
with the style Of play
Several radical changes viii probably
be made in the Kansas line during the
coming week Sherwin was plainly d.
satisfied with the showing made By the
forwards Saturday and is going TO
try and remedy II by two or three
shifts He refused to say what the
changes would be today. It IS pro
bable that secret practice VIII be start
ed early this week and only or Friday
afternoon " i'll the students De permit
ted 70 see the team in action a mon
ster dem OnstratiOa is being planned toT
that dav and II is likely that a chez =
ing SESSION viii be staged on McCooE
field
Now for Sooners-
The Oklahoma game is receiving
much attention AT the hands Of tee
Kansas mentors and since the defed-
OF Missouri the Sooner prospects are
very bright. Whether Il " IS the weak
ness OF missouri OF the str eng IL u -
Iahorna that won the game for the
Sooners is q problem that can only be
solved when the two teams meet here
n=xt Saturday.
with tarea Of the hardest battles on
the schedule to be played during the
succeeding three weeks II viii mean a
ceaseless grind for the squad However,
the hospital list is small and the whole
SQUAD is in good shape for work Many
OF the cd veterans are expected TO re
turn during the next few days 10 assist
IN ~ coacbing .Swede'' Carlson IS
already. here and with Kennedy. Mosse'
Pleasant and others visiting McC0Ok
field occasionally there should be no
dearrf Of advisers 1t will be mighty
hard week 4, n 1he Kansas team.