The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-23
BLUE COMES SLOWLY.
Driver Worries over Possibility of
Slow Heavy Ends.

Slow, Heavy Ends.
They're coming Slow is Coach
| Drivers only comment on the pros
poets of the Washburn squad in the
season Of 1911. He did admit he prob
ably would have to use heavy ends to
balance up on defense when he would
like to have light fast men there. but
further than that he just thinks.
The end positions bid to be a worry
first time and Will be drilled today
| Stewart last year. Cowgirl, who is
| light and only fairly fast showed up
well toward the close of last season
and was running we'll last night Nell
Mcintyre, who was used a great deal
| of the time at end last season, is out
again, but lacks the ginger. Mcintyre
is another of those promising players
who fails for lack of smoke and fight.
Harrington, McCafferty and Emmo MS
are outside chances for end Jobs, but
are not now considered ninble enough
in the noodle to handle the forward
pass problems. Smiley and Lowe. If
they are not pushed into the back
field, look likely ends, as they have the
speed and enough weight to take care
| of their positions on defense.
For center, Barrett is showing up
well, with Palmer for a second. For
guards and tackles are the two Rog-
erS, Bradens johnson, Bishop, Bearg,
Titus or Mcintyre and Tomlinson-
| There is little doubt that the back
field will be fast though light. Tom
/ ltnson, who may be used any place,
has not reported since his one night
out. He or Dean Rogers could be
used at fullback to advantage and lend
weight, but it is doubtful if either one
qualities for the position. Crumbine,
Smiley and Tucker continue to run
squads as their quarterbacks. OF these
! three, Smiley probably is the only one
] could tn QdN IA crn in "
other position. Captain Burkhart is
sure, of course, for one half, but there
are at least four candidates who have
a lookin at the other
| The forward pass formations were
| given the squads last night for the
first time a nd viii be drilled today
/ and next week in preparation for the
| Saturday game.
Unless the men get crippled up,
scrimmages will be held Monday,
Wednesday and Thursday nights of
next week
Down at Lawrence, Coach Sherwin
was sending his men hard last night.
Pete He'll took the first squad. Hank
Ahrens played center and Captain
Ammons and Tod woodbury. were the
halves. Butch Steuwe, the fullback of
the freshman team last year. held the
same position on the varsity squad.
Bramwell, another heavy and fast re-
cruit from the freshmen, played
tackle.
The only plays used during the hour
of signal practice were end runs and
tandem plays The ground was heavy
and the players could not get started
quickly. Coach Sherwin worked with
each of the teams and kept the play
ers on the jump every minute. There
were "K'' men and mem bers of last
years second team on the squad. After
the signal practice the coach sent the
| linemen around the II mile track
twice and started the punters kicking
| to the back field men, This is the part
/ of the game that Coach Sherwin be-
| lieves will win games under the pres
ert rules and in which he is bending
every effort to develop the X. U. team
| to excel. Delaney who kicked for the
| freshmen last year, consistently out
kicked Pete He'll and Wilson, Sher-
wins other punters. His kicks aver
age fifty yards. They are high spiral
/ boots, which will allow the ends to get
| down the field under them.
| Cowell. who played tackle last year,
J will not be with the Jayhawkers. He
| will enter Illinois university. His place
| should not be hard to fill, as there is
plenty of material for the line posi-
tions, now that Ahrens has returned to
| center.
Cornhusker football prospects are
perl1ing up. The gloom and discour-
/ agement following the announcement
that Quarterback Jerry Warner, a vet
| eran performer, would not don the
1noleskins, which at first seemed to put
| the Cornhuskers in a hole, are grad
| ually being dispelled and the Warner
/ detection may not be so grave as was
at first feared. Although the missing
| Warner was sterling quarterback, the
best in the Missouri Valley a year ago,
! Coach Stemm now has hopes of de-
veloping one just as good to pilot the
| Cornhuskers of 1911 in their pursuit of
another valley championship.
over at Haskell Institute Coach Bert
Kennedy is toiling daily with the In
dian braves in his efforts to develop a
football aggregation that will do the
| Indian school credit. A lack of ma
terial and the spirit of reform that is
invading the Indian school is making
| this an extremely difficult problem but
| Kennedy believes that he can get his
| boys in shape by the time that the first
| game arrives
The Haskell schedule is also rather
incomplete at present but several
| schools have made application for
games with the Haskell team Thus
| far games have been scheduled with
| Tarkio St Louis, Washburn, and
Rolla School of Mines Arrangements
are at present being made for games
with Ottawa and st. Marys.
NfcALEER CHOOSES ALL-STARS.
Athletics Will Play Week Before Big