The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-17
Three BIG GAMES.
Kansas, Nebraska and Washburn
Contests This Week.
Haskell Looks Easy to Blue
Which Longs to Score.
TX. U. MEETS AGGIES
This Should Give Some Dope on
Kansas-Nebraska Game.
Washbmrn Team Shifted in Hope
Of Developing Form.
X. U. MEETS AGGIE>

Three football games for this section
which Will be of interest this week are
Minnesota and Washburn- Haskell The
latter is of interest because people like
to see the red men and because Wash
burn ought to have chance to Win
In the few possible chances for the
Blue this season, the Haskell red men
look most likely for defeat They won
from the weakly Campbell last Satur-
day only 3 to 0. Washburn supporters
say they are better than Campbell
Coach Driver still is hammering
away at his host OF material. Hodge
Weatherby, who worked out for time
last season. is on the turf again and
been pulled out of quarter to give
place to Smiley. It was thought
Smiley could be played at half and
save Grumpy to the lineup Crum-
bine now will be tried at half, then, II
he doesn't show we'll. he may be shift
ed to end. Crumbine called a place
kick on the second down ten yards
from Fairmount's goal last Friday
This. it is needless to say, is consid-
cred very bad form, so he can not play
quarter any more
Changes for Everybody.
Many of the men are being showed
into new positions as they were showed
into their last ones from the ones they
accented before. Driver is taking a
good look at them all in the hope of
getting a balanced team out of the
tangle before Thanksgiving Rankin,
who has speed but nothing else but
who was expected to absorb some of
the whyfore of the game, has made
mess of his position every game and
has been jerlSed out and replaced by
McNeish. a basketball player and q
shifty man on his feet. Tomlinson
and Bearg are playing. halves on the
varsity with Mcintyre remaining at
full. Captain Burkhart was badly
shown up by the Wheatshockers
-1an "A prcr <
tant because it will furnish an early
comparison of Kansas and Nebraska.
The Cornhuskers whipped the Aggies
so to 0 last Saturday, which is some
mark for Kansas to equal But kan
sas will not have to get so large q
| score to show their quality. Nebraska
/ has been speed mad all season, aver
aging nearly 100 points each game.
| Where they can go with regularity
/ they hurry along. SherWin is bringing
/ his team around slowly but they had
reached a mighty good playing form
when they trOunced the Irish last
week.
*. L. Game in Two Weeks.
The Kansas-Aggie game, followed
! two weeks later by the Kansas-Wash-
! burn game. will furnish a good line on
the possibilities of Washburn beating
| the Aggies a month later on Thanks
! giving day
( The Nebraska Minnesota game is
| watched with interest because it looks
years to come within a remote posi-
bilitv of winning. Judging from the
narrow margin the Gophers had ovel
| Ames and South Dakota and the over
/ whelning scores of the Cornhuskers
over their rivals. it appears that tbs
game will be the evenest contest the
two teams have had in many seasons
The Cornhuskers are not entirely in
the dark as to Minnesota's methods
i A Nebraska football grad witnessed
last Saturdays battle between the
II Gophers and the South Dakota Coy
otes and forwarded notes on the vii
liam system. The Nebraska freshmen
drilled in the shift formations in use II
the Gopher camp. were pitted agains
the varsity performers in scrisnmagt
practice yesterday and the result wa.
4 showing up OF the first team defense
4 End runs and line sTnashes netted tn.
freshmen a profusion of gains and tn
; varsity players We're hard pressed t.
prevent an invasion of their goal lin
by their lighter opponents The for
I wards displayed a distressing lack o
. ability to smash in and break up tn
! freshies' plays. Charging high. the lin
was riddled and pierced, while tn