The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-11-19

If the Washburn players dope St.
Marys' as a cinch they are likely to
be slipped up on much in the same
manner in which they lost the game
Sons of Ichabod will play in Quigley-
vile Thursday instead of Saturday and
the chances are that the players are
pecting altogether too easy a time
with the Catholics. True, the st.
Marv's bunch hasn't set the state on
fire this year. But there isn't any
doubt that they will play harder
against Washburn than any other team
they tackle. And Drivers proteges
shouldn't expect any walkaway. It is
better to expect hard game and find
it easy than to be disappointed the
other way.
Coach Driver is trying to arrange
for an auto party to attend the game
from Topeka. Here's a fine chance
for TOpekanS to show that they are
PLAYS the Aggies in little more than a
week. The loss of the game to Drury
doesn't affect the standing of Wash
burn in the Kansas conference. The
games with the Aggies and St. Mary's
are the ones that count. 1t shouldn't
be much trouble to get a crowd to at
tend the game from here when by
going in autos the return trip can be
made early, arriving home in time for
the Eats.
One feature of the dope in the
coming Agile game faVors Washburn
t GA noticeable degree. The Aggies go
500 miles into Texas for a game this
week. There will be at least two days
of practice missed. Then the dope is
that the Texas AggieS are pretty likely
giants. 1t will be at least a mighty
ard game according to the most
authentic reports. And a trip like this
one : hard on the men. Washburn in
the meantime should not have a very
hard week. Seven davs of work and
rest between the day of the Catholic
contest and the clash at Manhattan is
a good idea.
There isn't any doubt that Trobert
being out Injuries the team. Perhaps
Bishops work will discount this to a
greater or less degree. But Trobert
was a good man and his loss is a loss
of strength. The star kicker was
foolish indeed to break training. He
should have observed the rules. He
owes 1t to his school right now to
make his peace with the coach in
some way. There's no doubt about an
apology being due from him. He
should make it and, the writer be-
heves, that if he returns penitent to
the t~1d Coach Driver should reinstate
him. The coach who can not govern
his squad has a lively time in life and
Driver didn't make any mistake in
Furnishing Trobert. Now if the punter
is as big as the writer believes he
will apologize to the coach and ask to
be allowed to return to the team. And
if he does the writer hopes that Mr.
Driver will grant the request, not be-
cause he was wrong in Furnishing the
offending player, but because Trobert
is not likely to make that mistake
again.
Can Washburn stop those line
bucks? That will be the big Job in
the Turkey day contest. The princi-
pal features of play on the Manhattan
side of it will be line plunges by full
back who tips the beam at nearly 200
pounds stripped, and tackle swing
plays IN which a man, heady, fast and
as big as the fullback is the center of
the play. These two plays are the
secret OF Lowman'S success this year.
And they've got a great spirit at the
Agg1e school. There isn't a man on
the squad who stops when the whistle
blows. With two teams on top of him
ne manages to crawl a few inches at
least. The students are for their team
stronger than any the writer has seen
in Kansas this year outside Lawrence.
One football player confides to the
writer that the players at Washburn
should not be censured so severely for
breaking training. The pretty goods
he says, just have something planned
for the boys every night in the week
and they are so tired after the hard
practices given them by Coaches Dri-
yer and Dexter that they haven't
speed enough to escape from the girls.
The esteemed Kansas City Star saws
Coach Driver has had an in and out
team this year. An in and out team
indeed with two defeats against it.
Kansas. on the other hand has a very
promising team which has just ar
rived. It's as great to be crazy in
football as anything else