The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-27
Washburn Squad Meets Fresh
men on GridirOn Saturday.
New Players VIII Be Given
First Real Test.
OPEN PLAY TO Be TRIED
Coach VIII Use Punts and
Passes in Contest.
Squad Looks Better Than
Early Last Year.


Early Last Year.
The team that will represent Wash
burn on the Colorado trip will be largs-
~ chosen from among the men woo
make the best showing in the initial
contest of the season. This will be
played Saturday afternoon at $3.50
O'Clock The freshmen team Will be
the opponents of the varsity squad.
Last year the freshmen could hold the
varsity and at times score on the
team almost at will This year the
best men of last seasons freshmen
squad will be helping the varsity am
from their appearance in the WORKOUTS
they are gong to be of consloerapie
assistance. The game VIII pc Plase ai
at $3.50 o'clock and every public scnool
bow is invited to watch the game as
the guest of Coach Driver and the
athletic board.
The Washburn squad. looks &c per
cent better this year than it did
year ago now. ,sF7or one, thing, footod1i
weather has prevailed and this helped-
Then the men are helping. They az
going at it in a different ana d IuoIe
to be applauded spirit. Ihere Is NJ
tie discomfort. Captain Tomhnson Is
another big help. He has the r1gnt
idea of work on the squad and by his
example and his manner OF ruShih6
the practices a lot OF good Is Deins
done. He keeps the first squad on
the hop from start to hnlsn anu $50 81.
coach instead of having to lnJect
pen, into the men is given time TO
show how the work should be zone
last wear he had to see that it was
done.
.r~z1,a1, +he hie guard who
&c working hard to make the team.
nav he slow in rounding to ana ms
help to the team may be oeldyeu, -
later in the season he Will unooupteu-
w help a lot. At least MS snoWlns
now leads the coach to this CONCLUSION.
About the time the hard games appear
in the schedule Driver expects MarsliaIi
to he ready to do a. lot for Washpuiii IL
- isn't a bad idea to have added
strength for the team ready Wneh III. IN
hard games come and that 49,
What the coach is trying to do IN Mar
/ shalFS case
! With Marshall playing one of the
! Guards the line from end TO emo WIN
/ 7S-e,,a 90 between IT'S and $50 pounds,
~ 30 Irir5e- # fairly heavy line as they
| 70 nowadays. The Nbackfleid VIII llA.s
| r. average between 1850 and 1865 pounds
ard This is .ot considered a light back
feId in these Gays of reformed ana ne
| formed sport. And there are lew
! sDeed tends on the team that IN an
o+tar week should be ready to put on
| some of the stunts that cause the cheer
| leader to wear out his arms ana throat
.rbo first work the coach has given the
r,er, is a series of shifts and fakes pro-
;si,g for an open game. The men are
! heing worked or these plays ana every
night sees them getting away better
I Next week the coach viii devote more
! time then heretoforeto the massed plaJs
b1,t to the writer it looks very much
1;t-e tho Blue SQUAD would play the
! cnen game a great deal this year The
work seems to be along that line al
| though, of course it NAV be that the
/ coach Will decide the other way just
| nov he isn't saving what kind of Sarne
| he will pIavH Tt Is safe. however. TO
nredic+ that the crowd that sees the an
nal workout against the freshmen
! saturday will see lot Of open style
playing.
| sn,i1ev. will he out in sui, tonieft
bl1t he Will work with the scrubs for 4
dav or two. it is understood at the
! college. and will not play in the Satur-
! dav game as a result of the recent IN
pIeaeantness which resulted from a
! MISUNDERSTANDING with tn coach.
! Coach Driver knows what Smiley can
| do and will try another man IN ms
| place to see what the other cand'dates
!
Rogers was in uniform Friday night
railing on the ball 'tackling, fight
ing the charsine machine. signal work
and LIGHT scrimmaee was the order At
! the Washhurn camp Thursday night.
The line chargino arrangement, one of
| the devices coniured up by the coach
| +, help in training men to plunge
through the line. The nen worked hard
at it Thursday NIGHT and it looks us
~, -0y-lr
consists of training in three depart
| neents ofthe game. The men are train
| ell to quickly see and plunge through
| the holes in the opposing line. They
| are taught to handle the ban quickly
| and without fumbles, and they learn
| to start quick run low and above Ill
keep sharp lookout for Az advantage
The signal work goes through smoothly
| and quickly. The team played games last
| year with the signals not as well known
| as they seem to be now. Practice on me
| tackling machine seems to be teachlns
| them to get low the runner. No one
| knows how many yards the Blue lost lass
wear because the coach couldn't make the
! as low on tackles in the games as most OF
| them did on the machine lot of fellows
! are going to make dents in the sod ca
| Washburn field
! The clash with the freshmen will NOT
/ only give the public a chance to see the
| srJ11ad and. look over the fellows who'll be
| trying to make the team next year. but
will give the coach an idea as nothing
! else would, to the gameness of the
| men who are to play this year. The
! weight is there and the men fairly
| fast If they can keep their heads and
/ not lose their nerve the Blue gridlronists
| can redeem themselves this year and even
| though they don't win championship.
| can put their school back on the footbati
| map win some games, and draw every
sport loving man and woman in town to
/ the contests.