The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-11-22

as coach than in either of the afore-
mentioned cases. Quigley has a system
of coaching all his own and as a result
he makes football teams out of youths
who ought to be playing on ward and
high school elevens if age and often size
counted. Never was there a man who
got such results out of kids as Quig
gets out of the college youths. Up and
down the side lines he raved Thursday
Everyone who ever attended college at
the Kaw valley metropolis came in for
share of conversation. And it was
effective. In the second quarter, the
Catholic quarterback made a mistake
and had hardly finished making It
until the coach had sub racing across
the field to- take his place.
And the coach has built up athletics
in the little burg so that they get
crowds which a larger town doesn't
always turn out. The crowd goes to ev-
erything athletic that is programmed.
There IS splendid spirit at the school
and the bugs can never understand
why man should make mistake or
fail. That isn't the way Quig1ey has
taught them things should be done
so why not do it properly, they seem
to reason.
AS to who did the best work for
Washburn a number of men might be
mentioned. Lowe has some splendid
end runs. So did Berg. Pierson
played a good game and Smiley han
died the team well. Every man who
played gave a splendid account of
himself at some stage of the game
even if he fell down at others. One
Improvement was noticeable. The
Driver men are doing q lot better work
in stopping the other fellow. The tack
ling has improved rs per cent. since
the Kansas game. The line didn't hold
like it was going to hold the Aggies,
however, and the coaches will devote
the remaining days Of the season to
perfecting this work. Nothing in the
way of new plays was opened UP
against the Catholics One play that
has been a consistent ground gaining
formation since its introduction was
not tried once. The beautiful forward
pass formations, such as defeated
Kansas, were not tried once. Bishop,
johnson, the Rogers family, and all
the rest of the team played some good
football.
The writer all along has believed
that Washburn has one man whose
superior isn't found in the Missouri
Valley this year. One of the officials |
sprung new one in talking over the |
game Thursday. This should make |
two of them. It wouldn't be fair to
names at this time but after |
the Aggie game they will be given due |
credit in this column.
Better than winning the game at |
is the news that Trobert |
has patched up his trouble with the |
coach and will be back in practice be- |
ginning tonight. Trobert can help the |
squad lot and he is more than will |
ing to. give all he has. He apologized |
for his offense and thus proved himself l
a man. Sometimes it's harder to do |
this than hit an unyielding line all |
afternoon. And Coach Driver proved |
himself a generous and fairminded |
coach when he reinStated the star |
kicker. Trobert erred and was sorry. |
He was anxious to make up for any
wrong he might have done his school |
and the team by giving it the best he !
has the remainder of the season. And
the coach in allowing him to return
to the game went just as far as Tro-
bert. That is the kind of work, both
on part of the player and the coach,
that makes winning football teams a
possibility.
No account of the st. Mary's game
would be complete without a mention
Of H. G. Humphreys of the National
hotel. Mr.. Humphreys not only placed
his machine at the services of the
press party but drove it for them. In
7identally, the members of the party,
.idl t eat anyones dust on the way,
The needle of the speedometer slipping
over to the fifty-three mile mark on
1ne occasion. The people in the Kaw
valley now have the finest road in
kansas and they are not satisfied with
It. The road is being made better
every day. The trip to st. Marys was
made in so minutes and returning the
party left the gym at the college just
80 minutes before the car slowed down
FOR the railroad crossing at the reform
school, This time included two slows