The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-12

coaching star, il authority for the
statement that Henry Flood. OF the
Haskell Indian team. il the pick OF
the Missouri valley quzrtefhacks- lay
Is in a position to know, a. IN his ca
pacity As official scout Of the Jaynawk-
ers. he has an opportunity to see them
all Probably the blonde headed Kan
sas mentor likes Flood because he II
the same elongated type Of athlete a.
his old friend and teammate, Tommy
Johnson Flood is Sioux Indian from
Martin. 8. d. Is Is years old, weighs
but ia pounds, and playing his second
year for Haskell Like most Of the
Indians he is fast shify runner. and
makes up in that department what he
lacks in avoirdupois- Aside from his
headwork which is Of the crafty order
az one would expect from the Indians,
his chief asset is his ability in block
ing Interference Also he captures for
ward passes with a sureue4s that
strikes terror to his opponents In the
Nebraska game Flood kept Quarter
back TowIe and in fact the whole Corn
nusker team guessing most of the time
BertIeson. Topeka high schools big
tackle. who has been out of the game
for most of the season, il back azaiu
and viii play in the Lawrence contest
Friday Bertleson received broken
shoulder just after the Atchison game
and has not reported to practice since
He is able to go back this week and
VIII help the Topeka line greatly
Nettles. another tackle, has been out
OF the last two games because of bad
knee, but he will be able to go into the
game Friday. Dfckerson, who has been
playing the same position, will not
be able to play again this season be-
cause Of a wrenched knee. The re-
mafnder OF the squad is In good cor
dition and expect to pile up another
victory over Lawrence. This week
Coach Stah1 is giving the team hard
scrimmages.
Topeka has only lost one game this
season. Emporia defeating them 10 to Q.
Manager C. H Hepworth later claimed
that bad umpiring lost the game. OF
tawa high school. who defeated En-
poria with ease, lost to Topeka last
Friday Topeka highs have defeat ted
Washburn freshmen twice, Ottawa and
Atchisou.
The Kansas conference football
championship condition was never in a
more muddled condition than this sea-
son. Five or six teams are contendiIg
for this honor. Washburn is one of the
contenders and has played but one
conference game-that with the Nor
mails. Washburn has three games on
its schedule with bearing on confer
ence honors. The College of Emporia
is the leading contender at present and
poria next Friday II Washburn wins.
the Presbyterians will probably give
up the race.
The Friends university team Of
Wichita is another contender. The
Quakers have won three games and
lost none but have been lucky IN meet
ing weak teams.
The Southwestern team Of Winfield
was supposed to have a clear field with
no other team a contender for state
honors but lost to the Emporia Nor
mails a short time ago. The Southwest
ern college team is acknowledged to
be one of the fastest aggregations ever
assemb led in the state
Coach Lowman has begun pointing
the Kansas AgEies for the Turkey day
game with Washburn- He started the
season with a green but heefy lot of
men The men have made Wonderful
progress Coach Lowman and several
members of the Aggies team witnessed
the K. C.-Washburu game at Law
renee Saturday, with hope of getting
line on the Washburn players and
the strength of the team They re-
turned home with well filled note
books and will devote the rest OF the
time IN SGlIlu2 IN COnO1I1Oa 1OT luG
Sons of Ichabod- The team will be ac-
companied to Topeka by a special train
load of students.
The Missouri Tigers have an excellent
chance to win the Missouri valley con-
the Cornhuskers to eliminate the Jay
hawkers- The Lawrence team IS TN
fortunate The Jayhawkers will meet
Nebraska next Saturday and then meet
Missouri in the next game. Some fear
that the Kansas players will weaken
under the heavy strain and hard coEl-
bats.
The Cornhuskers solved the Minna-
sofa shift and defeated the GoDhers
several weeks ago. 1t is probable that
Coach Mosse will abandon the shift
and adopt different style Of play for
next Saturday.
Lincoln New-From Coach Stiehm:
Washburn by the way, played the Jay
hawkers to a standstt1 during three
quarters of the fray. Had the collie
less erraticaIIy during the first three
sessions. the game may have had a
different result All of Kansas scores
came in the last eight minutes Of play.
1t must. of course, be taken into con-
sideration that Kansas was a bit hest
lures intended for Nebraska alone It
is also true that the entire Jayhawker
strength was not thrown into the fray
until the opening of the last period
and had their play throughout been
up to the standard shown in the clos
ing minutes, it IS more than probable
that the Kansas score would have been
more than doubled. Nebraska players
and followers should keep in mind
that while the Cornhuskers are pre-
senting great team. one that is pick
ed by a majority of unbiased critics
to win. Kansas. too, has a great team.