The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-11
FOOTBALL GOSSIP
Championship Honors In WASH
burn-Emperia Contest.
Danger in Over-COnfidence on
Part of IchabOds.
THREE OUT FOR Blue CAPTAIN
Rearg. TrObert and Barrett Are
Likely Candidates.

Other Dope From Camps OF
| Squads in Kansas.
There has been little dope in coiinec-
ton with the College OF EN-
poria game at Emporia Friday after
noon despite the fact that. to great
extent, the Kansas conference football
championship depends upon the out
come of this contest. Neither team has
lost a game with conference teams
Both teams are light and fast. The
score undoubtedly will decide the foot
ball superiority Of Kansas schools not
listed in the Missouri Valley confer
ence.
The Sons of Ichabod are going to
Empor:a Friday confident OF victory
a little too confident, to be sure. The
Emporians consider Washburn their
big game of the season and the players
are pointed all year to the annual
struggle with the Blue. Emporia is go
ing to play at her best Friday. Wash
burn, over-confident. Is going to meet
the ambitious collegians, with the
bruises of the X. U. game still smart
ing under their moleskins.
Washburn will go to the PreSn---
terrain school without the services of
two and possibly three of her stars
HaT0V. H6am anu DllhASSe E1aA0y 40
out possibly for the entire season.
Ream is unable to overcome parental
objections Billings is still nursing in
| iuries. Other members of the squad
are limping to college classes as a re-
suit of the X. U. contest
They are telling a good story in foot
ball circles on Flood the fleet quarter
back of the Haskell Indian eleven.
During the game with Nebraska when
the score was to 6 and the excitement
was at fever heat, Flood stood up,
looked over both teams; and thencalm-
ly announced: This play will go over
Jack Johnson" indicating Ross. the
negro Nebraska player.
Football writer's still call Washburn
the "Congregationalists." OF course
Washburn isn't ashamed OF her ren-
gious affiliations-but the school has
been an Independent college for some
time. The blue" "Sons Of Ichabod."
'Tchabods," "Topekans' and blue
Legs" are the remaining terms-aN OF
which are accepted.
Struggling to keep their heads
above the football surf, the baseball
items from the travelling camp OF the
Giants-sox look sickly beneath the
whelms Indiana" Michigan Tri-
umphs Over Cornell" ''Brickley's Toe
Victorious" heads of the fall season.
From the scores against Ames. it
would seem that Missouri and Kansas
will fight for blood this year. K. u.
won from Ames, IL to 0, and Missouri
came out with a 10 to 0 victory. Mis-
souri, undoubtedly will welcome Kan
sas to Columbia with an undefeated
record for the year Kansas, on the
other hand, will have to win from Ne
braska and will carry an Oklahoma
blotch on her record. From the pres
ent outlook, the teams are evenly
matched.
William Jewell defeated Westmin-
ster at Kansas City Saturday, thereby
nearly cinching the claim to the Mis-
souri, state conference title. III WASH
burn can win the Kansas conference
honors-'and she has pretty cnance
the local collegians will have the
edge on the conference championship
Of two states.
Haryard-or should we say Brick
ey?-undoubtedly will be the undls,
this season. Yale and Princeton have
been defeated The Yale-Harvard
game will tell the story. Yale and
Princeton play next Saturday. This
will give the Eli supporters chance
to line up their strength against Har-
ward. The Blue outlook isn't bright.
Brickley is too much for the OPPOSE
tion this year-as last
Washburn's next two games prom
Use to be fighting affairs. The Col
lese of Emporia and st. Marys both
have received many penalties this
season on account of "roughing it,"
several players having been sent out
of the game by the referees. Allow
some Presbyterian or Catholic to
slug a Son Of Ichabod and the pent
up ire of the Blue may be turned
loose. The loss of the K. U. game
is going to leave the Ichabods in no
polite humor for the remaining games |
of the season.
The Topeka tickets for the Kansas |
Nebraska game at Lawrence next Sat |
urday have arrived and are on sale at |
the business office of the State Jour- |
nal. The seats are the best to be Sc
cured and the prices are $3.50 for |
grandstand and 5000 for box seats. |
Many applications have already been |
received. so you should call early for |
your tickets as it is predicted there |
will be capacity crowd.
1t sounds a rather sacrilegious note |
this fight for the football cham |
pionship between the Presbyterians. !
Catholics, Methodists, Baptists and |
"COngregationalists!''
Washburn should develop the Min |
nesota shift to be used against TIE |
Aggies. X. U. had no trouble work |
ing it on the farmers. Saturday |
Texas made several big gains with |
the formation. The Aggies will be all |
beef. speed and bluster when they !
come to Topeka. Turkey day.