The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-14

put them well on their way in the
what Coach Allen considers the hard
est nut to crack in the circuit.
The normals are not putting forth
any alibis, simply acknowledging de-
feat at the hands of a better team. 1t
is the prediction of DIR. Allen that
Wesleyan will be the 1914 champions.
The championships have been won in
the Missouri conference by the follow
ing teams since 1910: Central college,
Westminster. Warrensburg normal and
William Jewell
The loss of Captain Charles E.
Brickley is a heavy blow to the Har
ward eleven this season. Brickley was
ton last Saturday and his physician
has stated there Is just bare pos
sibility that he will be able to play in
the Yale-Harvard game on November
21. 1t is certain that he will not be
able to play in any Of the intervening
Harvard will be greatly handicapped
without HIM. .4t.'s ~
The revision in the football rules
pass that goes out of bounds either
on a fly direct, or after having been
touched by an eligible player of eth
er side, goes to the opponents. This
| happened in last Saturdays Wash
| burn-Baker game and number of
spectators who were not acquainted
with the new rule could not under
stand why the ball went over to the
other side.
| Another important change in the
rules this year is the cutting out Of
the kick back. After a touchback or
safety, the ball is no longer kicked
out. but is put in scrimmage on the 20
yard line. .-t
j Two mid-week games are scheduled
Groton school and Middlesex at Con-
| cord and the other between North
Carolina Aggies and Virginia Poly
technic institute. Friday William
Jewell meets Central at Liberty and
Southwestern university plays Austin
| at Georgetown. Twelve games are
boxed for Friday throughout the
country.
Salina. Kan, Oct. 14.-Kansas Wes-
Tuesday, IA to IS. 1t was a triumph
of straight football and effective use
of the forward pass over trick plays
and open formation. Cooper played
1 better than the Wesleyans during the
| first two quarters, but the Methodists
came back strong in the latter part
of the game. Only one penalty was
inflicted and Wesleyan received 1t for
holding. Both teams fumbled con-
siderably.
| Lawrence, Kan. Oct. 14.-There
will be no scouting of other valley
teams by the Jayhawkers this year.
Coach Jack Wheaton does not believe
in scouting and has put the ban on
it absolutely. Heretofore. the Kansas
coaches have kept three or four men
busy watching the other teams play
and In this way had close line on
every formation used by their oppon-
ents. After a scouts report the Jay
hawkers spent days in perfecting a de-
Tense for the favorite plays Of Ne
braska, Washburn and Missouri. This
year it will be different. Wheaton
expects to give his men such detailed
INSTRUCTION that they will be able to
stop any kind of attack and thus It
will not be necessary to scout.
The Jayhawker coach believes in
playing the game on its merits and
believes that the better team should
win without any unfair advantages.
There is a Missouri Valley ruling
against scouting but 1t has never been
recognized by the various teams.
With the Washburn and K. u.
teams playing away from home next
Saturday, Topeka football FANS will
journey to Manhattan where the best
game in the Missouri valley this week
Will De played between the Aggies and
Nebraska. This is the first trip the
Cornhuskers have ever made to
Manhattan. The game will also, give
line on Washburn and the Aggfes
as Washburn held the Nebraska team
to IA to Z score in the first game OF
the season..
Another Football Accident Fatal.
Jersey City. Oct 14.-Charles G.
q Hays, 4 g. years old, died in 4 hospital
Il here today. of injuries received in a
4 football game last Monday. Hays was
a player on the Fordham university
preparatory school team In q game
with a team from st. Peters college he
tackled the man with the ball and