The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-11-11
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(By Clug.)
It is just about time for the referee
to blow the whistle for the end of
the third period Of the football sea-
SON For Washburn and many other
teams the quarter II already over:
but saturdays games viii mark the
period for a great many more-then
the fourth and final period will be-
curtain will fall and another seasons
! records will have been buried in the
pages OF college history.
So far, the old sport has been ev-
erything that could be expected.
There have been brilliant games,
mixture of every ingredient necessary
to satisfy the epicurean appetites of
the most fastidious bugs in the land.
Small teams with tiny hopes have
performed the hitherto impossible
and have spilled the dope with a
reckless abandon that has added zest
to the sport and brought them into
the limelight- The old favorites that
fell in the onslaughts of the earlier
part of the year have come back into
their own, and the closing games, yet
| to be played. bid fair to top the sea-
son with a fitting and satisfying cli-
max.
| Looking rearward into the piano.
rama. the most notable teams in the
whole country seem to be Washing
Both of these e1everiB have made a
remarkable showing and look like
looming rivals of the big Yale-Prince-
ton-Harvard trio. Pittsburg has a
two season record of which she may
well be proud, and W. and J. is con-
sidered by many to have one of the
best machines in the whole country.
Notre Dame. the phenom of last
season, has taken a slump and SUI
fered two defeats, and Michigan has
the east. Illinois has made herself
the favorite in the big nine class
In the Missouri valley, Kansas and
Nebraska alone have come through
| unscathed and indicated. while in
the Kansas corner OF the picture the
mosaic monotony has been varied.
! In the state conference race Wash
| burn takes the lead. and if the Icha-
| bods succeed in defeating both st.
Marys and the Aggies it will be con-
coded that they have the strongest
team in the state. However, the En-
have made remarkable showings and
have played some wonderful games.
The Norma1ites have excelled any
thing they ever did in the past and
have held their pfce with remarkable
| consistency.
! In the games that have been played
Washburn has won from Baker. Col.
lege of Emporia and Warrensburg ant
/ lost to Nebraska, the EmpOrta NormaE
and K. U. None of the three game.
games and for this reason the Icha
bods have a clean conference record
Friends is probably the only team il
the state, except K q. that has no
suffered a defeat. The Emporia Nor
NAL eleven has lost to the Haskell In
dams, defeated washburn. st. Nary
i and Tarkio and held the Aggies to I
o to o tie. The Aggies have defeated
Southwestern and lost to Nebraska. 4
q. and Missouri.
games that are yet to be played are q
follows: Yale against Harvard ant
Princeton, Cornell against Michigan
Illinois against Chicago. HssU. agains
! Nebraska and Missouri! In Kansa
! the following are among the importan
games: WashburM against st Mary
and the lAggies. College of Empori'
against EmpOfia Normals, and Coope
against Friends, also the Aggie
against Oklahoma at Manhattan Fri
day OF this week.
In Wray's column in the St Loui
Post-Dispatch the following are pre-
dicted to win championship honors
Michigan; in the big nine," Ininoi
and in the Missouri Valley, Nebraska
/ Coach GRIP" Gray. Ray Wolf
Wayne Cook and Sam Stewart wer
in St Marys Tuesday afternoon t
see the game with Southwestern. an
incidentally to size up the team the,
will have to meet Thursday week
The Ichabods. freshmen and higl
. school lads held practice Tuesday OF
the Washburn field. The Ichabod
. seemed to be in spirits and to hav
goodly supply CT pep" and Captai
Trobert and Mr.. Beals put Their
through the regular grind Trobert'
. kicking foot seemed in better shap
than it has been since the first OF tn
season and indications are that Wash
burn will try to make clean recor
of the remainder of her encounter
No ARRANGEMENTS have been made 70
a Saturday game as yet, but there
u still talk of one and MI. Gray WI
probably know definitely in a da
or So
!, The following is what q Manhatta
, paper has to say about the Oklahoma
Manhattan game Friday:
e 'Bennie Owens and his Oklahom
! Sooners will invade Manhattan ne,
e Friday morning and will meet til
Kansas Aggies on College field ths
!, that afternoon at $3.50 o'clock
Looking from several differer
j angles the game with the Sooner
3 who hail from the Oklahoma unive1
|, sity, should be one OF the best grid
t iron scraps seen in Manhattan tn
y year, and no doubt one Of the largea
crowds Of the year viii be out to tax
4 In the first place the sooners hav