The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-28
Many Players Participate n
Opening Gridiron Struggle.
Trobert and Beals Get Touch
downs for tho Blues.
Muirhead Secures Freshman
Score in Last Quarter.

Lake . diamond IN the rough Coach
Gray's Ichabod eleven failed to reflect
its full splendor and perfection in Sat-
urday afternoons game against the
freshmen. the final score being only
Fl to s in favor Of the varsity. Said
failure was duo to the fact that Grip
Gray has not had time enough for
grinding and po1ishing; also. three Of
the principal supports Of the team
were absent in the persons Of Beafg.
Wolf and Barrett.
Every football candidate, with the
exception OF one or two who did not
know the signals. was given Z chance
to participate in the hoghide trans
portation. end when the freshmen -
cured their only touchdown in the
final quarter they were largely OPP
posed by a substitute line.
The only casualty Of tho conflict
happened near the close Of the game
when Dwight Ream. the battering
ram Of the left end. was so careless
gregate on ono of his legs. causing
him to quit the game. At FIRST the
black-eyed. Uhlan-lilke warrior was %
vexed over the accident that he
couldn't tell whether It was his right
or left leg that was hurt. and It Was
feared that q bone had been broken.
but an examination proved that 1t was
nothing moro than q severe bruise.
In the first quarter. Beals. playing
left half. carried tho pig pelt over the
freshman goal limo for two touch
downs, and aCptain Trobert pulled .
forward pass out Of tho air for q third
in the second two.bit period. Also.
hind tho 20 yard line In this quarter
for the final score Of the Ichabods.
Mufrhead, . freshman hailing from
Oberlin. Kan, and . young man who
seems to have considerable push In
his corporal cosmos, made the fresh
man touchdown in the last quarter
after his team had made a series Of
successful line charges.
By way of DEPRESSION. 1t might not
be amiss to state here that Bobby
Gray wears a manicured mustache OF
| the kaiser type, and that he and He'll
and Muirhead formed the Caesarian
| tr1umvtrate OF the freshman eleven
and divided most Of the honor booty
| among themselves. He'll. as many
| football fans will remember, il an old
high school player, and one Of To-
peka's own sons, and he gives prom
ise Of performing many valiant deeds
for the "mudderschool'' eleven when
he becomes eligible as a first team
player. ~
Also, the Whitcomb brothers, who
are TOpekans and members of last
years team, played good ball Satur-
day and showed that they will be able
to hold their places for another sea-
son.
"Pinky" Beals, villipigue. and
Champeny also demonstrated their
ability to carry the bacon skin and
will doubtless give a good account OF
themselves before the season is over.
OF course, Saturdays game had NO
other purpose than to give the first
| team practice and training and to
show Gray what his men needed to
put them into shape for next Satur-
days game with the strong Nebraska
| squad at Lincoln. Nobody expected
| the freshmen to win, and nobody
| would have profited by their doing 20.
However. they served their purpose
! admirably, and are to be congratulate
| ed upon the good showing made.
The lineup OF the two teams at the
beginning of the first quarter was az