The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-11-24
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More football men out in uniforms at
Monday afternoon than
there has been since the first Of the
season. Three full squads were in
action on the field and several fresh |
men adorned the sidelines.
There were lots of pep" and lots of
ginger in all the squads, but mingled
with the beat the Aggie" enthusiasm
there was a sprinkling Of sadness
experienced by spectators f,
as well as the players.
For many of Old Ichabod's most
faithful and most valiant warriors it
was the last scrimmage. Never again
will Trobert, Bearg. Billings, the Whit
comb brothers, Barrett, Ream, Will
pigue. Myers. Elbe, McCafferty or Page
in preparation for a conflict in which
Ichabod's honor is at stake. Never
again after tomorrow's Manhattan
game will these boys bend their
backs and battle blindly through thick
and thin for Washburn!
And there is no need to ask what they
will do tomorrow.
In going out on the car Monday aft
ernoon. Bearg said: Yes. this the last
scrimmage. 1 suppose. The last" And
silence emphasized his feeling as no
written words can.
Out on the field Old 'aTrobe' between
punts said: YES, this is the last.
Through high school and all. I have
been kicking around out here Tor sew
en- years-it seems queer
And Student Manager Wayne Cook
who has worked as hard as any of
them and who has done it without
hope Of the reward that others get felt
about the same way as the players
about it. and his fight for financial SUI
premacy has been as deserving of
praise as that of any uniformed war
rior in the lot.
A special train over the Rock Island
leaving Topeka at 12:15 will take the
Washburn +eam and rooters to Manhat-
tan. The game will be called at 3
O'Clock and the special will return as
soon as the game is over.
The Washburn band, all freshmen
and second team players, will be taken
and record crowd of rooters is ex-
pected to go. The railroad fare there
and back will be sos and the admis-
sion to the game 81.
Every indication is that Washburn
will have the advantage and ought to
win, but the Aggies will probably play
in their best form of the season and
will not concede their defeat until the
final whistle toots. AS close a game as
has been played in Kansas this season
is the prediction Of many who have fol-
lowed the teams throughout the sea-
son.
will be played on Washburn field be-
tween the Washburn Heil-Gray fresh
men and the Campbell college eleven.
Elaborate red and black posters dec
GRATED with picture that resembles
Gray, He'll, Muirhead and Rice in many
respects, have been plastered over the
entire city and a good game is guar
anteed.
The Campbell college team is one
of the best western Kansas elevens
that ever invaded Topeka and the
toes to beat them. The price Of adj
mission to all parts of the grounds
will be only so cents and the public
is cordially invited to attend.
One particularly interesting feature
about the Indian-Oklahoma game at
Kansas City Thursday is the fact that
the head coaches of both teams are
old X. U. players and former Jay
hawker coaches.
Bert Kennedy, coach of Haskell for
the past four years. coached K. U. for
seven years md played quarter on the
Red and Blue teams during '95, go
and '97. Benny Owen was also quar-
ter on the Jayhawker teams OF '98
and '99, the latter year being the sea-
son in which "Hurry-up" Yost devel-
oped an ever victorious Kansas squad.
The following green-eyed Aggie
Gopher" story is from a Manhattan
paper:
''T'he green-eyed jinx is again trail
ing the Lowmanites in better than
mid-season form and cracking right
down on the Lowman hopefuls with
all possible might. The result. Scan
Ian and Wright are graci,g the teams
hospital list and the Kansas Aggies
al h0 nf
the crucial Washburn battle.
The pavement-like hardness Of
College Field shoed Coach Lowman
and squad to the east side Of the cam
pus. where the tumbling was not quite
so hard, but the outcome Of this last
of the team. Seaman stepped into a
gopher hole receiving a pass and
sprained an ankle, and Wright
plunged into another bent on the
same purpose and the result was a
severely wrenched back. Added to
the knockout blow handed the team
when Haymaker and Hartwig were
injured, this comes as mighty handi-
cap to the Aseies
I'm spite OF these injuries the team
is practicing hard for the Ichabod
battle and with a vim that spells sure
death to few Of the pet plays of
Coach "C-.p" Grey.
larly strong on end running and gains
by the pass route. Also, the Ichabods
have a stellar booter in Captain Tro-
bert to aid them in pulling out of bad
holes. The Ichabod leader is capable
Of booting the ball for better than
40-yard average. Dick Whitcomb at
tackle has proven q sensation from
that position in every game of the
season. His strong line is breaking
up the opposition's plays before they
get well under way
st. Marys, Kan, Nov. 24.-St. Marys
college is making extensive prepara-