The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-17
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The hearing ear. and the seeing
eye, the Lord hath made even both of
them" And yea. yea, We sons OF
Ichabod. verify I say unto you that
something has got to be did," or else
the land mark Of thy fathers will be
removed from thy sight. next Satur-
! day.
| The eye sees. the ear hears and the
tongue waggeth. and all men agree
that Washburn's name Will be Dennis
| in next Saturday afternoons football
game with Emporia unless something
! lis did" There is something in Coach
Gray's camp that ought to be on the
garbage dump. There Is 5inx
somewhere in the Washburn line and
the incubator is filled with gloom
eggs that Emporia will hatch out and
clOthe with heavy touchdOwns. Goose
eggs on both sides were the only
hatchings of last seasons game with
/ the Emporia eleven, but this year
Washburn will draw the only goose
egg in the nest unless Rip Van Wrinkle
| is booted out of the IchabOd camp and
some system is imported.
| Just what is the trouble with the
Ichabods battles the closest observer.
With a team that out-played Nebraska
, at every stage of the game and with
veterans in almost every position.
Gray's squad looked like it would go
through Kansas like sherman
marched to the sea. But the '.jinx''
must have climbed on right after the
Nebraska game. At any rate, since
then, Blue stock has been headed
downward. Last Saturday the team
won from Baker by narrow nose and
Friday 1t allowed a battered, crippled
and Respondent team of second rank
to hold the score down to to 0.
| On the other hand, Emporia, q dark
horse and a light one, has been doing
the Sherman stunt and coping the
Sherman honors, and bids fair to
Blues get a hump on.
| Here are the figures for the eyes to
| see: Last year Emporia held WASH
, burn O to 0. Last year the Washburn
beat st. Marys "a to IL and Emporia
| beat the same team IA to IL. This
year Washburn beat Baker university
to 3 and Emporia beat the same
| team yesterday, IL to O. Baker beat
| Missouri Wesleyan this year to O,
| Washburn beat Baker by. q squeeze,
| burg with a 20 point score and WASH
burn has a deuce of a tame making
one touchdown on Warrensburg. EN-
poria held X. U. last Saturday to O.
It is simply a case Of get up and
hustle. or get down and out for the
Ichabods. And. as was stated above.
just why this state of affairs exists Is
the puzzling part Of the panorama
There is no doubt but that Grip"
Gray is as good a coach as can be
| found in Kansas, and there is no doubt
but that Washburn players are as
good as the best. But they must fight!
Trobert can boot the oval as far as
| any Of them and his punting was a
feature in Lincoln. Elbe and Ream
both play good football at quarters.
Bearg and Beals are as good as any
halfbacks in the state, II not better.
Stewart, Barrett, Wolfe and the Whit
comb brothers make a line that ought
| to be as near stone wall as human
flesh can become. And In addition to
these there are Villipigue. Myers,
Champeny. Billings, Janney. Kline.
McCosh, Linge and Markham. all OF
| whom are men Of ability.
Yet in the face of all this, the last
two games. winners though they were:
disappointed the Washburn fans and
have brought forth host Of doubling
Thomases who realize that the rest
| of the season will be, compared with
what has already gone.
The interference in last Saturdays
game against Baker was a frost attrib-
uted to a muddy field, and the line
gains against Warrensburg Friday.
were a complete freeze out The only
score in each game was the result OF
forward passes. and in this one partic-
ular the IchabOds seem to excel. How
ever, Emporia is also a past master
of this work, and the Blues only hope
of defeating the Grangerites lies in
their ability to work their own passes
and break up those of the invaders.
Those who know the Washburn play
ers best believe in them tn strongest.
The valiant sons Of Ichabod have held
their heads above water SO far by hard
padding. and here's hoping they do it
again next Saturday and the remainder
Of the season. But, in order to do so.
it will take some humping" Let's
hump Washburn. Let's take the "por"
out Of Emporia.
Get little "pepy' Don't let Wash
championship go challenged!
Pictures Of last Saturdays Wash
burn-Baker game and High
school game, taken by F. G. Willard,
the photographer are being shown at a
local motion picture theater this week.
This is a unique football picture feat
ure for Topeka and is done by Mr..
Willard as an educational feature as
well as to arouse football enthusiasm
among the town people. ME-. Willard
will probably make such pictures Of all
Washburn games played this season.
Torn ligaments received in the game
with Warrensburg Normal Friday af-
ternoon will keep Robert Whitcomb,
IchaDod right guard. out OF the game
for two weeks or longer, according
to DR.. r. B. Stewart, who examined
Whitcomb on the teams return Friday
night. The injury while painful is not
especially dangerous. Bob is one OF
the Ichabod's best linemen and If he
has to stay out of next Saturdays
gram 1t will be a great handicap to
the team.