The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-23
Washburn Warriors win Begin
Scrimmage This Week.
Coach Gray Has Fine Prospects
for Successful Season.
|AI VARSITY MEN REPORT
Line VIII Be Made Up Entirely
Of Experienced Players.
Fans Predict State Champion,
ship for Trobertss Eleven.

Glenn (Crip) Gray, athletic coach
at Washburn. will not be Handicapped
now has a definite knowledge Of the
class and style Of football that il play
ed in this section of the country, and
with q light but fast team. it Is be-
lieved he will develop championship
aggregation.
Coach Gray win have ten football
letter men on the team and two or
three more experienced men, who have
won their letters in other forms Of col
lege athletics. The team will probably
and captain: Dick Whitcomb. right
tackle; r. Whftcomb. right guard.
Barrett, center; Wolfe, left guard:
Sam Stewart, left tackle: Billings, left
end; Elbe and Dwight Ream. quarter:
Beales. Bearg. villipigue. Meyers. Nc
field.
All Letter Mem.
All of the men In the line are letter
men excepting Sam Stewart. and he
was the star of the freshmen team last
year. 1t is believed that he will fill
the vacancy caused by Dean Rodgers
with merit. Rodgers was an all Kan
sas man. but Stewart, with his exper-
fence. will make q good showing.
Elbe, Beales, Bearg and Meyers were
on account. OF PARENTAL objections. did
not play last season. but won letters
in basketball, baseball and track work.
McCafferty won a letter two years ago
while at half on the team. Champney
was on the club last year and is ex-
son.
Carl Linge and Hathaway, both
members of the scrub team last year.
are expected to be contenders for
places in the line this season.
An Men Report
I'D
have reported and have been out In
suits every day the past week.
Before Coach Gray arrived Captain
Trobert was in charge OF the work
and much has been accomplished to-
wards giving the men q good send on.
Mr.. Gray is hig. y pleased with the
number and appearance OF the fresn.
men and scrubs who have reported
for practice. There are twenty-five
or thirty in this lot and all have been
working hard.
Nothing but preliminary work has
been done up to the present time. The
men are working on excess weight.
improving their wind and developing
Drawn.
The regulars will line up against
the freshmen and scrubs in q practice
game next Saturday, and a week later
the Sons of Ichabod will invade. the
camp Of Coach Steihm and his war
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with a bunch Of experienced play
ers, all of whom are light and fast
and possess considerable football
knowledge, Coach Gray expects to get
much better results than last year.
With the line up as it now stands
he can meet any other team in the
state as a contender for champion
ship honors. Fans from Washburn
college and throughout the city pre-
dict a victory over the Kansas unfver-
sity teams and over the Aggies In the
annual Thanksgiving game.
Scrimmage practice will not begin
until Wednesday or Thursday, but
Coach Gray thinks this will put the
experienced players in shape to be-
gin the season against the freshies.
Wolfe Is Hurt.
The first accident In Coach Gray's
sridiron camp occurred Tuesday after
noon when Ray Wolfe, guard and one
of the Ichabods' best players. strained
his knee Wolfe injured this knee two
years ago and the strain is thought TO
be a result Of the old injury.
However, after an examination. Dr..
Ernest stated that he thought the big
man would not have much trouble with
the strain and would probably be in
shape for the Nebraska game. Coach
Gray issued his signal code to the Icha-
bods Tuesday afternoon and the team
is developing machine efficiency with
wonderful rapidity.