University Missourian., 1914-11-19
I,OOO RIOTERS TO
WITNESS BIG GAME
Continued from page one)

last night; townspeople, facult!
folk, students, and many small
boys, the latter preferring the from
rows of the balcony. The "Bea
Kansas" fever is making itself fell
everywhere, and this crowded ant
enthusiastic mass meeting renewed
,the spirit. 1t gave a glimpse oi
the statewide attention that IL
turned toward the game next Sat
urday-the biggest athletic event
of the year.
The mass meeting was opened by
/ two selections by the band, fol-
lowed by a short talk by the stu
dent president, r. w. Mcclure.
President Hill then spoke. Don't
underestimate Kansas" he said
only hard fighting spirit, speed
and brains on the part of the team,
and loyalty to the team and the
coaches will bring us victory
next Saturday"
Indian" Schultz came next, to
the tune of Dixie" He took "the
Scrubs" as the subject of his talk.
I'm sure the term scrub" was
originated by the scrub himself
laughing at himself" said Mr..
Schultz, land / want to say for
these scrubs that they're game
men, and / have a lot of admiration
in my heart for them"
Then came Hot Air" Nelson,
who came over from Jefferson City
for the mass meeting. Whenever
any one says Hot Air." said Mr..
Nelson, Il answer that's me-
There are just three things We
need for the final downfall of Kan
sas. One of these we already have,
the victory on Rollins Field last
year; We need to beat them next
Saturday on McCook Field, and
the third thing is to beat them here
again next year. With three
straight they'll never dare come
back"
E. Sidney Stephens spoke, repre-
senting the townspeople, "the thir-
ty third degree fans" Mr.. Steph-
ems said: Begin playing the game
right now, you students. talk game,
eat game, dream game, think moth
ing but game from now till the
whistle blows Saturday afternoon.
can't understand this talk of 1,000 |
students going to Lawrence. There |
are 5000 students in the University,
and l know of only 2 or 8 in the
hospital. Don't let parental OBJ
lection nor financial disaster stop
you. It's your duty to go, and no |
one can blame you for doing your
iuty.'
There were cheers for sid"
Then came "Chuck" Wilson, cap
ain of last years team. Don't
hink for a minute" he said, that
We have the game won and tied up
n a sack. Kansas has the same
cam with one exception, that it
lad last year. Kansas defeat last
Saturday will make them fight all
he harder Missouri needs to
)lay the best football it can, and
very body must go to Lawrence"
There followed cheers for
Chuck"
l.. V. Stigall of st. Joseph, stu
lent president in 1909, spoke.
There seems more seriousness
mong the students" said Mf.
'tigall, than in my day, and /
want to commend this respect for
and at the same time to
warm you against loss of school
pirit. When l was here the great
st organization in the University
vas the student body, and the
honor l had during my
chool career was when l led a
procession in Kansas City after
eating Kansas. Caesar never en-
cred Rome with more pomp, nor
vas Solomon in all his glory ar ,
aged like one of these. This is
together state matter; the vic [
Dry will go to the state, not to
ew individuals. Just let us Mis- [
ourians get at 'em! War has been
eclared, there is no neutrality i
rom the Mississippi to the Colo +;
ado line. I'm for magnanimity
My when that means rubbing it in. I
% to Lawrence. and if the Kan
ans aren't tight wads, you can \,
lake your expenses while you're +,
p there" 6
Prof. c. l.. Brewer spoke last. He t
aid: Il don't want there to be
ny false feeling of overconfidence. G
ansas has every thing in its IA
Or, and if We win the game, it will :
through the determination of v
very man on the field, and a dis r
lay of the Roper spirit" t