The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-11-04
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.By Clux.l


! E. A. Thrill and H. T. Derby, two
prominent Topeka business men who
are loyal Washburn supporters. were
out to watch the Ichabods practice
Tuesday afternoon, and. without exag-
geration. they saw the team in its best
form this season. -
7 With Myers on end. Ream IN the
backf1eld and big Bearg in at full. the
whole team displayed a form better
than ever before and three more days
of such improvement will give Grip
Gray the best football machine he has
ever had. Prospects for one of the
best games ever seen in Topeka are
ripening fast and Saturdays K u. bat
| tie should be a hummer. The Icha-
bOds know that excuses will be OF no
avail if they Jose, and with this knowl-
edge they are working to make excuses
unnecessary.
| So that Topekans may know them
and follow them to victory, each player
will wear big number on his back
Saturday. Programs giving the names
that correspond to these numbers will
be furnished to all who attend and de-
sire them. The following are the num-
/ beers and names Of the Washburn play
ers:
No. LCaptain. Earl sTrobert of To-
peka. right end. an all-Kansas end last
season and one Of the best kickers in
this part of the west
No. 2-Dick Whitcomb of Topeka.
rght tackle and a ukely canOlQatc 1OT
state honors this season.
. No. 3-Robert Whitcomb Of Topeka,
! right guard, big brother of Dick. and
a steady. consistent player who has
the reputation of getting his man with
out fail.
ter Barrett is rather light for a GEN.
ter, but has the strength of a male cow
and is every inch q football player.
j No. Stay Wolf of Oberlin. guard.
and a mighty player Wolf has been
out most of the season on account OF
injuries. but will. in all probability. be
in the K. U. game Saturday
No CIV. C. Janney Of Eureka Jam
ney has been playing good ball at
guard this season and is as steady and
reliable as an old pillow horse.
| No. Tiny Sam Stewart Of T0pe-
ka Sam is playing his first year at
tackle but 10 as good a man as any
on the team and has most brilliant
career ahead of him. He is a colt
whose strength has never been put to
No. s-Doland Billings OF Topeka
Billings IS an exceptionally good end
for his weight and is good ON getting
down on forward passes and holding
| to them
No. sGeorge Myers Of Osborne. half
back and end. Myers is there" when
he ought to be and plays a steady. con-
sistent game.
l NO. W. h. Kline OF 1Opck8- Au00
is also good man to hold an end and
has q future before him.
No. u-Edward Marti of New Elm.
MINI. Marti is q backfield man OF
| ability.
No IL. Carl Linge of Topeka
Linge has the beef of the team and
played an except nally good game
against the College Of Emporia Sat-
urday before last
No. Is. Arthur Page Of Rice. Wis.
Page has not played much this sea-
son, but Is q good man.
No. IA. Glen Elbe of Lyons. quar-
terback and a player with an excep-
tionally good head Elbe lacks beef
and blubber but makes up for It In
sand and brains
i No. Is. Dwight Ream Of Topeka
Ream is also a good quarter and a
good backfeld man. He was captain
Of the all-state basketball team last
year and is one Of Washburn's best
all-around athletes
No. 16. E. p villipigue OF C~peka,
q back field man. willy cE -
ure ability with any Of them and II
one of the nervfest and gamest play
Eers on the whole team He doesn't
know what It means to say quit
No IT. 81. J. (Pinky) Beala OF Ce-
dar Rapids. Iowa. a good man for
j any place and one OF this years starr
i Pinky il sometimes called s-Buxxard'
and sometimes THE Little Pink Dew