The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-16
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repsburg, Missouri, where they meet
the Missouri Teachers this afternoon
Seventeen players, Coach Gray. Stu
dent Manager Cook and Assistant Man
ager Haynes made up the invading par
ty, and when they return tonight at
10:40 they expect to bring back their
biggest score Of the season. The play
ers who are on the trip are the follow
ing: Captain Trobert. Dick and Bob
Whitcomb, Barrett. Wolfe, Stewart.
Billings. Elbe. Bearg. villipigue. Beais.
Myers. Ream. Janney. Champeny, NC
Gosh and Kline.
While all Washburn fans feel con-
fdent that the IchabOds will have no
trouble beating the Missourians as Tar
as a mule can kick. Coach Gray seemed
to be Of different opinion and after
driving well men and crippleS through
a hard scrimmage Thursday afternoon,
he was still unsatisfed and went into
the scrimmage personally SO that he
could make 1t the hardest workout OF
the season. More pep was his battle
cry and making freshman holes was his
principal diversion.
For some reason the first team did
not show up to Gray's expectations
Thursday and the knotty little fresh
men worked forward pass after for
ward pass as well rs fake plays and line
bucks. This may have been the cause
of the hard driving. But whatever the
cause, it was one of the hardest Of the
season and most OF the men were taken
ing little or no scrimmage work at all.
Wolfe. a tried and true hero of many
Ichabod battles. came in for his share
of the work Thursday afternoon and
will probably appear in this afternoons
game for the first time this season.
Wolfe Is a man with a lions heart and
the confidence the team has in him is
almost as valuable an asset az his SUI
perb work. DR.. Ernest says Wolfe's
knee is in good shape and that 1t should
be stronger than it ever was. DIR. Ern-
est refereed the practice game Thursday
afternoon, but did not accompany the
Blues to Warrensburg.
Elbe and Champeny came in for their
regular allotment Of the Cruel Thurs
day afternoon. despite injuries. Cham
peny buried a toe too deeply in the
ground and had to take it out of the
conflict for nursing, but Elbe stayed
with the work in spite Of the fact that
his shoulder il still sore from the Ne
braSka game. Villipigue worked at
right end in Captain Trobert's place
during part of the scrimmage and the
cracked Stat in his side didn't seem to
bother him very much.
Speaking of people being born with
a silver spoon in their mouth. Cot He'll
surely must have been born with a
gridiron somewhere close in the neigh
borhood. He Is undoubtedly a natural
born football player and q penny-in-the-
slot, automatic machine doesn't dish out
he does successful football plays. II he
keeps enough of this football in his
Uranium to keep other stuff out and
keeps at 1t. he ought to make his cousin
Pete's record look like q skinned onion
in a congressional pork barrel.
Timber is on the ground for the erec-,
ton of new bleachers on the Washburn
field and the work will begin at once.
Student Manager Cook stated Thursday
afternoon that the old bleachers in the
north side Of the field would be made
more secure than they ever were bfore
and a new string will be erectd on the
south side. Also. boxes will be built for
the big games Of the latter part Of the
season.
The big game in this vicinity to-
morrow is at Manhattan between the
Aggies and Nebraska university.
Many Topeka people, including sew
eral members of the Washburn team,
will go up and pull for the Aggies to
make good showing against the
Cornhuskers. In fact Coach LOwman
thinks X. 8. A. C. has a lighting
chance to win. 1t Is Ne first Mis-
souri, valley game Of the Season.
Lincoln. Neb, Oct 1s-Nhe Corn
huskers took another slump for their
game Saturday in the first Missouri
Valley conference clash with the KAN
sas Aggies, when Captain Halligan was
kept out Of the lineup Friday. with
| water on the knee, resulting from q
wrench received Saturday in the South
Dakota game. Coach Stiehm announced
that it was unlikely that Halhgan
! would be in Saturdays lineup and
| Shields, whose wrenched shoulder has
been causing him trouble. was worked
| at the Nebraska leaders position at
left tackle.
the Freshmen tramped all over the
varsity, registering three touchdowns
to the four piled up by the regulars.
Gross appears to have the call on the
one guard job. with Shields shifted to
| tackle. The failure to get a dry field
to work on owing to the constant rains.
/ and the huge hospital list, has plunged
the Nebraska coach into gloom.
Ernest Quigley who has Just finished
umpiring the Chicago city series be-
tween the Cubs and White Sox is on his
way to St. Marys to take charge of his
old football squad, according to a news
dispatch from Chicago.
i Mr.. Quigley's many Kansas friends
/ will welcome him back to his old haunts
and 1t is needless to say that the Cath
Ole eleven's stock may be EXPECTED to
begin rising at once
Geo. label. pitcher for the Cubs. ii
also reported to be on his way to Bald
win where he will enter the basket bal
court with the Baker university team
again this season.
Coach Lowmans Aggies and all Man.
haitian are reported ready for the inva
sion of the Nebraska COrnhuskers to-
morrow. This will be the initial Mis-
souri, Valley game for the Aggies and
they will exert every effort to make i
a winner