The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-10-15
WaShburn IchabOdS Play Giant
COrnhuSkers Tomorrow.
Team Badly Crippled, But Good
Showing Is Expected.

The Washburn college football team,
accompanied by Coach Gray, Student
Manager Haynes, Assistant Manager
Champeny and a number of students,
left today at noon for Lincoln, Neb..
where the Nebraska COrnhuskers Will
be met tomorrow afternoon
Among those who composed the
Linge, Stewart, Champeny, Billings,
Captain Beals, McCoSh, Muirhead,
Heller. Sullivan, Rice, Enfield, Cox,
Dehn, Logan and Newell
The last practice before this, the
hardest game on the Ichabod sched-
ule, was held Thursday afte- noon, and
their work solely to the defective parr
of the game. With the ball only a
few yards from the goal line, the
scrubs and freshmen were -1ept at tie
task of pounding the line, and then
Rogers and Bearg took turn about
hammering holes in the defense.
Surprise Shake Up.
Considerable surprise was expressed
by the sideline spectators when the
first squad was sent out with two new
ends and a new guard on it. Bailey,
a former basketball player, was put
in Billings's place at left end; Sh1ne
Chamberlain was at right in place OF
''Runt' Newell and Cox played IN
Linge's place at guard Gray would
not say whether or not this was the
way he expected to lineup against Ne
braska but 1t was generally thought
that these men would be started at
any rate.
Sullivan, who was being depended
upon to play quarter while Beals
worked at one of the halves, showed
up at the last minute with a couple OF
injured ribs. that it was thought,
would keep him out of the game
Fullbacx Villipigue was not able to
put on a uniform.
Team i'm Bad Shape.
In addition to all of these things,
Sam Stewart was handicapped with
two injured ankles, sprained wrist
and a bum shoulder, Major Harvey
was out with a sprained ankle, Cham
peny had a boil on his instep, Beals a
bruise on his hip and bad knee, Bill
fngs was out of condition, McCosh a
burst blood vessel and Linge a bad
ankle. Otherwise the team was in
first class shape, and looked better
than it has at any time this season.
To date Washburn has not been
able TO cross an opponents goal line,
and the prevailing opinion is that they
will not soil the chalk marks behind
the Huskers tomorrow.
However, stranger things have hap
pened on many gridirons, and every
man who lugged a uniform into the
special coach on the train that took
the team out of Topeka at noon was
confident that a better showing would
be made against the giant Huskers
than was made against either the ban
tam Cooperites OF Baker.
Game, Nevertheless.
The players, the coaches and the
student body at Washburn are at least
to be commended for their spirit, and
the term Fighting Ichabods'' was
never more appropriate than 1T is now.
Thursday afternoon the athletic bulle-
tin board in the gymnasium was deco
rated with the following:
ION to Nebraska-Washbu never
says diet"
And this seemed to be the sentiment
of everyone connected with the team.
When asked if he expected to score
against the Nbraskans, Gray smiled
and replied:
.sWeil, 1 should say SOL"
Captain Beals also seemed to feel
the same way. His reply was: I'VE
did it last year
The lineup tomorrow in the first
quarter will probably be as follows:
Bailey, lie; Cox, lg; Logan, 1t; Rice, c:
Dehn, rig; Stewart, TT; Chamberlain,
re; Champeny. RI: McCosh, IN; Muir
head, fb; Beals, q.
The State Journal tomorrow after
noon will give the score OF this and
all other football games
Father of Slow Ball Dead.
Cleveland, Ohio. Oct. 15.-Billy
Reidy. baseball pitcher who is cred
tied with originating the slow ball
and who when with Brooklyn defeated
the famed Christy Mathewson in a
critical series, died at the home of
his sister here Thursday. While with
MiIwaukee when that club was man
aged by Connie Mack, Reidy developed