The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-11-18

OF sausage, sour bellied sandwiches
and the like is to be taboo. The col
umn has got to be respectable.
You may wonder why this reforma-
ton. Well, here is the pathetic appeal
| that brought it about, quicker'n Sun
day or Salvation Nell ever converted
a sinner: fr
Dear Sir: Every night my wife in
sists upon reading your abominable
sport page, and every time she reads
that dog meat head she gets sick.
CENT you have a fellow feeling and
cut it out?-Claud -.''
Evidently Mr.. Yost isn't considering
giving no the $4,000 he receives from
Michigan for 60 days work a year
coaching the Wolverines. "Give me
the twenty men want for the Michi
! gan team next year and l will make a
clean sweep of the 1916 season. Hur-
ry Up said recently.
Also, the Ann Arbor mentor recent
| ly let it be known hat hen he sew
cred his connection with Michigan he
would retire from the game forever.
Several eastern schools have been re-
ported after him. hSsi
,, With the football season rapidly ap-
preaching "a close it is a notable fact
that up to today weather conditions
have been almost IDEAL In fact, the
weather man has been much more
kindly disposed towards football than
he was to baseball during the summer
months.
The Nebraska Cornhuskers have
made a total of 226 points during the
present football season and all of
their. opponents have made only 32-
Kansas comes next in the conference
with a total of 144 points against 73
by all opponents. These figures show
how completely the Nebraskans out
class their conference rivals.
The record of Cooper college is the
most interesting in the Kansas confer
ence. Prince Weede's team has not
lost a game, and it has won only one
by more than one touchdown. Against
Bethany the Bantams were able to
pile up 30 points, but in all other
games they have been held to a single
touchdown, and have won with it.
In every, game but one taht the c.
of E. has won, the Presbyterians have
piled up several touchdowns. Against
Kansas Wesleyan they made % points,
against Ottawa SO, and against Fair
mount 90. They failed to score against
Friends or Cooper and made only three
points in their Baker game
washburn was insured the squarest
of square deals in today's Emporiad
game when it was announced that E.
G. Quigley would carry the referees
whistle. 'Qulg handled the normal
game at EInporia Wednesday, and he
will work in the Aggie-S OQner game at
Manhattan tomorrow. He is booked
to handle the Jewell-Drury clash at
Kansas City Saturday.
Glen EIbe, who showed brilliant
form in the only game he played in
this year and who Sustained broken
ankle in practice that put him out
for the season, announces that he will
be back in school next year. With
"Old Tar Heels" at quarter the Icha-
bods ill at least be sure of one star
next year. 81
Also, there is a possibility that Don
Billings will again wear the moleskins
for Washburn in Kansas confer
ence games. There is. some question
as to whether or not Don will be grad
uated this year and if he doesn't get
his sheepskin, he will be back.
Contrary to the general belief, all of
the University of Nebraska players do
not hail from Beatrice Chamberlain !
gets his remittances from Blue
Springs, Abbott is from David City; i
Corey claims Green Bay, Mich, as his
home;@ Moser is from Oberlin, and j
Otoupalik also is a David City product. /
The Kansas CoIlegian announces
that the need of being able to speak ,
Spanish is becoming felt more and
more throughout the United States. /
Yes, with Mexico about to become af- |
filiated with our baseball leagues, it |
is. Also, some football teams might
find it advantageous to call their |
signals in Spanish.
Captain "Pinky'' Beals is one of the |
few Washburn football players who
has been laid out, or taken out of a |
game this season. 1T was said that K. /
U. tried to put him out, and he got |
some hard bumps in Lincoln, but they /
couldn't get him. The Aggies last i
Friday centered their attentions on
"Pinky'' whenever Washburn had the
ball. but ut that he sifted through /
rather often.
why does Jigge drink many alco- /
holic beverages - Guess he's trying to /
preserve his reputation. Express.