The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-10-28
SPORT WHEEZES
Being Purloined Dog Meat, Prune
Pics. Lemon Sandwiches, Etc.
(By C1ug.)

Coach Gray admitted Wednesday
night that he did not know who would
play quarter Saturday for Washburn.
He said it probably would be Beals,
Heller or Sullivan.
However, it was being rumored
around the gym that Gene Villipigue
might be given a trial at driving the
team Heller lacks experience, Beals
is needed in the half position and
Sullivan is not in the best of condi-
ton.
Official Holmes admitted Wednes-
day that some of his decisions in Sat
urday's game against Washburn were
wrong. Probably he had the baseball
umpire's off day luck
]. c. Hoover and J. c. Stewart, of
the Topeka Gun club, are in st. Joseph
attending O. two days shoot being
given by the Missouri powder burners
The Washburn freshmen have as
good a looking squad of men as the
school has seen in several years. But
interest is so keenly lacking that the
seem to take turns coming out in re-
lays each week
His eyes were black, and his ears al
blue; his nose was broke and his lip:
split thru His head was peeled anC
his shins all sore; his ribs were brokt
and his hide all tore. No, he wasn't
football hero praised, he was merely a
freshie freshly hazed.
The much touted Americas and the
Nebraska wonder, Joe Stecher, will
wrestle in Lincoln tonight for the
heavyweight title of America. 1t is
expected that a mammoth crowd will
see the match.
A Lincoln, Neb.. paper announces
that Jack Coffey, ex-Denver man
ager, is negotiating for the job of
managing the Oakland club of the
Coast league next season.
The announcement that Nebras-
kans accused Notre Dame players of
trying TO get Chamberlain" in the
game last Saturday has caused sew
eral K. U. followers to state that Ne
braskas house contains too much
glass for her to throw stones.
Paul Movers, a former Notre Dame
student who saw the game at Lincoln
Saturday, however, is authority for
the statement that no effort was made
to "get Chamberlain" chamberlain
got nothing more than what any ag-
gressive player carrying the ball might
expect" Movers said.
WaShburn students these days are
wasting lot of energy deciding
whether or not the freshmen should
be padded, and in the meantime the
football team stands a swell chance to
get the padding of it's life Saturday
at the hands of Bill HargisS' teachers.
Bonnie Owens, coach of the Okla
homa Sooners, says he never has a
perfect team and that he always has
a lot of defects to correct. And if
Bonnie don't mind he will get a repu-
tation in Kansas at least for being
too ding busted proficient.
A compilation of pitching record
figures shows that Grover Cleveland
Alexander leads in low percentage of
runs permitted with 2.06 per nine
inning game and that RUDE Marquard
leaguerS with a total of five per game.
Wichita, it appears, will have no
trouble in finding a manager to sue
coed Ham Paterson, who quit the club
d few weeks ago. 1t is understood the
directors of the Wolves are being
flooded with applications for the job.
Bill Rapps would make good man
for the place.
1t is understood that Roaring Bill is
looking for managerial job and that
if he is successful he will not be back
in Topeka next season. Whether or
not Bill has applied for the Wichita
Job is not known.