The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-10-15
SPORT WHEEZES
Being Purloined Dog Meat. Prune
Pies. Lemon Sandwiches. Etc.
(By Clug)


Washburn was off to Lincoln at
noon today. Tomorrow's score should
be something like this: Nebraska 35;
Washburn 10.
The most encoura ging thing the
Ichabods showed in practice Thurs
day was Sam Stewards punting.
Tiny Sam was boosting the ball for
an average of about 60 yards Some
times he almost kicked from goal
post to goal post.
well shod when they face the IIusk-
ers tomorrow Thursday afternoon
Coach Gray gave new $7.45 shoes to
all the first string men who had feet
of normal size.
The Stiehm Giants will likely try
| to defeat Washburn by using straight
| football and by battering the line. But
| the fact that Nebraska has game
with Notre Dame tomorrow week
| should make the Huskers want to take
few chances of getting men hurt.
Many smart football men have orig
mated mighty fine alibi Ike excuses,
but Baker university earned the med
al when the announcement came from
Baldwin that if the Baker team lost
to Haskell today it would be because
the Baker players made themselves
sick eating papaws.
1t cost the management of the Bos-
ton club more. than $4,000 to end the
worlds series Wednesday sinstead of
Thursday. Yet, there probably are a.
few who will not be convinced that
baseball is on the square.
The student body at Washburn is
awake to the fact that the football
team needs little support and en-
couragemeEt. A movement has been
put on foot TO dismiss school next
Friday in order to drum up pep and
enthusiasm for the game with War
rensburg tomorrow week.
This weeks issue of the Washburn
Review contained the following no
tice: IAN idea has been sprung.
Strange as that may seem around
here, yet tits true. This idea is from
the RIOTERS club. 1t has been Sug-
gested thet the Friday before the
Warrensburg game we call school off
and meet III the chapel to try and in
still into ourselves a little pep. This
is good stuff. Let's talk it up and
what's more, let's do it,
Apropos of the status quo of base
ball as a popular amusement, Grant
land Rice has the following to say:
There seems to be general ten
dency in certain directions to hand
is a tendency among more than few
to miss no opportunity to give the
game a downward shove. Yet no
amusement yet devised has ever fur
nished one-third the pleasure or the
recreation that baseball in it's fifty
year history has furnished to too many
millions to be counted Baseball has
been the greatest factor for pleasure
and for health to more people than
any other two games ever put for
ward. Cricket in England has sur
vived for centuries so has golf in Scot
land. Baseball, from the point of the
spectator, is a game far beyond either.
Yet by many it is being awarded an
early death, when within a few years
from now it is sure to be more popular
than it has ever been before
Now that thesworld's series is over,
the winter stove league is beginning
to smoke, and in a short time 1T will
be blazing away at full blast. ABOUT
be expected to do is to consign
Mathewson to the has been" class,
announce that the last series broke
the spirit of Alexander and prognosti-
cate that Moran will not lead the Phil
lies next season.
Already it is. being predicted that
the winter season will see more trad
ing among the Giants, Cubs, Pirates
Cardinals and Cincinnati Reds than
ever before Those who are out with
the first dope say lndt the CdTulLdfS
and Giants will open the 1916 season
with more changes than any of the
other teams. A rumor also has per-
colated into Topeka to the effect that
both Vance and Kruger are to be sent
back to '.our own league--Vance be-
cause he is too wild and Kruger be-
cause he is too.s Slow
A crowd was hanging around get
ting returns from the worlds series
when someone asked: Whats the
matter with Washburn's football
team?"
A loyal supporter of Washburn, who
is accustomed to look at things in a
fairer light, replied: why he has
a bum ankle and a bad wrist sup
pose you mean Sam Stewart"
Stewart Undoubtedly is one of the
most valuable men on the team 1t
might be said that SO far. he is the
only player who has measured up to
the Ichabod standard of former years
And all Washburn expects to make
him a hero before the season closes. /
But to say that he is the whole team
well, you know some said Alexander
was the whole PhilHe team. and