The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-10-12
PUNK" THEY SAY
Washburn Students Claim Raw
Deal at Baker Saturday.
Baker Professor Was Selected
as Head Linesman.

Baker university's athletic reputa-
ton among the students of Washburn
college is suffering with black eye,
a bloody nose and numerous othei
badly disfigurements as result 81
the football game at BALDWIN last >f-s-
urday in which the Fighting 1chabois
were defeated 10 to and In Whlcn
Washburn men claim Baker pulled on
a deal that wouldn't stand rlSiu
sanitary test.
against the Baker team, but against
the officials who handled the game
and gave Baker about all there was TO
give except the suits the Washpurh
players wore.
Il never thought a game could be
handled in such a manner, one OF tnS
Washburn men said. The oIlcl3's
gave Baker the only- touchooWn snS
made and / doubt if the field goal
would have been scored II competent
officials had been used
RiCe, the Washburn center, said;
II certainly wish you could nave peeh
there to have seen it. We prObaoly
deserved to lose by the score OF TO
o. but the way those Baker men put
il over was a shame.
Even Gray Kicked.
Athletic Director Gray. who has the
reputation of being the best loser ever
connected with Washburn college and
who always gives the beneflt OF the
doubt was asked what he thought OF
it and said:
Raker had been getting off side in
almost every play, 1 went to the hedo
linesman and asked him II he eVeC
called offside plays and he sara IL
wasn't his business. You can Judge
for Yourself what that kind of officiat-
ing means Being able to get started
half a second or so before the pail is
snapped gives a team a great aoVah-
tage and most any kind of a team
7 10 oh n III
lowed to do this repeatedly.
The head linesman who allowed
Baker to do this and who dldn
know it was his business to call off
side plays" was an instructor in
Baker university and was used because
the Baker authorities claimed they
could not afford to employ recog-
nized head linesman who would De I'M
partial.
The Linesman's Duty.
Section 8 of the duties of the head
hnesman as laid down in Spalding s
1915 rule book plainly says: The
linesman shall have jurisdiction over,
and shall report to the referee, who
shall enforce the penalty, and offside
play in the line, etc.
In explaining how an instructor at
Baker happened to be used as head
| linesman, Coach Gray said:
The Baker authorities sent me "a
list of officials and I accepted the
referee and umpire and DESIGNATED
head linesman. The man who was
| used as head lineSman was not on the
list at all. Then Friday, just the even
| ing before the game, I received a let
! ter from Baldwin stating that the uni
versity could not afford to employ a
! high salaried linesman and that this
man had been selected. 1t was then
too late for me to do anything"
Some of the best linesmen in the
| Missouri valley can be procured for
| SIS and expenses, and some VINO are
/ 11ro - hTIf hn
| pen to have the same reputation can
| be gotten for great deal less.
The Illegal Touchdown.
In regard to the touchdown which
Washburn players claim was illegal,
Coach Gray said:
| "Just a few minutes before the
| touchdown was made the referee or
dered Captain Beals off the field The
referee and Beals were arguing about
| this when Baker put the ball in play
without the referee giving a signal
and the ball was put over The referee
! did not put Beals out of the game, but
he did permit the touchdown to
| count
Regarding the blocked kick that
| Washburn recovered and that the Of
ficials gave to Baker, Gray said the
| officials were simply mistaken. They
thought Washburn player had block
ed the ball when in reality a Baker
man had blocked it.
! There has been considerable talk
among Washburn students about pro-
testing the game, but there is little
likelihood that formal protest will
be registered. Gray is not the kind OF
man to do this sort of thing ever
though he might have prOvocation tC
do so, and it is probable that nothing
further will be said about it.
Prepare for Nebraska.
The Ichabods received very few
bruises in the game and Monday after
noon they were out at practice early
with a determination to get into better
shape for the battle Saturday with
Nebraska at Lincoln
Student Manager Haynes said Mon.
day afternoon that he expects the
IchabodS to make a better showing
Saturday than has been made thi:
season.
1t is now thought that Gene Will
pigue will be able to play by Saturday
Chamberlain. a star of two years ago
will be on the squad. Sullivan will
probably start the game at quarter
making Captain Beals available fol
the back field, and McCosh. who wal
handicapped with an injury last week
will be in good shape.
Several pep meetings have beer
J planned for this week and the SUDDEN
body is beginning to rally to the sup
port of the team. The squad will
leave for Lincoln either Friday a
noon or Friday night. c. R. Harris
U. p. p. A, was out to see the teams
practice Monday afternoon and ex
tended a cordial invitation to go t.
the Husker camp via his road.
Indoor Ball at Mcpherson.
Mcpherson, Kan, Oct. 12-The Nc
Pherson fans are not satisfied with
successful city league season and re
Gently organized an indoor baseball
league. A schedule of forty-tw,
games will be played by the league
The indoor baseball is played on tn