The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-21
Active Preparations Bein:
Made for GridirOn Season.
Many Schools Have New
Coaches This Year.

few weeks off preparations for Kan
sas football have been under way for
! several days. Half of the twenty col
1 lege teams in the state will be in the
J hands of new coaches this season and
for this reason followers of the sport
seem unable to predicate the situation
with any degree of accuracy
Included in the list of new pilots are
those of the two Kansas institutions
represented in the Missouri Valley
i conference.-the University of Kansas
and the Kansas State Agricultural col
/ Iege Kansas conference schools hav-
! ing new coaches are the College of
/ Emporia, St. Marys, Bethany, Kansas
/ Wesleyan, Fort Hays Kansas Normal
/ and ottawa University.
The coming season will see larger
number of college elevens in the field
! than any previous season, it is as
serted, one of the new entrants being
! Bethany college of Lindsborg, which
+ this year is developing a team for the
/ first time in ten years.
! OIcOtt at h. L.
! Apparently the biggest football
| question in Kansas is Herman DO
/ Olcott, who last year signed a 3-year
contract as professor of physical edu-
cation in charge of athletics at 4 Y.
OlcOtt, a star at Yale some fifteen
years ago, is busy gathering his ma
terial in shape. There appears little
doubt that K. L. will provide material
for a dangerous team with Tony
James as captain, while the student
body seems to feel that there is
right to hope for a winning aggrega-
ton.
John Bender, remembered through
out the Missouri Valley as a UniVer-
sity of Nebraska hero of decade ago,
and an ail-Missouri valley back for
two years, an all-Western back one
year and an all-American second team
back one year, is the hope of the
Manhattan students. Bender. who
comes to the Agricultural college from
Washington State college, coached
Haskell institute for two seasons and
was formerly at st. Louis university
He has been on the job for several
dates for the squad that he is look
ing for weight.
Washburn Dangerous.
Washburn college, always a dam
gerous contender in the Kansas con-
ference. will start it's season with
wealth of speedy backfield material,
il has been announced. However.
Coach Gray is facing the problem of
rebuilding his line, having suffered by
graduation. The Washburn eleven
with Missouri Valley conference
teams and every effort is being made
that the Topekans may render good
account of themselves.
The Haskell Indians, coached by
Bert Kennedy, face a heavy schedule
which includes the University of I'LL
nois, the University of Chicago ard
Notre Dame. While Kennedy has
nine letter men for nucleus, around
which to build his machine, five of
the veterans are not to be in school
this year.
The Emporia Teams.
A year ago the Emporia Kansas
State Normal eleven, tutored by
Coach Hargiss, lost the opening game
to Haskell. to 10. The remainder
of the season the Emporia goal was
not crossed. With almost all of his
1914 material again available, Hargiss
is sanguine of success this season.
With Carl H. Brueckner, of the
University of Iowa, as the new coach,
the College of Emporia eleven is OK
pected to continue it's winning play of
last year by a further development of
the forward pass.
4 record of eight victories and 10
defeats is the last years record,
which Friends university, Wichita,
will attempt to equal this season. J.
@ Banbury, who is to coach the eIev-
en-, will begin the season with most of
his cid squad back. Paramount col
lege, another Wichita institution.
which got only an even break last
year, is depending on freshman ma
terIal, one of the chief problems be-
ing the development of a new quar-
terback
Arthur Scha binger, who for three
years as quarterback for the College
of Emporia, was awarded a place ON
the All-Kansas eleven, returns, after
two years in an eastern school, to
coach Ottawa university. Schabinger
is counted to lead the way in help
ing regain the former Ottawa gridiron
prestige.
Baker university was represented by
a heavy eleven year ago which made
an in and OUT record. Coach Gala
Shcr has reported that few mer were
lost by graduations He is confident
that with added experience his eleven
will be formidable
New st. Marys Coach
The new St. Marys' director is
Stephen O'Rourke, a Holy Cross play
er with coaching experience. The St
Marys players usually are younger
than their opponents, but play a
heavy, fighting game.
Every letter man is expected to re-
turn for football at Southwestern COL
lege. In Zeigler and Beck, South
western has two veterans from whom
much is expected.
Football stock at Cooper college.
Sterling, has risen since Garfield
! Weede, former Pennsylvania man,
took charge. Always handicapped by
t light weight material, Weede plans to
develop a capable, fast eleven this
! year. John Fuhrer. coach of the
Plttsburg normal, has the handicap
of having to practically develop a new
team, but expects his players to give
a good account of themselves No
/ coach has been selected at the HAYS
normal. A number of high school
recruits, however. make prospects look
bright.
! The task of putting the Bethany
/ coIleg1ans back on the Kansas foot
/ pail map rests with E. o. Brown, Wa
bash college. Kansas Wesleyan of Sa-
/ lima permitted football last year for
/ the first time in several seasons. H.