The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-10-30
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IchabOds and NOrmaIs VIII
Fight for Big Booty.
Winner Will Have Best Claim
to Conference HOnOrs.

Washburn will have the state foot
bali championship without dispute or
argument, if next Friday they defeat
the Emporia Normals. Football hopes
that faded when Friends made a Ro-
man holiday out of the Topeka eleven
to the tune of IS to 0, are reviving
like the flowers of spring after a
shower by the fact Baker, defeated a
week ago by the Ichabods. held
Friends to a. scoreless tie, Friday.
That, considered with the fact that
the Normals several weeks ago also
held the Wichita Quakers to a tie, is
giving rise to glorious hopes on Wash
burns part.
Dope unquestionably favors the
Normals but there is a strong brief
which may be held for WaShburn.
Washburn's loss to Friends may be
largely explained by the fact that
Kennedy's material was green and I'M
tried whereas Friends have team of
veterans who have played together
thru three years of college football
and many of whom have played thru
four years of high school football in
Wichita. The Wichita eleven was at
top form at that time and their game
will see no improvement thru the sea-
son. A Kansas City sport writer pre-
diets instead that they will ''go stale"
Since then Kennedy's team has slowly
been rounding into shape and local
dopesters assert that by next Friday
the team will be 25 per cent better
than the team that defeated Baker.
Washburn Was Overconfident.
While the margin of victory over
ottawa was woefully scant Friday, it
was on account of the fact that Wash
burn entered the arena overconfident
and swell headed. And one of Ken
nedys chief goals is that of taking
the swell out of Washburn craniums.
Traditional Washburn grit is still
present this year and Washburn seems
to put up it's strongest fight when the
odds are against them. The Ottawa
touchdown was made by a forward
pass and Washburn is steadily gaining
in proficiency in that department.
Another thing that has always to be
taken into consideration is Kennedy
luck" Football followers of the Mis-
souri, valley can state that the elusive
factor of chance has never deserted
a Kennedy-coached team Kennedy
for luck is a football byword in west
ern football annals.
The Normal game will
be the most important one in the state
with the exception of the Oklahopa-
K u card at Lawrence which will at
tract attention largely because it will
give the dopesters chance to compare
the strength of Kansas and Missouri,
the Sooners having been defeated by
the Tigers last week % to IA.
The Aggies will loaf this week and
will prepare leisurely for their meet
ing with the Sooners on November IL.
The important games scheduled for
this week, turnout the country, are:
The Weeks Games
Friday - Washburn against En-
poria Normal, at Emporia; Cooper
against Paramount, at Wichita: c. of
E. against Ottawa. at Ottawa; South
western against Baker, at Baldwin;
Bethany against Hays Normal at
Hays; Pitt Normal against Spring
field Normal, at Springfield; Kansas
Wesleyan against St. Marys. at St.
Marys; Midland against Bellvue, at
Atchison.
Saturday-Haskell against Friends,
at Wichita; Topeka H. S. against St.
Joe H s.. at Topeka; K L. against
Oklahoma, at Lawrence; Missouri
against Texas, at Columbia; Nebraska
against Ames, at Lincoln; Washing
ton U. against Michigan, at Ann Ar
Dor; Purdue against Chicago, at Chi
cage; Northwestern against Indiana,
at Bloomington; Illinois against Min
nesota, at Minneapolis; Wisconsin
against Ohio State. at Columbus; Har-
ward against Virginia. at Cambridge,
and Yale against Colgate, at New
Haven.