The Topeka state journal., 1916-10-19
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The only thing that keeps the Washburn |
tShse0ds from is pf1beeg tbere % % moongh
However, they do considerable shadow
work just the same.
new team has entered the Stag bowl |
ing league. 1t will be captained by Grady
Montgomery and will fly the colors of the
action the first time tonight, against the
undefeated Palace pace settlers
1t is too bad that Friends University
does not meet the Pittsburg Normal team
this season. Last year the Pitt; eleven
Fuhrer, Courtright and Co, will give a
good account of themselves this year
Reports from Wildcatville indicate that
the Manhattan Aggies are not giving much lr
porial NormaIs saturday, but are center
ing their efforts on preparations for the
game with K. U, Saturday week.
Of course, the Aggies want to and ex-
pect to win from Bill Hargiss's men, but
the the Ds JssyhaWkers % Bite @ the seaIg gridron n dust
And it must be conceded by all that
Clevenger and Schultz have made pros
poets for realizing this ambition, very
bright.
The Wildcats have a well balanced,
K. {. can boast And besides the Jay
hawkers have no individual stars who can
Randalls,. Skinner, Wilder and Barnes
are capable of.
Pop Geers won another race with Single
G at the recent Lexington Grand Circuit
meet. Wonder of Single paid much
as single does at the roulette tables?
Maybe every football coach in the coun-
try would like to have an O1iphant on his
R1t Iq
since he was Staged would like to Otou-
palikize some of his Hoosiers and Kosit-
II you dope. try this: If the ,Aggiess
Hefea K a. if x u defeat Nebraska ad
then the Clevenger team will have an un-
disputed claim to the valley title. On
oregon Aggies this week, they will be
mighty likely to have another all-victor
ious season..
1t is reported that John Savage con-
templates taking the Topeka 1a, Western
fagde neat season. the
scheme being to alternate the games be-
tween the two towns.
As to what truth there is in the report,
it is hard to say. Savage is not in Topeka
and he did not leave a schedule of his
said that the scheme mas the backing of
c. N. Miles. former president of the Ne
DraSkd state league, anu I1dC savage Will
give the proposition a thoro investigation.
Undoubtedly the scheme has the con-
sideratfon carried with it of playing one
town against the other in friendly
rivalry, each trying to outdo the other
in giving the club local support. The
combined population of the two places is
not so great as is the population of To-
peka.
If the w. L; franchise leave Topeka and
Isbell does not get in at Wichita the pro-
of the Western Association undoubtedly
will make ah effort to re-arrange the AS
sociation. taking in both Topeka and
Wichita and dropping some of the smaller
Texas towns
Western league magnates are boastng
that this will be impossible because they
will continue to hold the National Associa-
tion rights the Kansas territory and
will see to it that they do not get organ
i lied baseball. But such a course is not
likely to be pursued permanently. In
the first place it would be expensive, and
in the second place it would accomplish
no good and would make both towns timid
about ever getting into the clutches of
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