The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-04-01
CRAY WILL QUIT
WaShburn Football Coach to
Hand in Resignation.
QuigIey, He'll and DIR. Weede
Among Possible Successors.

Who is TO be the new Washburn
football coach? What man will be
chosen to lead the Fighting Ichabods
out of the slump into which they have
fallen under the tutelage of Glen c.
Gray, and restore the blue and white
colors to the prestige they once held
throughout the entire middle west?
These were the all absorbing topics
among the students and gridiron fol-
lowers of Washburn today. following
the announcement of Coach Gray that
he intended to hand in his resigna-
ton at an early date. The authorities
of the school stated that DO successor
had been picked, principally because
Mr.. Gray's official resignation has not
( yet been received, but that just as soon
as it is the hunt for new man will
/ begin.
! Many Want the job
| Dean McEa chron admitted this
/ morning that a number of applications
for the job had been received, but he
refused TO divulge the names of the
applicants or to say definitely when
new coach would be picked. How
ever, it was the general opinion among
the students that E. c. Quigley, for
mer st. Marys coach; DIR. Weede of
Cooper college, formerly of Wash
burn, and Pete" He'll of the Univer-
sity of Pittsburg were the most likely
It is known that Pete He'll has
made formal application and that he
IS anxious to return to Topeka He
graduates from the University of
to settle in his old home town. If he
can get the Washburn job, it is I'M
derstood, he will return to Topeka to
make this city his permanent home.
He'll has been highly recommended by
Coach Warner of Pittsburg, who is
= hall r<,f.,
in America.
Quigley and Weede.
Also, it is understood that both
Quigley and DIR. Weede would accept
the place if the proper consideration
were offered, and there are many who
believe they would be able to build
up the team at WaShburn quicker
than any one else could because of
their intimate acquaintance with local
conditions.
The announcement of the pending
resignation of Gray was no surprise to
local football enthusiasts. Under his
membership the athletic prestige of the
school has gradually declined until
further depths were all but impos-
sible. Last fall the Ichabods had one
of the most disastrous football sea-
sons in the history of Washburn, and
the basketball team this year was so
poor that it did not win a single con-
ference game, despite the fact that
some of the weakest schools in the
conference were played.
Gray Here Three Years.
Gray's friends claim that the dis
astrous slump was due to the lack of
material rather than to the coach's
inability to teach the men how to
play, but it has been repeatedly assert
ed that his own indifference about
getting good men to come to the
the school and keeping them after
they enrolled was responsible for the
lack of material.
Gray came to Washburn in 1918
from Oberlin college, of Oberlin, Ohio,
where he made most enviable record
both as a football and a basketball
player During his first term here the
Ichabods had a very good year, but
in 1914 both the football and basket
ball teams began to slip and last
years record was such as to make his
remaining as coach all but inpossib bic.
This morning Mr.. Gray stated that
he would remain here until June and
that he did not know Just when he
| would send in his formal resignation.
He stated that he has no definite plans
for the future but that he has several
offers under consideration. among
them being one from the University of
Utah and another from st. Louis Uni
versity.
Gray has made a host of personal
; friends in Topeka during his stay
. here despite his failure to turn out
t winning teams, and he has justly earn
ed the reputation of being a gentle
man in every sense of the word and a
good sport through and through