The Topeka state journal., 1916-11-27

The largest crowd that ever watch
ed a gridiron contest was jammed into
the Yale bowl last Saturday to see the
Eli Bulldogs triumph over John Har-
ward by the score of to in the first
Yale victory in nine years, and the
Polo Grounds at New York were pack
ed with Army and Navy supporters
who were on hand to see Elmer Oil
phant humble the Daniels Middies
Is to I. And assurances have been
given that the west is to keep pace
with the east in this respect next
Thursday when a record crowd gath
ers at Lawrence to see the Kansas
Missouri mix up.
Many Teams Thru.
Last weeks Yale-Harvard and
Army-NaVy games marked the end OF
the season for these schools, and also
the Big Nine conference race came to
a close with the victory of Ohio State
over Northwestern by the score of %
to g. which gave the title to the o. S.
L. eleven after one of the most un-
dopable Big Nine seasons in history.
But there are yet several gamts in the
east of more than passing importance
scheduled for the grand finale this
week, and in the west some of the best
bookings of the season will be offered
Thursday.
The games in the east Thursday
that will attract big attention are the
L. of Penn. Cornell and the Pittsburg-
Penn. State meetings. In this section
of the country of course the X. u
Missouri, Nebraska-Notre Dame clash
es will be the feature attractions with
the Washburn-Aggie and several
games between old enemies of the
Kansas conference horning in for their
share of the entertainment. On the
Pacific coast the universities of Wash
ington and California will furnish the
headline of the Turkey Day program.
X. U. and Missouri Both Strong.
AS the big day approaches nearer
and nearer. dopesters are finding il
harder and harder to pick a winner in
the Jawhawker-Tiger affair and evea
the X u coaches are admitting that
Missouri has a $3.50 chance of win
ming. Notre Dame is conceded fa-
vorite's advantage over Nebraska. but
the reversal of form the Cornhuskers
showed last Saturday when they over
came a 10-pOint lead and defeated
Iowa "a to II makes it hard to pre-
dict what they will be tble to DO
against the Catholics Last year
Notre Dame lest by the narrow mar
gin of one point
The result of the Washburn-Aggi
clash at Manhattan is not considered
doubtful and the Aggies are conceded
victory If they play anything like the
brand of ball they have been playin5y
all season However. the Ichabods
are working hard and if the Wildcats
should go into the game with too
much overconfidence their task might
prove harder than they have antici-
pated.
Big Kansas Games.
Two of the most bitterly fought
games in Kansas Thursday will be
staged at Emporia and Wichita Tie
College of Emporia and the Kans rs
State normalswill be opponents at the
former place and Friends and Fair
mount will settle their old argume mt
at Wichita. The important games
thruout the country that are sched
uled to be played Thursday are as st!-
lows:
The Weeks Booking
Washburn VS.. Aggies, at Manhattan.
Missouri VS.. X U, at Lawrence.
Notre Dame VS.. Nebraska, at Lin
coin.
c. of Z. VS. Kan. Nor, at Emporia
Friends VS.. Fairmount, at Wichita.
Swestern VS.. Ottawa, at Ottawa.
Hays Nor. VS.. Cooper, at Sterling.
Bethany VS.. Kan. Wesleyan, at Sa-
lima.
Okla. Nor. VS.. Pitt Nor. at Pitt