The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-18
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Majority of Big Schools viii
Keep Football Going.
Few Big Sport Men Favor Sus-
pending Gridiron Game.

New York, Aug 1S.-"Football as
usual is the slogan of colleges, with
few exceptions. in the east and west
this year. Nearly every one of them
will have a football team, an intero OIL
legiate schedule of games, and will
combine with this a general instruc-
ton in sports for students
Wars hand, while it has crushed
some of the teams that represented
the big universities, has not squeezed
the spirit out. ignoring the action of
the leaders. Yale and Harvard, cast
and west alike have gone ahead with
arrangements for their fall and winter
sports.
Responding to queries fourteen lead
ing colleges have declared their in
tention of carrying on their sports
program just as long as men enough
are left in the schools.
Penn State college, one of the east
ern schools that always puts out
powerful football eleven, will continue
sports, regardless of the number of
varsity men who return to college.
One letter man from last years
eleven is all the officials expect to see
return. Four first string freshmen
will be on hand to help out R. H.
Smith, graduate manager of athletics,
wrote that twenty-five per cent of last
years team have Joined the army or
navy.
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The University of Southern Coli
fornia, one of the big western schools
that plays the American game of foot
ball is still undecided, with a division
| in the controlling committee. Warren
| B. Bovard, graduate manager, how
ever, declared the school probably will
/ be guided by the attitude over the
| country.
Colgate university, champion of the
| east last fall, sends in the statement
that Colgate is going to play it's foot
ball schedule unless all dates are can
| celled. A strong feeling is present at
| Colgate in favor of military training
and this will be put ahead of football
activities.
The Syracuse eleven will be badly
disorganized, but the team is going to
play its schedule games The one
year freshman rule at Syracuse has
been abandoned during the period of
| the war.
Washington and jefferson college,
| a strong supporter of football, despite
are in service. is going to continue
athletics as long as we have any ath-
letes left in college"
Only six of last years team are of
draft age.
I'VE feel that athletics is good train
| ing for soldiers" writes r. NJ. Murphy
| graduate manager.
Ohio State to Stick.
Ohio State is going ahead with its
athletic program.
The Michigan Agricultural college
announces its intention of continuing
| just as long as the students will bene-
! fit. G. E. Ganthier declares athletics
will make good citizens and good
| patriots
Indiana will continue sports unless
all men are taken from the school
The usual football schedule has been
arranged and plans made to play it
Washington State college will con-
tinue sports. In spite of some opposi-
| ton the University of Texas is hopeful
of continuing its sports schedule.
The University of Nebraska is going
| back into the field, with special atten-
| ton paid to lines other than football
Illinois may dispense with minor
sports, but will continue football, base
| ball, basketball and track teams Wis
| consin is going ahead as if there were
no war. West Virginia will continue
\ Blues Get New Players.
/ Kansas City, Mo, Aug. 1S.-Mana-
ger John Genzel, of the Kansas City
club in the American association, has
announced that he has signed Frank
Caporal, a left handed pitcher from