The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-11-09
Sport Wheezes
by UUG-

Is there a chance that the Kansas con-
ference will not award the championship
to Brunt Speer's Hays Normal team,
even tho the Westerners succeed in going
thru the remainder of their season unde-
feated? Not much most football men
Will tell you, but at the same time all
who have any interest in other conference
Hays has not played all the strongest
teams in the conference, and most of these
Hays gets title, will be more or less
paper" one.
The strongest team Hays has met so far
handicapped by having Dalton, one of their
stars, put out of the game in the early
the next strongest opponent the Speer men
nave conquered and there are number
of critics who doubt that they would be
able to win from such teams as South
western, College of Emporia, or even Wash
burn if the Ichabods would show the fight
they did last Saturday.
But just the same, Hays has four vic
tories with defeats and this is more
victories than any other team can claim at
the present time. The Emporia Normal
with two victories, defeats and one tie
game stands second: St Mary's and the
College of Emporfa, each with three VIC
tories and one defeat, tied for third
place honors; Southwestern, with four wins
and two losses, is fourth and Washburn
college with two games won. one lost and
two tied holds fifth place in the confer
ence standing.
Hays will rest on arms this week and
prepare for her battle with Kansas Yves
leyan next week while the under dogs
are battling for the secondary honOrs and
n chance to climb. 1t will be impossible
for Washburn to get better than a 800 per
cent average by defeating St Mary's here
Saturday and this could not place the
Ichabods closer to the top than fourth
down and will make it easier 70 for the Wash
burn men to get into second or third posi-
ton at the end of the season.
The Emporia NormaIs and Paramount
play this week and their game will be
closely watched by Coach Kennedy as the
Iehabods go to Wichita to play the Wheat
a pretty good line on what to expect after
returning home from last Saturdays game
when he said the Ichabods played the best
defensive game he has seen this season.
The Jayhawkers are scrimmaging hard
against the freshmen and Haskell trying
to get in the best possible condition for the
Oklahoma Sooners Saturday at Norman.
If X. U. win this weeks game they
may consider themselves over the top for
the season and all they will have to do to
make it success will be to win from Mis-
braska they will accomplish their greatest
aim. But they can consider themselves
successful even if BUNDLED by the Huskers
One of the surprises of the Washburn
team this season has been Rain McCord,
a little Topeka high school product. Nc
Cord is hardly heavy enough for quarter
back on big team, but he has been play
ing relief at halfback and at quarter and
has never gone into a game that he has
not given a good account of himself His
only trouble is that he is so light it is
doubtful if he could last a whole game
against heavier team at any other place
than quarter.
Askew is another new Ichabod who is
showing big stuff at center. Once in
while his passes are not right on the spot
but on the whole they good and he is
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defensive line to anchor to on all occasions
Askew also distinguished himself in last
Saturdays game by getting the only in
tercepted pass of the afternoon.
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