The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-11-01
M'BRIDE TO WAR.
TOpeka'S Star Soccer Player
Joins Canadian Army.
He Expects To Become Cam
erOn Highlander.
LEAVES WIFE AND FAMILY
He Believes Highest Duty Is To
''DO His Bit"
Is Well Known in Sport and
Fraternal Circles.

The crimes of the kaiser and his
Hun hordes have aroused the fight
ing spirit of ]. A Jock" Mcbride,
one of the greatest soccer football
players who ever came out of Scot
land and the greatest star of this
game who ever called Topeka his
nome Despite the fact that he has
a wife and two children, Mcbride ex-
poets to leave in a few days for To-
ronto, Canada, where he will join the
Cameron Highlanders now forming in
that city.
Since the opening shot of the Ger
mans, Mcbride has been in the war
in spirit and the only thing necessary
to make his Scotch blood boil has
been the mention of something good
about the kaiser. He has been hear
ing the call of his native country for
many months, but his final decision
to go and do his bit was not made
until officers from Scotland visited
Topeka several weeks ago and told
of the atrocities that are being COM
mitted and of the terrible struggle
the allies are having to keep the Teu-
tons from overrunning the world. I'M
mediately after he heard of these
things he went to DR.. A. B. Jeffrey
for an examination and made appli-
cation for admission into the Cana
dian army. His transportation to
Toronto arrived in Topeka late We'd
nesday night and he expects to leave
as soon as he can get his personal
affairs Strengthened out
Famous Soccer Player.
Mcbride came from Glasgow, Scot
land, to the United States six years
ago and came direct to Kansas. He
learned the trade of a tailor in the
old country and has followed it ever
since coming here. For the last five
years he has been with the Scotch
mr. l.
dren expect to go to Manhattan to live
with his mother until he gets back
from the war.
Jock" as his many friends famil-
iarly know, him, was a famous soccer
football player in Scotland and was
, a regular member OF several cham
pionship teams, playing on the ia
nous COrunne team one year when it
won three championships. He also
played on the Waverly team of Glas
gov, and on several minor teams and
was a member of the last champion
ship soccer team the Kansas City
SchmelZerS boosted.
Not only has he been a famous SOC
Ger player, but Jock has become one
of the best versed baseball fans in To-
peka and is probably as well informed
on matters of baseball as. any other
man in the city. having the records of
practically all the big league PLAYERS
on his tongues tip.
In explaining his action in joining
Canadian contingent in preference to
United States unit, Mcbride said:
Il must admit it was a purely per-
sonal motive that prompted me to do
this. have only taken out my first
naturalization papers and l felt that
1 would have a better chance of ad-
vancement among my own country
men than I would in the United States
army where 1 would be looked upon
as an alien. AS for my reason for
joining now, 1 believe it is only mat
ter of time until all able bodied men
will have to go and 1 could see no
| reason in waiting"
Mcbride holds the office of Master
Workman of Topeka lodge No. 3, A
o. U. w. and is chaplain of Aerie 35
Fraternal Order of Eagles.