The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-26
BIG KAN. GAMES.
State Conference Teams in
Many Interesting Clashes.
Washburn viii Meet Baker at
Baldwin Tomorrow.

Kansas conference football elevens
are scheduled to clash on the grid
irons of the state this week in what is
expected to be the most important Sc
rieS of contests of the season. When
the smoke of conflict clears, it is eX-
pected that some championship con-
tenders will emerge into the calcium
glare.
With one game played Thursday,
two contests scheduled for this after
noon and four gridiron battles to be
fought out Saturday, practically ev-
cry team in the Kansas conference
will have been engaged this week.
Only some of the minor teams of the
conference are consolidating recent
gains today in preparation for a re-
newal of the drive.
Today's game between the Col
Iege of Emporia and Fairmount at
EmpOria was expected to be the most
interesting of the Friday offerings.
Both teams have met defeat at the
hands of the Southwestern, Paramount
by TO score and the College of En-
poria by a 1914 score Today's clash
between these two teams should prove
hard fought and will place the victor
in the fore-rank of the conference
elevens. The contest between Midland
college and the Warrensburg Normals
at Warrensburg, Mo, is booked as
Warrensburg victory.
The real conflict of the Saturday
events is expected to result between
the Southwestern eleven and the EN-
poria Normal team at Emporia.
Southwestern, with victories over
Cooper, Paramount and the College of
Emporia, is expecting to ''go over the
top in the drive against the Normal
eleven. The Hargiss eleven, which has
met defeat at the hands of the Kan
SaS university and Haskell eleVenS,
has been strengthened rather than
weakened by the hard contests in
which it has been defeated and the
team is expected to put down a bar
rage which may prove too great bar
rier for the Friends eleven to pene--
trate. With a number of new plays.
especially designed for the clash with
the Wichita eleven, the Hargiss ag-
gregation may succeed in 'camou-
flaging'' its tactics and breaking thru
for a first-line success.
The Washburn-Baker drive at Bald
win is expected to result in the Baker
eleven being driven from its first-line'
positions The Missionaries tho they
have dropped at least one conference
game are scheduled to crash thru the
entanglements put up by the BaldWln's
eleven's line and annex another bit of
football territory, thereby straighten-
ing out their line in the conference
standing.
Has<elI-Bethany Game.
The Bethany-Haskell contest at
Lawrence is booked as an easy win for
the Haskell eleven. Little dope is to
be had on the game of the Pittsburg
Normals and Drury at Springfield.
Among Missouri valley conference
teams lin the state, the Kansas Aggies
are resting from efforts made in
recent. slashes into Missouri valley
football territory and are preparing
their heavy artillery for the big con-
test with the Kansas university eleven
at Manhattan Saturday week. The
Kansas university eleven clashes with
the Ames (Iowa) aggregation at Law
renee Saturday afternoon and the
Kansas Jayhawkers are expected to
have to resort to their gas masks to
survive the smothering barrage which
will be laid down by the Iowa Aggies,
who have been driving their way thru
defenses put up by the conference OPP
ponents in regular Haig fashion.