The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-11-01
Washburn VS.. Midland in First
Game Of Season.
Both Teams Will Show Effect
of Short Practice.
CONTEST Not OPEN TO PUBLIC
J. A. 7. C. Men Admitted but
Fans Face Flu Order.
Blue Lineup Averages 40
Pounds to the Man.
BY "WILYuM" WoLFE


The WashbuPn Ichabed football
team is to do its first devoir of the
season tomorrow afternoon-but ex-
cept for the students. enrolled in the
S. A. T, c. the flu will keep the fans
away. Midland college. of Atchison is
to be washburn's opponent and just
for the information of the public
which cannot attend the game, the
contest will start at o'clockss that
the visitors may return to their own
barracks for supper.
A Secret Game.
This game tomorrow is to constitute
a novelty in the annals of football his
tory in Topeka inasmuch as it is to be
the first secret" game in the history
of the town. OF course ,Washburn
football teams of other years have
played to quite sparsely filled stands.
but never before in the history OF the
college have conditions been such that
no ticket sellers are required. 1t is the
first time that Washburn team mana
gers have ever felt themselves safe
without providing to care for crowd
OF some kind.
Coach Elmer Bearg. in a before the
game statement today, expressed utter
confidence in the ability of his huskies
to come in at the final whistle with
Ino lOnk emu OIL the SCOTe DSdTB du-
mitted that the military duties of his
men have prevented the usual long
hours of preparatory practice for this
game and for the other games this
season, but he also takes into consid-
GRAFTON the fact that nearly every team
on the Washburn schedule this year is
in much the same straits.
Injuries Take Toll.
In spite of the fact that Washburn
practices this fall have been short and
the fact that there have as yet been
no games to batter and bruise. the
players, Bearg has lost at least three
good men thru injuries-Swanson at
center is out with a dislocated Shout
der; Stinger at guard is out with the
same member wrenched; and Dutton
at full is out with a twisted ankle. The
flu has also taken a toll of the mater
ial. But this last loss is not perma-
nent and most of the flu men will be
back on the squad thig week.
The LINEUP.
Bearg would not make any definite
announcement as to the way the Icha-
bods viii line up for the first whistle
tomorrow afternoon, tho he an
nounced that his selection for the
opening will be taken from the fol-
lowing men: Sharp. center; Parnen.
Shelter, Hanzlick, right guard; Bal
lantyne, left guard; McGinniss, right
right end; Boies, left end; Crawford.
Stevens and G. Bearg, sub-ends; Lin
dell or. Anderson, quarter; Solsby,
right half; Mckinley. left half; Wyk-
off or Harshman, fullback. Palma
tier Weiskirch and sMcCord were
named as substitute halves.
The officials for the game Bearg
announced will be DR.. Joseph A.
Reilly, K. S. A. c.. referee; Mike
Ahearn, K. S. A. c.. umpire; Carl
Moore, Topeka, head: linesman. g.
Average 170 Pounds.
The Washburn team which will
start the contest with Midland college
tomorrow afternoon. will weigh in at
an average of nearly ITO pounds,
Bearg said, and viii be by far the
heaviest team Washburn has entered
in "a Kansas conference contest in
years. Incidentally Bearg says that
his backfield this year is the best the
college has produced since the old
days when tho Blue more often than
not came in with the long end Of the
EBcOreS.