The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1918-10-30
S SPORT

disnatch from Washington yester-
lid the Missouri-Kansas game on
uA! % had been designated by
,,.;,Iiam s. LangfOrd, chairman OF the
r,ittee in charge, as one of the
o 10 be played for war benefit.
ga athletic authorities here have is
nod no statement concerning the
proposed plan.
Tho cancelling of the game with
o,.loboma next Saturday leaves only
.uras games on the Missouri schedule.
,-abr.ska is scheduled to play in Co
,'u,hia next Saturday. Whether or
w. the game will be played is a
,ostiop, The Nebraska team can
~, come to Columbia and return to
rinooIn in the limited time of As
Lau-s allowed by the War Department
g. athletic teams to make trips. No
I'D has been received here from
r lincoln stating definitely whether
.LoS At. c. commandment there will
srtborize the team to come.
Although Nebraska was defeated by
iowa y to 0, the Cornhuskers are
aredited with having an exceptional
team which is powerful in its at
tack.
Following Nebraska, Washington is
.bo next adversary Missouri is sched-
rIed to play. The game will be played
bora November 16. According to
each Schultz. Washington has one
n the strongest teams in recent years.
He saw the team perform against
Westminster last Saturday. Dick
Rutherford has built up a powerful
line which plays aggressively. and
the backs average about 10 pounds
and are fast. The particular star for
Washington is Simpson, former Wis
consin player. who made the All-West-
arm team. Simpson runs we'll with
the ball and passes accurately. accord
ing to Schultz.
The last scheduled game is with
Kansas. That the game will be played
on Thanksgiving day is doubtful. The
War Department makes no provisions
for absence of teams in the middle
of the week and it is quite likely that
the game will be changed to either
the Saturday before or after Thanks
giving. As TO the prospects for a
winning team at Kansas a recent dis
patch from Lawrence says:
THE football prospects are becOm-
ing more uncertain each day at the
University of Kansas. The ban on
account of the influenza epidemic has
caused an upheaval in practice, about
one-half of the squad being medical
men, who are needed to work every
night. Consequently they are of lit
tie use the following day at scrim-
mage
ITO add to the worries of the ath-
letic heads, a contingent of several
hundred men will be sent to officers
training camps in about two weeks.
1t is expected that several men who
are at present on the varsity squad
will be taken by the order.
The freshmen have been expected
to form a large part of the eleven.
OF the 269 suits issued to applicants.
24S were given to first year men.
Many of these are light and cannot
be counted on for much.
Each day finds a new change in
the outlook for the present season.
There is only one certainty and that
is that We will go through our sched-
ule if We have eleven men to play
said W. o. Hamilton, director of ath-
letics at the university Never in
the history of the game has there
seemed such an upset as now
The students. nevertheless, are
Just as anxious for the sport as they
nave been in former years. The men
who are coming TO practice are in ex-
eellent condition and show plenty OF
srldirOn ability. They are displaying
the usual ginger and pep"