The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-06
ALL READY
Football Practice Starts at
WaShburn Next Week.
Coach Bearg Expects Big Turn
out of Men.
WORK ON THE BLEACHERS
New ScOrebOard VIII Be Erect
ed on Field.
Changes in Lineup VIII Be An
nOunced This Year.
WORK ON THE BLEAGHERS

AS in the majority of the scnuols
of the Kansas intercollegiate Athletic
conference Washburn college football
athletes will begin the yearly grind not
later than Friday next week. Suits
will be issued to the Ichabod spheriod
chasers Thursday afternoon. Friday
practice will begin in deadly earnest.
By Saturday the sore muscles will be-
gin to appear, and by Tuesday the
squad of candidates will be divided
into four or five teams.
Announcement of all this was made
today by Coach Elmer E. Bearg. who
will have charge of the grooming of
the Blue gridiron men for the cham
pionship conference race this fall.
Start Registration.
Registration days at Washburn col
lege this year are Tuesday and We'd
nesday. Thursday afternoon candi-
dates for the football team will appear
at the gym for physical examination
and to receive their war clothes. Coach
Bearg said today that he intends to
take no chances with the physical
wellbeing of his men this year. Every
man who IS issued a suit must pass
a rigid physical examination. The
examinations given will be much the
same as that given recruits in the
army. Especial attention will be
paid to heart and lungs of the men.
The examinations will be made by
Drs. Bob" and Jim" Stewart and by
Dr. Merrill Mills
Friday afternoon the men who sue
cessfully pass the physical examination
will be put thru the first training OF
the year. They will be taken to the
big campus field south OF the playing
field and will be taught the technique
of falling on the ball. 1t will be very
light practice next week. tho 1t will
last from 2:3O to $50 o'clock.
Equipment All Ready.
Coach Bearg said today that the
fifty football suits in the possession of
the college are all in good repair, are
freshly washed and laundered. and are
ready for the wearing of the 1919
Ichabod team. He stated that he ex-
poets the full fifty suits to be issued
Thursday to fifty of the big squad of
candidates who have signified inten-
ton OF trying out for the team.
Big improvements were announced
by Coach Bearg today in the football
field. Also several new departures are
to be inaugurated for the better en-
joyment of the game by the spectators.
The bleachers are being repaired
and overhauled and a big scoreboard
is to be installed. The bleachers i'm
provements and repairs are of course
well understood by any person. But
the use of the score board is to be a
novelty at Topeka football games. On
this board the scores at the end of
each quarter will be displayed. And
at the end of each play of the game
the board will flash the down, the
yards to go. and such other informa-
ton as is necessary for the intelligent
observation and understanding of the
game.
To Have Announccrs.
In addition to the score board the
college will have announcers on each
side of the field whose sole duty will
be to keep the spectators informed of
any change in the lineup If either
team. Programs will be furnished for
each game and the spectators will be
given every opportunity not only to
watch the game but to know the men
who are playing it.