The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-09-16
COACHES at Kansas.

Coaches at Kansas.
Kansas university will be coached
this year by three former K. Q. star
athletes. DR.. F. c. Allen is the head
coach and Adrian Lindsay with
''Scrubby' Laslett are his two assist
ants.
Few people who saw the Beloit
baseball team play the Santa Fe team
realized that Lindsay playing second
base for the visitors was such a star
athlete. This young star was one OF
the best fulIbacks that ever attended
the school located on Mount Dread
Not only a great line pIungeF ana Ieau-
er of interference but also equally
good on the defense. His kicking was
one Of the big features of the Jay
hawker attack and his prowess IN TINS
line alone not only has prevented op-
posing teams from getting too close
to the Crimson and Blue line, but mas
kept many a doubtful game in the
win column. Many field goals have
been booted from the field by TINS
wonderful kicker. One rainy day at
Columbia with the mud knee deep on
the field this boy kicked two aIrnosI
impossible goals from the Ieid anu
the Missouri Tigers were defeated
to S.
Another year when the Tigers and
Javhawkers were battling at Lawrence
Lindsay saved a touchdown Tor Kansas
by a great piece of defensive MoI n.
Kansas punted, Stankowski, the 1lger
quarter. caught the ball on his own
two ward line. and the entire Missouri
team formed interference in front OF
this little twisting back. He passed
the whole Kansas team, but Lindsay
cutting across the field with wonder
ful tackle brought him to the ground
Stan had another team mate with MIN
but even this didn't prevent the boy
from Kingfisher from making TINS
brilliant play. Lindsay won his letter
in baseball and also in basketball while
going to college. Going over seas hke
every other red bloOded American, ne
won honors in the army playing on
the phau1pionship team of the A. E. F.
"Scrubby'' Laslett finished his col
Iege career last year on the field in
a blaze of glory playing his last game
against Missouri last Thanksgiving
dav AZ Lawrence. He was the only
player on the Kansas team that show
ed any real fighting spirit. The Tigers
were far in front but this little Law
renee boy kept fighting all the harder
and just before time was up kick
was blocked and LasIett recovering
the ball carried it to the Tiger Is
yard line before he was brought down,
on the next play Kansas with a well
executed forward pass scored touch
down.
As a basket ball player he had few
EQUALS among the Missouri valley play
seen on a court "Scrubby'' heard the
call of Uncle Sam and went overseas
playing on the same team with Lind
say. These three Kansas veterans
will try to put a Crimson and Blue
team in the field this year that will be
a contender for valley honors. They
have a hard job ahead of them but
they are all fighters from the word
20 and it's a cinch that fraternities will
not run the 1920 team as they have in
the past years.
The 1920 spaIding football rule
books have arrived and il any of the
coaches in this section want to get any
information about the new workings
the sport editor of The Journal will
be glad to- answer any and all ques-
lions regarding the new interpreta-
tons of the rules.
Coach Liston, of Baker, has already
started giving his men blackboard
talks in the college gymnasium every
evening He is evidently trying to get
the jump on the other conference elev-
ems the new coach says that he has
a mighty sweet looking squad and that
he expects to have his boys up there
before the curtain falls on the 1920
season late in November. If he
loses every game on his schedule until
the final and then beats Ottawa on
Turkey day he will be solid with all
the Baldwin crowd for years to come.