The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-09-22
StdteJ Journal
10y 'PuBtqififfoanes.

The most important series of the
year in the American league will start
Thursday between Cleveland and Chi
cago. The White Sox are but a game
and half behind Cleveland and com
ing strong. Three games will be
played during this series, and should
Chicago win three, it would be all over
but the shouting, and if they take two
games there is still a chance to over
take Cleveland. But on the other
hand with only eighteen games to play
Cleveland has pretty NICE advantage
Forty men are trying out for the
Kansas university team. Eight let
ter men from last year are back and
a number of promising candidates
from the 1913 freshman team. Coach
Allen says that nos man will remain
on the K. U. squad this year who isn't
real fighter. Training this year will
not be a mere field affair. Setting up
exercises morning and evening are all
ready being practiced by the candi-
dates for the team. Any man chew
ing or smoking automatically sewers
his relation with athletics for the
year, according to an edict issued yes
possible care is to be given to the
physical condition of the squad. Karl
Schlademan will call the freshman
team out for practice the first of the
week These future greats practice
against the varsity thru the season
and are given their numerals at the
close of the season.
An Elks football team is being or
ganized in Topeka and any college
teams in this vicinity who have open
dates on their schedules are asked to
write the sport editor of the Journal
if they wish to play the locals. This
team is composed of ex-college and
former high school stars. How about
a post season game with Washburn it
would draw some big crowd. I'll say
it would.
Assumption high school will have a
football team this year and will start
former st. Mary's star and a graduate
of the Topeka high school. Marshall
expects to put a team in the high
school race that will be real con-
tender for high school hOnors. The
Knights of Columbus voted funds last
players but also will furnish the neces-
sary equipment for a basket ball team
The following Knights will look after
the needs of the football team: Will
liam Connors. ]. j. Holloway, C. J.
McKernan and T. J. Brennan.
Manhattan, Kan, Sept. 22.-Dewey
Huston, the Aggie toe wizard, will not
enroll in college this year and Bogue
last years captain and end, will not
work out for his old position on the
Aggie eleven. These two announce
ments coming at the close of the first
weeks football work out on Ahearn
field cast a gloom over Aggie gridiron
prospects. which at the outset of prac-
tice seemed fairly bright. Instead of
ten letter men to begin with, as was
originally expected, the season opens
with only eight.
Starting with this number of vet
Grams would not be so bad if new ma
terial were plentiful. The first call
for practice Melted only forty-one
eligibles. An appeal for recruits was
issued by Mike Ahearn and Coach
Bachman at an all-student gathering
Thursday night. The next day ten
stragglers showed up, making total
of fifty-one.
eve are now only forty-nine men
short of the number we ought to have
on the field every afternoon" Bach
man said. I'VE need more big men,
lots of big men, and there are plenty
of them in school, too, If we can only
get them out Some of the best speci-
mems of manhood on the campus are
holding out because they don't know
about football. That's no
excuse. Were hired to teach them
that"
Another effort to get recruits will |
be made at a pep meeting early in the /
week Ray Watson, the Aggie Olym- |
pic athlete, will head a campaign to |
work up sentiment among the student
body to the end that every physically |
fit and eligible man will offer his |
for whatever they are worth |
to the football coaches.