The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-11-25
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Today the Big Day.


Today is the last of the 1920 foot
discarded by both players and coaches
alike tonight. Roast turkey and real
smokes will be the award along with
victory in today's battles to the men
who have trained so hard thru the
three months of the great college
gridiron game. Teams all over the
country are completing their schedules
this afternoon.
NormaIs VS.. College. :
At Emporia the time henored battle
between the Nornaals and the College
is on. This annual game is always
hard fought regardless of the early
season scores made by the Emporia
teams. Last year the College defeated
the Normals but this year Coach Har
giss expects to wipe out the sting of
last season.
Baker VS.. Ottawa.
Baker and Ottawa universities are
playing their annual affair at Baldwin.
Early season scores give Baker an
edge and also a feeling of confidence
is apparent among the members of
the Baker squad due to the fact that
Ottawa has never trimmed Baker on
Turkey Day.
Southwestern VS.. Pittsburg.
Southwestern plays the Pittsburg
Normal team at Pittsburg; both of
football and there is little local interest
in the result.
Friends VS.. Fairmont.
Friends plays Paramount at Wichita
and if Doctor Banbury's Quakers fin
ish in front they are planning to dis
pute the championship claim of Wash
burn in the Kansas Conference. Fair
| mount is stronger this year than last
and will probably give the boys from
Friends nice afternoon.
Hays Normals VS.. Cooper.
Hays Normal plays Cooper. This
should be a walk over for the NormaIs
Kansas Wesleyan meets Lindsborg at
Bethany and the Swedes ought to
win this game with their crowd of
rooters who always throng the side
lines.
St Mary's VS.. Doane.
st, Mary's, playing great football
meets Doane College. Little is known
about the Nebraskans but they are re-
| ported as being very fast and shifty.
Haskell VS.. st. Xavier.
The Haskell Indians are playing st.
| Xavier at Cincinnati. The red men
have been going great of late and
s sa 25b have little tropble winning this
Tigers VS.. Jayhawkers.
On Rollins field in Columbia today
the Tigers and Jayhawkers will renew
their ancient strife of the gridiron
Ever since 1891 these two teams have
battled against each, other with the
exception of 1918, when the war and
influenza epidemic all over the coun-
| try compelled the Tigers to cancel
| their entire schedule.
| Kansas university has the best team
that has represented the SunfloWer
college in years and a wonderful fight
! ing spirit has been instilled into the
IJayhawker machine by the new Kan
sas coaches, DR.. Forrest c. Allen and
| "Scrubby" Laslett, both former Kansas
men. Missouri is again coached by
Miller and Phelan, the two young men
who steered Missouri to a 1913 valley
championship.
! Kansas has a great set of backs in
Bum, Lonborg and Vaudeville. These
boys are adopts in the use of the for
ward pass. Missouri matches this trio
with it's great captain Chuck Lewis
the best broken field runner in the
valley and a wonderful kicker. Full
bright and Lincoln are two other Tiger
backfiefd stars. In the line the Tigers
have the most experienced men, all Of
last years veterans are in college anC
playing. Kansas has a line that ha.
been slowly rounding into form but il
Reid they have an end, who will ranl
with the best in valley football.
1t looks like a hard fought battle
all the way with brilliant performer err
on both elevens, a game between war
riors, who have shown their courage
in more than one game this season
The team that gets the breaks should
win. The man with the courage ant
conviction and money to back his con
viction probably could leave COlumbis
tonight with his pockets well linet
with the golden fleece of the land
May the best-team win.
EcOrea 0f the Observation-Disclosures Games.