The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-10-20

the Kansas conference. Early season
games art over. The teams are en-
barking upon the fourth week of the
title race, and some have already been
hopelessly eliminated.
The games this week end contain
important battles. Main interest
centers around the results of the Col
lege of Emporia VS.. Pittsburg Normal
conflict on Friday at Emporia, and
the Emporia Normal-Southwesteru
battle also at Emporia on Saturday.
Emporia will be football wild over
the week end. Coach Gwin Henry's
Collegians have won both their confer
ence games this year. Their only out
side conference game with the Aggies
showed their strength. The defeats
handed Baker university and South
western can be taken for good indi-
Gators of the c. of E. offense.
Dope gives the college a hard game
with the Manuals A bare three
points was the extent of the c. of E.
victory over Baker, while Baker played
Pittsburg to scoreless tie only a
week after Pittsburg romped over the
1chabods.
Coach Henry of c. of e. had two
star men out of the Baker conflict,
however. Grant and Mahlberg were
on the side lines with injuries. The
victory over Southwestern by the En-
poria college men, a Il to Z score, was
considered a criterion of playing
strength by the fans.
The game will undoubtedly be
packed with thrills. Coach Weede of
the Pittsburg Normals is noted for his
craftiness and the superbaeam pilOted
this year by DOty, center, is doped
strong for conference honors.
The result of the Emporia Normal
Southwestern victory is fully as i'm
portant
The Normal goal line has not been
crossed this season. Three strong con-
ference teams have fallen,-St. Mary S,
Ottawa and Friends. Each of the op-
ponents registered a zero at the final
whistle, while the Normals were in
possession of IA points in the St
Mary's game, &c points in the Ottawa
game and AZ points against Friends.
Dopesters are keeping eagle eyes on
the men coached by Hargiss and Scha-
binger. Reports of the strength con-
tanned in the line and backfield of the
Normal school are mighty good.
But. on the other hand, Southwest
ern has not been defeated. Beginning
the season early, the Batesmen de-
feated the ChiIocco Indians, % to o.,
on September IS, scored % points
against Sterling four days later, then
after a week of rest played Friends
university an exciting game and Won
1t looks like another fast, hard game
a Emporia on Saturday.
HAYS Normal by a decisive victory
over Mcpherson, AZ to 0, won right
to hmelight recognition in this years
race.
The game at Salina Friday with
Mdckie's Kansas Wesleyan men should
be n victory for Hays
The Salina men have played two
games and lost both. After three
quarters of play against Paramount in
I'd field
forfeited the contest.
Besides the Mcpherson victory the
Hays men have had no chance to dis
play their wares in the conference.
They were defeated Al to by Denver
University in their first game. and the
second battle, with st. JOseph's col
lege was cancelled by Hays because
St Joseph's declined to furnish an ell
gibility list.
st. Mary's and Ottawa tangle at st.
Mary's Friday. Both teams have
played the Emporia Normals. and
both were defeated Ottawa by a
larger score than St. Mary's.
Reports from the Catholic town
seem to say that the high-school-
weight line of Coach Conway's is be-
ginning to assume the strength of a
collegiate line Conway lost his good
men this year and is playing with
practically all new material. The st.
Mary's men won from Mcpherson in
the last three minutes of play by a
field goal. The final score was II
to Il.
Ottawa's chances seem only fair.
Her defeat at the hands of the En-
poria Normal was absolute. But the
Washburn Ottawa game was fight
thru, ending to 0.
Baker comes to Topeka Saturday,
with the dope in her favor for VIC
tor over the Ichabods. In fact, the
Bakeries have a two touchdown mar
gin over the Washburn men. Pitts
burg. after whipping Washburn with
out trouble. 2S to Z, was held to a
0 to tie by the Orangemen.
Washburn is ready, according to the
boys and the two coaches. Ream has
decided to use Stevens at quarter in
stead of Crawford, at least to start
the game. Crawford may take the
plotting position later, however, and
Stevens will go to end If the change
is made. Euler and Sewers will fill
the halfback berths and Brewster will
go to fullback.
Tonight winds up the practice for
the Baker game with a stiff scrim-
mage.
The Baker team. coached by Emil
Liz" Liston, is bound on revenge
for the narrow defeat at the hands
of Washburn last year.
mo use talking about it, we're go
ing to beat Washburn- It's a GER
tainty. we haven't done II since 1903,
but Wen do it this year" writes Lis
ton.
Well, mebbeso, mebbeso. How
should we know.
The Baker men have a strong back
field. Bolinger at quarter is a vet
eran player. The Wright brothers,
both negroes hold halfback positions,
and play the game hard and consis-
tentIy. Thornily at end has a repu-
tation for snagging passes that is hard
to equal.
But when the writer saw the Baker
team in action against c. of f. it did
not have the unison it should have.
Reports say the Orangemen have i'm
proved their offense. The Pittsburg
game ought to prove it.
The battle is going to be one for the
fans to watch with interest.