The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-09-29

''Frosh," has been running at quarter
part of the time also.
Susie" Sears, who alternated with
Goerke at the full back position last
season, is the only veteran out for the
place this fall. Goerke. however. is
expected in the Bachman fold within
few days.
X. U. has. in by-gone years. been
able to resort to short, over-the-scrim-
mage-Hne passes in pinch 1t is our
belief that they will use their play
Saturday many times. The Washburn
line will be as impregnable as the rock
OF Gibraltar. Allison and Davidson
will have plenty of chances to demon
strate their ability at catching passes.
Mifflin. rangy second year man. is
doing some spectacular punting. More
chance for the fleet end to get down.
Mifflin's punts soar high. spiral, and
far Plenty of time in those punts to
get down and tackle a man in his
tracks
Coach Dwight Ream has a wonder
ful pair of ends for forward passing
purposes in Rogers and Jemison. The
former holds the state record for the
mile, and Jemison is fast, and never
knows when he is downed.
The game might develop into an
aerial attack-who knows.
Coach "Potsy'' Clark is making
Roadway at Kansas The X. U. line,
about which Clark was considerably
perturbed last week, is gradually com
ing out OF the kinks. Eraker, Reedy.
Jones, Saunders, all of them vets.
form a center of action that will
worry opponents
And the backfield is good and fast.
Griffin, who is playing his first year
of Varsity football is a Freshman star
| of last year. While playing at Bur
| lington high school he astonished high
school coaches with his speed and
broken-field running. Sturgeon is n
last years fullback. altho not a regu-
/ lar He is fast, shifty and beefy. Nc
Adams, blondeheaded husky. seems
to have ability galore for going down
under forward passes. His ability to
snag them anywhere within ten feet
of his reach is putting joy into X. U.
hearts. Davidson and Allison at ends
are fleet and experienced.
We have a bunch, somehow, that
the game Saturday will resemble, to
some extent, d championship prize
fight.
| Neither team is sure of the strength
OF the other. Both of them want to
| win badly, Washburn for the glory of
! tx. U. because she realizes what
| dtsglory will come of defeat.
The first quarter of the game. like
the first round of a fight, will be spent
in measuring the possible strength of
| the opponent, the hitting force, the
| speed, the stiffness. Each team will
look frantically for a weak spot.
At the beginning of the second quar-
ter things should begin in earnest.
Both coaches are talking the often
sive game. In years past, Washburn
has prepared for defense. They felt
that to keep K. U. from. scoring was
enough. But times have changed. For
three years (this is the third), Wash
burn has tried hard to defeat her
larger opponent. The third year
might be the charm, and it might not.
| Ray Watson. Wichita, Kansas State
Agricultural college star athlete, who
was graduated last June, is back. in
K. S. A. c. this year doing post gradu-
ate work in the animal husbandry de-
partment. He is working part time in
the alumni headquarters and will be
| in charge of the alumni extension
work. Watson will not desert the ath-
| letic field on which he brought fame
| to the Aggies. having volunteered to
| assist in coaching the track team
| Until after the football season he will
have charge of cross-country running.
in which division a large number of
| college youths have entered this sea
| son. Watson, a member. of the 1920
Am erican Olympic team, holds the
| Missouri valley record for a two-miIe
run.