The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-09-19

VIII not De IN schoo1 this year. Reedy
! is a man upon whom Coach Potsy
Clark put a lot of faith. He was to
be in school this year, according to all
reports. Business" quoted Reedy,
Business"
The column heard a story the other
day that needs printing. It came from
an ardent worshiper of football sports
nanship, namely Prof. T. w. Hughes,
| Of the Washburn law faculty. Hughes
is affectionately called Daddy
! Hughes by his students. Here's what
he said:
Il haven't been as intelligent upon
football matters as should have been
I've even let business interfere with
the games now and then But from
now on I'm going to attend every
I WaShburn game and for this reason
happen to know that a certain prom
/ inent high school athlete wrote to
| Coach Dwight Ream and asked what
1 inducement he (Ream) would offer If
| the high school boy would come to
Washburn. He intimated that he
might want money, at least that he
would not refuse it. Ream wrote back
and told that boy that Wasbhurn Of
fered no inducements of that kind. He
| said in that letter that Washburn
would not commercialize her athletics
as long as Ream was in charge. In
| fact, he told that boy that unless he
i
| glory Of playing on her team, he could
go to some other school. That is true
craftsmanship. Ream is a true sport,
and as long as he's in charge Of ath-
letics at Washburn I'm going to sup
port 1chabod athletics with my pock-
etbook as well as my attendance at
the games"
Doctor Hughes is right. The worst
germ that is entering into university
! athletics at the present time, is the
germ of commercialism. 1t is a germ
that will kill eventually Coaches
should fight against it as they would
against drinking and carousing among
their athletes.
| Another grand old man of football
has broken into print John W. Heis-
man, who has been head coach at the
University of Pennsylvania for a num-
| Der of years. has finally been per-
| suaded by his admirers to write a
/ book on football. as it should be
played. He has done SO and named
the book, Principles of Football"
1t IS not a work of literary art Heis-
man has written the book just as he
| would stand upon football field and
| talk to his men, But the contents of
| that book is of great value to every
| player, director, or spectator of foot
ball: Everything has been touched
| upon, training, playing, in fact every
position has been defined. High school
| athletes should read it for the IA
| miliarity it would give them in diff,
/ ferent plays, positions and formations.
And college players will receive a deal
of benefit also.
Altho the season has not yet at
tanned more than a superfluous start,
| rumors are coming here and there
telling about the strength of the
teams, and their chances.
pa 10
Elfrinck OF Paramount have evidently
done a deal of successful scouting
this summer. Banbury especially is
given credit for a turnout of players
that intend to give trouble and plenty
of it later on. A summer of scouting
in the southern part of the state has
resulted in the enrolling of a number
of Swedes, tow-headed and husky of
stature. The man who told the col
umn about it said they were "the big
gest. huskiest bunch of Quakers and
Swcdes I ever saw. They made the
Fairmount also had some luck, ac-
cording to reports. Elfrinck's work
netted him a bunch of new material
that might be simmered down to an
other dangerous team.
Coach Charles Bachman, of the Ag-
gies. has already weeded out his
scrubs. and yet has thirty men out
for practice. With Captain "Shifty'
Clelland to play the center position.
Bachman has a great man to build
around.
Coach Garfield weede, of Pitts
burg Normals, reports a formidable
lineup of old men and a great bunch
of youngsters. His first game is with
Mcpherson Saturday. He should have
victory there. Dutch" Lonborg,
Kansas university star, who is coach
ing at Mcpherson, is not likely to
build team that can walk around
the willy Weede's. That does in no
way mean that Lonborg's coaching
and playing abilities are not good.
But Weede has a reputation for
shrewdness of team construction that
BODIES i'll for all his opponents this
year.
Coach Gwin Henry, Of the College
/ of Emporia. lost a good man when
Mark Jaquith, sturdy quarter decided
Ito teach school, but with Harr. last
years ali-state captain, Grant, 1920
Ilall-state back, and Widick, center, to
Iluse as neucleus, Henry should have
"a good start. The big game for EN-
Poria, for Washburn, and for the Col
lege of Emporia is on November II,
krmistice Day, when the c. of E. ag-
Eregation tangles with the Ichabods
BIT Emporia-
Dope Of all kinds is drifting down
from Aggieville. The prospects of the
FARMER team are undoubtedly good.
Coach Charley Bachman looked over
his crop of Aggie aspirants on Ahearn
field for the first time this season.
Thursday afternoon. More than fifty
eligibles were in suit, with almost that
number OF freshmen reporting for var
sfy doormat exercise under their new
mentor, Ted" Curtiss, recently ap-
pPinted assistant Aggie coach.
ELEVEN letter men already have re-
ported or are expected within a few
days A score of varsity second string
men and about twenty 1920 fresh are
on hand to make keener competition
for berths on this years aggregation.
A severe loss to the team will be
felt IN the absence of Dewey Huston
from the line up this fall The IA
nous Aggie drop kicker has accepted
a high school teaching and coaching
position and will not return to college
for his degree this year.
Bachman's wedding out process Is