The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-10-29

With determination to maintain
/ their present top berth in the Missouri
| Valley conference, the Kansas Aggies
will meet the University of Kansas
ayhawkers today in the only all
Kansas game on the Valley conference
schedule Unofficially, today's game
Will determine the football champion
ship of Kansas, these two teams being
the only Kansas elevens fn the Valley
conference. If the weather is favor
able, special train will take about
1000 Aggies to Lawrence
The game with the Jayhawkers will
| be the third conference game on this
years Wildcat schedule and the first
played away from home. The Aggies
| defeated Washington university their
first conference opponent, Fl to
| 0 three weeks ago. Last Saturday
| they defeated Missouri university 7
to in hard fought game on Ahearn
field.
s. A. c. schedule. The week follow
| ing their K. u. contest, Coach Bach
| mans eleven will face GrinneIl
Armistice day they will play the an
nual contest with the Iowa farmers at
| Ames. The Homecoming day game
| on November 10 with Oklahoma
university is the last game on the Ag-
| gle schedule.
| Practically the same team which
| faced Missouri last Saturday will
l 1neTe
| Is possibility that Schmitz, who was
| injured at Creighton and did not plav
against the Tigers, may recover in time
| to be used against the Jayhawkers.
Substitute Nichols, however, is belived
to have won a permanent berth on the
| Aggie team by his great showing
! last week, and even tho Schmitz is
fully recovered Nichols may start the
/ game against K. U.
Polishing up the Aggie offensive
and strengthening the forward pass
| defensive was the program of work
outlined by Coach Bachman for his
l charges this week
Scout Ted Curtis who saw the Jaw
| haWker-Ames game last Saturday said
K U. has an unusually good team.
| Their screen pass, which puzzled the
| Cyclones, was described as being un-
usually well perfected, and the college
| coaches are devoting eonsidera bic
time to building up defensive against
| The average weight of the Aeeie
| team this year is somewhat lighter
| than last year, avera ging III pounds
to the man.
Today marks several football epics
| in the Missouri Valley.
| Topekans are fIoclxfng to Tawrence
today for the opening game in the new
| stadium, Kansas Aggies VS. Kansas
university.
Both teams have upset dope this
season. They are evenly matched as
to strength. It remains to be seen
where the breaks go. The Aggies have
won both their conference games this
season, while Kansas has won one and
lost one.
| Over in Columbia, No, the fighting
Tigers are worrying over their game
this afternoon with Drake university,
the team that SO unexpectedly hung
defeat on Kansas.
| The Tigers have had a weeks in
tensive practice in defense and for
| ward passing Coach CIevenger. no
ticing that Missouri Valley games to
date this year have been both won and
lost by the use of the forward pass
has given his protesIs drill until dark
ness falls every night on the science
| of the aerial attack.
The Missourians claim they are
ready.-but Drake has a wonderful
pass system. We wonder.
Ames and Washington meet this
Afternoon at st. Louis. Grinnell plays