The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-09-20
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F0otbdIl@mmnt and Gossip
BY |
y ~: W.L.HuSshs Jr.

The ultimatum has been issued from
the sanctum of sanctums at Lawrence.
I'VE will play Washburn this year
on only one condition. That is that
Arthur Brewster, who is ineligible,
shall be withheld from the Wash
burn lineup"
That is the gist of a letter. received
Monday by Coach Dwight T. Ream,
of Washburn college.
The column has been waiting for
just that kind of a letter, and we have
neither waited = in vain nor alone.
Many Topekans and Washburn
alumnis has been on pins and needles
Yet the majority of them thought the
craftsmanship of 'Phog' Allen, known
as one of the best in football circles in
several states, would prevail.
So Kansas university, long famed
for its prowesS among Missouri valley
schools, with its three thousand stu
dents, a state institution, is afraid of
the Washburn game?
The Washburn-K. u game has been
an annual event for years. The game
usually has been a real contest for the
Jayhawkers~ They have had to play
to win. In 1919 the Washburnites
made it a 90 game. In 1920 they
And this year "Phog" Allen 10 hiding
behind a technicality to keep Brewster
out-not only because he knows Brew
ster is a good man, but because he is
taking every precaution possible to
thwart Washburn win.
A clause in the Missouri valley rules
provides that a man must have a
sophomore standing in a college be-
fore he can play on a Missouri valley,
team. As a sub-clause to this rule, it
is provided that a years residence in
the school is also required.
"Phog'- Allen has the law on his
side. No one can question the legality
of his claims against Brewster. The
Washburn lad entered school with the
IchabodS in the middle of the last
year. made a full semester's work
passed in all his studies. Then-to
make himself eligible for any Mis-
souri, valley game this year, he gave
up a vacation job and went to summer
school at Washburn.
He is now sophomore at Wash
burn with a sophomore's credits and a
Sophomore's standing.
Brewster is not a man that Allen
could have gotten no matter how hard
he tried. The Topeka boy went to
Washburn because he belonged there,
because his daddy went there before
him and was one of the greatest pitch
ers on any baseball team Washburn
even turned out. Brewster has been
brought up on Washburn, fed on
WashbuFn, and all the powers of
agents from K. U. could not have
changed his mind from deciding on
Washburn.
If Allen of Kansas thinks that he
might have gotten this young foot
ball player to K. u. he is mistaken.
Allen. believes that men are coming
to Washburn college because they can
play on the Ichabod team the first
year. CThe Kansas conference has no
ruling that provides for sophomore
standing before playing) He wants
to put up the bars-make conditions
at X. U. as favorable as at Washburn.
Topeka is up in arms. TOpekans
have subscribed often and heavily to
the fund for the new Kansas univer-
sity stadium. Il. u. alumni are pIenti-
full in Topeka. They want to see true
sportsmanship from their alma mater.
They are willing to back the Kansas
university team to the limit-BUT-
they hate to see a school like Kansas
university with its many hundreds of
men, its appropriations, its fine per-
sonnet of instruction, its adequate
buildings, and above all a wonderful