The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-10-18

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Salina.
St. Mary's VS.. Ottawa at st. Marys.
Saturday, Oct ~.
Kansas university VS.. Ames at Ames.
Missouri VS.. Aggies at Manhattan.
Washburn VS. Baker at Topeka.
Haskell VS.. American School of Oste-
opathy at Lawrence.
Southwestern VS.. Kansas State Normal
at Emporia.
We've heard so many rumors, in
sistent rumors, concerning the strength
football machine, especially its back
field, that we deem it advisable to
dope" a little.
There's no doubt about the Normal
squad. They're good, mighty good.
Where an old team is performing
nicely, it is safe to maintain that the
coaches have something, cat least) to
do with the success of the men they
trained every year, until perfection
was reached.
A new coach can take an old team,
do little work himself, and still have
a faiEly- creditable machine. But train
ing players is different. Hard work,
persistence, brains, fortitude, and pa
thence, all these must make up the
character of a successful coach.
Now for the men we have in mind.
Coach Homer "Bilr' Hargiss is af-
fectionately called THE Bald Eagle of
Empory." He was raised in Emporia.
went to school there, and married
there. The town likes bill"
A summary OF the four years that
IIargiss has coached the Kansas State
normal teams shows that he has
only one defeat, that the total score
made by the "Yaps" was 379, and the
opponents 100.
When the war came, Bill left. Sub
soquently the normal slumped in
athletics.
When the world conflict ended,
Hargiss went to the Oregon Aggies,
and after successful season there, he
was persuaded to return to the EN-
poria school by frantic authorities,
who wished to again produce winning
teams.
The faculty decided Bill needed
help in the form of another coach.
They hunted far and wide, weighed
many coaches in the balance. Then
they made a good decision. From OF
tawa university, where he had been
coaching several years, they brought
Arthur A. Schabinger.
"Schaby'' is an Emporia hero. He
is the most famous of Emporia ath4
letes. Captain of the College of EN-
poria team two years, playing the
quarterback position, "Schaby'' pi
loted the c. of e. team thru many
tight places TO victory. 1t was during
the palmy days of Fritz Hartwig, jim
my Russell. Jake Weidrick, Levi Fitz,
Harlan Altman and other famous EN-
porians. that Schabinger scared to his
height in the football world. Many
lesser consultations made up the EN-
poria teams, but ''Schaby" was the
shining light. That was back in 1911,
70 and '13. Hargiss, by the way,
coached the college team at that time.
So Shabinger went to the Normals.
He left a school where he had coached
five years of victorious sports. His
football teams always stood high in
conference standings. His basketball
team won the conference champion
ship in 1918. finished in second place
twice, in third place once, and once
in fourth place. His track teams lost
only one dual meet on the home field
and finished second on two different
occasions in state meets.
Here's where the personal relations
come mall to the aid of victorious
football teams.
Hargiss and Schabinger are old
friends. Wouldn't a coach feel a mite
of pride in working with a man whom
he had coached to football fame? And,
on the other hand, wouldn't Schabin-