The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-11-08

possibility of an accurate decision in
awarding the conference title di-
minishes.
The upsets have been so numerous.
the dope reversed SO often that it will
be a hard job for Athe coaches and
others who attend The annual con
gress" to decide on the winners.
Hays Normal probably has the best
chance. They have won four and lost
none. Mcpherson, Kansas Wesleyan,
st. Mary's and Bethany have fallen
before the Hays onslaught and South
western and Sterling ere yet to come.
Should Hays win both games her
chances to the conference title are
But the Emporia Normalites are in
second place with five games won and
one lost. They defeated st. ~Mary's,
Ottawa, Friends, Southwestern and
Pittsburg Normals. Washburn de-
feated the fighting "Yellow-Jackets''
in what the fans said was the best
game so far this season. The Normal
! ties still have two games. with Baker
and the College of Emporia.
If the Normalites should win both
Of the games and Hays should lose
one of her remaining two, the ballup
would certainly come forth.
The College of Emporia, Pittsburg
Normals and Washburn are tied with
$50 for third place.
What a chance for dark horse win
ners. Both of these teams are dope
upsetters-have proven themselves to
be such by performances this fall. And
the dope still keeps on spilling over.
The College of Emporia defeated
Baker university by three points,
Southwestern by two touchdowns was
defeated by Pittsburg NormaIs and
retaliated and beat Ottawa, % to o.
The Pittsburg defeat is the only one
to be chalked against the scrappy
team from Emporia, and those who
saw the game Will remember that a
foul on a play on which a touchdown
was made caused the Emporians their
defeat. So we look to Emporia for
some more dope upsetting. The En-
porians play Washburn Armistice day
at Emporia. The Ichabods are ap-
proachi1S dangerous territory in this
game. Gwin Henry, coach, and his
men are always ready to take a huge
chunk of WashbUrn meat, more so
when championship prospects loom
large Remember the defeat of 1919,
and the tie of 1920? Then, on Turkey
day the College of Emporia men play
the Normals of Nebraska in an an
nual classic. The writer has seen
about ten of these Turkey day battles.
Never did we see the dope hold. Up
sets are sure to happen when the two
championship hopes may go glimmer-
ing on Turkey day-if they have
hopes-by that time.
Coach Doc Garfield Weede and
his Pittsburg men will bear a lot of
watching in the balance of the 1921
season. OF the three dark horses this
time, we'd choose the Pittsburg eleven
as the blacklist.
When the Pittsburg men invaded
II IL ,4y,
slated as a, weak team. Nothing much
had been said either in the press or
by word of mouth concerning the
strength of the Pittsburg men. They
were just a team, starting out on a
season, and people wondered what
ever, worried about the outcome of the
Washburn game. Altho the Ichabods
had suffered bad defeat at the hands
of K. u. just the week before, that
didn't matter, K. U. should have
beaten.
That's the way the fans felt.
Then, when the game was over, the
Pittsburg men had won. easily. The
score was 21 to Z. A sweeter backfield
hasn't been seen yet this season in
Topeka
Then. with a crippled team, and
maybe a little more over-confidence
than necessary, the Pittsburg men tied
with Baker university. A scoreless
tie. That tie did the work It woke
up the Pittsburg men. On the follow
ing week end they invaded Emporia
for a game with the College of En-
poria.
The Emporia men had been running
along nicely-winning all their games
and playing great ball. Scott, quar-
terback; Sweat. halfbt elk. and a
couple more men, were out of the
Pittsburg lineup. Altho c. of Z. also
had crippled bunch, the dope was
strong for a c. of E. victory. But
Pittsburg won the game, altho It was
q. "fluky" win, in a way. They played
great ball. Then the other Emporia
team, the Kansas State Normals,
whipped Pittsburg shamefully, 81 to Z
but more men were out of the Pitts
burg lineup than before with in
juries Opie, star guard, suffered a
broken leg in the c. of E. game. OF
tawa was the last victim for the Pitts
burg men, Z to 0.
So you see they are really what
you might call dope-upsetters and we
think they might do a little more
st. Mary's is the next battle for the
Manuals on November 10. and South
western comes to Pittsburg on Turkey
day.
Washburn, however. took the prize
for the cold-blooded. mercenary kick
ing of the dope-kettle, when she de-
feated Emporia Normals. Several
fans thought she'd do it. But the ma
jority were loud in their claims of a
Normal victory. Let's summarize the
Washburn football history for this
season.
They lost to K. L. and to Pittsburg.
Both losses were disappointments
The big Washburn team wasn't func-
tioning. The Ichabod line, line that
is the same end to end as the cham
pionship line of 1920, did not play
ball 1t leaked like the proverbial
sieve in both games.
But Ream and He'll Injected pep in
large doses, and the Ichabods held
Ottawa to a 90 tie on the weekend
following the Pittsburg catastrophe.
The tie, little as it was. let the Icha
bods believe they could win a game.
Their weakened morale took an up
ward jump, and when Baker invaded
Topeka. the next weekend Washburn
won. IT to 16. They PLAYED better