The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-11-26
W.L..HuSsins Jr:

J ter pretty much to himself. saiina
| left the field, Paramount didn't, and
Hoover is waiting to play his trump
cards at the Topeka conference of the
| board.
Personally, we care little about the
outcome of the controversy.
| But it should be settled. Kansas
| conference fans are opposed to an
/ outside settlement of the question, we
| believe. They wish to know why, and
| for what, any team of the conference
has to leave the field of play in
football game, without finishing the
| contest
Should Paramount and Kansas Yves
! leyan settle their differences among
| themselves. the doubt would always
| be present in the minds of the fans.
And then we doubt if a satisfactory
! adjustment of the game could be
made between the two schools.
| The conference board is a tribunal
OF arbitration for the settlement of
| athletic differences between confer
| ence competitors. That is one of it's
| prime functions.
| Let's leave it to the board to fix the
blame, and the punishment.
. The fans have right to know the
| why of it all
Even tho Hays Normal has come
thru the hot blasts Of games this fall
without serious burn-at least not
one severe enough for defeat-we are
not satisfied.
The colin has the utmost respect
| for Hays Normal. ''Rook" Wood
ward, former K. U. star is a fine chan
personally, and a good coach of the
game. The players on the Hays team
are fighters. Their scrap is ever pres
| ent during the game
| But Hays has not played a strong
| conference team. and we will award
no newspaper decisions thru the colin
OF TINS newspaper to HAYS Normal
( Hays cannot be blamed. She tried
hard for games with schools in the
eastern part of the state, Washburn
college of Emporia, Emporia Normals
and others. The eastern coaches did
not wish the games.
| We don't blame them. The ex-
| penses of trip to the far western
| part of the state would be met O. X
| by Hays But to bring Hays to To-
peka, for instance, for a game with
| Washburn. would be a dog with a
different bark.
Hays is not strong school She has
no reputation for a football team of
more than ordinary worth or merit.
Topeka fans would not turn out for q
contest with Hays, because they would
| figure. Another Ichabod walkaway."
They might be wrong. This year they
probably would have guessed wrong,
but Coach Dwight Ream was wise in
not accepting Hays's offer to come TO
Topeka. Neither did he wish to go to
Hays. A trip to Hays this year would
necessitate the issuance of the invita-
| ton to visit Topeka next year.-and so
| it goes. Emporia and Baker figured
in like manner. AS a result Hays
played none of the stronger confer
ence schools. and there is no doubt
but that the schools in the eastern
part of the state have turned out the
stronger football squads in recent
years.
And the above gets US nowhere.
Hays can't be blamed.
Neither can the eastern colleges.
But here's what students of confer
ence conditions are suggdsting as
solution.
A division of the east and west, let
ting seven schools each form the west
ern and eastern divisions.
Hays Normal. Sterling, Bethany,
Salina Wesleyan, Mcpherson, FAR
mount and Friends are to form the
western half
Washburn, College of Emporia,
Baker. Emporia Normals. Pittsburg
Normals. St Marys and Ottawa are
invited to join the eastern division.
Southwestern, the only other con-
ference school could take her choice
of the divisions, and enter which she
pleases.
At the end of the season the win
ners of each division should meet in
battle. The champion team of the
eastern division will have played
every team in that conference. The
champion team of the west will have
played every team in the western con-
ference. There will be no doubt about
the standings of the two champs
At a centrally located town. prob
ably Emporia. a great chance for a
wonderful game, attended by record
crowd for the championship of good
old Kansas.
And the winner will be a champion
There will be no percentage columns
to dope pro and con, hither and yon.
Nobody can offer a very inducive
proof that things are not as they
should be. Our vision sees a rosy
future, should the conference take the
action they are talking of.
But-better men than the colm's
writer have tried to divide the dad
blamed conference.
Somehow the division hasn't to date
been effected.
Hopes are hopes. however.
Junction Children Being Vaccinated.
Junction City, Kan, Nov. 26.-Ru-
raj children are being treated to free
vaccination. Only children bringing
written permission from parents. how
ever. are treated. The county health
officer and a nurse are making the
rounds of the schools. In one school