The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-10-16

Minnesota ....................I LOCO
Northwestern ....--...-....O 900
SIX ' other schools of the conference have
not played conference games.
Four teams still retain a standing
| of 1000 per cent in the Kansas con-
ference. Kansas State Normal stands
at the head of the list with two games
won and none lost, while Washburn,
| College of Emporia and Southwestern
have won one game and lost none.
1 College of Emporia has tied one game,
| having been unable to break the
to Z tie with Southwestern college, of
| Winfield, and Southwestern has two
| tied games, having tied with Fair
| mount, 0 to o, besides the c. of E.
game. Three schools are tied for sec
| ond place in the standing, with two
| games won and one lost, giving them
an average of .667 per cent. They
are: Paramount, Mcpherson and
! Bethany.
| Three schools are tied for the third
| place with one game lost and one
won They are: Friends university,
Baker university and Hays normal.
| Kansas Wesleyan holds the lone place
as fourth place with percentage of
1913 with two games lost ana one won
| st. Mary's college, Pittsburg normal,
| Ottawa university and Sterling college
are at the bottom of the list with all
conference games lost. ST. Mary's and
! Pittsburg have lost one each, Ottawa
has lost two. and Sterling has three
| in the minus column.
| Several of the teams which played
| Friday and Saturday sprung surprises.
| Probably the greatest surprise of the
| entire conference was the 4 to 16 de-
feat of Hays normal by the Mcpherson
| crew. Hays was state champions
last year. and the defeat last week
was the first since 1920. Altho Nc
PhersQn was recognized as having
/ Inoo flxr 1T oGf
| had picked Hays as the winner of the
contest. Both of these teams ara
| coached by former Kansas university
| stars. Mcpherson mentor is Dutch
| Lonborg and George Rock" Wood
| ward is teaching the Hays men.
Baker gave Pittsburg a defeat of
| to 0, when Pittsburg was TIL :ght to
| be the stronger of the two. However.
the Pittsburg men are nearly all
| young, many of them freshmen, and
DR.. Garfield Weede has not been
| able to whip them into excellent shape
| good team by the time the Pittsbu-g
ers come to Topeka Thanksgiving day
| to meet the Coach Mike Vosburg
| crew. Baker evidently has recovered
| from the slump it seemed 20 expert
| ence early in the season, when it cost
| to the Mcpherson eleven. Baker has
| taken games from William Jewell of
| Liberty. Mo, rs to 0. and from Pitts
burg. Its game with Bethany was can
| celled on account of a death in the
Baker faulty.
Kansas State normal was picked to
make a stronger showing than it did
against the Friends university eleven.
A few minutes after the first whistle
the Teachers made a march down the
field for the only touchdown of the
game. earle, quarter, went over for
the counter, and a forward pass net
ted the extra point The Quakers
Teachers the remainder of the game,
altho the Hargiss crew threatened
their goal after that.
Kansas Wesleyan proved it's super
iority over its last years lineup, by
holding the Paramount eleven to a
field goal, the only score of the game.
The Salinans have been playing pretty
good football for a small school this
year, and they are due for some more
of the same brand BEFORE the end of
the season. we believe. Paramount
held Southwestern to a to score,
and Bethany won 10 to 0, from the
Paramount eleven.
Ottawa was easily defeated by the
Haskell Indians, "a to 0. Ottawa has
lost to Hays normal and to Washburn
in the conference. The Haskell game,
| affect the standing of the Baptists.
Bethany made the largest score OF
the last weekend, scoring 8 points
over the Sterling college eleven.
Adrian Lindsey. former Kansas star.
coaches the Swedes, while Warren
Woody is mentor of the Sterlingites.