The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-10-25


Pittsburz Normal Bethany, at Pitts
burg. tNo game last year, 80.
Kansas state Normal fep vs. South
College of Emporia (2s) Ottawa U.
(O). at ottawa
Haskell VS.. Paramount, at Lawrence (No
game last year,
Friends i&s) VS.. Sterling co., at Sterling.
SATURDAY.
vrHsnDurn (17) Baker U. (16), at To-
pokn.
THU week will see fifteen of the
Kansas conference teams in action,
fourteen Of them in actual conference
games, the fifteenth outside the con-
ference.
st. Mary's will meet Hays Normal
on the st. Mary's field, the second
2 game of the season at home for the
st. Mary's eleven. 1t is the third
game for st. Mary's, the first one be-
ing with Kansas State normal, which
was lost to 0. The second game
played was with Ottawa university,
and was won by the Catholics, 10 to 0.
The dope in this game favors st.
Mary's, since Hays was able to win
from Ottawa is } 10, and st. Mary's
won over the Baptists, 10 to o. How
ever, that was with several of the
Baptist men out on account OF in
juries, so it should be a close game.
OI course St. Mary'S has the adVan-
tage of playing on its home field.
That is an advantage to any team, and
especially is this true of St. Mary's,
because of the unusually good sup
port given the Catholics by the fans.
1t is bound to have psychological eff
feet. Hays has lost to Mcpherson by
two points.
with two losses checked up against
il, the Pittsburgers enter the Bethany
game at Pittsburg Friday in second
place. Pittsburg lost to Baker U. and
to College of Empor:a, the first by a
to score, and the second IA to 0.
Bethany has won over r'airmount and
Sterling and lost to Friends. The
Weed aggregation may be strength
ened some since the Baker and Col
lege OF Emporia games.
1t is not likely that Kansas State
normal will win by as large a score
over Southwestern on the Winfield
field, as it did last year at Emporia,
when the final whistle showed 81 to
defeat for the Southwesterners but
Kansas normal is easily the favorite,
and should win. Kansas State nor
Tna defeated Fairmount 81 to 3, after
Southwestern had tiec with the Wich-
ita school, This would give the EN-
porians a 25-point win over South
western, figuring it from the DOPE
However, dope does not run true to
form. Figures lie on the football
fled.
College of Emporia is the favorite
against Ottawa university Friday at
Ottawa. There is not much dope on
this game, but strength of the teams
would show the Presbyterians the
favorites. Ottawa will be stronger
than against St. Marys, when it lost,
3 to 0.
The dope would show Mcpherson
and Kansas Wesleyan evenly matched
in the Friday contest ON the Salina
field. Hays went down to defeat, IA
to 16, by Mcpherson, while the best
Hays could do to the Salina Meth
odists was win by a field goal. The
Mcpherson crew is a strong team, and
1t will be good game, we believe.
Haskell should win from Paramount
by a comfortable margin. Paramount
has lost to Bethany and Kansas State
Normal and won from Mcpherson and
Kansas Wesleyan, besides getting a
goose-egg tie with Southwestern.
Haskell has won from Pittsburg, OF
tawa and Friends.
Friends is the favorite in the
Sterling contest, having a win over
Bethany, which won from Sterling, 10
10 0. The Friends-Bethany score was
Is to Z.
- The evenest game in the conference
wis week should be the Baker-Wash-
burn contest at Topeka. The score in
the Baker Washburn game last year
school. Both teams are fairly strong
this year, with the dope about
even. There are no actual figures on
which to make a decision.
Baker is coming to Topeka with the
intention of taking the long end of the
score to make up for previous de-
feats. Washburn has won six games
out of eleven, while Baker took five.
Baker will try to make it six all Sat-
urday.
Disapproval of the action of Wash
burn men who painted the Kansas
university stadium continue to come
to the attention of this column. A
number of business men have spoken
disapprovingly of the stunt, and of
similar methods of trying to instill a
little patriotism into the students. All
of them are not in favor of this kind
of patriotism. They believe it hurts
the school, and it does
Approval of the action taken by this
column in denouncing such acts of
vandalism have been received. Among
those speaking favorably were num-
Der of Washburn college football play
ers, who said that just such things as
that is what hurts the game, and col
iegiate- athletics. I'VE as group of
football players are opposed to sucn
action" one of them said.
Statements from members of the
coaching staff, and others disapprov-
ing of the plan, follow:
Dwight r. Ream. director OF ath-
letics at Washburn college, does not
approve of such acts of vandalism as
was shown in the painting of the Kan
sas university stadium. He made this
formal statement today:
We have no sympathy whatever
for that kind of school patriotism 1t
doesn't help win football games. and
probably is the work of men who
haven't the nerve to come out and
really help a football team by wear
ing a suit and trying for the team.
WASHBURN football men are not in
sympathy with that kind of support"
Professor Morgan, of the Washburn
college psychology department. said
such things as that are what hurts
college athletics. 1T is just such acts