The Topeka state journal., 1922-11-29
Turkey Day Games With Last Years Scores
Kansas Conference.


Kansas Conference.
Kansas Wesleyan f6) VS.. Bethany 16), in
Lindsborg.
Mcpherson vs. Southwestern in McPher-
son. mo game last year,.
Kansas State Normal VS. College of EIn
poria, Normal field, Emporia. (No game
~WashbGrn CD VS.. Pittsburg Normal CID,
Ottawa L. CD VS.. Baker Z. (2s). in Bald
Friends Z. vs. Fairmount (O), in wichita.
st. Mary's VS.. Northwestern Nominal Df
Alva. Okla, in st. Marys. (No game last
Missouri Valley Conference.
| Nebraska (O) VS.. Notre Dame "a, in
Kansas d5) VS.. Missouri (9). in Columbia
Oklahoma 2s) vs. Washington u 40 in
d kansas s' Aggies vs.. Texas Christian uni
| versity, IN Manhattan (No game last yearl-
4 NOn-COnferenee Games.~
| Haskell Indians VS.. st. Xavier, in Gin
cinnati (No game last year,
Football. the intercollegiate sport
| which has gained in popularity until
today it is the major sport in practi-
/ cally all colleges of the country, is to
have its final inning of the 1922 sea-
son Thursday when games will be
| played all overthe country. 1t will
mark the close of the 1922 season, a
| season which has been full of upsets;
and a season which has seen some Of
| the best football games ever played
Football has claimed more attention
during It's snort season Inan DaSeDall
did during the summer.
l~ No difference what kind of a gath
ering, the talk almost invariably drift
ed to football.
While the big Ten conference
closed last week, the Missouri valley
and the Kansas conference teams will
get into action Thursday for the finals.
Thirteen Kansas Conference teams and
six Missouri valley elevens are to en-
gage in major contests Turkey day.
Three Kansas teams have finished
the / season, and are not playing
Thanksgiving They are Sterling,
Bethel and Hays normal. Three
teams in the valley, Drake, Grinnell
and Iowa State have finished and now
are turning their attention to other
forms of athletics.
kansas Wesleyan meets Bethany in
Lindsborg~ the home of the Swedes,
for the final game of the season.; Nc
Pherson meets Southwestern in Nc
Pherson; Kansas State normal opposes
it's rival of years on its own field,
College of Emporia being the opposi-
ton; Washburn will tangle with
Pittsburg normal on the Topeka field;
Ottawa U. plays Baker u, in Bald
win; Friends and Fairmount will
struggle for supremacy in Wichita.
both trying to get revenge for the O
to tie of 1921, and ST. Mary's plays
at home, opposing Northwestern nor
NAL of Alva, Okla, for its last season
game.
Kansas Wesleyan lost to Bethany.
s to 16 last year, but the Methodists
under the direction of Coach A. B.
Mackfe have shown more strength
than in 1921. The game should be
fairly close Mcpherson and South
western should. be evenly matched in
their game in Mcpherson, Kansas
State Normal is easily the favorite
over College of Emporia, and barring
upsets, should win easily, and by
Sc, Sr-11 Tax l. 71ln7r-r
Pittsburg should play a good game on
the Topeka field. Washburn really
has the stronger eleven, and If they
play the brand of football they are
capable of playing, the Ichabods
should win
washburn lost to the Pittsburgers
last year, to 81, but the Pittsburg
There is this to consider, and that is
that Coach Garfield Weede always
has one of the best coached elevens
in the conference, and he may bring
a team of youngsters to Topeka that
will win from the Vosburg crew.
Baker university is due to win from
Ottawa university in the closing sea-
son for these two elevens- The game
will be played in Baldwin, and will
be a homecoming day for the Meth
odists of Baker. Baker is runner-up
in the conference, and bids fair to fin
ish second, being led by none other
than Kansas State Normal The
Coach Emil S. Liston crew have per-
formed well this season, and aside
from an early season loss to McPher-
son have come out of the 1922 race
with a good record. Baker has not
met the Kansas State Normal even
this year. the two schools not being
able to get together on dates.
Friends and Fairmount are due to
play the-hardest game of the season
when they oppose each other in Wich-
fta These two schools have been
rivals for years. and their contests
always have beena played on Turkey
day, marking the close of the season,
the same as Kansas State Normal and
College of Emporia- These two teams
played to a scoreless tie last year.
St Mary's college had a game
scheduled for Thanksgiving with Ster-
ling, but the Rice county school can
celled before the start of the 1922
season. Now the Catholics are to