The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-10-27

Haskell VS.. Paramount, at Lawrence.
Friends VS.. Sterling, at Sterling.
Hays Normal was much surprised
by the 81 to 0 defeat at the hands of
st. Mary's Thursday. st. Marys was
picked as the winner but St. Mary's
upset the dope for no one had picked
the Catholics to win by any such over
,whelming score. St. Mary's team is
large and has lots of fight. The Hays
team, while having lots of fight, are
not as large as the st. Mary's crew.
The Coach 'Rook" Woodward eleven
is good team for such small school
to turn out.
In the contests for today Bethany is
the favorite over Pittsburg at Pitts
burg. Kansas State Normal should
win from southwestern by comfort
able margin. College of Emporia
should win over Ottawa by several
points. Kansas Wesleyan and Nc
Pherson will be fairly evenly matched
in their contest at Salina. Haskell
will beat Paramount, and Friends
should win from Sterling
I'm still looking around to find out
who No.34 was in the Washburn-
Kansas game. He was about the
toughest, dirtiest player I have seen
for some time. I have not been able
to find out what his name is but hope
to-" That is the statement made
by Frank C. Willard, of Topeka, who
saw the game at Lawrence last week.
After saying this Mr.. Willard eX-
pressed the sentiment of this column
when he said that one of the things
that is wrong with football today is
this dirty playing. It must be elimin-
ated if the sport must be kept up to
par Such playing as that is not good
craftsmanship. 1t is exactly the OPP
posite, and until such things are taken
from the game football will not be
the game it should be, in the opinion
of Mr.. Willard.
That is one thing that coaches and
officials are trying to eliminate from
the game. There is plenty of chance
for action and strength without taking
some one by the back of the neck and
showing his nose into the ground after
he is down. Quite a bit of that was
done in the Washburn-Kansas game,
and on several occasions it cost the
Kansas team fifteen yards penalty. It
was right that they should be penal
lied. A team or a player which cam
not refrain from rCughing up players
on the other team after the whistle
has blown is made up of mighty poor
stuff. Those players who>>want and
crave action usually can get it by play
ing clean football. This criticism is
not meant for Kansas any more than
school, regardless of where it is,
should stop this roughing of oppo-
nents.
Coaches and officials over the entire
Kansas conference and Missouri val
ley are trying to eliminate this sort of
paying, and in a large measure are
sue cecding. It depends to a great ex.
tent on the individual. If he cannot
refrain from roughness without the
reprimanding by coach or official,
there is Snlle'hiag wrong with him
mentally. This Just emphasizes points
we have declared before, that foot
ball is one of the best games to find
out what man is made Of 1t de-
termines his mental and physical
qualifications.
1t seems unusual that football can
create SO much enthusiasm as it docs.
In more than one of the big games Il
the country enthusiasm runs extreme
ly high.
This was clearly shown in the game
at Columbus, Ohio, last week, when
ONO State dedicated its new stad UNI
with q game against Michigan,
Thousands of persons from all over
the country, and especially from Ohio
and Michigan, attended the game
walked, starting a week before the
game, others came thru on freight
trains, and many others bought old
second hand cars and painted them
up in all kinds of colors,i and drove
them thru to the game. Especially
was this true of Michigan university
students. Hundreds of Fords came
thru from Michigan for the contest.
Many came on trains, and generally
speaking that was the only thing in
Ohio which attracted any attention
October Fl.
4o1xo7
nights before the game. All shows
sold out all their tickets several DAYS
before the day of the contest, and
columbus has some large show houses,
too Hotels were crowded to their
capacity. Traffic was stopped while
college students turned loose with en-
thusiasm, and pep was displayed as
never before. The spirit and enthusi-
asm must be wonderful that can
arouse persons of all classes and ages
to such activity.
Some of that spirit is to he turned
loose at Manhattan this week, but it
Will not be nearly as pronounced as
the demonstration at Columbus While
the middle west is far ahead of the
east in display of pep and yelling, the
Missouri valley and the Kansas con-
display the amount of energy and en-
thusiasm that some of the big Ten
schools turn loose.
If Manhattan succeeds in winning
over Kansas tomorrow it is quite like
ly there will be display of pep in
that little town that has not been
equaled in any of the cities where
Missouri valley or Kansas conference
schools are located. Rumor has it
hat the Kansas Aggies intend to burn
their old bleachers if they win.
Plenty of enthusiasm and pep will
be displayed in Topeka Saturday night
f the Ichabods turn back the fighting
Methodists from Baldwin in the Wash
burn-Baker football classic in the
afternoon. Bonfires and cheers night