The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-09-26
Washburn Ottawa.

a SONernm ent weather observer re-
ports most ideal weather conditions
over the entire United States at pres
ent. An airplane could start at New
York, Washington or Boston and fly
to Portland or San Francisco without
encountering heavy cloud banks, he
said.
This may be true of the weather
sky. but it is not so probable of the
football sky. Clouds are appearing
from time to time on the football
horizon which may darken the sky
for some of the teams. This is es-
pecially true of the Kansas confer
cnce teams.
Ottawa Here Saturday.
ottawa comes to Topeka next Sat
urday to meet the Washburn college
eleven. The sky may look dark to
both of these teams, and 1t is going
to be darker, for one of these teams is
going to be defeated, and the clear
sky will suddenly become cloudy. In
fact it may not taken even the sixty
minutes of the game 20 bring on the
clouds. for that sometimes happens in
the first few minutes of play.
Just which team will see dark
clouds in the Saturday contest re-
mains to be seen, but football history
between Washburn and Ottawa may
prove interesting to a large number
of fans.
In the sixteen times Washburn has
met Ottawa on the gridiron. the Icha-
bods have succeeded in darkening the
sky for the Baptists ten times. That
is. Washburn has won ten out of the
sixteen games these two schools have
played, since 1897.
-Four Tic Games.
Ottawa has darkened the sky for
the Ichabods twice. in the sixteen
times these two schools have met.
-Four of the sixteen times have been
tie scores. Twice it was a IL to IL
I e. and twice it was to tie.
dark sky is to appear for one of
these two eleyens this year, and both
teams working hard to make the sky
darker for the other, close race is
promised.
ottawa has practically al new ma
terial with which to work to put out
a fast eleven. Captain Mather is
back for tackle. Gniet. a letter. man,
is out for center for the Baptists,
while Odds, a sub-quarter last year,
is wearing the moleskins for the OF
tawans.
Leonard and Harris. quarterbacks
on the Ottawa high school eleven last
car. are out working for that posi-
ton. and Baker, another Ottawa high
man, is out for tackle.
Harris will be remembered by many
Topeka high school players as the
defeat of Topeka last year, when by
al the signs Topeka was due to win.
He it was who carried the ball in both
hands, holding it out in front of him,
end when an opposing player started
to tackle him he showed the ball
toward him to divert the mans at
tcHtion from the tackling. 1t worked,
too. and that is what beat Topeka,
Carchcs declare. In the second quar-
ter of the Topeka-O Ottawa high game,
/ ne men were coached to quit watch
ing that ball and tackle, and Topeka
played the Ottawans an even contest
e. II. Elbel is the new mentor at
Ottawa university, succeeding R. E.
1''-aHnan, who was well known and
liked in the conference. He is re-
ported to be a good coach. Coach
Flbel is having a hard time getting
Il good line. if reports are true. but
he has a wealth of backfield material
and Is trying to make a line out Of
some of it.
Watts and Mercer, former Argen-
tine high school men, are out on the
baptist field. and they were good men
in high school. Mercer is the former
Argentine high school basket ball star
Forty men reported at the Elbel
camp the first night of practice, and
the nightly average has been close to
thirty-five. This is considered good
representation for a small school. The
enrolment at Ottawa is smaller than
at Washburn.
The Coach Elbel eleven viii be light
this year, reports from that quarter
indicate, but the coach expects to
make up for it in speed. The Otta-
vans got their first taste of combat
in scrimmage Wednesday night, Sep
TENDER 20. Work has been strenuous
ever since that night. and it is not
believed Washburn is going to have a
walkaway.
To Be Big Battle.
So when Ottawa comes to Topeka
Saturday it is not likely that either
team will have clear sailing, but both
probably will battle for the supremacy
of the gridiron.
1t will be seen by the accompanying
table that Washburn piled up PIG
points while Ottawa was getting nine
ty. in the sixteen times these teams
have met. In the years 1908, 1906.
1907. 1909. 1918. 1914, 1915 and 1918
these teams did not face each other.