The Topeka state journal., 1922-12-06

What about "drifters' being placed
on mythical "alP' football eievens?
That is a question that is receiving
much attention from the coaches over
the country. Coaches in the big
Ten" conference have asked that
"drifters" be excluded from ALI
mythical elevens.
By "drifters'' is meant-players who
go to college merely to play football
and drift from one school to another.
Not much of this is prevalent in the
Kansas conference. In fact we do not
know of case this year. This argu-
ment has been advanced about Sto-
yer of Sterling by some, but we do not
feel that way toward Slower. Sterling
college has a good college course to
offer to students, and the fact that he
changed colleges after he had entered
the University of Kansas does not
mean that he is a "drifter." He is a
| good football player. and If he pre-
ferred to go to Sterling rather than K.
| U. that is his business.
The matter of not placing "drifters"
on ''al1'' mythical elevens. however. is
a good idea. The less publicity those
kind of men get the better it will be
for collegiate sports.
Even tho Harvard college loses but
| three men from its football team this
year by graduation, two of these are
| Charley Buell.. The other one who
will be graduated is Eskie Clark.
| Harvard is the least hit by the number
of men lost of any of the big eastern
] elevens.
What do you think of the mixed
| bout between Ed Stranger" Lewis,
heavyweight champion of the world,
weight fighter?
| That question was asked Fred Full
| ton, of New York, who was in Topeka
/ training for his match with Carl Nor
4 ri, hn hal in FT11Ic
| cember IS.
| LAS it seems to me, the wrestler will
| have the best of the bout, and if that
match ever is scheduled, think Lewis
| will win,' he said
II doubt very much whether it will
| ever be held, for it looks to me more
| like a scheme to get publicity than
| anything else. As far as TIE match it
| chance In favor of Lewis. Lewis is
| big and is a pretty hard man to knock
out. If he is knocked OUT it VIII have
| to be @one before Lewis can get hold
| OF Dempsey.
Another thing, Dempsey will have
| boxing gloves on, and once he lets
| the wrestler get hold of him he just as
well say goodby, for he can't do a
thing with those big gloves on. Lewis
| is tronger than Dempsey, in my opin-
| ion, and can handle the fighter.
Wrestling is much more severe than
fighting, despite the fact that many
time Dempsey makes a pass at Lewis,
the wrestler will dive into Dempsey
and take him to the mat where the
rules will forbid fighting. A fighter
can not do much at close range while
a wrestler can.
but despite all these things, the
match never will be staged. The talk
is just a mean of publicity, and the
men will be satisfied with having the
fans talk about it."
Craig Ruby, who coached the Mis-
souri, university eleven to cham
pionship in 1920 and then tied again
for valley honors in 1921 is to coach |
Illinois quintet. While Ruby is young, |
he is one of the most promising cage
coaches in the valley, and is mighty |
well liked at Illinois.
The Kansas Intercollegiate confer
ence may become larger. Kansas City |
university. Kansas City, Kan, and |
Central College of -Osteopathy are
planning to send representatives to /
Topeka this week end to attend the /
regular meeting of the Kansas con-
ference coaches and faculty members. |
Kansas City university will apply for
membership in the conference, it was
announced Tuesday at the Kansas City /
school. Representatives of the two
Kansas City schools will have repre-
sentatives here to endeavOr to arrange
some basket ball games with confer
ence members.
Word comes from Emporia that
College of Emporia has given up the
idea of claiming the Kansas conference |
football championship. 1t has been
claimed that Stover, left half, for Ster-
ling college, is ineligible, and on this
strength it has been learned on good
authority that c. of E. would claim the
cham pionship if this man could be de-
clared ineligible. Sterling won from
College of Emporia. thus contributing
20 hn n171x dafnaf
season. The fact that other Kansas
than c. of E. seems to have prompted
ton.
The two tied games of c. of E. in
this years records discredir any
chance to claim the conference title
even tho the Sterling game should be
forfeited. Baker and Kansas State
Normal have hetter records than Col
lege of Emporia, neither having a tied |
game, and but one defeat.
The fact remains however. that
College of Emporia has a mighty nice
football team, and the record of the
Presbyterians this year is good when
one considers that the Presbyterians
have not had as good a string of men
from which, to choose an eleven as has
been the case in the past Coach
Gwinn Henry is considered one of the
best coaches in the conference, and his
teams invariably show it. =
Death of Mrs. Ellen Jayne Davis.