KANSAS UNIVERSITY WEEKLY.
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An All-Kansas Team.
It is a matter of extreme difficulty to select from the many foot ball players of Kansas, the eleven stars. Some believe that the Washburn team alone contained the eleven stars of Kansas, but a veteran foot ball player, a man who has seen all the principal Kansas college games and who is fitted to judge concerning the relative strength of players, makes the following statement:
To the Athletic Editor of "The Washburn Review:"
"If I were choosing an all-Kansas foot ball team I would take Carl of Haskell for center; Turtleson of Emporia Normal, and White of Washburn, as guards; Wilcox of K. U. and Gill of Washburn, tackles; Algie of K. U. and Nichol of Ottawa, or Banks of Washburn, ends; Banks probably as having the most experience. For quarter, Stewart of Washburn is ahead of any other man. For half-backs there are four stars so near each other it would be hard to decide which to choose; Moore and Roberts of Washburn, Tucker of K. U., and Dugan of Haskell. At full, Odell is the best line bucker, but not one of the full backs can kick, which I think an essential to that position. Therefore I would put Quigley of K. U., in that position. Although he plays half there is not another man on the five big teams that is so sure under a punt or with one."
When other foot ball men about town examined the above they expressed themselves as being dissatisfied with the author's statement only in one instance, and that was in regard to the tackles. They claim that although Wilcox is a great player, Hughes, of Washburn equals him, and that individually considered it is almost impossible to tell who is the stronger, but captain Ernest Hughes, of Washburn, was the leader of the best team Kansas ever produced so everything considered Hughes would be entitled to the place in preference toWilcox.--Washburn Review.
A Freshman Heard From.
The following communication, which is reproduced verbatim ad literatum, was received through our contribution box. It is self explanatory:
DEAR MR. EDITOR: I come to you in this asking why aint the freshmen a running of the University. They are running lots of other schools as big as this. Now out in Kansas they even caut the professors & rubbed tar on their noses and I have heard that former freshmen are now running universities of their own. Dr. Hetherington told me he was certain that Pres. Jordon of Leland Stanford used to be a freshman. Why ther are lots of reasons why a freshman should run this school. Aint we got more sense than any other class. I can prove it by freshmen any time. The rest won't admit it because they are prejudiced. Aint we stouter than any other class. If anybody doubts that I will scrap him any time. Where do they get foot ball teems & base ball nines? right from us, that's what. Who is it that gets in uncle tom's Cabin shows for 10 cents? Us that's who.
Then aint there more of us than anybody else. Fellow freshmen:
Arise! Shake off this lethargy. Meet in one spot take ther the oath of fealty bathed in the blood of a mity resolution. Unloose the egle of your ambition. Snatch the litning that plays around the snowy tops of the lofty sierras. Dip yure arrers in the venum of deadly serpints. Grasp the mity thunders of thedecaying Roman umpire & hurl it at the foe.
Strike freshmen for yore alter & yore fires.
Strike for the sanctimony of yore cause. Till you achieve the best of yore ambition's desires.
Or you shall be ashamed to face yore pa's. Meet me on the campus tonight so we can take the oath.
Yours effectunately,
SILAS CORN COB.
P. S. Please print this for I no the only way to reach all the boys is thro yore paper s.c.
—M. S. U. Independent.