Photo by Squires
CAPTAIN BROOKENS
MANY TWIRLERS
CAPTAIN BROOKENS WILL HAVE SIX GOOD PITCHERS.
Kaufman and Harlan Will Be Valuable Additions.—Should Be a Winning Team.
The outlook in the baseball department for the coming season is now the most alluring that it has been for years. Already the candidates for positions are picturing to Captain Brookens their records on divers teams. The pitching department has the largest supply of prospective men.
From last year's staff Hoffman, Meade, and Kirmeyer will be ready. Of the new material, Kaufmann, the star twirler on the Drury nine last year and Harlan of Downs, Kansas, are the best known. In the fall Kaufman and Harlan were tried out against the Lawrence leaguers and in four innings Kaufman was not hit while Harlan was safely hit but once in three innings. Hoffman pitched the other two with no hits. McCanles of Lincoln, Kansas, is another candidate for the box.
Captain Brookens will take his sextette of box artists into the gymnasium immediately after vacation and begin working them out. Of the old material back, there are "Ben" Young, "Spide" Baily, Bloss, Brown, Meade and Hoffman. Justice and Kirmeyer are expected to be here next term. Carlson, the freshman football captain, comes here with splendid credentials from the Schmelzer team of Kansas City, and has for the last two years turned down opportunities to sign up on professional teams. His position is at first base. "Art" Griggs is a good all round man and will be eligible in the spring.
The first trip will be begun about April 1st and will include
two games with Fayetteville, Arkansas and two with Drury College of Springfield, Mo. The second trip a few weeks later will take in probably two St. Louis teams and Missouri University. The third will extend from Nebraska University at Lincoln to St. Marys and Manhattan. The schedule is not definite by any means and the games to be played at Lawrence are not yet certain enough to be given out.
Captain Brookens is anxious to get into the season's work. He has dream of bringing the vaunted Tiger team down to defeat this year—prabably the highest ambition that a Kansas baseball captain could cherish. This makes the sixth year of college baseball for the Kansas captain. He began with the Normals in the spring of '02 and playing '03 and '04 and managed the team the last year. In the spring of '05 he donned a Jayhawker suit and this makes the third year with the Kansas squad. Captain Brookens will take his degree from the Law School next spring.
--light for Varsity football. But what Burr lacks in weight he furnishes in aggressiveness. He is fast and a sure tackle. He was a member of the '00 football team and since then has played at the end position with the K.C.A.C. It is claimed he can run 440 yards in 49 seconds. Douglass lives in Kansas City and is a junior in the Academic department.
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K. U. Holiday Reunion.
The annual holiday K. U. reunion in connection with the State Teachers' Association will occur this year on Thursday evening, December 27, in the parlors of the First M. E. church in Topeka. The reception and social hour will be from five to six and the banquet, which is to be provided by the ladies of the Methodist church, will be served at six o'clock.
There are almost two hundred graduates and former students of the University who are teaching in the public schools and academies of the state and a large number of these will be present. A good many others from Topeka and neighboring towns will be there and if the faculty is properly represented there should easily be two hundred at the banquet. Professor Engel has charge of the tickets, which are fifty cents each, and those planning to attend the banquet should let him know.
--light for Varsity football. But what Burr lacks in weight he furnishes in aggressiveness. He is fast and a sure tackle. He was a member of the '00 football team and since then has played at the end position with the K.C.A.C. It is claimed he can run 440 yards in 49 seconds. Douglass lives in Kansas City and is a junior in the Academic department.
The different literary societies are having highly successful meetings this year. The X. Y. Z. is one of the most flourishing ones. It has more than doubled its membership and is doing better work than it has ever done before.
Morris is now ready to do your Christmas photos.
Nuf Ced. SQUIRES, Photographer
SOME TIGER GRIDIRON HEROES
MILLER
CAPTAIN TILLMAN
LIVINGSTONE
DOUGLASS
Captain B. W. Tillman, halfback, was the fighting spirit of the Missouri team. He is a senior in the Agricultural department and lives in Loose Creek, Missouri. McLean brought him into football in 1903 and since that time he has been one of the regulars. Tillman is big, strong and heavy. He finds his holes well and can be depended on when a few yards are needed for a score. Weight 165 pounds, height, 5 feet 11 inches.
W. B. Douglass, end, is the Tiger midget. With his weight of 145 pounds he appears too
F. C. H. Livingston, tackle is a football player from the ground up. He first appeared on Rollins Field in 1902 and Pat O'Dea took him up at once and he proved to be a find. In '03
BOBBITT
and '04 he was out of school and last year he was unable to play on account of sickness. His advent this year caused rejoicing among the followers of the team. He is a big aggressive farmer and is one of the hardest fighters on the team. He lives in Elk Prairie, Missouri, and is in the senior class of the Law department. Livingston weighs 185 pounds, and is 5 feet 11 inches in height.
E. L. Miller, tackle, did wonderful offensive work in the Drury game. Miller played tackle last year and played a good game. Miller lives in Norborne, Missouri, and is a junior in the Academic department. He weighs 180 pounds,
height, 5 feet 10 1-2 inches.
A. N. Bobbitt hails from the football county, he lives in Joplin. At end and quarter Bobbitt has played a good game. In the early season his work was but little less than sensational, he was fast down the field on punts and smashed the interference in a fearless manner. Lately Dr. Monilaw has worked him at quarter back. At the pivotal position his work has been good though he lacks ability of handling punts in the back field. With another year's experience at the game Bobbitt will make good. He is in his second year in the Medical department. Weight 156 pounds, height 5 feet 7 inches.