THE GRIDIRON GAME AT K. U. ITS PRESENT AND ITS FUTURE
FOOTBALL SEASON OF 1911 IS OPENED
ELECTION OF A CAPTAIN
MARKS THE BEGINNING.
THE 1910 RECORD.
Season of 1910 Closed With the Awarding of Ks—Many New Problems Presented.
Kansas . . . 11
Kansas . . . 9
Kansas . . . 21
Kansas . . . 6
Kansas . . . 21
Kansas . . . 0
Kansas . . . 2
Kansas . . . 5
Ottawa . . . 0
St. Marys . . . 0
Baker . . . 0
Drake . . . 0
Washburn . . . 0
Nebraska . . . 0
Oklahoma . . . 0
Missouri . . .
Total, 75 Total, 9
When the Athletic board of the University awarded Ks to seventeen members of the football squad a week or so ago the season of 1910 was officially closed. And when, a few days later, Earl Ammons was chosen captain of next fall's squad, the season of 1911 was officially opened.
Already there has been muel speculation as to just what will be the status of next year's eleven. Rulings of the Missouri Valley Conference, which take effect next fall, will undoubtedly play an important part in changing the entire game. To begin with Kennedy and Mosse, who have coached Kansas for a number of years, have severed their connection with the University. A ruling against professional coaches has made it necessary for them to cease coaching the team. The coach next season must be a member of the University faculty and a non-professional. Three men have been spoken of as possible candidates. They are "Tommy" Johnson, captain of the 1910 squad, and Carl Rouse and Alpha Brummage, former students at the University. No definite action has been taken by the University authorities, however, and probably none will be taken for some time. Neither is it known what position will be created on the faculty to care for the coach.
Moreover, as during the past season, the training table will be eliminated. These rulings place football on practically the same basis as baseball and track athletics occupy at the present time. The result of the change on the team is still a matter of speculation. So far as material is concerned, however, there is no doubt but that there will be no lack. A number of the present K men will return and several members of this year's squad also are promising material for the 1911 team. Furthermore, there are many freshmen who will be eligible for next season's squad.
A glance into the future of football, however, justifies a retrospective look, too. The season of 1910 is worthy of consideration
for several reasons. Firstly, it proved to be one of the most successful for several years; secondly, it is the last year in which a Thanksgiving game will be played against Missouri at Kansas City, and thirdly, it may go down in history as the last season of K. U. under professional coaches.
Also, the season of 1910 has proven to be one of the most successful from a financial viewpoint for a number of years. More than eleven thousand dollars profit was realized during the fall.
A glance at the scores. of the 1910 games shows the season's success. In eight battles Kansas was defeated but once, and tied another time. Six games were decisive victories. Nebraska administered the defeat, and the tie game was played with the Tigers. Kansas also has placed to her credit 75 points while her opponents tallied only 22. The largest score made by K. U. against an opponent was 21. The largest made against the team was 6.
A decision has not yet been reached on the place of playing the 1911 Thanksgiving battle. According to the Missouri Valley Conference rules the game must be played either at Columbia or at Lawrence. At this time it is very probable that Lawrence will be chosen as the battle ground. Whether such an arrangement will prove a success is a matter of much debate. The game at Kansas City certainly has been a money maker for both schools. Will the financial loss suffered by changing the place of playing the game be offset by the advantages gained is the question to be worked out next season.
PERSONNEL OF TEAM.
Facts Concerning the Members of the 1910 Squad.
The following is personal data concerning the members of this season's football squad:
Thomas Johnson, captain, Law rence, Kan., half and quarter back; age 23; height 6 feet, weight, 157; started football career on Lawrence high.third year on varsity; captain of basket-ball team last year; Missouri valley quarter last year.
Earl Ammons, Arkansas City, Kan., left end, age 21, height 5.11; weight, 175; two years on Arkansas City high; played on freshman team; earned his letter last year; chosen to captain 1911 sonad.
Roy H. Heil, Topeka, Kan.; quarterback; age 21; height, 5.6; weight 145; played three years on Topeka highs; earned his letter last season.
Roy Spear, Wellington, Kan,
center; age 24; height, 5.11½;
weight 165; three years on Well-
varsity squad.
inton high, the
on highs; three years on the Frank Lynch, Cherryvale, Kas, right end; age 22; height, 5.91* weight, 170; started his football career in Colony, Kan, highs; sub guard on varsity last year.
Ralph Smith, Girard, Kas,right
tackle; age, 26; height, 6.3;
weight, 200; played on the freshman team; sub guard and tackle last year; played with Crawford county highs '05, '06.
Ellis Davidson, Council Grove,
Kas, left guard; age, 20; height,
o.10; weight, 20b; sub guard and
tackle last year; four years on
Council Grove highs.
Spencer Baird, Dodge City,
Kan., right guard; age;22; height;
6; weight, 1.6; played three years
on Dodge City highs; first year on
varsity.
Lee Kabler, of Kingman,
Kansas, left halfback; age, 22
years; height, $0.17_{2}$; weight,
100; started his football education
at Kingman high; played on
treshman team last year.
Glenn Wilhelm, Clay Center,
Kan, fullback; age, 21; height,
0.8; weight, 162; sub fullback last
season; started his career with
the Clay Center highs.
John Power, Lawrence, Kan,
right end; age, 21; height, 5.11;
weight, 175; sub guard last year.
Ben Davis, Eskridge, Kan., fullback; age, 21; height, 5.11; weight, 150; freshman team last year.
Henry Ahrens, Belleville, Kan,
tackle and center; age,22; height,
5.111/2; weight, 1/6; played two
years on Wentworth Military
academy team, first year on the
varsity.
Harold Woodbury, Kansas City,
Mo., right half; age 22, height;
0.11 $ _{1/2} $ ; weight, 140; Central high
school product.
Charles Woodbury, Kansas City,
Mo., left half; age, 21; height;
5.11 $ _{1/2} $ ; weight, 156; formerly of
Kansas City Central high.
William Cowell, Clyde, Kan.
left tackle, age 21; height, $5.10\frac{1}{2}$;
weight, 176; played two years
with St. Marys; first year on the
varsity.
William Price, Topeka, Kan.
left tackle; age, 20; height, 5:6;
weight, 145; began his career
on Topeka highs, made the freshman
team last year.
George Beezley, Girard, Kan,
left half; age, 21; height, 5.6;
weight, 155; played half on the
freshman team last year.
Alvin Henry Gossard, Kansas City, Mo., quarterback, tackle, height, 5.6; weight, 132; age, 20, played four years on Kansas City highs.
Ira Snyder, Stockton, Kan.
tackle; height, 5.8; weight, 155;
age, 21; played four years on the
Stockton highs, and a member of last year's freshman squad.
Harrison McMillan, Arkansas City, Kan., end; height, 5.9; weight, 165; age, 20; played four years on the Arkansas City highs and on last year's freshman souad.
Hal Rambo, Ottawa, Kan., end,
height, 5.10; weight, 160; age, 20;
highs, and was a member of last
played four years on the Ottawa
year's freshman squad.
James Blades, Minneapolis,
Kan., guard, height, 5.10; weight,
185; age, 22; played four years on
the Minneapolis highs.
Clem"Parker, Kansas City, Kan.
fullback; height; 6; weight; 156;
age; 22; learned the game on this
season's varsity.
WILL VISIT SIX TOWNS DURING THE HOLIDAYS.
TEAM OF SIX MEN ON TUMBLING TRIP
Spectacular Exhibition of Physical Culture Work at University Will Be Given.
The six men who compose the University tumbling team will start on a trip through Kansas to give an exhibition of the physical culture work that is being done at the University. The first date that will be filed is at Halstead on December 19; Newton will be made on December 20; Hutchinson on December 21, Great Bend on December 22, Ellsworth on December 23, and Salina on December 26. The team will spend Christmas at Ellsworth. The men who compose the team are C. B. Root, coach; "Tim" Shotts, Howard C. Pauly, George Babb, Ray Ghormley, and Charles Brownlee.
Schotts is from LaCrosse and is a senior mining engineer. He first began his work on the high-bar when he was eight years old and had to work on a rope trapeze in the barn. His bar work since coming to the University has drawn favorable comment from many of the students of the University. His exhibition last year before the wrestling tournament was his initial public performance.
George Babb, a sophomore in the College from Lawrence, and Charles Brownlee, a special student in the College, from Stafford, are always linked together on account of their work last year as tumbling couple. Babb started his work on the mats when attending high school and has greatly improved since coming to the University. Brownlee was first initiated into the tumbling art at Robinson gymnasium and by dint of hard work has reached a stage near perfection.
Ghormley, a sophomore in the School of Engineering, is from Hutchinson where he worked as a tumbler and comedian while in high school.
THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS FOOTBALL SQUAD OF 1910
Pauly is a freshman in the School of Engineering. He was a member of the team at the Manual Training high school at Kansas City for two years before he came to the University.
Standing, from left to right—Ihquarter, R. S. Smith, guard; Parker, fullback; Porter, halfback; Blade, tackle; Baird, guard; Abrens, center; C. Woodbury, halfback; Spear, center; Newcomb, halfback; Swenson, tackle; Ammons, end; R. E. Smith, tackle; Davidson, guard; Power, tackle; Davis, half; Fairchild, end; Douseman, end; Kemp, tackle; Cowell, tackle; McMillan, end; McDonald, guard; Wilhelm, fullback; Hicks, halfback; Snyder, tackler; Kabler, halfback; Collins, end; Ismaeh, halfback; Gossard, quarterback; Price, end.
C. Burton Root, who is an instructor in physical culture, was graduated with the class of 1908 from the University. He was then known as the strong man of the University. He took his first gymnasium work when he organized a physical culture club at his high school in Lincoln, Kan. Since that time he has given several exhibitions of bag-punching. He was assistant physical culture instructor at the University in '07 and '08; was at the Kansas City, Kan. high school in '08, and at Westport high school in Kansas City. Mo., in '08 and '09.
The program will consist of pyramid building by the entire
Sitting, from left to right—Kennedy, (coach); Johnson, (captain), quarterback and end; Mosse, (assistant coach).
team, high-bar work by Schotts and Pauly, bag-punching by Root, and Indian club swinging by Babb, as the specialties, and an extensive assortment of hand springs, flips, and rolls by all the members of the team.
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