Old Football Team Photo

A photograph of the Rossville High School football team, supposedly of the 1917 team.  I wonder about that date since I knew some of those men.   Anyone know about that?

 Pictured in the back row, left to right, are Bill James, Howard Bixby, Homer Reid, Fred Stewart, (teacher) Leslie Young, Ed Doud, Dave Stiles, Homer Lasswell, and Edwin Stamp. 
In the middle row are Evan Seely, Marvin Hopkins, Glenn Page, Guy Strimple, and Riley Mitchell. 
Sitting on the ground are Carl Lynde, Ralph Bolin, Burton Lynde, Ralph Page, and Johnnie Lillard. 
This photograph is provided through a pilot project to host unique cultural heritage materials from local libraries on Kansas Memory and was accomplished by mutual agreement between the Northeast Kansas Library System, the Rossville Community Library, and the Kansas Historical Society.