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Show THE FOOTBALL OUTLOOK OPINIONS OF AN EXPERT By FRANK G. MENKE. NEW YORK, Sept. 15. Barrett alone remains of Cornell's mighty back-field back-field of 1914 but any team with a quarterback like Barrett seems to need no other backs. Barrett Is the greatest quarterback in the game today. Other teams have back-field back-field stars many of them of extreme brilliancy. But their brilliance fades in comparison with this almost superhuman quarterback that captains the Red and White eleven this year. The story of every game in which Cornell Cor-nell figured last year was an eulogv of Barrett. He seernd to be the Cornell team and he was about two-thirds of it. No line could stand up under his terrific ter-rific plunges; no ends were fleet enough to throw him before he had made substantial sub-stantial gains. As a field general he was a wizard. His trickeries time and again routed the enemy to the advantage of Cornell. And in practically every game that Cornell played it was Barrett's wonderful won-derful ability as a drop kicker that scored points for his team. Barrett has had some trouble over his studies, but the difficulty will be adjusted adjust-ed before the football season opens. Cornell's 1916 eleven and especially its backfield must be built around Barrett but there is no better foundation than Barrett. Even If the team that Barrett will lead is of mediocre caliber, it ought to make a great showing because it has the brilliance of Barrett, the dash o Barrett and the spirit of Barrett to enthuse en-thuse it. Backfield Regulars Gone. The Red and White eleven of last year was wrecked by graudations. Seventeen men who played on the 1914 Cornell team quit college in June. Six of them were regulars, and the worst part of the blow from the Cornellian viewpoint is that three of those six regulars were the regular regu-lar backfield men and five other of the seventeen were substitute backs. Sliuler, Collyer and Phillppi, the back-field back-field trio, r.nd O'Hearn, chosen as the All-American end in 1914. are gone. But the coaches are hopeful that from among those who are trying for positions now there will be found some men who will rank near the standard of that missing quartet. Cool, the great 1914 center, is back and sure of his job. So are Shelton, end, Anderson, right guard, and Bailey, right tackle. All of these are veterans of the 1914 carnpaign. Snyder and Tilley. substitutes In 1914, are the leading candidates for the vacant guard position." Sny&er seems to have the slight "edge." Jameson, Jewett. Fischer and Allen are waging a merry little battle for the tackling job. with the coaches so far in a quandary as to which man to assign to the regular job. There is a scarcity of good end material ma-terial a t Cornell, and the coaches may try to develop one of the lightweight halfbacks half-backs to take O'Hearn's place. However, Zeman, a substitute end last year, is allowing up well and may land a regular berth at right end. The best-looking backfield candidates are Kleinert, substitute fullback in 1914, Mueller, substitute halfback in 1914, and Wihtney, also a substitute back In 1914. Coach Sharpe Hopeful. Schock is ouj. for substitute quarterback. So is Collins. Both men played last year, and both are heavy enough because of the new style football to play at the halfback position. Because of this, the coaches may try to develop one or the other for a halfback. The coaches so far haven't been able to get a "line" on the ability of the youths who have come tip from last year's freshman class, but there are at least a half dozen youngsters who starred on the "freshie" team last year. If any of them show the same form In the practice prac-tice during the next two weeks, it is a certainty that one or two of them mav nose out the 1914 substitutes who are slated for regular jobs this year. "The backfield is the only thing that is giving us worry just now," said Coach Al Sharpe. "The loss of Philippi, Shuler and Collyer, together with five of the best substitutes, has been discouraging to a certain extent. But we hope that from among the men now trying for the vacant positions we will find three good ones to take their places. |