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Show HEAVY TEAM' FOR CHICAGO. Midway Eleven Expected to Average- Over 180 Pounds. -Chicago will havo the heaviest football team In tho history of tho university this rail, vet It is piobablo that no man on the cloven will weigh SCO pounds. From present pres-ent Indication It seoma that Eckersall will bo tho only man on tho 1505 aggregation aggrega-tion who will weigh less than 180 pounds. Thu llttlo quarterback now tips tho beam at an oven ICO pounds, which Is an eight-pound eight-pound gain since tho closo of tho scaaon last fall. Assistant Coach Fred Spelk figures that tho average of the team will bo well up In the ISO's, which will approximate closely the wolght of Michigan this fall. Without Eckersall's low weight it Is believed In the maroon camp that tho team will average aver-age 190 pounds. According to latest reports. re-ports. Capt. Catlin welgbts ISO. Do Tray Dezdek 192, Galo 1S1. Koono 18S, Bade-nlch Bade-nlch 190. Shearer 196. Pary 1SS, Walker 190 and Eckorsall ICO. Mclgs, tho only other oth-er candidato seriously considered, weighs 209 pounds. He Is not expected, however, to secure a regular place on tho team. Team to Be Well Balanced. This means that Coach Stagg will put a remarkably well balanced team Into tho floJd. The "hi ft plays which ho attempted to work Into shape last year probably will be ono of the leading features of the maroon attack this fall, as the backs are heavy enough to go up Into tho line, while tho tackles nro fast enough to drop behind be-hind tho line of scrlmmago and carry tho ball. Parry and "Dan" 13oono will bo relied re-lied upon mostly In these plays. Tho back fluid will be faster than that of last year In addition to the added wolght. Eckersall has lost nono of his old-time speed. Bezdtek is tho quickest starter on the team, whllo De Tray, with tho exception excep-tion of Eckersall, Is tho fastest maji on tho team for the ontlro length of the field. Wnlkcr Is tho slowest of tho quartet, quar-tet, yet ho can negotiate fifty yards in :03 4-5. With tho exception of Walker, every man In tho back field can go the cr-ntury route In track clothes In elovon seconds. Men of All Around Ability. Practically all the veterans and the most promising new candidates aro athletes ath-letes of all around ability. Their athletic tendencies have not been confined to one field alone. Eckersall. as Is well known. Is only a shade less proficient as a track athlete and a ball player, Capt. Catlin is tho Western champion In tho hurdlos; Do Tray Is a hurdler second only to Catlin and one of the best men on tho diamond In tho university; Walker pitched the most successful ball of any of the maroon twirlors last spring; Gale won his track "C" in tho Bhotput two years ago. and is a good backstop; Badenoch is one of tho maroon water polo stars and fair In tho weights; Shearer Is proficient with the hammer; Meigs captained tho freshman ball toam last spring; Parry is track cap-taln-elcct, and Boono is a star outfielder as well as an all around track star, winning win-ning tho all around athletic championship of Hllldalo college beforo entering Chl-catro. Chl-catro. Players to Begin Work in a "Week. The anil to arms will bo sounded today. The vetorans will begin returning before the end of tho week, although It is prob-ablo prob-ablo many will not heed Coach Stasia call until after a week of practlco has passed. Fred Walker is tho first to ar-rlvo ar-rlvo on tho Bcone. He roturned on Friday Fri-day from Arizona, snnburnt and in ex-u cellcnt condition, after spending the summer sum-mer months In tho open. Marshall field lu ready for the football men. For the flrBt time- tho maroons will havo a soddor gridiron to play their big games on this fall. Tho bleachers . are moved up to the sido lines, and tho practice prac-tice gridiron Is being put In shape. |