Salt Lake Tribune | 1917-12-30 | Page 78 | Camp Lewis has Strong Grid Eleven to Battle the Marines New Year's Day

Camp Lewis Has Strong Grid Eleven to Battle the Marines New Year's Day Romney and Kapple, "U" and Aggie Stars, Rated Wonderful Players; Brief Mention of Players Who Will Perform on Pasadena Field in Momentous Game. CAMP LEWIS, Dec. 20. The team of warrior from American Lake which tackles the redoubtable and undefeated Marine football eleven from -.Mare Island, at Pasadena New Year 'a day, is the greatest football machine ever seen in the north west. One lonely defeat, and that wny early in the- season when the teamwaa without the services of several of its stars, mars the great record rec-ord of this service team. Following are some facta about tho coaching staff and sorno of tho members of the squad who have ono south for the big game. A few of the players are not mentioned below, as their records were not avail-aide: avail-aide: HEAD COACH LIEUTENANT W. L. STANTON Former coach of the Occidental Oc-cidental college (California) eleven. Lieutenant Stanton has done wonders with tho Camp Lewis all-stars and has shown himself to be one of tho coast's brainiest rhl mentors, lie is a foot-hall foot-hall student and knows tho game from every angle. , LIEUTENANT COLONEL W. - H. JORDAN Lieutenant Colonel .Jordan is on the Camp Lewis eleven's coaching staff. He is well known in coast athletics ath-letics and is a former Multnomah Athletic Ath-letic club (Portland) coach, lie also coached tho 3t'i2nd infantry officers of Camp Lewis this season and his team is tho only machine to hold the Washington Washing-ton State college team, Pacific coast conference champions, to a tie score. MAJOR J. L. WIER Another member mem-ber of the army team's coaching staff and a grid player with a national reputation repu-tation Major' Wier is a former West Point lhienian and several years ago was the unanimous choice for a tackle position on the All-American team. He is regarded as an important factor in the army team's drive. He formerly coached " the Sherman Indians. HALFBACK MIDGET M'KAY Undoubtedly one of the greatest halfbacks half-backs that" over appeared on the Pacific Pa-cific coast. "Midget" he weighs only 148 pounds hns been the shining star in the army attack all season. J lis long runs of fifty yards or more have become be-come a byword of army fans this season. sea-son. In the Marines-Army game in the Tacoma stadium, November J 0, witnessed wit-nessed by 1!5,00U people, McKay stood out as the star of the game. He is chain-lightning fast and runs low. McKay Mc-Kay graduated from the University of North Dakota last June and captained tho 1916 North Dakota machine. McKay Mc-Kay is a great kicker also, and does tho team 's punting. HALPBACK LOWELL BOMNEY Riming mate for the redoubtable Midget Mid-get McKay, and another member of the army's sensational light back field, liomney weighs 46 pounds. Despite his smallness of stature he is a smasher, and critics call him one of the .best end runners on the coast. He has skirted tho enemy's flanks for consistent gains. Romney starred with the Utah 'U" eleven for several years and is a members mem-bers of the famous athletic Romney family of Salt Lake. QUARTERBACK ROY SHARP He is well known to California football fans and was the shining light of the University of California team for two years, and is the same diminutive chap that nearly defeated the great Dobie 's University of Washington eleven single-handed single-handed in IP lf. Dobie won, 13 to 7, but Sharp nearly upset his plans. Sharp weighs 138 pounds, but his dodging ability abil-ity makes him the hardest man ou the team to '"spill." He is a great open-field open-field runner. FULLBACK LANKY CRAIG The giant of the team, standing six feet four inches in his stocking feet. Craig weighs 1S1 pounds, but, despite his slender slen-der stature, looks good at full. "Lanky" played with the University of Wyoming for four years and was an all-star man. LIEUTENANT BILL RUSSELL Captain of tho army all-stars, this stocky lineman has proved himself a veritable stonewall on the defense. He is a Californian and played with the U. of C. team for two years. Russell weighs IS8 pounds and tackles everything every-thing coining his way. One of the few officer-regulars on the team. FULLBACK "MONTY" MONTEITH MON-TEITH Monteith alternates with Craig at full. He is a University of Oregon Ore-gon lad and the coming Tournament of Roses game will be his second appearance appear-ance in the anual New Year's classic. Last year he played halfback for Hutio Bezdek 's great Oregon machine that trimmed Pennsy 14 to 0 on New Year's day. He punted for the Oregon team. Monteith weighs 17.j pounds WILLIAM ' ' CHUBBY SNYDER, GUARD Another member of the Oregon Ore-gon " I' " team that heiped Bezdek trim the Penny eleven at the last Tourua- I ment of Roses battle. Snyder is one of the best linemen on the coast. He weighs lih pouuds. KENNETH BARTLETT, TACKLE Regarded as the most consistent lineman line-man on the all-stars team. Harriett is also going to play his second Tournament Tourna-ment of Roses game at Pasadena. With ; Snyder. Monteith an 'I svveru! others, he was a star on the Oregon "U" team i last vear. Hnrtlett weighs 17T pounds1' and is a world beater on defense. t JUMBO HUNTER, TACKLE Hun- j ter is a veteran of the Washington ! State t-oUege team an .i for two years j n-ns an all-northwest conference line- ! man. He is only a sub on the great di-j' vision team, however. Hunter weighs i , 200 pounds. j LIEUTENANT DIXON KAPPLE, j BACK FIELD Kapple has proved a,, vab.:"ble man at both quarterback and i hall-back and will no doubt get in the Pasadena battle. He starred with the Utah Aggies last year and was an all-Rocky all-Rocky mountain backfield man. BIG SAM COOK, TACKLE Cook holds down the tackle opposite Partlett. He is one of The best-known linemen on the coast. Playing with the Oreguu ''" team for two years, he was picked as an ali-eoast tackle. In his last year of scholastic work he shifted to the University of Montana and starred there, again winning an all-star berth, lie, is a bearcat at roaming defense and his 197 pounds of weight "busts era" in great shape. LIEUTENANT TEX TURNER, END Turner lias played a good end for the division team, lie weighs 165 pounds and is a former University of Texas player. Ho has smashed the . opposing interference in great shape. LIEUTENANT E. H. LYNCH, TACKLE One of the army's 210-pound 210-pound tackles. While not a regular, he lias done good work for the army team. He is a hard man to get by.