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Show T FOOTBALL STARS ARE REPORTING Coach Bennion Expects to Have Them All on Hand Next WeehY BT "BILL" YATES. Althonfh til nntreraitr football squad did not leT on tna intended data for Saratoga Springs, the time baa- been well spsot on the campui and the man an already beginning to feel like real gridiron beroea. Every after Boon all men who are at present Id town bar been working out nnder Coach Fred Bernion at the east side, and although the work baa sot been as profitable as It would have been at Bart toga, the coach and men feel as If ecmething hid been accomplish1. In plaro of the heavy foohn!I .uila lignt trak outfit, have brrn diatribut ed among the raiulirlatm. who have been kept busy piloting, running ami catching the ball. During the paat two or ihrea daya the aqnad of men haa anrollan ronfiiil-erahla. ronfiiil-erahla. Pea Bennion, Ilillman, Wim mer. Gardener, Sam Oleaon anil aevaral others have made nppaarance nnd have baee fhnwins off their miiacular da relopment nf a summer of toil in trark suits. More are experted in today and tomorrow, so that there will ha little trouble in getting together enough by Mondav evening to make the trip to Utah lake. Suits hse been furniahad every maa ao that when real labor eominrnree there will be no time wanted. For the enda and baekfield men the roseh haa something new in. the way of footwear. Light sprinting ahoea have baaa m.'le especially and will be dished out ac-eordiagly.' ac-eordiagly.' Captain Lob Romney, the star nf last rear when it eame to doing it in nothing noth-ing down the laid for a touchdown, promises to keep the bleachers well entertained this fall. Tha eaptnin baa been doing nothing this fsll hut running run-ning dowa wild game end plavlng bsae-. bsae-. ball. Hia legs eover the ground in exactly ex-actly the same manner, but with ten pounds more of beef on them. He led the aqusd by thirty ysrds in a mile jog aronnd the einder eourse of the university univer-sity athletic field recently ami finished with broad grin something exceedingly exceed-ingly vnusual for him. Bam Oleson. another nf last season's stars, looks mighty good. Psm sure looks the picture of health end will be a mountain of strength on the line. The two years' experience and J90 pounds of weight will stop many an attack. Olescn declares that he has fully recovered faom the typhoid fever attack of two years ago and that he ia stronger than ever and itrhiog for the (rat blood. Captain Homsey is much tska up with hia teammnte who will handle the halfback position with him. Huther-land, Huther-land, the plucky little Uranite high school star and quarterback of last fall 'a freshman team, is the new can-lidste. can-lidste. Although be Iscks Romney 's weight sad experience he is fully a fast snd if turned loose in a broken , field will make dangeroua man to trifle with. Athtoa, who will take op the center position between the two beefy halfbacks, looks promising. His line plnnging ability will do much to keap np the standing left in I lie school's football annals by Henry Richardson. Aahton also ha. a toe for lifting the ball and will be coached into punting, something that is badly needed at the university. Ues Bennion will be shifted back to bis plsce at end.' He is a plugger and fast on his feet. He has a bsrmaker is each shoulder that will atop most ut end mn formation. , Tommv Fitzpatriek of high school fane still bears the golden smile snd is football from bead to foot. Tommy will make hie first appearance in 'var-sitr 'var-sitr class, but iti expected to show some sterliag examples of the great college game. Hia head wil do muck in gett ranag aa eleven to success. Gardner, Dillman. Wimwer and Peterson Pet-erson a p oear to be the prize ehickena for the line thia fall. KU but Gardner are freshmen. Kach will hit the acalrs at over 17 pounds and art quick, active ac-tive players. There are a dozen or two other fast, nervy men from the frethmen team and class teams of Isat year who will climb into the harness this year to tight for their letter on th. first tea a. The gridiron field of the university la looking better this fsll than ever before. The grpss plot ik thick and (Teen and looka aa if it will easily hold its own during tbe season. The new bleachers will hold 10VU people in safety safe-ty nnd comfort. Thev are a great improvement im-provement over the bid ones. Kvervthiag points to one nf the greatest yean in th. history of the university uni-versity and th students and facultv are going after it. Coaeh Bennion Mates tbst the willing manner in which the men have responded to his rail for work has made him determined to get the gooae. After next week in HaratrhT feprtnga. which will in all probability be where the practices are held, tbe squad will be readv for the rongh work which will he dished out full and plenty all season. |