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Show war a worry id FOOTBALL COACH HUH ' I Many Gridiron Stars Now in Army and Navy and Coaches " Hunting for New Material. SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 1. College football coaches have come upon evil days as a result of the great war and are being put to it to find material available with which to mold some kind of a gridiron machino. With the transfer of all the stars from the ranks of the colleges into the rank fend fllo of the army and navy, the for-jner for-jner have been getting some first class Crubblings at the hands of the latter V their early practice games. H A navy unit located near here which HHas recruited somo of the brightest TJWHBiars In the Pacific coast football' flr-MMBiament flr-MMBiament recently gave the University PHt California a severe trouncing, and other college loams which are scheduling sched-uling games with the various arms of Uncle Sam's service find that they are lining up against playors who, in the natural courso of events, would have been the main supports of the college elevens. In view of the fact, however, that practically all of the collegiate teams are struggling under the samo disadvantage, disad-vantage, thoy will be on oven terms when they meet and Interest In the schedules announced apparently has not abated. Especially Is this so Inasmuch In-asmuch as champions will be involved as in normal years. Thus the annual contest between the University of California against the University of Washington and the University Uni-versity of Oregon are expected to draw quite as large a crowd as in past years. With the veterans of the last two institutions in-stitutions named out of the running. California, without any veterans of the American game due to its recent return to the intercollegiate game from the Rugby ranks, Is considered to have a better chance of winning. |