Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1911-10-08 | Page 42 | Varsity Teams Nearer Uniform Standard of Strength by Loss of Expert Players

I v o Varsity Teams Nearer Uniform Standard g of Strength by Loss of Expert Players 0 OO X O 0 X O 0 X O 0 X OO O 00 0 0 00 0 00 o o T r-T no ordinary year ear on the tho T THIS I football field for Cor tho the colleges and universities More Ioro games are aro to tobe tobe tobo I be bo played than have been In some somo other i seasons Those In charge c of tho the football situation are arl l satisfied that players can take e part moro more frequently In contests than han the they have In tho the past owing to he the general openness of oC the game Ilme For i that hat reason the schedules In some places laces nave been extended with tho the I sanction of or experts and abd teachers An n unusual condition exists In the eastern colle college circuit owing to tho the I act tact that thal Harvard and Princeton are arc arco areto to o meet for tho the first time In fourteen years tars There will bo be a three-cornered three I basis of comparison between three thre eastern universities something which the he football enthusiasts have not been able to make for tor years ears The last time that Harvard and Princeton played together the tho Tigers won von from their Cambridge o rivals It was vas quite a game gamo I for most o of the con con- L q foi t 11 I cle cic i Ill III IUa muse lI a 1 were vere tilled filled d with spirit and lon tion Some of the old Princeton men like Ike to recall It when wilen they thoy meet their harvard friends and tho the chances are aregood aregood good that when tho the crimson faces tho the oran orange e and black blac In the first game came ame aCter after after aft aCt er the re resumption of or hostilities Princeton will vIII be represented by one of the tho largest crowds of college men which will see ace an any contest during tho the year except that thal between Princeton and Yale Yalo MICHIGAN'S S I Michigan will play pIny Syracuse Cornell and Pennsylvania this year which will willi i add to the Interest In Intersectional football The games gaines of Michigan with and Syracuse have ve become become be be- come features which are looked forward forward for tor- ward to with a great deal of oC Interest and there would probably be bo twice the tho attendance were it not for tor the fact tact that these games happen to be scheduled on dates on which there thero are are Important matches eastern teams It Is the first time that Michigan an has visited visited visit visit- ed cd Cornell and there Is some somo ground to believe that Cornell will have havo a betLer better better bet- bet ter Ler eleven than that with which it Il finished finished fin fin- last year Interest in the preliminary ar season I promises to be greater s-reater than it was last year but when on November 4 4 Harvard lIar Hal vard yard and Princeton pIa play at Princeton the the real football of ot the year ear will wilt be begin ln and from that time until the end of oC the sea season ion tho the crowds will probably bo be larger at all games than the they have been In an any year ear earIt It Is well known that there w were re not so BO many spectators present In general at football In 1910 InO as In 1909 No one seems to b bw be ablo able to account for It ex except except ex- ex that the tho now game bothered theold theold the tho old timers or that there thero thereas was as n a little reaction after aCter the thrills of other years HARVARD'S TRAM TEAM Harvard lost seven even of f Its players In 1910 Tho They ar are Captain WIthington ton and McKay tackles Minot lInot guard Perkins and P. P D. D Smith centers Corbett halfback halfback half half- back and Leslie fullback At one time and another all nil of these pla players rR distinguished themselves on the tho field for tor the crimson McKay was one of ot tho the great Ireat tackles of ot the tile year ton was a steady sure suro and re reliable reliable reliable re- re liable player and while Minot lInot was a R converted back ho he was as a strong and active player and filled In well at guard This years year's team has some orne good material and with Perc Percy lIau to handle it there Is reason to believe o that It will be bo almost on a par with the tho I team of oC 1910 At quarterback which I Is a pretty Important place with Harvard Harvard Har lIar Potter I vard yard there thre aro are Wigglesworth and antI Gardner o of the team of 1910 to try for Cor the position and tho the chances are arc I that all three of oC them will be played at one time or another The Tho material In the back field seems Reems er very ery promising and If lC Harvard Is 18 not supplied with n n. fast hack back field It will bea bea be hp a bl bigger er surprise than the tho outcome oCtha of oC the tho frames last season between Yale and Harvard With Wendell Campbell Morrison who by 11 the wa way may be one of ot the tho great eat back hack field players of tho the l season Pierce anI and Tyron to work upon no coach Is IB b better equipped ed with back backfield backfield field candidates than Haughton LINE nIT JIlT IL I In the h hardest r blow WIS WI'S IlS hit by hy graduation While the center position tion was wa well filled in 1910 the tackles R were exceptionally Well filled and there will ho bo tho hardest fight for Harvard Harvard Har liar vard yard to make Usually they are ablo to get good gond material for Cor the Iho ends at nt Halvard Harvard lIar Hal vard yard and coach It well welt by tho the time the tho Important games begin so 0 that Harvard liar Har liar liar-I yard vard should not nol Jack Inck strength th In tho those thoc c positions I Wendells Wendell's work hi ti the game gamo amo last year yel yearn I Ia a against l Yale nm hm to the thc men men- n Lion Hon of or the tho AU I Jury Jun He lie Is certainly a round gainer and and If It he makes this year yeah oat L I L Captains for the Year I In electing captains m mm n from crunch cud tackle ore are the o i 10 l I In in of e of the hl bigge nf of the lie emit east nod nuil rn i t 1 In 10 the ful- ful 10 list lint of or fourteen n i ln lr or ort t UI direct the ho t from rum poi poi- nn lins Yale thrown Uron-n. Went et base hn selected hlll nn nod nOli he be lisle lUIe Indians picked ll An II cn c ibsen halfbacks hn hn e been rl The The- nome ore are nn nit QUA QUARTERBACKS S. S Y lo Arthur How rown W. W r West Vot Point H Robert rt K F. Hyatt Hyitt Louisiana State J. J A A. A Thorn Thomsa Mercer r Jake JaVe T. T Zebar Ij Ja lake kc to Korc orest t hymn A. A West cost and W W. t hu-t South ut Carolina Carolini W. W C. C Kay Har Morrison Ij W W. Cn enl Case c ached hool Prank Frank I Reby br Missouri l rei d Hackney 1 of or Wahington Will Coyle Jack TACKLES T. S. S red ConklIn Conklin Jr Chicago o Rf nC Urea I I. I Carlisle Indian Samuel Hurl Burd Ark Ark-anias Dan n Elc Indiana 1 Gill GUI Co Colgate 1 i C. C II 11 Thurber lr Arthur I. I rt I. I Freil Gl GI Glen z Rochester Conrad It TI D Do be Mike Stan Ripen William Finnegan Tufts W w. Merrill Now New York John T T. Brennan Trinity Howell n on 0 Cornell Con William aOl K F. Man lienk HALFBACKS C S. S Amo Elliott Erh John I P. P ilton D-ilton J j J. J D D. Meyers rw A T r ft 4 nih r- r fi i t gi P. P W. W il Howard d Carnegie T Tech h. h James Taylor T St. St t. t Louis larl Pointer painter Illinois II he t T O. O Roberta Hl ell Alabama It IL II II orals fit Woodruff Princeton J Eldie I Hart E ENDS ENIS mS Minnesota Karl orl Holy Cn Croll William l I 1 J Joy 7 John L. L Hurley Virginia lieN Ic ren ter William 11 Amherst John II Dartmouth Ed Foil J. J DAly Dily Ian Dan C c. Murray Iuru Cullen en hay Itay Mercer Venn lenn State Stale loiter Very Vcr CENTERS E I 1 10 n C. C A A. A Lehigh c c. r rr ir lylle 1111 Jr if Mount lo St t. Marys I- I t mart William ml i Ill E. E Jer GUARDS Dickinson on H. H Di Ma tt tt A A. A C C. C. C Herman Urman C. C Walker Anburn Auburn William A. A Bonner loaner Georgetown Vincent Incent Dolly Dally IIa Kl U r. r FULLBACKS Miami ml Ch C. C Rob o ot oC Illinois James Jame and Is la able to utilize utilio his hl- strength as ns well a ns as ho he did dill In 1910 or perhaps bett better bet bet- t ter r. r he ho lOa may he one of the seasons season's sensa sensation sen sen- Sn sa t Ions Smith who ho played end In 1910 Is eligible to pIa play this year ear Peabody probably will slip n from the freshman D team Into the nr varsity and If It he lie Improves Im 1111 proves will bo be a hard man mall t tu to elude Beebe Coddle Caddie and Willetta arc are players play play- er ers who are likely to make mako the line lino atone nt at on one position or another snottier Is es especially especially es- es promising Some Somo of oC the tho experts experts are arc Inclined to h believe that t the chances chancos of or the tho team are arc not as good as a n. whole as the they were vere In 1910 because the team of oC last lash year ear wa was largely composed of or veteran material and knew the game thor- thor ou h hl I y That may bo be The strength th of oC the lie hack field la is such however and the strength of ot tho the ends and quarterback good gOOI enough h to warrant the thc belief heller that Harvard Har IB is likely to topIa pIn pIa play almost as trying a t Kaim trying game trying for th lh the other fellows an aM a In n 1910 It will vill take tako the strongest of or defense to heat bent it If S AlWS Much uch of oC the Yale Ille ale team returns this season That means ft n great preat reat deal Piul ul I and both Players s of oC a high standard l In ln IP be back and so will 1 J 1 promise profuse or ot being a n sensational guard g I Is certain to male mako the tho team Childs will probably be bo the theother theother theother other guard s The hardest task before the co coaches ches is to fill rill tho the position of oC center at nt which Morris shone through at all last fall all He lie was one of tho the very ery best centers who have been developed de under the new rules Wolfe Cooney and are arc three players who arc com coming In from the tho freshman team to tr try to tu make mako the varsity this year They are worth keeping an eye eyo on All 11 three are good Ketcham was astar a a. astar star with the freshman and Wolfe olCe Isono Is Isono isono ono of oC those long rangy rans- fellows with witha a lot of oC freedom In action something like Goebel who shio was ono one of oC Yale's best K guards 1 of oC course Is lost lot from the tho end and he was perhaps the player who stood above all nil others In 1910 Brooks Is gone but there thre are Bomeisler and Vaughan to try for tho the positions and anel both aro are players of speed All the they need is the ho regular work of ot the lie to see If It they arc are fitted for or thc the moro more Important games s Carponter Carpenter Young Rowen and Mun- Mun un- un all sll are exceptionally promising football players so are Foss Dunn and Gatins Tho team will have the tho services of oC one of ot the very best generals on the football field at the tue present time Ho lIe 18 Is Howe captain and quarterback lie He handled his team superbly last year I I lI Ho was sas not active In the thc game at the start of or the thc season because of oC slight Indisposition and alil the fact that he was as tried at fullback but once he lie took command com corn mand Yale began beJan lo to play pin with the fighting spirit for Cor which the college Is famous CAmOU and while not able ablo to beat be-at Harvard the thc fact that tho the score core was tied was considered to 10 be almost equivalent equivalent equivalent equiv equiv- alent to vl victory for tor Yale as Harvard was unable to to cross the goal line of oC her old rival Indications are rt abundant that Yale will pIn play more of oC a running and kick kick- Ir lag Irp game than in 1910 The Tho m this I year Is ls not ot b and the caches ch ill plan to take advantage all or of the thc al' al speed pEed ed of ot their charges charses In preference to trying to develop lle their attack from Crom the standpoint of oC strength th Tike Ilko ever every other Yale eleven It Is IP team 9 ll whIr Ml I hAAH I II a Il M I i t v- v vi i U at nil ail 01 ci the year ear Owing to the tho fact that some of Its system of oC pIa play Is likely to be new there m may bo ho a r few w surprises sprung on the rivals rl of oC th the l- l Ells Ella lIs rooI IJ X AT Al' I Princeton will have nIne of oC the younger class m men n who started the lie game against Yale as only MacGregor and arid Sparks graduated last June There are re three r of or the present senior class among these and six Juniors Theare They The are arc U White Hart and Me Mc 1912 and Baker lInker anti Wight lg 1913 0 Of OC course Hart will be In at tho the head hend of ot the c eleven The freshman team has also splendid material The Tho freshmen lost only one gamo durin luring during Its season eason Princeton's envious lous rivals say that It is always alwa's a next year team cain This season It mn may be be- more mort of oC a next year cai team thap some sonic would prefer to have hn It in It appears to be an elt eleven cloven en which i wilt will play better football I if th the coaching conchInG coach coach- InG ne system works satisfactorily than an any rigor team of th tho last two or 01 three years r. r The llie freshmen who go 0 Into the Princeton i eleven are nrc perhaps as high cla class s as an any football players of ot the Ju junior junior ju- ju grade in 1910 O. O After ter wt watching n them m carefully in their games James the Im un- was tas gained g that hat thoy they would oe be t e a vcr very hard harl lot for an any eleven to lo encounter In 1911 and so so If tr the they develop de- de elop and improve as thc thoy can enn ho bo expected ex ex- peeLed to develop cloT and Improve e the they hould be bo a wonderfully clever aid iid to their varsity this season The me chances am aro that the game will H bo f at Princeton this y year nr ar It was was' the thc Impression last fall that the lie they had not worked out the right theor theory to to tr try to win vin Too much of oC their attack at- at tack was as played with one man to adVance ad nIl nIl- vance the ball bail There her seemed to be he an idea that concentrated assistance u I for r one back would accomplish moro more than an a Diversity of oC pIn plays The result was wai that Princeton's game Iame was wal as quick quick- I J 13 diagnosed b by those who watched It and Possibly thoU that In is one ono r reason ason why 51 the lie Tigers TIers were no more successful than the they proved pro to be Another fault Cault with Princeton was S 'S in the system Stem of oC using the lie ends who were f so far Car awn away awny from fro the that the they were Wern repeatedlY ho boxed and turned when the they should have bare been the the- theline line Baker Balcer and Pendleton with Vaughn to s J assist will WUI bo he n a dangerous back bock field from irom tho thin start of oC tIn the 8 season sTill nd will wilt make trouble for Cor Y Yale lc and Od Har- Har yard The Tho Indications are that tho the I orange will be he a harder team for Vale lain to beat heat than It was WS last season sea sen- son Ion and antl It it will vill give Ivo harvard Har a cr verr stIff h P Pennsylvania lost rather I heavily h. h liv v tho the team rip ap- 1 Pear an ns if It t win will ln une n a I season this this' year Pennsylvania anla has hns 1 been clamoring loudl loudly for tor a n. team of or the tho old fashioned type Ope but It looks bolts now as asIf asIf asIt If It there thero will never be any more teams of or the old fashioned d type tp The Tho hardest blow which Pennsylvania Pennsylva nia received was tho the graduation of oC Cozens who played center With Morris Mor ris na of or Yale he easily led all centers one year ago alO Marks Is out of the tue lIn lInand line and that Includes about all of or the changes chang In the line for tor this lIea season on The Thc new now players are to be drawn dran from the fre freshmen team and It Is