Omaha daily bee., 1893-10-15

but he needs watching, as he is apt TO Ego
fine" He is one Of the strongest men in
Cambridge, and DIR. Sargent, in his Harvard
exhibit in the Liberal Arts building at the
Worlds fair, has his picture. When Yale
faces Harvard at Springfield in November
she will find foemen worthy OF her steel,
Also called Unsiopogas.
Harry A. Mackey is a young Pennsylva-
MAN, "A vcars old, 3 feet 10 inches tall, and
weighs, in the garb of nature. $50 pounds.
Having chosen law for his profession, he en-
tered the pennsylvania Law school, and, be-
ing an enthusiastic lover OF the athletics,
sought TO win n position on the Pennsylvania
base ball and foot ball teams. Last fall he
declared that he wanted the place TO be filled
by the best mar available, but that IL any
man wanted to prove himself better than he
that man must play like u devil" The re-
suit was that ne won his place on the team.
He won more than this, for he he had so
thoroughly the confidence of his fellow
players that they elected him to captain this
years team. On the field Mackey shows
good headwork. He plays rather a hard
than a sKillful game, has great endurance
and toughness and pluck. His faults he will
try to remedy by thoughtful practice. In
his early foot ball career he had some fame
as a %slugger, but now plays an entirely clean
game. being convinced that foot ball needs
all a mans attention. Personally Mackey
is a fine looking mau-one of the kind sure
W De popular WITH the lauipS. GtlS stately
bearing has won for him the nickname
king Mackey. He has blue eyes, fair
complexion, regular features, tawny hair and
a figure of unusual symmetry. ON the
street he dresses carefully, but not foppishly;
on the loot ball field, however, he is far
from being a dude. Take him with his
shock of tawny, rumpled hair, his nose
guard of black rubber reaching from fore
head to chin, his huge ear protectors flank.
ing each side of his face, his suit covered
with the ulpriDuS mud and gore pf twenty
battlefelds-for, like a true player of the
old school, he never allows his suit to be
renovated save by the winds and rain of
heaven-his big shin guards distiguring his
lower legs; see him thus arrayed and you
will readily understand how he gained his
other nickname of "Umslopogas.'
About Picking the Players.
1t would seem an easy matter among the
several hundred youthful giants who attend
either of the popular seats of learning to
choose the team necessary to support the
college claims in the game; but each college
wants the championship, and following the
logical rule laid down by the deacon when
he built the ''wonderful one-hoss shay it
is necessary to make the weakest part as
strong as the rest in order to have the whole
of the temper and tineness essential to the
great strain that will be put upon 1t during
the contest. So the candidates are taken up
and tried, each being given a due amount of
work to develope his talent and snow his
lIntSS, duu lEOn ttlt ItSutbS Jus dbtdlltt
the material for the team is decided upon.
1t is needless here to speak of the hours of
consultation between the captains and the
coaches, nor of the yards and yards of stuff
that has been written and printed discuss
ing the merits of the men, their form on the
field and how long they will probably last
under fire. All this has occupied attention
since last Thanksgiving day, when the sea-
son of 1892 came to an end, and it was known
with reasonable certainty Just what posi-
lions on the team would have to be filled
with new men for this seasons campaign.
Now the men are settled on, subject, of
course, to the eXigcncies of the game and
such changes as may be suggested by actual
work. Along with the lucky ones who have
achieved the right to take chances on
being the under man IN the heap are the ex-
tras, the second" eleven men and the
aspirants who look forward to the death or
disability of some of those already chosen in
order that they may succeed to a place on
the list.
Defendants of the Unbeaten Blue.
Walter Camp, whose lightest word is law
among foot ball men, writes hopefully of
Yale, although he regrets the absence Of the
huge Heffelfinger and the speedy, quick
witted McClung, and neither of that great
pair, Pop Bliss and his brother, Laurie,
will be on the team. How they won the game
at New York last November is a matter of
proud history now. Their places will be
taken by Thorne and Dyer this year, the
VI lhoO hhO hilS III
the rush line are Captain Hinkey, Greenway,
Hickok, Stillman and McCrea. Hlnkey, of
course. has his time well taken up in watch
ing and criticIzing the play of his team; he
drives his, men on the Held harder than
either Mccormick or McClung. Greenway
shows some better form last year. McCrea
is hardly up to his old form; he is heavy and
soft, but a little time will make him the
strongest man in the game. Hickok is faster
than ever, and there is talk of taking him
from the guard ahd making him a half-back.
For the other tackle there are six candidates,
and every one of them is a good one. Coch-
ran is playing left end and doing well. For
quarter there are two candidates, and for
back there il Butterworth, a veteran, and
six or eight men to choose from. Yale is
seemingly in excellent condition, though it
is hardly probable that any such brilliant
work as that shown by the Blisses will be
seen this season.
Waters Looking for Weight.
Harvard is having difficulty in securing
beef for the rush line. Lewis will play
center, a little lighter than last year; but
for the guards no choice has been made yet,
as there are half u dozen 200 pound candi-
dates, and it is just a tritie uncertain which
of them will be arrayed in opposition to the
Yale giants. Out of the number, though,
Captains Waters hopes to pick a pair that
will aid in landing the Crimson winner on
every field. For tackles and ends, Harvard
is in better shape than any of the teams.
Marshall Newell, who has played right
tackle for three years, as good as any that.
ever stepped on the ground, will be on his
old position, and opposite him will doubtless
be Joe Upton, though he has been talked of
for end, Bob Emmons will be at left end
again. and two men are training for
right, both of them good ones. Back of the
line are Waters and Gray, the latter
stronger than last year and just as speedy.
He will be the greatest half-back of the sea
son. Corbett at quarter and Brewer at full
back are as good a pair as ever filed those
positions. All in all, Harvard is in fine con-
uition, and intends 10 make her ancient
enemy from New Haven hustle harder than
ever before.
Trenchard's Trouble Back OF the Line.
Captain Trenchard has some difficulty in
choosing his team. lie had Il class of fifty
to start with, but has now reduced that
number to thirty-iive, and the prospects of a
further reduction are excellent. Trenchard
will play right end, and Church, '97, will
likely play right tackle. Last years center
will be there again-Hall, Wheeler and Bal
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