Omaha daily bee., 1893-10-08

Al the Young Mems Christian association
park one week from Monday next the local
foot ball campaign of 1894 will be in
augurated, which the candidates for positions
on the leading eleven of the Young Mems
Christian association will meet and take
their first lesson in actual conflict at tack
ling. Manager Il. L.. Thomas is working in
dustriOusly. but without any unnecessary os-
tentation, with the intent of giving Omaha
the most formidable eleven that ever car
RED the Gate City's colors upon the grid
iron field. The game on October l6 will be
between the eleven already selected by
Manager Thomas for the regular team and
the Iowa college eleven. or course the team
that will represent the Young Mems Chris
tian association may not DC kept intact, as
this opening contest is expected to demon
strate the relative strength of the men and
their fitness to permanently fill their re-
spective positions.
"Therc is no reason on earth" said an old
Yale footballlst to me last evening, why the
Young Mems Christian association should not
organize a Corking good team There is
plenty OF available timber in their ranks and
they have men who know the game with the
best of them. WhaJ the team most needs is
Il course of thorough and intelligent drilling.
There is no better way to become conversant
with the scientific points of the game thar
by blackboard work. a training card should
also be prepared and the team obligate them
selves to carry out its provisions relative to
diet, exercise ana sleep. OF course the or
ganizatiOn has a good many obstacles to CON
tend with. The professional ana business
men, to say nothing of the clerks and stu
dents, upon whose services it must largely
depend, have not the time to practice that
members of the big college teams have, and
of course they cannot hope to attain such
efficiency at play. They should get down to
hard work, however, at once, for to play
foot ball one must be hardened and indurated
to the sport
The personnel of the team as it now
stands is as follows:
w. V. Coo, center. He has been tried in
the position by two years service as center
for the Buchtel college, and will likely be a
fixture. T. S.. W~altemeyer, guard. Mr.. w.
has seen much exciting play, having ofiei-
ated in the obove position for two consecu-
tive seasons for Poe's Baltimore team.
Lieutenant jim Wright, half back. The
lieutenant is an all round athlete, and
played divers positions on the West Point
team while at school there. Fred Tuffleld,
full oack. fluffy is an old English player. a
resolute tackler. speedy in making the cor
ners and n cinch kick and field. These are ali
new men, and the balance of the team has
been selected from last years eleven and in
cludes such well known and capable players
as Thomas. Young, Sheldon, Abbott, Volk-
hardt and Henry. They are all reliable
players, while the new material Is OF an un-
doubted high order.
The team is well off so far as competent
coaches go. There is Charles Thomas of the
Michigan university, Il man who is au fait in
all the scientific details of the game, and
Fred Tuffield, who has had much lively ex-
perience both in this country and across the
pond. Manager Thomas has been endeayor-
ing to make dates with all available outside
teams, but thus tar has met with much
trouble on account of the Young Mems Chris
tian associations desiring a large majority
of Saturday games. Any team able to meet
the Young Mems Christian associations on
Saturdays would confer a favor by writing
Immediately to Manager f. f.. Thomas,
Omaha National Bank building. The local
team has received their new uniforms and
have decided on Tuesday and Thursday
evenings and Saturday afternoons for their
regular practice days.
The great game to be PLAYED at the Young
Mems Christian Association park Thanks
giving day between the State Varsity
elevens of Nebraska ana Iowa is already ex-
city much interest and speculation. Both
Teams VIII come here stronger than ever be-
fore, and without n doubt Omaha will have
a chance OF witnessing one of the best grid
IRON battles ever fought in the west. The
rivalry that has always existed between
these Two institutions has been augmented
with the approach of the present active sea-
son, and foot ball patrons can prepare them
selves for n most exciting and stubborn
fight. The event will be under the auspices
of the Young Mems Christian association,
who intend to make the day u gala occasion
in every particular.