Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1896-10-17

Tauslg and Lee on the ends Il ought to be
hard to get around the Cornell line. Sweet.
land Is known to be a good tackle from his
work last year. and Person, the other
tackle. is said to he good. Fcnnell has
finally been persuaded TO come out and viii
give a good account OF himself at guard
Reed the other guard. and Norton, the
center, are new men Wyckof's failure TO
return and resume his place at quarterback
has caused much disappointment, but Young
is doing very fair work In that position
Captain Bcacham, McKeever. Deer, star
buck, whiting and Ripley, In the order
named, are the best halfbacks, and the first
pair give promise OF making great ground
gamers The position OF fullback will not
be strong, though VIII and Richie are prob
ably as good as Baird OF Princeton. Large
scores have been rolled up against weak
teams, but no hard games have yet beer
played. Syracuse was defeated 90 to 0, and
Western Reserve, rs to 0. Comedians look
for a good showing and possibly victory
over Harvard at Ithaca on October "a.
The Kansas team has labored under the
difficulty OF having many new men to I'LL
the places on the team this season. Very
few experienced players showed up at the
beginning OF the year. and over half the
members are new men. To Offset this hand-
cap vigorous practice has been carried on
ever since September 1 under the direction
OF Hector Cowan of Princeton, who has
coached the team for three seasons past. He
has had some help from players who are no
longer in school, and the team has been put
In fairly good shape. The positions for the
season are about all secured, and the team
that will play Nebraska Iowa and Missouri
In the league games will be about as fol-
lows: Walker, center; Fitzpatrick. left
guard; Hamill, left tackle; Sanderson. left
end; Mosse, right guard; Julian or Foster.
left tackle; Simpson or Whitney, left end;
Voigts, left halfback; Baine, right half
back; Kennedy. quarterback; Hester, full
back. Crooks will be a substitute for any
position on the team, and will likely play
in some OF the regular games, and Hess will
be a substitute half. The substitutes who
play in the line are Howard, Sherman and
Davis
The team is captained by Hamill, one OF
the oldest players, and who became known
through the west four years ago as shorty"
He is over six feet tall and weighs 2l0. He
has played guard heretofore, but this year
is making a very strong tackle. He is a
great hole maker The next oldest player
is the center, Walker, who played with great
success last year; he is not heavy, weighing
only 1854, but has proved a good man for
the place. Kennedy, the quarterback
started to play last season, but had an
ankle broken in a practice game, and was
compelled to drop out. Before that season
he had some experience on the Lawrence
High school team. He weighs 1856. Hester
played with the team last year as fullback,
the position he will hold this year and is
only a fair player. His weight is $50.
Baine, the right half, promises to be the
star OF the team this year. He is an Indian.
and last year played with Haskell institute
Indian team as fullback. He is a sure
kicker, fast runner and a hard man TO
run against in every kind of play. In
the first game OF the season he gained as
much ground as all the rest of the players
put together. He is very strong and weighs
175. Voigts, the left half, Is also a fast
man, and good ground gamer. This Is
his first seasons work on the regular team;
he was substitute on the varsity eleven in
last years games. He is very sure player
and weighs 1866
Fitzpatrick. left guard. is a new man.
and his only football experience was In a
few games last year with st. Mary's College
team. in western Kansas. He is tall quick
and has good head for the game; he
weighs $50. Mosse. the right guard, is a
foreigner and six or eight years ago played
football In Ireland in the old fashioned
way. He Is strong and delights in the
game; his knowledge of the American col
lege game is limited. but before the end OF
the season he will show up strong. His
weight is $50. Sanderson the left end
never played football till this year He is
an all around athlete, and last spring won
many prizes in the Kansas University ath.
letic indoor Rect. He is finely muscled and
weighs 100. Whitney. who is very likely to
be the right erd weighs 144 and is an ODER
lin college player of last year. having
played end there He is fast and a fine
blocker and tackler. Foster who will prob
ably be right tackle. played his first foot
ball games last year and learned so fast that
he became one of the best players on the
eleven. He weighs 10 pounds, but his work
this year is not as steady other members
OF the team, because he was late in get
ting on the practice field.
or the substitutes, Simpson for right end
weighs 1856. Julian for right tackle weighs
lbs and Crooks the all around player,
weighs 100. The ages of the team run from
10 to "a most of the men being % and %
years old. The team played the Abilene
team of emi-protcssionals for the first game
OF the season, and has game scheduled for
every Saturday till the close of the season.