Omaha daily bee., 1898-10-02

In the line a proposition presents itself.
Center is vacant, for Cadwalader has left
for faculty reasons; right tackle, where Cap
tain Rodgers played last fall, Is open; right
guard is left by Chadwick the places OF
Hazen and Hall at the ends must be filled,
for the latter, like Cadwalader, got into diff
hculties with the faculty last year. The
ends furnish the great problem. There are
several good candidates for center, among
them Cutten, the minister, who tried last
year, and Cunnah, $50 pound giant from
Honolulu. Marshall, the big fellow who
nearly ousted Chadwick, will be in the va
cant guard position in all probability. Cap
tain Chamberlain will fill one tackle posi-
tion and Durston seems to be the favorite
for the other position. There are good can
didates for the ends, but none of them are
OF exceptional quality, although they are
old scrub men. The most prominent are
slocovch, Hubbell and schweppe all three
of whom tried for the positions last fall.
Cornells team seems to be in a sort OF
chaotic state as yet. This is the result Of
the fact that there are large number
OF candidates and a large number of po-
sitions to be filled. Reed, Lueder and Sweet
land are the only ones OF last years line
who are in the game. and Captain Whiting
Is the only one of the back field. The CEN
ter is the particular problem, with the
most prominent candidates, comprising
Dormer, Namack and Chisholm, all subs.
The next toughest proposition is furnished
by the fullback position, for which, also,
there are three available candidates, Star
buck, Sleicher and VIII, but all OF them
seem to lack some qualifications. George
Young, a brother OF the great quarterback
of last year. has succeeded the latter For
the other vacant positions there are a large
number OF candidates While none of the
prospective varsity men have shown up
as stars, they are pretty evenly matched
and are all being tried. The experimenting
has resulted in rather loose play and was
responsible for the touchdown that Colgate
scored a week ago.
or all the bigger eastern elevens West
Point has the neatest schedule, providing
games with three of the big teams. very
strong team is not expected, because many
Of the members of last years eleven are
in service. There Is a prospect that the
annual game with Annapolis will be re-
sumed, but it will not be incorporated in
the schedule until the matter Is definitely
| settled. The games arranged up to date
are as follows: October /, Tufts; October
s, Wesleyan; October Is. Harvard; October
| %, Lehigh; October 20, Yale; November g.,
| Princeton.
The candidates for places on the foot ball
| team Of Kansas university have put in a
good week of practice, and already a second
eleven has been chosen to give applicants
for positions on the varsity exercise. Four
| of last again hack in
school. They are Captain Mosse, who will
! play guard again; Avery, who is trying for
tackle; Hess, who will play either half or
| quarter, and Speak, who may be one Of the
| halves. Blackburger, '97 tackle, has not
! yet been on the field, but is likely to don a
suit soon. Simpson and Buzzi, subs" last
year, are trying for end and half, respect
| lively. Moulton, who holds the university
speed record, is trying for a position be-
| hind the line, as are Harrison, who sprnts
well; Hamilton, Silver, Owen and Alger.
| The last two named are candidates for quar-
| ter. Silver seems most likely to make full,
| while Moulton and BuzZi appears to be in
the lead for halves. Upton is the find of
the year among the applicants for line posi-
tons. He is a 215-pounder, but is active.
He is trying for guard. Tucker, $50 pounds,
will try for end or center. Woodward of
ldSJ year SeCOnu tleNtu, dlSO Is u
date for center, while Walling, Gavin, Vii
cox and Alexander are all after line posi-
tions. The following is the schedule for
the season: October 10, Ames college, at
Lawrence; October 30, st. Joseph Medics, at
st. Joseph; November 5, Nebraska univer-
sity at Lawrence; November IL, NEEDLES, at
| Lawrence; November 10, Minnesota uni
versity at Minneapolis; November "a, Mis-
souri, university, at Kansas City.
| There Is more foot ball enthusiasm at the
| University of Missouri than has yet been
displayed this season. week ago but
seven men turned out for practice, but the
number has been increased to a score dur
ing the last week. The team has not yet
been decided upon, but the following are
practically sure of their POSITIONS Howard
center; Harris, end; Parkerm, guard and
Woodson, tackle.
The University of Kansas, which had a
game scheduled with the Kansas City
Medics tomorrow, has cancelled the game
The Nebraska eleven has consented to take
the date.
PALAVER OF THE PUGILISTS
Kid McCOy's COwardly Kick Ends Any
Probability of Meeting Be-