Omaha daily bee., 1899-08-20

expressed his approval Of It. Prof. Hadly
Is a good deal Of an athlete himself and is
strongly in favor OF all sorts OF healthful
sports when conducted along sensible lines.
He believes that Yale needs a man who can
devote a good portion Of his time to the
supervision OF undergraduate athletics He
believes that Mr.. Camp is the best man to
do THE. II is a question, however, whether
any position can be found at Yale that will
satisfy Mr.. Camp and yet give him an op-
portunity to give more time to athletics than
he now does.
There are a great many graduates who
believe that Mr.. Camp should have been
made secretary OF the Yale corporation. This
would have been a dlgnihed reward in re-
turn for his long and faithful efforts in
behalf of foot ball at Yale. The position
would have been an ideal one for Mr.. Camp.
1t would have given him plenty Of time
to devote to athletics and would have placed
him in touch with the graduates.
Sioux City is trying to arrange for some
foot ball games there this fall. They thought
that they had arrangements completed for a
game between Iowa State university and
the University of South Dakota, but the
game fell through. Now comes the South
Dakota manager and offers the guarantee
which Iowa asked, so unless the Traction
company raises the price too high on the
park the game will be pulled off as arranged.
Sioux City has never been very enthusiastic
over foot ball, as the only big game ever
played there was in '95, when the University
Of Nebraska team stopped on the road TO
Butte, Mont, and played a game with ex-
collegians, captained by Marks. Interest in
all classes of sport is on the increase, and
foot ball will undoubtedly be as we'll
patronized as have the other branches Of
athletic sports this summer.
Foot ball is beginning to demand the time
and thoughts of the college men and the
eastern teams are already picking their play
ers for the preliminary practice. We don't
hear much yet from the western teams, but
then, as a rule, they are made Of men Of
different caliber than the eastern teams,
whose men are, as a rule, city lads and have
been summering on the seashore or at some
lakeside hotel. The westerners have been
out in the fields and are used to work and
TO the sun, so that they will not require
nearly the time for preparation that their
eastern cousins will. Stage is getting his
men ready, as he has an exceptionally hard
men ready, having an exceptionally hard
Field, three OF the strong eastern teams,
Cornell, Brown and Pennsylvania. Stage
will have some old men and many new ones
to try out.
OF the old men who are to be on the team,
the foremost is Captain Kennedy. He is a
strapper, of 1856, and has played successfully
at tackle, halfback and quarterback. The
work of such a heavy man at quarter and
captain last year was considered something
of an innovation. Kennedy will make a
strong captain, Stage says, first because all
the men respect him; then because of his
about to play both in aggressive work and
backing up the whole line and both ends on
defense. His experience in generalship last
year will be of value to him for that part Of
his work az captain this year.
Another strong man who will play again
is John Webb, who, with his ITO pounds, has
limitless nerve. He played right guard one
year and right tackle last season. Although
his face has been tramped on occasionally,
he enters into the spirit of the amt always.
Hammill, who, from an accident last year,
lost some Of his glory as a star end in 1898,
has not yet decided whether he will play
on the team again or not. He intends to
study medicine at Rush, but could take his
first quarters work in the university, with
which Rush Is now affiliated, very easily.
Stage expects to see him on the field in uni
form any day.
By a recent accident Chicago win probably
lose Fullback Slater, who has been counted
on for wonderful work at line bucking for
fullback this year. He is a great bucker.
Last year he went through stone wall lines
constantly and when he could not 60 through
he generally went over. In the Michigan
game he bucked the line for eighty yards
and a touchdown. He is a bundle Of muscle,
not tall, and speedy. But word comes from
Aurora that he was recently thrown from a
horse and scratched by a barbed wire so that
one of his legs will probably always be stiff.
Speed, a Junior, who played center up to
the Wisconsin game, is now in Europe and
will not be here to go into the game until
the middle Of October. Schmahl and Castles,
fair men, who played at left end last year,
will both be back. Among the new men will
be Pfeil, a Northwest Division (Chicago)
High school fullback.