Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-09-09

'N"''''NA''AA hA MNHHNNN ~ NNNfANlNNNa
ahip THIS year is likely 10 De- very com-
pllcatCd. The fact thnt chicago does
not play Michigan. WIrcunalu or Itu-
nnis, ana that an these teamH play
NufihWcHiorn, Hel1it and Notro Dame.
when latter teams In turn play the
matoon7. viii awe tho man with tho
tendency 10 nFuro out comparative ~.
suits a great deal of work 10 do this
fall
NoTRE DANES PROSPECTS.
Notrc Dame win take. I'm "a degree.
the place OF Bcioit this year nr the ttIni
team " the big western institution.
IN october the Indiana team meeta
Chicago, Northwestern and Michigan ON
succeeding Saturday.. mud the showing
made hy these different Institutions
against Notrc Dlmc may acrvo 10
give an idea % their comparative
strength,
A. The days Of the opening games APP
rruach, the belief grows that Wisconsin
Dr. Co have the ho1t team Zoo the west.
Pm klng will have nH assistant coach
e., nH wen nH players. such masters NJ
the technique of the game ms O'pea.
Nlordnn, prelc. ComHtucs and Holmes.
In addition 10 these men. who Will
serve wisconsin ln "a twu-fnlt capacity,
there Will be- "a large number OF now
men, for WiHconHlua alumni have been
particularly active during the post
summer IN seeking out ana using leg
iumnto Inducements Co get hardy young
athletes 10 eutor tho Badger institution.
n is not too much 10 say that OF All
the games between the blg eastern and
the big western institutions. the great
est interest IN the west will be- conferred
IN the Wisconsin game. Chicago
~ present seems 10 be- 80 hopiossly out-
Classed - Pennsylvania, and WlHcou-
Elm seems 10 have such excellent pros
poets for turning out the best teams the
cardinals have ever D -. that the hope
Of breaking the string ~ victories
which the big eastern colleges have ao
fnr been able to preserve unbrokcn in
their relations with western lugtitutlouH
depends on tho Wisconsin Yale game
last fall kecuo Fitzpatrick. one of
the best trainers and coaches ln the
country. quietly dropped down at Ann
Arhor. lie found wealth ut material
that had been crudgly developed ana
seemed In q fair way 90 fall ~ uchlCv-
INK any noticeable results merely be-
cause tho coaches could not decide 20
W hich men preference should be given.
Fitzpatrick settled the question Of pos
iuona In short order, and lu a months
time had developed o. team that de-
ftnted the mntouns. although this same
Michigan team had been scored against
BY small ohio college i've weeks be-
fore Thanksgiving day.
IN determining the probable teams
that win occupy the highest positions
IN Western foot bah Il viii be wCll not
20 lose sight ~ the fact that Keno
Fitzpatrick a. ut Michigan. To be sure.
the great tralnru suffered o rtinEing de-
feat az the western intercollegiate last
when tho wolverines were bad
~ defeated by Chicago. There are In
addition several good reasons why the
Michigan trainer should wish his team
" make a more credltnhle showing
against Cornell ana the other teams
that Michigan meets than win be made
BY Chicago
EASTERN COACHES IN THE WEST.
Al present there are elk or seven
coaches In the west, all Of whom have
had from four 60 ton years experience.
staEg Mt Chicago King at WlFonain,
HOLSTER at Northwestern, Fitzpatrick
at Michigan. Hun at Illinois and Her
ing at Notrc Dame have all coached
long enough 10 understand thOroughly
the Fundamental points connected with
the evolution OF q team, and the nncaHo
OF the different positions. For THIS rcu-
son the foot ball enthusiasts OF the west
should be treated TO some nno CXhibl-
tons Of scientific playing this fall The
day " past when one college can claim
superiority Tor any extended period
% time la any one sport such pre-
Cpdoncc uH Yale held for years IN east
crn foot ball has never boon known IN
western foot ball. The past nix years
} has seen Purdue, Michigan Chicago ana
p Wisconsin, respectively, advance claims
, TO the western championship nt some
one time, and. 90 judge impnrunly
there have been few Instances In which
the claim was us iusuhalblo ms thnt
made by Pennsylvania last fan 20 the
eastern championship
Illinois may BE- counted on 20 make
strong showing this fan. Tho state
institution ana not do NJ wen as Coach
nun could have wished last fan. but
mo poor showing n tho llllni wns not
, tho flult % Hun, Smith, his us
Eist,nt coach, was taken sick early In
the season, and the work ~ building a
team from green material drvulvel
/ solely on Hun The admirable w1rl,
/ done by him may be inferred from
the showing made by the Illinois
| against the Carlisle Indians This year,
/ with most nf last years team back,
Hun should have little difficulty In re-
/ triCvlug several defeats suffered hy
| Illinois last year nt the hands N iustl-
| tutlous usually ranked far below Him
| ols IN athletics.
The few accidents that have bofollon
| players on western teams during the
past Few wears may be attributed 20 rho
/ more Systematic training OF the teams
| Not AN institution OF any importance
] In tho west without the services Of a
! professional trainer. The schedules nr5
| 20 arranged that hard games do not
! come early Loo the season, and the con-
| tost4 Whurs rivalry causes a wearing
| tearing, struggle seldom come before
| the latter part ut October, ana by that
] time ull regular players should be- IN
| condition 90 stand hard smashing
| changes iu the systems Of training
] have been uH radical aH changes. IN the
/ Hyftrma M coaching Ten years ugl
| q Yale foot ball player was not allowed
] tn cnt veal uuCUUked apples, or dnlntlea
/ ~ any kind. To-day % man may cat
| pretty much what he pleaseH, except
/ in tho cases OF big line mcu, who DO
U mot rHnNINr rHUffHk eUnrE "a N..u fh.F4t