Evening journal., 1900-09-24
DRLAW Ard COLLEGE
FOOTBALL ELEVEN
Prospects Of Fast Team 10
Represent the CoIIegianS
on The GridirOn

] dents. With the class that has entered
the college at Newark this year there
b are number OF promising candidates
and the practice has been begun under
circumstances favorable to the devel-
: opment OF a fast eleven. AS usual the
team VIII be light but will be as heavy
as last year and will probably make as
good a record. Last season it lost but
two Of the games played. II
In the loss of Mitchell at guar
/ Delaware team is weakened, but ~
expected that this position can be iilled
satisfactorily by Evans. who a year
ago made an enviable record at fun
back. Tunnel, who filled the other
guard position satisfactorily last year
is in the same place again. There was
much speculation as to filling the
centre position, since there seemed to
be no player developed for this place
The problem has, however, been solved
by the entrance OF Jackson, Of Newark,
in the freshman class Jackson weighs
22l pounds and has pIayeu football on
amateur teams for several seasons.
For a heavy man he is unusually ac-
tive and is expected TO be a tower Of
strength TO the Delaware team. Only
one tackle, Wharton, has returned to
college. there are several promising
candidates, from among whom the
open position will be filled. OF these
candidates are Mcdaniel, lockwood.
Mccoy, Ferguson and CrOuthers. who
have been tried at centre. With this
a sition filled the line will be strong
For the end position there will be an
interesting fight There are more can
didates than for any other positions
and anyone Of those trying will fill the
position creditably. The presence Of so
many candidates will probably cause
the development of the fastest pair OF
ends Delaware has ever had. r. Cam.
who played end last year and who is
a substitute half back, will probably
take care OF one end. The end LETT
vacant by the graduation OF Trotter,
IN June will cause a brisk contest on
the candidates are Harrington, who
was substitute last year, Groves, who
was one OF the best ends that has play
ed with the Wilmington High School.
Kyle, a Wilmington boy and Powell
who was last year the captain OF an
academy eleven in New York state.
Cam and Powell are feet, they are the
heavier OF the candidates and both run
well with the BALL Cam is q hard
tackler, but Powell's ability in this ca
pacity is unknown since little practice
at tackling has been had. Groves NAV
be called upon to substitute at quarter
back.
Delaware has never had a feeter SET
Of backs than those with which II starts
out this year. All Of them are strong
runners and each Of them can kick
unusually well for a backield. They
are heavier than backs on former
Delaware elevens. Huxley who has
an excellent record. will remain al
quarterback and viii run the team
from that hOsition. He has always
shown good Judgment in giving sig
nails and is expected to do even better
this year. He is quick in handling
the ball and at discovering the op-
ponent's weak spots, a good drop
kicker, fast runner and sure tackler.
and a good interferer
The position left vacant by Captain
Hartmann Of the SO eleven will prob
ably be filled by r. Cam or Captain
Wolf. The latter may however, re-
main at full back. which position he
played last year. In case OF his shift
ng to half-back, however, LawtOn,
who for several years has played on
the Wilmington High School team will
hll the place Pierce Cam will re-
main in the position he held lastfyear,
ct half-back. OF the backs Captain
Wolf is the best kicker and a strong
runner and good dodger. He is hard
10 tackle and when attacked is hard to
bring to the ground. This years cap
tain is powerfully built and is in the
pink Of condition. He weighs 1863
pounds.
Herbert L. Rice. Of this city, who
last year played half-back on the Du-
Quesne Athletic Club OF Pittsburg, is
again the head coach, and he and Cap
tain Wolf are much pleased with the
showing that the team has made.
Manager Maier has arranged an in
tercsting schedule CT games, few of
which will be played at home. The :
olevens to be met this year are made
up Of fast, heavy players and Delawa' e
Will be acquired to play hard to win a
majority of the games. The schedule
as arranged to date is: October 6,
Franklin and Marshall, at Lancaster;
October 13. Baltimore Medical College,
in Baltimore; October p, Pennsylvania
Military College, in Chester; Novem-
Der 3. Haverford, at Haverford; No
vember II. Ursinus, at Collegevllle. Ar
rangements for games with st. Johns
College, Johns Hopkins University,
Wilmington Conference Academy,
and other teams will probably be made
within another week.
Only two weeks remain in which the
eleven has to prepare for the first game
with Franklin and Marshall. This
eleven is one of the heaviest Of college
teams in Pennsylvania. Jack Outland,
the famous University Of Pennsylvania
captain OF last year. is coaching the
Pennsylvanians. Despite the odds
Coach Rice and Captain Wolf expect to
have a good team for this game and
make a creditable showing.
Had His Pocket Picked
While attending the Democratic