The St. Louis Republic., 1902-09-23
Eleven Will Average Considerably
Less Than That of Last
Season.
JAPANESE STUDENT ENTERS.
Decides TO Try His Luck on the
GridirOn and Will Turn Out
With the Team This
Week.

Fer the first time in late years Japan viii
be represented bY a candidate on the local
grtdiron, a scion Of the F1owery Kingdom
having entered St Louis University and
having decided TO try his chances on the
football field The new aspiIant reached the
city but yesterday. direct from his own
country. and in builG and weight seems
likely 70 prove an acquisition
No one has memorIzed the name of the
new arrival as yet, inasmuch as it is about
- Inches long and extends across the page
OF the college entry books. But the name
was lost sight OF when the football direc-
tors caught sight Of mis- proportions. He
! Was al once rendered an Invitation TO come
I out and worl. w:Ih the team, and. smiling
! ~. consented He has never seen the game
| as Yet, but seems willing 10 take chances
Coach Delaney Is somewhat Impressed
| with the build of the newcomer. and is
hoping that he VIII not prove a failure. as
SO many OF the foreign candidates have
| done in past years Two Spaniards enteled
'he university this year and salhed gally
OUT 10 Try Tor places Cn the team Several
MeAicans at the college also were out on
the opening days. They all seemed. TO OBJ
1ect, however. 10 having the opposing play
ers owing into their stomachs. head nrst.
i and retired in great disorder from the neld
alIer the nrsl cay pracUce. 4 ne new man
may be tried out to-day.
Although the ST. LOUIS football squad has
Increased IN numbers CONSIDERABLY SINCE the
opening OF the year. the average weight OF
the candidates Is sIill lower Inan that of
last season. and Deianey's estimate OF a
lie-pounc team seems We'll founded. Sew
eraI oi this years men are drawn from last
season $ tAird team, ana, while putting W
last game. are somewhat lacking Ia
weight
AS tar as speed Is concerned. the eleven
gives promise OF holding It's own with any
IN thS city. Al tae men nav mad encEgn
experience on one or The other OF the coi-
Their practice Is noticeable Tor It's speed As
Yet their work Is done in the college yard,
but BY the close Of the week they viii b.
Park.
AT SIGNAL PRACTICE
George Pennington. captain of the eleven,
directed the man al signal practice yesier-
Gay and some nght work was given them
Al running with the bali DAVIS is being
tried out at center and seems OF some
promise at that position Other men out
Tor work were: Heb. Fitzporter, Mckeown,
Dillon. Peekman. Withneii. Little. Fleming.
Moriarty. Tobin. Schlaff!ey and Meier.
Fleming was memcer OF last ss.lSons
track team and is also member Vf the
Triple team
". a. Murphy is managing the college
team this season. The eleven will have It's
hrst Same next Saturday. when IL VIII NEE:
the East ST Louis High School alumni at
either Handlan'S Park or Athletic Park. o.
October IL Hight School viii be played Two
new men are expected out for practice to-
day In the persons OF Pohlman and Lashley.
division last season
Charles Huff. head coach Of the UniversI-
ty OF Illinois. IS quoted as saying that IL Is
more difficult to put 4 championship team
together in this part OF the country than
as follows:
I'm my opinion. Illinois will never be able
TO have a championship team because
Champaign is too far south. Players cannot
get in the same condition here that they
can further North The men may appear
In good shape and all that. but they lack
the endurance found in the Northern teams.
II Is not their fault. II Is due entirely to |
the climate
Thus. when the team faces the Western |
cracks. the men may go along wonderfully |
for the first half and play good ball But |
back just as strong as before, while our |
boys nave not the stamina to stand the |
the North to turn out cfampionship teams
In this part OF the country"
He Is quoted as follows regarding the /
chances OF the team:
I'VE will have one OF the best teams IN the |
history of the institution. All OF our old 4
stars are back and We have enough new and |
team. l think Illinois will make better
than ever before but Michigan /
must be counted upon as being near the top |
They have great team at Ann Arbor this
year"
The University of Illinois team. which
October II. opened its season last Saturday
IN game with the North Division High
school Of Crbana, Ill Illinois won by
score OF So TO 6 Twenty-eight men were
tried out for Illinois. and the affair was
nothing more than a workout for its men
The team was made up as follows: Cook |
and Rumpus. left end: Bundy, Wiley and
Edpr, left tackle; Stahl and Bundy left |
guard; Stone and Wilson. center: c. Fair
Weather. W. Fairweather. right guard:
Rothged. Erickson and Elder. right tackle. |
Pitts, right end: Mckinley. McCarter and
Henry. quarter. Bronson. Barter and OIL
nore. left half: Huntoon, Diener and Ash
more. right half: Parker. Raston and Nc