The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-09-29

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the story of their work is always of
Interest to the sporting public. All
of the state colleges have opened with
the very brightest prospects in their
football history n in fact the sport
lin all the southern colleges seems to
have taken on new life, judging from
the wide interest that is evident in the
choice of professional coaches and the
warm fight that is being waged for
good material. Among the coaches OF
lSouthern teams are some of the veter-
Ians of the sport in the country. men
whose names are a guarantee of the
best training. These coaches bring
with them the full knowledge of the
best principles Of the game as it is
played among the big" colleges and
from this training there has been de-
veloped in the south, IN the last few
the best northern elevens and as a
matter of fact do compete with such
teams and make most creditable rec
ords against them.
For the past year. there was a pretty
general demand from the outside
the rules of another year that would
in some manner tend to break up
the terrible mass plays that were re-
lgarded as unnecessarily rough and cruel
In a measure. in response to that de-
Inland. the rule committee this year
|have made some very decided changes
and the effect on the game can Of
~ h
| opinion in some quarntrs that too
lmany decided" changes were made
lat one time. In other words there
Ishould have been a more gradual
breaking in of the changes. Some au-
| thoritieS argue that such decided
Ichanges are entirely unnecessary n
the effect will be in a measure disas-
trous on the game. But as said above
Ionly the seasons work can either
lprOve it's success or failure.
The main changes are: Between he
1.-TWO 25 yard lines at least seven men
lhave to be on the line of play. Inside
of the % yard lines, h quarterback
lean run with the ball. but In advance
ling he must run at least 3 yards to
either side of the place from where
the ball is snapped To aid in deter
mining this, lines Will be u between
the two 25 yard lines, perpendicular to
ll1e lilies usually Illdl hSu III al IoOl
ball field, thus giving the gridiron the
appearance of an immense checker
Hoard. 1t will seen that mass plays
will be impossible except near each
goal and the fact Of the quarterback
running will mean a more open style
lof playing, as the Bali can be snapped
directly from the centre to any run
lner.
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CARO-
The prospects of the team at Chapel
Hill are the brightest Tor years. With
only two or three exceptions. all of the
members of last years team are back
land among the new students is some
very fine material. Coach Olcott. a
former Yale man, who vas the train
Ter last year is back again and his
presence means success for Carolina
He is the best known coach that comes
Isouth and he returned to Carolina in
the face of very fiattering offers from
!other colleges. Of last years team
THAT have returned are the following:
lStewart; G.. l.. and H. NJ. Jones; Cox;
Fisher; Townsend: Newton, Jacocks:
Mann; Engel; Donnelly, and Berkely.
Capt. Jones unfortunately is out Of
the game for at least ten days. on ac-
count of a head-on collision in a
scrimmage a few days ago. Giles,
lcaptain of the baseball team and a
promising candidate for tackle also is
laid off with a bad arm. Since the
first game will give nearly all the
lcadidates a show. no settled lineup
may be given, but it will be about as
follows:
Stewart. c; Hester | e: Singletary,
Ir 6: Donnelly. l t; Jones, R., = t; Cox,
Fisher and Townsend ends; EngeL r.
and Jacobs L.: Mann, Newton, Berk-
ley and Jacocks, halves; Robertson,
full.
Foy Robertson. an old A. and NJ.
Iplayer, and a good one, is playing for
full back. Fattie Giles from Trinity.
is also a candidate.
The captain of the team is G. I.
Jones and he is working hard 90 gee
lout a winning eleven. Manager w H.
iSmith the following sched-
Julie of games for the season:
September 26th, Guilford and Caro-
lima, at Chapel Hill.
October 3rd. Oak Ridge and Caro-
lima, at Chapel Hill.
October 10th South Carolina College
land Carolina. at Columbia. S. c..
October 18th. Virginia Military Insti-
tute and Carolina. at Roanoke. Va.
October oath. Georgetown and Caro-
lima, at Norfolk. Va.
October 81, Kentucky University and
lCdIOlIIId. DIT IletIISDOIO. y. \.
November 18th Virginia Polytechnic
Institute n Carolina, at Norfolk. Va.
November 14th, Clemson College and
ICarolina. at Chapel Hill. y. G.
November oath. University of Vir-
Iginia n Carolina. at Richmond. Va.
The student body IS enthusiastic
lover the prospects: Arrangements
have been completed 10 receive con
tinuOus Geographic reports of all
Igames. played away from Chapel Hill
and it is probable that an excursion
will be run to Richmond Thanksgiv-
ling SO all the students can see the
Virginia game.
\. AND NJ. COLLEGE.
No college team in the state has
made more progress in the last few
Iyears than the \ and VI. team. Last
year the team was recognized as one
Iof the strongest in the south. The
prospects for this year are very
bright. OF last years players that
have returned are: Gordon, WEIGH,