The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-22
This Season Promises to Be a
Great Football Year.
The Schedules of the Principal
Colleges Show This.
GRIDIRON CONTESTS.
A Line Given of Some of the
Leaders in the Game.
There Is No Scarcity OF Foot
ball Material Shown.

New York. Sept. 22.-Among the well
known football players who will in
struct the collegians in the game this
year are William Cranston at Harvard.
George B. Chadwick at Yale, Arthur r.
T. Hillebrand at Princeton. Carl VIII
liams at Pennsylvania, Raymond Nor
ley at Columbia. w. ]. Warner at Cor
nell. In the west ''HurryuD" Yost will
be at Michigan, Staff at Chicago, Chal-
mers at Iowa. Woodruff, the former
Pennsylvania coach. at Illinois, and
Andy" ODea at Wisconsin.
A popularity that has been noted this
year among the followers of football is
that the majority of the teams, judging
from statistics computed from 80 of the
leading elevens of the country, will be
captained by men in the line. Prince
ton will be led by a guard. De WIZ;
Yale by an end, Rafferty,; Cornel Dy
guard Hunt; Pennsylvania by an enc,
/ Metzeer, and West Point by an eno'
! Farnsworth.
Yale, champions of last year, will have
an exceptionally strong eleven TINS
year. She loses only four of the giants
who won for her last season They are
Holt, who played at center; SIoss s
and Glass. guard. This is certainly
hard quartet to replace, but Captain
Rafferty, and Coach Chadwick feel sure
the trick will be turned. For ends Yale
has Captain Rafferty,. T. L. SheVnn,
w V. Stillman. G. B. Ward and j.
A. Moorhead to pick from. Among the
men VINO showed I'D we'll at tackle last
year are j. J. Hogan. r. P. Kinney
IL. f. Bissell J. r. Blocmer and H. NJ.
Turner
Carl Marshall will be at the head of
Harvards warriors this season. He
will be minus the services of the great
! trin KRrn0n. Putnam
Graydon but Carl and Andy Marshall,
Bowditch. Shea, Sugden, Knowlton and
Mills will be on hand. a fine nucleus
for a winning team.
OF the candidates who are out for the
vacant places Hanley, Captain and full
back of last years Boston Latin School
eleven, is a powerful man and should
| cut "A wide SWath when he donS MS
toys. Hurley, substitute half back last
year, is another promising candidate.
Schoelkopf. the old Cornell full back,
is also eligible this year ..e is known
as one of the best full backs Cornell
ever had. and It would not be surpris-
ing if he is made full back on Harvard.
Other candidates for full are Harrison
and Meter. both of whom played on
the scrub last fall. Lindsay, Leather
bee and F. W. C. Foster are ether like
ly candidates for half back.
In addition to these men Grill and
Cooney- the two famous tackles of last
seasons Exeter eleven. are expected TO
enter college this fall. and Harry Lee
Moyne. the shotputter and swimmer, is
also expected from Stones School. Sew
eral big men have announced their in
tention to try for center and the po-
sition at left guard left vacant by big
Bernard last year.
/ Princeton's main reliance will be on
! Captain De Witt. team of De Wits
would be unbea table. but there already
is a complaint from the JerseYites that
there is a lack of weight in the new
corners at Old Nassau. and the fear is
expressed that there will be difficulty
in filling the gaps in the eleven with
/ first-class material
Among the old men on hand are Da-
Wis, Kafer, Burke, Bradley, Rafferty,,
Barney and Walker. The candidates
report for work Monday. With Arthur
IIillebrand as coach and De Witt as
| field Captain, Princeton will have to be
reckoned with for the championship.
Columbia starts out with every pros
/ pect of having a fine team OF last
years players who are still in college
and will join the practice squad are J.
r. Fisher. full back: w. c. Duell tao
kle; F. H. Duden, center; D. II. Brown,
tackle; r. S. Smith, half back; r. S.
Stangland, guard. and J. Tomlinson,
guard In addition to these veterans
the substitutes of last year and the in
coming freshmen are expected to swell
| the list of candidates to fully so men.
Sandy Hunt will Captain Cornell's
team and w. J. Warner will do the
coaching. The IthacanS were some
what GOWncdSt Wnen the announce
ment was made that AL Brewster
would not be on the eleven this year.
The disappointment was somewhat
tempered when F. NJ. Sears announced
his intention of trying for a place on
the varsity team. Sears is the best
runner who ever competed for Cornell,
! though he weighs over 40 pounds
Among the most promising looking
candidates are Spencer. the former
Captain of the Mercerburg team, and
Johnson. the former star end of the
Cleveland University School team
University of Pennsylvania is prac-
ticing at Beach Haven, N J. In the
| first practice game Varsity team lined
up as follows: Torrey, end; Philler, left
| tackle, Buddenbrock, left guard; Tay-
| lor, center: Piekarski, right guard;
Kase, right tackle; Metzger, captain;
right end; milford. quarterback: Rey-
nolds left halfback: Drake right half
back: Bennett. fullback
Candidates for positions on the teams
of the principal colleges in the West
are more advanced in practice than
are the gridiron aspirants in the East
They got to work earlier.
The Schedules Shown.
/ YALE
| Sept 26-Trinity al New Haven.
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