The Wichita daily eagle., 1903-11-22
SOMETHING ABOUT PLAYERS
Who Will Participate in Thanksgiving
Football Came

A great deal of enthusiasm is being
manifested over the annual Thanksgiving
football game between Friends university
and Fairmount Both teams have an
enviable record for this season, and this
game viii be fitting climax to the sea-
son The team that wins Will forget all
their past defeats and be heroes in their
classmates minds for a year. Friends
have won a ma jority Of their games and
scored 81 points to their opponents p.
Coach Hess of the Quaker's. says Friends
viii be the hardest proposition that the,
''Hill boys were ever up against. Capt.
Davis of Fairmount says we can win
and are going to do So
The Fairmount eleven held a practice
with Lewis Academy last night. No ac-
count was kept of the downs or distance,
but Fairmount's backs and tackles got
there for an open Held several times. Pat
terson also made good gains when ever
he was given the ball.
The Friends went through snappy sig
nal practice and Capt. Parker is well
pleased with his team. The following is
the way the teams viii probably line up
on Thanksgiving Day:
Center-Hedricks, who weighs only 155,
but is very nervy and passes the ball We'll
At right guard win be Patterson, who
is a player of several years experience
on an eastern team. He weighs 1870 and
is very aggressive.
Lockwood. the 1So-pound Cooperite, viii
keep things lively at right tackle. Softer
Will play right end. He is fast on his
feet. tackles hard ard also advances the
bali we'll on the left side OF the line
Burton will prorably be CT guard. lie
weighs 156, but no ore doubts his capacity
to make . hole when called upon. Next TO
him viii be Russell, whose strong point
is his ability to make his distance when
ever called upon. He weighs 10 c. Bur-
ton only weighs 80. out tackles like
veteran At quarter Hoop. although light
Is doing good work He runs the team fast
and is a sure tackler Davis and Foster
viii play the halves. They are known as
q pair of ground players. helping each
other along wonderfully. They weigh lSj
and 10 respectively. At full, Brown is
fast making reputation. He backs the
line well for l1o-pound man. The team
aVera ges 16f pounds and with the eXcep-
tion Of two men, are experience d players.
For the Friends Mckibben plays cen
tec. lie has only played ene year, but
plays like veteran. His weight Is 1t2.
SHIN ard Johnson wiz play the guards
They are both rAen several years eNper-
ieuoed, and weigh TO pound apiece. c.
Holmes, 175 pounds with three years ex-
pc-ience. viii play his usual good game Of
tackle. His mate viii be Nln BiafoTd.
lss pounds. lie IS one Of the Quakers'
stand-bys and bucks the line tcrcely.
Resing. l60 and Parker. le6. make fine
pair of ends. I-oomis vii plsy quarter.
he oal yweiebs IA, but viii hold down
his own Rich and WisEt l7s and $50.
viii play halves. They are both ozperi-
enced nen. Rich also has n sprinting leg
worthy mention A. fun the Friends bank
their hopes On Hoyt. the veteran IS
pounder
The team sare about equal in weight
and both have some swift men in their
hack field
Rich puuts well and Davis has kicked
several soaIs from the center 81 the field
lately.
The Paramount field wiz De in flne shape
for the game and hleaohers viii BE erect
ed 10 seat 1000 people. Seats VIII be on
sale at Walls jswelry store Monday morn
INC ar ID a clock