The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-09-13

ming the work Of the season. The truth
Is. practically nothing at all has yet been
done. We nave so far been particularly
unfortunate in regard TO the securing OF
new material. Most of the more promI-
rent preparatory school football players
have gone to other colleges. and we find
ourselves weak in positions it IS going TO
be particularly hard to I'LL. 1t IS now
doubtful If Knowlton. last years guard,
Will be able to play this season, on ac-
count OF the injury done to his leg last
year IN the Yale game. 1 am so delin-
quent this year that 1 have not as vet
thoroughly mastered the new rules propo-
sition. The fact is, I bought the book Of
rules to-day. The now rules. Of course,
are going TO put us up against a pfOb4tn
II Will require q great deal OF thinking
and planning to solve.
1T is clearly evident that a change IN
rules has been necessary from tbs point
Of view OF the spectator. and 50, or course
they had to come. l am not yet Nerset IN
their Interpretation, but l should Judge
off-hand. mat the quarterback rule, 70
the effect that the quarter back may TOW
run with the ball. would lead to i great
deal Of dispute as regards whether ne hrSI
ran the required five yards sideWlse dis
"AI men VIII be called out on the after
noon OF Thursday. September Il. me men
who do not show up on tnat afternoon
will have great difficulty in SecuTllS any
quarter at all from the coaches. ne Sc
robustness Of the work before US should De
sufficient 10 suggest 10 the fellows tHai
there IS TO be no fOOling IN this matter
The only men l know Of who are coming
to Harvard from the schools are captain
Brill, who played tackle at Exeter: Coon
ey, who played Exeter's other tackle ana
Hanley, who ~captatned Boston LatA' b
team last year at full back"
with the absence Of Barnard. ana Ter
haps KnowltOn In the line. ana OF heI,-
nan. Putnam and GTaydOn IN the back
feld. the probable lineup Of the Harvard
team, when it meets Yale on Soldier
Field this year. presents a probien, IN
deed. Although every position vii com
at a high bid in the line. ii IS pTohabIe
that not only the positions OF Barnard
and Knowiton will have TO be filled. but
left end as well in case Mills has fies!led
up too much in the intervening year.
Bowditch. Shea and Andy Marshall are
the only returning line men that at the
outset would seem positively sure q thel.
positions barring accidents and railing OH
In spite Of the fact that suc1en. last
years varsity man. returns TO the Ia"
school this year. the position Of center
will undoubtedly cause the c~9aches more
hours Of unrest than the filling Of any
other position OF the team. King. Of
course. is ineligible. and the prospect or
tory schools is very dubious. Carick. who
last year as a freshman was taken onto
the varsity squad. at the end of the sea-
son may develop into a strong man. lie
has weight and a good knowledge of the
Back of the line all seems at present a
veritable chaos. II seems to be the ambi-
ton Of Captain Marshall to general his
team from the position Of half back
rather than from quarter back. Marshall
is a heady man when running with the
ball. and since his sophomore year. when
he first Joined the varsity eleven. he has
gained greatly in weight and speed.
In case no very satisfactory substitute
could be found for quarter back It Is
probable that Marshall. IN view OF this
new rule allowing the quarter back to run
with the ball. may find his ambition real
lied right in his old position. The cOlored
quarter back. Matthews. IS. Of course. q
strong candidate for this position. and.
should Marshall take one Of the back field
positions, would probably ecu the place.
Leo DAILY. who has also won his H at
the position Of quarter back. would again
make a strong candidate for this position
Were ne 10 return to college. DAILY grad
uated last year. and in the fall will coach
nan, Putnam and Graydon from the back
field an entirely new and inexperienced
force Of rushers Will have to be broken in.
Harvard. however. has always been strong
In back field material. and viii probably
lions.
Head Coach Crarston announced ves.er-
day that he had not as vet made out his
list, OF assistants. hut that among those
who would receive the candidates Sen
TENDER II would he Lewis. Waters. Haurh-
ton Donald. Burden. Dean, Dunlop and
Cabot. ~
The action of Head Coach Doctor Carl
Williams in dismissing George b. Wesch-
Ter from the University of PENNSYLVANIA
football squad at Beach Haven. Y. ]. is
a sample of the iron-clad rules Of disci-
pine which The Quaker coaches have de
ciGed to enforce this year. The charge
against Neschler is that ne ignored tho
warnings which Coach Williams gave to
the candidates to report for p~relfminar
practice in good physical condition Doc
tor Williams made it plain at the time
That he would not tolerate any men on the
squad who were very much over weight
II Is said that Weschler ignored this ad-
monitiOn and reported forty pounds over
weight. AS Weschler only weighed 1e0
g@unds last year. he must have weighed
~ when he arrived at Beach Haven.
Neschler was enc Of the best half backs
on the eleven last year. He played his
hrst regular game against Bucknell. and
game when the Quakers seemed hopeless
" beaten. After that contest he PLAYED
regularly at left half back until the f11i
game OF the season with Cornell. when ba
strain 10 which he had beer put during
me latter part of the season WescbiaT
broke down and was taken to the unIyer-
silly hospital IN a del!rious state.
His action in reporting at Beach Have,
so many pounds overweight is construct
70 mean that he considered his position -
the eleven already assured. and did rot
need to observe the same training ruIes a.
the other candidates. The other men on
the team uphold the action Of Coach WI
Hams in sending Weschler home. VIII
liams declares that he does not have time
TO train men so many pounds overwa gbt
as Weschler. and that he intends to bava
IN eleven composed Of men as heavy as
but that they must also he
strong and fast. "