The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1903-10-03
ON THE GRlDIRoN
O. A. c, MEN PREPARI' r FOR
THE COMING FOOTBALL
CAMPAIGN.
A New Coatrivauce aud Something
about It. Rivalry for Places on
First and Second Teams
Old Nj Returning.

Perhaps the most popular ant
the most frequented place abou
town now in the afternoons is tn
athletic field at the college. Ate
four o'clock every day, the Crane
stand has quota OF occupants, in
teres tsd in proceedings on the foot
ball neld. C,llege girls, down towr
ladies, citiz4ns and male student'
are usually there in large numbers
OF curious interest 10 all ls The
new taekliog machine by means O
which, the inexperienced attain the
fne.se in the art of flooring an op'
posing player by the most scientific
rule. The machine looks neither
ike gslloHs nor a monster saw
buck. Conspicuous in its arrange.
ment isa thing Of leather that looks
like man, but which int. Wnen
the apparatus is in acton this thing
of leather, which, as matter oil
feet, is for the moment fellow play
er,ymoves forward in the direction
OF the man who is going to play
viii him. The latter at the prop
er moment ge up bis be-t speed,
strikes the attitude 30 we'll koown
on the gridifon, and as he is about
to meet the thing of leather, leaps
forward, and with his shoulder,
strikes it amldships. He can, if he
desires, use his head instead of his
shoulder, taking the chance of
course of stoving in his neck an
inch or two.
Iftbe force of contact is violent
enough, the thiog Of leather falls.
That means that the man who hit
it, did good job. If the contact
is not powerful enough, the dummy
maintains its upright position, and
the bystanders guffaw at the ex-
pense of the ambitioustacklsr. The
arrangement is such thata greater
or less force may be required to
knock the dummy. down. Or, if
desired, the player may hit him
from the rear instead of from the
front Tue apparatus attracts much
attention from those who visit the
athletic field, and it is doubtless a
fact that many who do not tackle
the dummy would like to do tie
ssunt-if nobody we're looking. 1t
is the latest thing in the football
world, and is extensively used by
big. eastern teams.
While the tack.ing machine is in
operation out to the right of the
grand stand, two or three teams GO
through the evolutions of football
on the field. Signal practice has
haeG mostly in vogue during the af-
terno,ns of this week. The prac-
lice uss.a''y lasts for an hour and
half, and serves to give the play
ers an appetite after the day in the
school 70 ms. The first team is
composed of husky set of men.
Though not all the positions are
settled on account of. the advent of
new material, so many of the old
men are back, and nearly all of
them are so reliable in their work
that forecaste Of what The ultimate
lineup will be, in the main, is not
difficult. Dunlap, new man who
makes the beam futter close around
the 200 pound mark, is at present
playing in the old position at guard
that John Gault filled so well last
year. Spagle, once of the Forest
Grove team, mans one of the ends
aud seems assured Of keepi, g the
position. The back field is as yet
without a regular quarter, with
Nash, Rinehart, Cupper and sever
al other men as likely candidates.
The second team has many OF
last years men and in addition, ex-
perienced players from Monmouth,
Forest Grove and elsewhere. Shan
non, of last years Forest Grove
team, has been appointed captain,
and for the present, Captain Pill.
kington of the first team is acting
as coach, with Espey and Won del
HELEN in the latter's place at full
back on the first team. Several
games for the second team are being
arranged, and rivalry for places il
the junior is almost as manifest as
for the first eleven. The two teams
will line up against each other fol
the first time today or Mopday
Thirty-fve and forty men in suits
is the usual number at each prac
tice hour.
Emporia. Kan, Sept 28.-Dr