The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-10-29
eastern Gridiron Gosain.

Coach Yost is putting the Michigan
squad through daily secret signal prac-
tice, and is also working them evenings
IN the gymnasium. He has invented
some plays devised to meet the Mime
sofa style.
The Carlisle Indians seem to have
built up better defense than usual.
They held Princeton once for downs
on the yard line and four times, by
their characteristic following the bali
they got it away from the Tigers on the
latter's fumbles.
w. w. Coe, the shot-putter and ham
mer-throWer, who is now a student at
Yale. although not eligible for any
athletic team this year, says that Yale
undergraduates think Owsley the
greatest half back at New Haven for
years, not even excepting former Capt
Chadwick.
Glass, of Yale, performs marvellous
work in testing the varsity aspirants
Morton was put up against Glass one
day. and was bowled over in every
play, Glass getting through like cata-
putt and splitting half the varsity line.
Former great Harvard players of the
Graydon, Campbell, Cuts, Herman,
Green, and Ristine type are sadly
missed.
Glenn Warner says the Carlisle IN
dian team averages only 1854 pounds.
The faculty of Carroll college, Wau-
kesha. Wis, has barred football among
/
| juries. Five men were sent home in
six days.
In the Princeton Y ale game last year
/ the Tiger backs could do practically
/ nothing against the giant wall of blue.
+ a1e's line has been plugged for good
gains at every spot this season, and
there is little chance of its becoming as
! invu1nerable to a first class attack as
| it was in the championship contest last
fall.-New York Journal.
Harvard has a hard task ahead to
get the team into championship form.
| tiers, Herman, and host of others, she
will bear watching, however. The ma
teria1 is there if it can be enlivened to
| its full action.
| Capt. Marshall, of Harvard, is a fine
leader, q man who is open and above
board, and by his frankness and hon
| esty fills his team with confidence. He
1 is terribly in earnest, and brilliant
player. Such an example cannot fail
to inspire his team.
Princeton may surprise the skepticai.
With practically a veteran line, and last
years backfield faster and heavier, with
the longest punter and most expert
| drop kicker among the colleges, there
seems no reason why she should not de-
velop a strong team.
The smaller colleges are either strong
er this year or the big teams are weak
| +. Football critics believe that the big
college elevens are strong as ever,
and that expert coaching is response
BILE for the strong showing of the
smaller teams.
Minnesota has been strengthened by
the addition of McDougall, full back of
Andover, last year.
! The once famous Heffelfnger is one
of the assistant coaches at the Universe
! ty of Minnesota.
McCabe, who has been relegated to
the Pennsy scrubs, was picked as a
substitute center for Holt, of Yale, on
| the AlI-Ameriean team last fall.
The Yale hopes were greatly lessened
when Ralph Bloomer, the famous
tackle, who has been playing guard this
fall. had shoulder dislocated. There
is no chance of him playing again this
year.
Yale and Harvard have been running
pretty even for the past four years.
Each university has won one game and
the other games have been tied.
Line hurdlers will be scarce this year.
Few coaches are developing head top
1ers.
/ FuI1back Smith, of Pennsy, holds the
seasons record for kicking consecutive
goals He made twelve against Gettys-
burg