The St. Louis Republic., 1903-09-06
High School Has but Few
Veterans This Year and
Haryard's Chances Are Doubtful

Kruiszch and Smith were hurt last year
and do not expect To- Did;. But X Is pft-
dicted that the :ea;sln VII see tnsM oaSs -
the Smith player. ard the work the pair
has been noticeable the last TWO seasons
Each has held down the post o, iuiipaek
in the course of his care p II fc0.bail-
For two successive seaSonS the Erothers
have met in the Thanksgiving champion
ship games. Both nave shown colside--
able ability at puntins, and IT IS IN this
particular thar krutszch's sore leg g apt
to handicap him. II ~ thought he viii
have rounded to IN tine for the ganies.
however
The boys will play at Forest Pa-k in all
their practice. their clubhouse having
been renovated and fitted UP in the past
summer. 4 large second squad was on
practiced with great regularity up to the
last moment OF the season Some good
material is certainly in that bunch
Two or three members OF last seasons
eleven have reported that they viii not
return. but IL is thought some may change
their minds. Broome and Kicker have
sain 'Reg RIsksr are Tss sSngn stgenr cstoer a i
the scholastic division last year-rather
stronger than any other man in the
younger squad
Efforts viii probably be made to get
one or the other OF the pair back on the
eleven before the games start
Pennsylvania has sounded the opening
gun Of the football season. Her candi-
dates. to the number Of thirty. are now
camping out at Beach Haven, N j.
Camping out is new process for harden
ing men for the srldiron game It sounds
good. and is likely to be adopted in future
years by the other big football colleges
The Quakers mean to redeem them
selves this year. II hard work can do IT.
Their teams have had miserable luck fo-
several years. and now the coaches Of the
Red and Blue realize that they viii have
TO build a new team from the ground up.
he Of11 tor n
Tor breaking the Eawritten agreement
with the other big colleges not TO do any
preliminary summer training.
Only the most promising OF the Quaker
candidates are at the camp" Among
them are: Captain Sol Metzger. G. l.
Lemis. Marshall Reynolds. George Philler.
A. L Mulford. G. u. Weehsler. h G.
Hoffman. W. G. Tu-nbull. E. Budden-
brock, J a Brown. F. R. Yost, A T.
Bogardus. Kase. Butkiewicz. Drake' ziIi!-
gan, McGregor. Stickney. Anderson, Da-
Wis. Thayer. MILESTONE. McCabe. Stuart,
Fox and Mitchell
Head Coach Carl Williams will be as
sisted by Hedges. Boyle and Goodman in
the early work
coming season are exceedingly dismal ae-
cording to John S. Cranston. the new head
coach. and a famous old center on the
Crimson eleven
'.An men viii be called out on the after
noon of Thursday, September II. The
men who do not show up on that after
noon will have great difficulty In securing
any quarter at all from the coaches. The
seriousness OF the work before US should
De sufficient TO suggest to the fellows that
there be no fooling IN this matter. The
only men know OF who are coming TO
Harvard from the schools are Captain
Brill, who played tackle at Exeter; Coon
ey, who played Exeters other tackle. and
team last year at full back"
Mr. Cranston has announced that be has
not as yet made out his list OF assistants,
candidates September Il VIII be Lewis, Us,
Waters. Houghton. Donald Burden, Dean.
Dunlop and Cabot Ben Dibblee the
Ss5S victorious tsIs captain Of 's win not be on
since he has entered business in Cali
fornia. Farley. coach of last year, VIII
also be among the missing.
CAPTAIN Rafferty, of the Yale football
team. is busy man these days He Is
rot only devoting many hours to the study
sible under the new football rules, but he
Is carrying on a heavy corresponderce
with the candidates OF this years team
All the candidates are being asked tn
assemble at New Haven two weeks before
the opening of college; in other words.
about September 10 Captain Rafferty, Is
particularly anxious to get the freshmen
material together before the beginning OF
the fall term. With this end In view the
commander OF the blue Is looking up the
football men who have been successful in
passing the entrance examination
Yale Will be without the services OF ssv-
erai OF her great players of last year this
fail. and Captain Rafferty, realizes that he
has big task before him TO fill the gaps
In satisfactory manner
Glass Will not be allowed to play and
Holt and Goss have both graduated. This
will leave gap in the center OF the line
which will be well nigh impossible to re-
pair. Kinney and Hogan. the two tackles,
will both be in college. and 30 viii Shev-
lin and Captain Rafferty,. the ends. Met
calf. the quarterback. will be here, Srd so
will Bowman. the full back.
The graduation of Chadwick will leave \
hole at one OF the half-back positions
There Is plenty OF half-back material in
sight. but the Chadwicks are few and far
apart Biooner, the tackle. is stfll In coli
lege. and will be eligible to play this fail
There has always been some talk about
making half back out Of Bioomer. and it
will not be surprising il he should be tried
behind the line this fall.