The Savannah morning news., 1904-12-14
ARTILLERYMEN ARE MUCH
STRONGER AND MORE EX-
PERIENCED.
ENDURANCE OF THE LOCAL
TEAM WILL BE TESTED.
SEVERAL CHANGES IN THE LINE
UP WILL BE TRIED.

Frank McIntire VIII Go in mt Full
back, Johnson Has Been shifted
to Guard, and Harmon Will Line
Up i'm the First HaIf-ROssiter ana
Black VIII Both Be in the Game
Here for the First Time This Year.
Long Halves VIII Be Played to
Test Condition of the Men.
With last nights practice the Sa-
vannah team was put on edge for
hard bruising game with the soldiers
at Bolton Street Park this afternoon,
when some of the new men will be seen
under fire for the first time.
Lieut.. Winslow. athletic director at
Fort Screven, said yesterday that while
his men did not hope to beat Savannah,
they would put up the hardest game of
straight football that they are capa-
BILE at.
Just how the team win line UP will
not be known until the men are ac-
tually on the field. Capt. Cope's in
tention is to give every man on the
team chance. and will frequently
change the line UP unless the soldiers
prove considerably stronger than is
now anticipated.
The line up which will go in first
will probably be Monsees, center;
Hicks, right guard; Levy left guard;
Artly, right tackle; Rossiter left
tackle Smith, right end; Cubbedge,
left end; Sullivan, right half back;
Colquitt, left half back Cornwell,
full back; Shortridge, quarterback.
Team for Five Minutes.
This is the team which will be tried
for the first five minutes anyway. The
reserve guards will be Hicks, Seely,
Levy, Morgan and Stubs. The re-
serve ends will be Strong and Smith.
The reserve halfbacks will be Doty
and Colquitt, with Artly, a reserve
tackle.
This team should excel any in eff
cheney that has been put on the field
this season. Great difficulty has been
experienced in getting a suitable man
for fullback. 1t was thought Johnson
would be valuable man there, but he
was not aggressive enough, and lacks
the proper energy. Frank McIntire
was prevailed on to go back into the
game and a header man could not
have been selected. His condition is
far better than it was last season.
At least twenty-five minute halves
will be played so it can be determined
just how well conditioned the men
are. Capt. Cope says he believes the
team is now in suitable condition to
play the full thirty-five minute halves
If necessary.
Interest in the Game.
With the Christmas game with Jack
sonville but a few days off. and the
final game with Charleston following
just a week later. the condition of the
team in this afternoons game will be
q fair sample of what it will be in
these two games.
The lineup which the soldiers will
present this afternoon will be the
strongest they have had in any game
this season. The personnel of the team
will be very much the same as it was
in the last game against Savannah,
but the team has had the benefit of
several weeks hard practice. and the
experience of the games which have
been played this season.
Those who have the interest of the
Savannah team at heart are requested
to attend this afternoon and lend their
moral as well as financial support to
the team. While the utmost conf
dence still prevails among the men in
the coming games, it will do no harm
to let them see they have the backing
of all the rooters in the city.