The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-02
WORK OF GETTING IN CONDITION
WILL BE COMMENCED.
GREAT QUANTITY OF
NEW MATERIAL AVAILABLE.
YANCY BROTHERS WILL WEAR
THE BLUE AND WHITE THIS
SEASON.

Many Former Stars VIII Again Don
the Padded MOIeskin and Defend
the Blue and White-Capt. Cope
VIII Not Return Until Oct. IL.
Hard Game Anticipated On
Thanksgiving with the University
of South CarOIina-First Game
VIII BE Played Oct. 20.
For four years the blue and white
of the Savannah football team has not
been lowered in defeat.
Not even score has been made
against the defenders of the colors in
that time, and again this year past
heroes are preparing for the struggle
of their lives against crack teams of
the South.
Tuesday night the first meeting of
the old and new candidates for posi-
tions on the team will take place at
the First Regiment Armory on Aber-
corn street. Capt. Harris Cope will
not be present, but Manager Frank
McIntire will take charge of the squad
Material in Abundance.
Manager McIntire said yesterday that
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the outlook for the coming season was.
There are vacancies on the team which
1t will be a hard matter to fill, but
there is an abundance of material out
of which to build a team, which on
paper, looks as strong. If not stronger,
than last years.
Capt. Cope will not return to Savan-
up the work of coaching the back
field and bringing out the general team
work which was such a feature of
last years play. Manager McIntire
will have charge of the line men.
At the meeting Tuesday night the
general work of getting in physical
condition will be commenced. The
heavier men will be required to take
off all surplus flesh and the unpleas-
ant part of the preliminary work,
hardening muscles and getting wind,
will be taken up.
What the Team Looks Like.
1t will be necessary to reconstruct
the line this season. Black has gone
TO the University of Georgia, Lands
berg cannot play and McIntire is out
of the game. Levy, who on several
occasions played center with credit,
will probably be tried out to succeed
Black at left guard. Billy Hicks will
take care of the right position. Gus
Smith will be back at left end but so
far a successor to Landsberg has not
been made known.
Futch will again be at center. This
veteran, who has so long been the
matnstay of the blue and white line
has never been known to make false
pass. Indeed. Capt. Cope, who has
played quarter behind some of the
most accurate passers in the South,
says that Futch is the best man he has
ever seen. The ball always comes in
the same position at the same speed
and at the right time.
There are already five avowed can
didates for positions at tackle. Joe
Rosster will be back in the game.
Artley, who played two seasons ago,
will again take up the work, Mitchell
who showed great promise of a strong
man at tackle last year, especially in
the Charleston game, is a candidate. as
are also Cornwell of Tech and Pough-
keepsie and George Johnson, who play
ed with Savannah three years ago.
Ynncy Brothers Coming.
The decision of the Inter Collegiate
Athletic Association in ruling out Ho-
gan Yancy from playing on the Uni
Nersity of Kentucky team nets two of
the best football men in the South for
the Savannah team, and both Hogan
Yancy and his brother will wear the
blue and white this fall.
Hogan Yancy will succeed Weyman
Harmon at half back. The fact that he
was chosen as captain of the University
of Kentucky team is guarantee enough
that he is a star at the position. His
brother will fill McNeil's position at
full back. He was chosen on the ALL
Southern team two years ago for this
position, and in speaking of him Wal
ter Camp says he was easily the best
of the entire country at that position
Both of the YanCy boys have been
given positions in Savannah. and will
come down in about two weeks
Savannah's First Game.
The first game of the season will be
played in Savannah on Oct. 20 with the
University of Florida team. This will
be followed on Nov. u by the game
with Georgia. Seven days later the
Georgia School of Technology team
will play here. On Nov. 10 the hard
est battle of the season will be fought
with the University of South Carolina.
This will be the last game until Christ
mas Day when the team will go to At
lanta to play Fort Mcpherson.
The game for which Savannah will
play hardest is the New Years contest
with Charleston. Already work has
been commenced cover Home pre-
pairing for this great battle. This game
will be played in Savannah this year
and a record breaking crowd will
probably witness it.