The St. Louis Republic., 1904-09-26
MISSOURI TIGERS
LACK QUARTER BACK
Coach Mclean Has Lost Three
stars Since Seasons Prac-
tice Began.
FIRST GAME NEXT SATURDAY.
Lineup of Team Probably Will
Be Cnchanged-Hans Wulff
To Join Eleven First of
the Month.

Columbia Mo-. Sept. .5-with the frs.
game OF the season to be played next Sat-
urday. Coach Mclean Of the Nissour.
Tiger team again finds himself lacking a
quarter back: This IS the position over
which so much gray matter has been ex-
pended since the opening o. the season.
and the situation now is no more favor
able than IL was when the FIRST practice
was begun.
Nhen Boisseau. the star quarter back
from Warrensburg. came to Columbia las,
week the coach breathed a little easier,
out no sooner had Bo4sseau learned the
signals than he returned 10 PENNSYLVANIA,
where he had been practIcing before COM
ing TO Columbia. He did not give any
reason for leaving Missouri. except 10 say
that he had been duped into coming here
Just what he meant by that remark 10
one has been able to find out. but it is
understood that he objected to the severe
workouts Coach Mclean Is so fond OF.
Boisseau is the third of the star men
10 leave the Missouri squad since BEGIN
nack from Galesburg. Ill, High School.
Vas mere at the beginning Of practice, but
a5fer ibe loaks few y, dsys E decided he did. like
Gaiesburg J. Mack Love, the full back
on the old Kansas team. was among the
early arrivals. and would have been glad
rector decided he was Ineligible because
of few conditions at Kansas University.
He left Missouri for Michigan. where they
ters-
However. the loss Of three men out of
a squad OF seventy-fve Is not calculated
chances Of winnings or ios!nss, and the
loss OF the three men has been compen
sated for by new men
Jim Lowry. a buriy Cherokee Indian and
at Taleguah: L T. Is now on the
the hearts Of his paleface oppeneuts, Mau-
under the coaching Of Pat OBay two
years ago. has come 70 light and Is work
ing hard. Luke Childers. the 0o-pound
for practice in a short while. and may
participate in few OF the early games.
LITTLE CHANGES EXPECTED.
There will probably be but little change
among the men who are now holding
places on the first team. and the lineup
will remain practically the same, Has-
T, S.Td Seapisd;n, ,nd playing light s.s sacsls Lee Lee
man. half backs: Ackerson. fuiI back:
Helmbuecher and Bigger. enda and For
Two Of the Tisers ar. St. Loui. boy.
and are showing up well. These men are
Forster and Heimbuecher. Miller. the big
NAL team who is in the Tiger camp this
year. Haggard. the captain. u q Mexico.
Mo-. boy. whose rise In the football world
haa had pss1 pfs9e no 9oeasaI =. % a. .na s1 ye q
when he came out he made such show
ing that he got on the varsity. and was
later elected captain OF this years team
The back neid il one of the fastest and
best In the State. and by far the best
years. Akerson Is a Galesburs. III. man.
Tllman and Green. for weight and speed
eomoned ans are 81 Isf nsfd bunch e sest nd TIE \.
bound to make the team. Green is a
Center College. Kentucky. athlete. and
has proved winner in pigskin tactics;
around the antics OF Hans wulf. the
weIl-known ST. Louis athlete. who has
been PLAYING on the varsity team for the
pended from school for four months, be-
ginning June !. and has been unable TO
play football until his time Of penalty
was Up. So the star punter OF the team
betook himself to Marshall. No.. taking
with him a suit and headgear.
Ever since then he has been practicing
and keeping in training with the Missouri
Valley College eleven. and is now ;n
readiness to return TO Columbia at the
first Of October and resume his place on
tnc tedm !" u Dy tHe llLtSt
punter and kicker Of the Tiger team. and
will make a strong addition in the boot
irg department OF the eleven
The first game Of the season, which was
to have been played with Central Col
leee Of Fayette, Mo-. has been called CT.
as the Fayette aggregation felt that they
were in no condition to meet the Tigers,
who had had two weeks start Of them in
preliminary practice.
The spalding Tigers have organized for
the season and have begun practice for
the coming campaign. They are out with
def to all teams playing in the 49,
pound class.
Their line up. which will practically be
unchanged, is as follows: Gettes. right
guard; Hall. center guard: Carlin, left
guard: Costello. captain and right tackle:
Cudmore, left tackle: Jefries. right end:
Keevill left md; Costello. quarter back. |
Fftzgibbons, right half back; Kirchner. |
left half back. and Owens. full back For |
particulars ana dates address F. d. Cos
telIo. No. 100 St. Charles street
Grand Cfrcuft Meeting.