The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-10-05
SQUAD WILL ASSEMBLE AT FIRST
REGIMENT ARMoRY MONDAY
NIGHT.
CAPT. COPE IS EXPECTED
TO BE IN SAVANNAH THEN.
MANAGER M'INTIRE SAYS A SQUAD
OF THIRTY MEN WILL REPORT.

If the Yancy Brothers Come to sa-
vannah the Blue and White win
Undoubtedly Again Reign SUI
preme on the Southern Gridiron.
Much Splendid Material from
Which to Select the EIeven-Cap-
tain Cope Will Bring Many New
Ideas and Plans from Sexvanee.
The football practice which was to
have taken place last night was post
poned until next Monday night, when
it is expected Capt. Harris Cope wiz
be here.
When Savannah lines up against the
University of Florida the white and
blue men will have had less than a
weeks practice, as it will be impossi-
BILE to get the men together every
night between the time of the first
practice and the game. which will be
played on Oct. %.
Savannahs first game last year DEM
onstrated that lack of condition on the
part of the men is a serious handicap.
In the game with Georgia the team
was practically line at the end of the
first half, and by agreement the last
half was shortened, which many be-
leYe, saved a score against the blue
and white.
Manager McIntire said last night
that ii is impossible to expect as much
of the men in the way of condition as
of the college players who went into
training like prize fighters The play
ers on the Savannah team work all
nd iC INN them
get off every night for practice.
The first weeks work will be devoted
entirely to getting the men hardened.
For this interference formations will
be chased up and down the field, and
distance runs will be engaged in.
Just when the Yancy boys will ar
rive in Savannah is not known yet,
nothing having been heard from them
within the last few days. Even with
the addition of these two men there is
a hole yet to be filled at guard. So far
no candidates have offered for this po-
sition, although Levy, who played CEN
ter substitute last year, is promising
man, if he will get into the game this
year.
The University of Florida was defeat
ed by a score of IL to in the nrst
game of the season, University OF Ala
hama being the victors in that con-
test.
one reason for the postponement Of
the commencement of the practices
wa the extremely warm weather, and
the fact that a number of the candl-
dates for places could not get off right
now. owing to the congested condition
of the cotton trade. in which they are
engaged. .
Manager McIntire says he expects
thirty candidates, at least, TO report
for IKE first practice, and among the
number is some of the most proHlslils
material that has been on the trlal
list in long while.
Cope Has New Ideas.
Capt Cope has been at Sewanee Tor
the past three weeks, assisting IN get
ting Sewanee's eleven in shape for the
coming contests. Sewanee will make
desperate fight for the Southern cham
pionshfp this season, and Cope mas
heen relied on largely in planning the
campaign.
AS a gridiron general Capt. Cope is
recognized all through the South as the
best. During fast and exciting play
when even the coaches lose their
heads, he is as cool as an iceberg and
game to the last No better illustra-
ton of this last named trait was ever
witnessed On any field than that which
he displayed at Charleston when he
directed the magnificent machine
which won from one of the finest indi-
vidual teams ever assembled in the
South.
During his stay at Sewanee, Capt.
Cope will absorb all the new ideas of
the coaches there, and will be in a po-
sition to give the blue and white the
advantage of his work there for the
past three weeks.