The St. Louis Republic., 1904-09-11
Twenty Men Taking Part in Early
Practice in State University
Football Field.
COACH PLEASED WITH RESULT
Many of the Players Are New :"
the Team. but Several Iidyc
Had Former Experience.
Which VIII Help.

( Ei-rr-rI..' SPECIAL
Columbia 40. sept -o-An1ur twenty
men are participating la the early football
practice al rH- University q Missouri.
Candidate for %, team age arriving On
the fi.lI daily I-i tie p-actlc- - fas- get
ting o. D. q a strenuous nature.
Coach John r Mclean has been here
about Two weeks and assisted hy '.lzzy'
Andersen. an old member Of the Tiger
team. has been putting forth MS hsst ef-
foris TO E-t tie men y shale f1r the
game with Central College. which takes
place September -
Great enthusiasm oy-- the prospect =
manifested lu Columbia The early start
and th- yiEor with which the players are
going into the work speak We'll far sue
C,ssfuI season Coach NcL..au. however.
- exceedingly conservative n Als state
melts Tref.rrIlS 80 Jet the results % tho
early practice sp-ak for themselves
II - a noteworthy ;acJ tnat most os
the men on II. field aye playing Tor the
first time In q Tiger Uniform. \ number
~ them have had experience uu other
teams and are making a good showing
here. one ~ ;h- most promising men is
Forster OF -. Louis. who has had som.
I,ge team he weighs -, pounds j. hard
ana fast. and tackles remarkably w-iI Tor
a man Of his size. Another man who will
undoubtedly make good l. Ak-rSpu. who
played ou IN. Knox College team rWu
years ago. lie Eas already had training
under Mclean. Who mas high opinion Df
his ability. Ak-TSOu i one - the fastest
men on the Held and should develop into
H. who played four years On the Gales
burg High School team. j. also showing
W we'll He will probably try f0r haf
back
J. Mack Low. who played on N. Kan
Sas team year before ..i.st. Nas seen ol
the practice Held few days last w-ek-
Tuesday ne wsis called t. MS home a-ar
Kansas city. but u Is expected That h
VIII return in a few DAYS Love made 20
good impression Wh.ls iu 'oiuu!h-t an
his return viii b- welcomed by football
enthusiasts here
NEW MEN on SQUAD.
White of CarrolltOn. H-inbuecher ~
Kirkwood. and Letter Of Msryville. are
among tn. other new men in the Tiger
squad Al! have had football experience on
preparatory and High SchooI teams. Cur
ne. for TWO years center on the C0e Col
lege team Of Grand Rapids l. making a
strong tight for the confer position On the
Missouri team Curri- Has IL the u..iv-r-
s.ty last year. but was ineligible for foot
oa.! OF account Of the oue-ysar residence
TLls
Among the old men who have returned
are Captain Homer Hasgard. Il. r By
Ser. Del Han Jordan. Clark Nichols.
Basye. Hamilton and Edy. shortly after
us ARRIVAL i-lsgard was seized with =
ssVera attack o! maIarial fever and had
TO t- removed TO the hospital He has
since Recovered and 10 l. thought that
nothing serious VII resu!; from NJ ILL
ness. bigger vas one OF th-- star players
on the baseball team iasr season III. W!ll
probably try FOR end on the football team
h1H j. also Il candidate i"r end NilroI-
! a. one .; the most promising % --s sub
stitute half backs last year. and will make
team. Ely. last year the captain OF the
sscci.d team. viii try Tor qgaTter back
Hamilton. Easve and Jordan all o. nom
showed Up well on the scrub team las,
year. VIII be candidates for back-field 10
siti"us Maxwell a heavy iiuemau. and
., Easy, Anderson. fun hack. are among
the ola players who are expected - ar
rive soon.
CHARGING MACHINE
In addition - the usual early practice
In kicking and catching the bail ard tack
ling the dummy. a charging machine. !e-
signed 10y Assistant Coach Anderson ha.. |
been placed in operation The machine j. |
built on the plan Of those used by Ycst |
Of Michigan and Mccormick Of North |
western, and Is proving highly Successful. |
Practice is held daily on Rollins field. ard |
p part Of each morning IS devoted to a |
5hoS quiz on tile rules Of the game The /
'n.1 are being well taken care II by the /
athletic MANAGEMENT daring tile early 1
pa tice. out ~ fund provided for that 4
purpose By n. students and the tls-neSs 4
mon = Columbia. Altogether. tho outlook /
8 brighter than ever before at Missouri.
and u - confidently expected hare that tie i
Tigers = i>i VIII do much to retrirye -.
many defeats that the team has sustained |