The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-08

Shevlin, the captain this year, and one
of the besct football players in the
United States; Trip, an excellent
guard, and Roraback, the center. But
these are all the seasoned players to
hold the line, and this will leave great
chance for strong men to make the team
at New Haven if they are capable in all
other respects. 81
Princeton IS Material.
Plenty of room is left at Princeton
for improvement of the eleven which is
to represent the orange and black in
1905. Several players have graduated
from the. 1904 team, among them
| Foulke, Short, Ward, King, Crawford
| and Burke. Neither Stannard nor Rit-
ter will be able to represent the univer-
sity, owing to scholarship penalties, and
as they are two Of the best men on the
team it will be no easy task to replace
| them.
Princeton undoubtedly believes that
the magnetism of Cooney, this year,
captain, will go a great way toward as
sisting in building together a strong
eleven in 1905. It is known that some
! players from preparatory schools OF
prominence have signifed their inten-
likely that all Of them will volunteer
for the eleven. ,e~z
/ .-.~ Penn Is Gritty.
| Beefy, muscular, gritty and quick are
the chief characteristics of Old Penn e
Mike Murphy it is a combination bound
to win.
There is no elation, boasting or even
much talk among those who are sup
| posed to know and Judge the ability
Of the old and new material, but the
undisguised fact remains that Pennsyl
vania has as good if not better materia
to develop an eleven than any of thu
larger eastern colleges
:. problem Of suitable fui7bacK. Boeck
man, one Of the early candidates fo-
this position, was a star in the ives
and played on Minnesota. He has de
cided not to enter Penn and Murph,
; must look for another man. He is no
' as heavy as Smith, Penn s fullback las
E year, but was regarded as the bes
+ available material.
e Cornell's Situation.
From Cornell s recent football show
: ing it would seem that old Ezra $ spiri
will not be overjoyed by crack clever
9 this year. It is whispered by the wis
9 ones, however, that the red and whit
q may still spring surprise.
:. - 1ueIo Is pleuGy VI mdIeIIdl tuu l
3 is weighty material, too, but things 0
7 late have been in very chaotic cor
dition, trying out new men and gettin
$ started in study When Warner know
9 exactly what he has, when these fnall
a selected ones are coached together a
n a team, when everything runs smoothl
i and tematically, then, and not unit
! then, can a good line be had upon tn
J | Ithaoans for the present year.
} The halfback positions, for whic
!. there are many candidates, will prob
7 ably be filed by Rice, Gibson and Ma,
= tin'ez, Of last years eleven.
e The veterans Halliday and Cook wer
9 thought to be the ones for tackles, bu
G as Cook has developed water on tn
knee a good man will be shut out fro1
L this position.
7 Van Orman, also Of last years team
has shown up we'll in practice and wi
probably be one of the ends, while tn
two freshmen, Schildmiller and Bal
l. cock, will press all other candidates fo
o this position to their rlsmost.
i The quarterback position seems tn
d most open on the team. The 2OO-poun
IS Costello was tried there. but probbal
,ej will not remain, for he is too valuabl
u in the line. Pollock, a speedy youns
e ster Of last years scrubs, does well
d this position.
re- AS for the guards, these position
le have more candidates than any other
1t and Furman, there is star in Thom]
r son, captain Of Andover's team la
st year. The team work and speed deve
]. oped may change the aspect of thing
It materially.