Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-10-28

TO the right or left or to the from WIN
out moments loss of time and with
great initial power
other backs assume a sprinting start
The sprint start position, with only
one hand touching the ground. and
that only sufficiently TO steady the run.
ner. Is at the present time generally
conceded to be the most effective.
With the addition of three or four
100 pound center men the outlook in
the Yale football world has frightened
materially. There are now on the
squad the following heavyweights: Hea-
ton, 21S; Holloway, 2O3; Erwin. 2OS<
Flanders, 203. and Trip, 200. 1t was
something of a surprise to find that
Trip and Flanders have gone steadily
up In weight till they have crossed the
200 pound line. John Mack, Yale's
new trainer, is making reputation for
expert conditioning at the start of the
season. Under his tutelage the team
has Improved 100 per cent in condition
within a week.
Aside from the above five players
who end the scales past the 200 pound
mark. there are three freshmen expect
ed who, il they break through the Yale
faculty rush line and pass cleanly all
the examinations in their studies. will
be listed as regular candidates. and all
OF them are over the 200 pound mark.
They 40, Boggs and Paige of the st.
Paul school and Andrus - Lawrence
Vile academy. They are just the blocks
needed to plug up She Yale line, and
with them in IL the line should prove
once more Of the stone wall type.
Several Of the candidates are close up
10 200 pounds in weight. Russell, the
new guard. who halls from Worcester
academy. tips the beam at 100 pounds,
Tackle Forbes weighs 100 and Tackle
Biglow about 1856. Center Andrews
weighs about 100. The two halfbacks.
Quill and Levine, weigh 1872 pounds
each, and Substitute Center Smith
weighs about 1S5 pounds. The coaches
are working with the definite end OF
making the team very fast, which
would have been impossible with such
a heavy team as that OF last season.
The University of Pennsylvania has
fairly good prospects Of developing a
team that will win from Harvard on
Nov. IL. when the two universities
meet on Franklin field. There Is no
elation, Boosting or even much talk
among those who are supposed to know
and judge the ability of the old and
new material, but the undisguised fact
remains that Pennsylvania will have
as good. il not better. material to de-
velop an eleven than any of the larger
eastern colleges.
Pennsylvania suffered severely in the
loss OF Fullback Smith and Guard
Piekarski. These men were without
question the superior OF any men play
Ing on an eastern gridiron, and 1t Is
foolish TO expect that the Quakers will
find men who will competently and sat
lsfactorily fill their places. Not only
were they fiends on defense. but they
were kings in attack. In fact. they
constituted 15 per cent of the Quakers'
attacking power.
The other two men Pennsylvania
loses by graduation are ButkewitZ.
tackle, and Drake, end. While both OF
these men were probably little more
than the average in ability their loss
will not be felt SO distinctly as that of
Smith and Piekarski. Pennsylvania has
Zeigler, guard: Lamson. tackle, and
Weede, end, as a veteran nucleus for
her rush line. All OF these men are
good. hard. seasoned players and will
certainly be seen against the crimson
II not prevented by accident.
Princeton is regretting the announce
ment that Roulon Miller, the crack
fullback. will not return to college this
fall owing to poor health. His loss will
be n heavy blow TO the Princeton elev-
en-. Tenney. the quarter. is back, and
Mccormick, Connors, Pfeifer and
Morse are men of promise for the po-
sitions behind the line. Kirkpatrick.
who was regarded as one OF the best
backs on the Princeton squad last fall.
will also not return this fall. Helm,
the quarterback, was drowned last
summer. and his death is another one
OF the misfortunes which are weaken
ing the Tigers prospects.
Dillon is proving to be a capable