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eral positions, but the hottest seems to
be for center, and Bandeln and Sanford
have been having battles royal all week.
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Coach Lindgren Of the University Of nll-
nols is trying to get It into the heads OF
the members Of his team that they must
pay more attention TO a study OF the rules,
and has repeatedly lectured them on the
new rules and reported TO them the result
Of the Chicago conference. one special rea-
son for a thorough study of the rules Is
that the players may not have any mix
ups in the future, due to a lack Of knowl-
edge OF the rules. Lindgren and Mathews
have been putting the men through some
fast formation work. and the hopes Of the
student body are being raised, as they see
the players begin to work in unison. Moyni-
han, the veteran tackle who promises TO
be the star of the line, is back in the game
after layiag OF for a nasal operation. RE
is playing the greatest ball in his career,
and great things are expected from him.
The players are all looking forward to the
game with Michigan, October q.
Reports from Wisconsin are most dis
couraging for a good team this fall. The
candidates engaged in some very poor
scrimmsge work early in the week and
the foot ball men, as well as the undergrad
yates. begin to fear for the worst. They
all feared for the game played with Apple
ton yesterday. Hutchins roasted the men
for their work last week and made several
changes In the lineup. partly from choice
and partly from deficiency in school work
Stiehm is down and out for center and
Whitaker has taken his place Clarke has
changed back from tackle to his old pos
ition at fullback. Huntley has been out
as has also Gelbach, and Mesner and
Johnson were back at their old tackle posi-
lions. Rogers and Frank were ends on the
freshmen team last year and seem to be
the choice this year for the varsity. Cum
ingham has been making good at quar-
ter while Price and Curtin seem to be
the choice for guards. Hutchns has an
nounced there will be no secret practice
this year.
The Doane team has undergone a general
overhauling. For some time II was the
opinion that change must be instituted
in the back field and end positions. The
anticipated change came last Tuesday
when an entire back field was made up.
Captain Day was taken from left tackle
and placed at left half, Medler was put
at fullback and Hooper at right half;
Bates was shifted from quarter to end
and Griflths called from the scrubs to
varsity quarter, Days place at tackle was
taken by Sloniger and Medlers place at
guard by Hansen. Griffiths possesses
many good qualities as a field general.
He runs the team in excellent style and
is good runner with the ball The new
combination in the back field gives added
weight and speed to the formations. Some
whirlwind work is expected from Captain
Day at his new position at half. He
starts quick, is a strong runner and a
hard man to bring down. No serimmage
took place Tuesday, but Wednesday even
ing a. half-hour session was witnessed by
the rooters. The work was ragged, both
on the part of the varsity and scrub
team owing to the many changes in the
lineup. Medler made a good showing at
full; he is a little slow but will no doubt
speed up as the newness Of the position
wears off. Hanson is making a good
showing at guard. Smith was given a
trial at left tackle and shows up well.
This is his first year at foot ball.
The Tigers have been slower In getting
under way this fall than ever before.
Only one man on this years varsity
played through the entire Bellevue game
last fall Bowman and Taylor are the
only subs that are left the rest are alb
solutely green men, some of them never
having seen a game before "If Bellevue
ever had a chance to lick us, it is this
year." says Coach Fuhrer, fellows dig"
and dig they do Doane has the right
spirit In its backing of the. foot ball team
and team with that backing is sure to
win.
The followers of college foot ball are d.
vided as to the practical working of the
new code AT the general meeting Of the
experts at the Murray Hill hotel, New
York, there seemed to be a pronounced
feeling that further revision OF the rules
would be necessary before the game would
be acceptable to those who believe in it
and those who do not. The games played
no far have proved little or nothing as to
the practical working of the forward
pass and ION side kick" two of the most
important changes in the rules, but they
do show that the consecutive advance OF
the bali ten yards in three downs is almost
impossible IL two elevens are fairly evenly
matched. with the development OF the play
to date. They also showed what is perhaps
more important, that the sport would be
cleaner and free to a large extent from the
unfair tactics which did 50 much to bring
| IL IN ulSreputa
1t seemed to be the feeling that the de-
Tense had not been measurably weakened,
and that instead OF compelling automatic
ally the secondary defense 20 withdraw be-
| hind the line any material DISTANCE, the
rules had permitted the defending team to
ignore line plunging and to spread out SO
as to make end running more dificult than
before. The forward pass is not regarded
seriously as an important factor. II is not
| believed that 1t can be utilized without In
curing so much danger OF losing the ball
as to nullify its advantages. In the trials
that have been made Of it in practice the
| ball has been lost through inaccuracy of
passing more times than caught No one
seems to believe that Il can be made a
steady, consistent and dependable play.
| %
| The ION side kick" however, offers a diff
ferent proposition. 1t Is virtually a for
ward pass, as was the quarterback kick
before, with the additional advantage that
II the ball touches the ground through in
accuracy Of any kind It is not lost to the
kicking side. Accordingly, II is possible to
1 kick forward ana follovu IN allocate, ..