Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-10-14
SPORTING GOSSIP OF WEEK
Foot Ball Heroes ROW Have the Stage
All 10 Themselves.
BIC TEAMS ALL KICK ON NEW RULES
EARLY Games Indicate that More
Changes win Have TO BE Made
before Game f. Brought
20 Perfection.

creighton's foot ball squad has been doing
.Ttirng the last week and the men have
tbeen rounded into form in a way which is
Isurprising. The cool weather was quite an
Incentive to hard work and the men worked
as a Creighton team has never worked be-
fore. Speed Is what Coach Cavanaugh is
after, and speed he insists on having.
eome, at quarter, is Just the right man
to get speed out Of a team, for no is al
ways the FIRST man on the ball after a down
and has his signals all called long before
the men are In their places Aylesworth
is not a new man at the game, as he played
some last year with the Creighton team,
and before that time played on the Council
Bluffs High school team and also on the
strong team of the Dodge Light Guards,
which made such an enviable reputation.
He will be used as sub quarter and also
as a substitute half. His presence in the
game will not weaken the team in the
least; in fact, Creighton is well supplied
with substitutes this year. so much so
that the old men are having a hard tussle
to hold their positions Thompson is one
OF the new men who is making splendid
showing. He played sub end on the cham
plon Drake team last year and is doing
good work. He Is trying for end with
good chance of winning the honors. Sucha
is making a hustle for center, having
learned the game at the University OF Ne
braska. While not as large as some
centers, still he is fast on his feet and Is
pretty apt to win a place in the line. 81
Lamphier is a speedy chap and donned his
suit of moleskins for the first time last
week. He is speedy and will be given
chance in the back field.
When even A. A. Stage, the famous
coach of the University of Chicago foot
bail team, who was one OF the most ardent
advocates for the changes In the rules of
the game, admits the changes will not do,
there Is surely a prospect they will oil
have to be changed again this winter
There is, of course, no escape from the re-
formed code now, and the game will have
to be played according to these rules this
fall, but that they will again be mate
rally changed this winter Is certain The
rule which is being criticised the most is
the one which permits of n forward pass
but the Knockers on this rule may be les
sened when the rule has been given better
try-outs In tn larger games. In the games
played 30 far this fall the teams have not
been schooled to the forward pass, and 1t
IL yet too early to tell just what the result
VI Will D6 WHEN NtdIlAs SCI W
gether which have been taught to use It
skilfully,
Yost has been putting In the last week in
drilling the men in the rudiments of the
game he will play 1t In reference to the
forward pass. Michigan has some hard
games this year, and Yost will have to set
his brain In motion al he never did before
Thc forward pass is the game which is
Cooked upon rs being the most susceptible
to variations and schemes for advancing
the ball, and that is what Fielding II. Yot
Is working on. Yost divided his team into
two pairs and set them TO running up and
down the field. One man would run ahead
of his partner, who would throw the ball
forward to him, then the other would run
forward and get the ball from behind, and
the process would be repeated. Clement,
the subcenter of last year. whose presence
on the squad has been much solicited by
Yost, was on the field last week He played
tackle in place Of Patrick, who was not out
but will later be moved to center. Another
new man was Molly Wendell last years
captain OF the base ball team, who came
out for one OF the back field positions He
weighs 175 pounds, and used to play full
back on Detroit Central High school and
Detroit University school teams Though
this is his fourth year in school, he has
never before been out for foot ball.
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Manager Baird has announced that
wrenn of Harvard and Mccormack OF Dart
mouth will be officials In the Illinois game,
while wrenn and Haagland of Princeton
will act in the o. s. u. game. Baird re-
oeived letter today from Paul McGoffin,
the missing half back. saying he had a
good job in North Dakota and could not
return to school.
DIR. Williams at Minnesota is trying diff
ferent men to give the signals, and last
week tried out Robertson, the sprinter, at
quarter. Larkin alternated with Snyder at
right half Robertson was quite a success
and worked the team at high speed. pulling
on several good end runs against the
scrubs. The varsity team seemed TO work
harder against the scrubs ends. only oc-
casionally smashing the line. These tao
ties proved rather effective, as Williams
has evolved a new scheme Of interference
which seems to work well against the sec
ond team. Warm contests are on for sew