Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-25
SEASON At HAND
FOR FOOT BALL
Soon the University Squads
viii Be Having Preliminary
Practice.

g. rraarc47,od has the sporting world
been with tho thrilling st-uzs - in base
la- and other sports trat Il has almost
los afzat oF the fact that the intorcolegiate
foot ball season Of 1897 Is almost here.
W. .n the next three weeks foot ball
Caa.Eas VII com, out OF their la,rs and
t'..r- viii no a gathering OF foot pail candi-
6tre- at eveTy college and university Of i'm
Y-I.A-e IN the country, Many Of the
smaller colleges have scheduled their first
games for the middle OF September. so
that they have no time to lose in instruct
ing their candidates in the rules of the
game and conditioning them for the work.
II IS extremely unlikely that any of the
big university squads will hold preliminary
practice before the second week in septem-
Der The abolition of summer practice. at
least upon an extensive scale, Is supposed
20 be one of the reforms accomplished
within the last few years. Although the
general public is led to believe that the re-
form Il very effective, the fact remains
that almost without exception the big uni
Versities manage 10 hold some sort of pre-
imnary practice, at least for limited
number Of their men. about which the read
ing public is not informed.
Too Soon Yet to Tell.
At this writing 1t is. OF course. impossi-
Die 70 forecast with any degree of GER
tairty just how strong the various members
OF the Big Five will be this fail. It Is
easy enough to make canvass of the diff
ferent squads and to learn what veterans
have been lost and what retained from
1905 but the coming season Is different
from that of last year. In 1905 the big
Five" for the first time observed a rule
which prevented the competition of fresh
men on ali intercollegiate teams. This COM
PEELED the coaches to recruit their teams al
together from the 1905 men who had been
left The elimination of the freshmen led
to the organization OF teams for flrst-year
men with regular schedules and coaches
II was the first time that the freshmen
eleven became an integral part OF the foot
ball system at these universities.
This year, In addition to the veterans
held over from last year, the coaches will
have the aid Of OF all the freshman players
from 1906. The freshmen will be a most
important factor this fall and some OF
these youthful gridiron stars are quite likely
to diSplace men who were veterans last
year. II is well-known fact that there
were a good many freshmen In 1906 who
could have made their varsity teams in
walk had they been eligible
Judging from the number of veterans
lett over from 1906. Cornell ought to be I'M
usually strong this fall. The Ithacans have
lost just one veteran. this being Newman.
the center. Cornell. therefore, starts the
season with both her ends. Van Orman and
BahCoCk. both tackles. Cook and Brin-
ton. both guards. Thompson and O'ROurke;
her quarterback. Jameson: both her half
back. Gibson and Earle. and her fuIlback,
Wader. The Ithacans had a splendid
freshman eleven last year. and if some of
these youngsters do not displace one or
more OF the varsity regulars it will cause
considerable surprise
New Coaching Plan at Cornell.
Cornell this year is slightly handicapped
because she IS installing a radically new
coaching system For the first time corps
OF graduates will have charge of the coach
ing The two men who will be responsible
viii he Halliday and Schoelkopf. both for
mer fulbacks. The system to be employed
al Cornell Is a duplicate OF that used by
Pennsylvania with such conspicuous sue
cess The new Cornell coaches had a con-
ference during the winter with the Penn
sylvania authorities. who gave them as
many pointers as they could. The Cornell
innovation will be watched with much In
terest by outsiders If the Cornell alumni
and fraternities keep their hands of the
new system is likely to be a success. but
81 not It Will end in ruin.
II the Yale champions OF 1906 did not have
many freshman stars from which to re-
cruit the Ellis would be in d very bad way,
for they have lost by graduation and
other causes more than half of their 1903
eleven The men lost include Forbes. the
star end. Hockenberger. the center; Erwin
the guard: Veeder and Knox. halfbacks
and Morse and Roome. who alternated at
fullhaCk This leaves the line pretty near
intact. but such is the high caliber of
eral members of the freshman eleven of
1906 that more than one varsity man from
last year Is in danger of losing his posi-
ion. In Cooney, Andrus and Coy. Yale
has three freshmen who will make the regu-
lars hustle from the very start. Indeed.
some place will have to be made for these
stars because every one of them could
have made d varsity team last year.
No Change at Yale.
There will be no change In the Yale
coaching system The present system has
turned out too many championship elevens
TO merit any change now. w. F. Knox, the
star half back OF 1906. will be field coach,
with Walter Camp once more the head and
front OF the whole system. No university
has so many former graduate stars to as
sIst In the coaching as Yale. and Knox
will have regiment Of assistants this fall
II he wants them.
ticularly blessed this year because the
Quakers have lost but two members of
their 1906 eleven. These are LAvene at
left end. and Lawrence at quarterback.
This leaves the Red and Blue with the
following veterans: Scarlet, right end:
Draper and Castor. tackles. Gallagher and
Ziegler guards: Dwyar, center. Greene and
Folwen halfbaCks, and Hollenback full
back
Penn this year has better lot of re-
cruits from fast years freshman team and
substitutes tndn usual, ana II all things
work together right the Quakers ought to
have one OF their greatest teams For
IawrrnCe's position at quarter Regan. the
former Exeter star. Will have fl st con-
sheraton. This young man looked like a
second Stevenson last yea as far as in
diviGual work went. and II he develops the
headwork necessary he will hold down the
position from the start. He is one Of the
hest drop kirkrIs Penn has had since
Rruok-'s day. and in the Cornell Penn
freshman game last fall had the distinc-
ton % drop kicking goal from the fifty
three yard line. feat never accomplished
except by H-rSchb'rEer. the furme~ Chi
CagO University star, and CruwcN, the cX-
SwartHmore quarter. The coaches will have
their troubles in making use OF all the
other candidates In Pauxtis and Miller
OF thu freshman team they have two ends
who are almost OF varsity material light
now AIackin. the big freshman tackle
and fullhaCk will have to bn cared for
somewhere and tn : Will probably be in
The linz Then in tn. back field Srmcrs
and Bradley viii make strong candidates.
tt ~. very few changes in PENN
q coaching stan Turrey will one. more be
field coach. and h. will have first class
lot OF assistants. Dr. Cal Williams will
orCe more he the head ~ the advisory
board or coach : with George Brooke an
active assistant Il Is planned to have
both ~ these men devote more. time. 10 the