Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-19
". S. c. FOOTBALL
PROSPECTS BRIGHT
MANY CANDIDATES OUT AFTER
POSITIONS
New Pupils Swell Ranks of Squad ano
Coach Holmes Anticipates No
Trouble in Forming
Winning Team

the unprecedented rush of new students
at the University of Southern Califor-
mia. and judging from the carload OF
pigskin devotees which arrived at the
Methodist camp yesterday Coach
Holmes will have some difficulty in or
dering sufficient football paraphernalia
for the unlocked for crowd of team ap-
plicantsD All week pleasant surprises
in the shape of husky football players
of more or less experience have mater
ialized for studies, and when Holmes
issues his first call for candidates this
afternoon fully thirty gridiron artists,
majority of whom have won their
monographs on various academic teams,
are counted on to put In an appearance
for limbering up work.
Coach Holmes apparently had not
been looking for such an invasion of
likely candidates, and thinking it wiser
to give the men sufficient opportunity
| to get a hold on their studies, had first
scheduled the opening day for practice
on October 1. Yesterday, however, the
! fellows urged their leader so strongly
! for his consent to begin active prac-
tice that the Methodist coach finally ac-
coded and, beginning today, the candi-
dates will be allowed to practice daily
at falling on the ball, passing and
| punting.
The squad will be divided into groups
of three or more men composed of CEN
ter quarter and backs. and will be
asked to run up and down the field
with a set of simple signals to develop
their wind. Scrimnage work. how
ever, will not occur until all the men
are in good trim, to avoid as much. as
possible any chance for injury through
lack of condition.
The Methodist enthus lasts are al
ready figuring out paper teams and
have picked a first team from among
the following candidates, all of whom
are now registered and ready to COM
mence active practice For the back
| field Shute. half on last years varsity,
and Steve Clark, a good substitute on
last years squad, both players aver
aging about $50 pounds. Burek, also
a star of the first magnitude, will with
out doubt represent the varsity in the
| fullback's berth, and Is in good trim to
enter the game. For quarter several
applicants appear, most prominent
among whom stands John Almy, who
handled the quarter position on the
champion eleven of the Berkeley high
school for three successive seasons.
Many Candidates
| Other promising candidates for the
same position are Goodenow, a player
from Los Angeles high, and a man of
several years experience; Montgomery,
sub half on last seasons high school
team, is also mentioned as a probable
applicant for the job Osborn, the
crack basketball player from Whittier
college and man of splendid possibili-
ties completes the list OF quarter back
rivals.
On the line will probably be seen
George Runyon, former guard of the
played guard with Pop Wheatly, who
will try for the snapperbacks berth
Captain Haigler of course will have
little difficulty in securing a tackle po-
sition, Neil Locke, newcomer from
Riverside high, is the foremost candi-
date in sight for the remaining tackle
position, although Burek has a friend
coming from Wisconsin who is touted
as lively man for the place.
A wealth of material looms up fol
the end positions. Carpenter and Bos-
byshell, the special understudies of Ell
lott and Nicholson, last years enc
rushes, have both returned from theii
vacation haunts and will make hare
run for their old positions. Gram
Richardson, a cousin of the redoubtabl,
track man, Charlie Richardson, is 6
: newcomer this year and will try for al
end vacancy.
AS the end of the registration period
of other candidates may swell tn,
: ranks of the football squad, which will
probably number close to fifty men,
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