The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-04-28
COLLEGES BEGIN
FOOTBALL WORK
Eastern Universities Have Had
Candidates Out for Several
Days.
HARvARD's PLAN FAILS
Crimson Management Only One
to Cut the Spring Training Sys-
tem-Elevens All Strong.

With but a single exception every
big Eastern university. as we'll as sew
eral Western institutions, has started
preliminary football practice for the
season of 1907. Although baseball Is
lust making Its debut. the teams that
will flourish on the gridiron next fall
have already had week or two OF
practice. Harvard is the only one OF
the Eastern group that has not put
the candidates through a preliminary
workout this spring. Captain Parker.
of the Harvard eleven, has announced
that the Crimson team has abandoned
spring practice for good. Further
more, Harvard has planned to secure
the cooperation OF other Eastern uni
yersit!es to stop the practice altos
gether.
Their scheme is doomed to be a fall
ure, however, for all the other uni
versities have already completed their
for the season which does not open
until next September. nearly five
months away. The Harvard captain.
in announcing that Harvard would do
away with spring practice. intimated
that spring practice was contrary to
true amateurism. There can be no
| grounds for such belief. for spring
practice is made necessary by the new
rules.
Last Year Experimental.
The season of 1905, the first under
the new code, was simply an expert
mental season and coaches and cap
tains had no opportunity to put these
new plays into practice. that they
| have had since the rules were adopted
II is because of this fact that the
large Eastern and Western universi-
| ties of the country will indulge in 1t.
Yale, Princeton. Cornell. Pennsylva-
MIA, and Michigan have already start
ed work, and this work will. without
| doubt, aid materially in tightening
| the labors of the coaches THIS fan.
/! Plans for the 1907 coaching having
been made by every member of the
Eastern .Big Five" William Knox, OF
Pittsburg, the famous half back of last
fall. will coach the Yale team; HALL
day and Schoelkopf will Initiate the
| graduate system at Cornell; Joshua
| Crane will run things at Harvard. al
though It is predicted everywhere
that he will have a harder time OF 1t
| than his contemporaries. because OF
| the fact that Harvard will indulge IN
no spring practice. Roper Will prob
ably have charge OF the Princeton
Tigers, while Pennsylvania squad
will be uader the direction Of DR.. Tor
rey, the 1905 coach.
Pennsylvania men have been work
ing out for the past week or so under
the direction of Captain Folwell and
| Trainer Mike Murphy. Torrey being
unable to be present on account OF
| illness. The assistant coaches, "BulF'
Smith, w. N Morice. and Doctors
/ Wharton and Hedges. will take very
little part in the preliminary training
| Michigan at Work.
Coach Yost. at Michigan, has been
putting the candidates through stlft
! course of training. He Is on q still
hunt after quarter back for next
years eleven. He has had number
OF men going through the PAGES and !,
lis said that Wasmund. who played
i half back on Lafayette two years ago
has been showing up the best. He
was Ineligible for the 1905 eleven, but
Ibid good work at half back for the
Scrubs.
Yosts call for candidates at Mich.
gan has awakened the University oil
Chicago heroes, and about ten days
ago Captain De Tray led squad o.
ambitious quarters and ends onto Mar.
shall Field for spring practice Eek
ersall's term Of competition having
expired, Captain De Tray will turr
his attention. like "Hurry Up Yost
to the development Of quarter back
although 1t seems a foregone conclu
sion that Walter steffen, right hal
tback last fall, will TIT nicely into tn
lshoes Of the All-American quarter.