Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-08-30

| III DdStUbll ana Quiet SltltS NHdl ~
has almost lost sight of the fact that
the Intercollegiate football season oil
| 1907 Is almost upon us. Within the
next three weeks football coaches
will come out from their covers ana
there will be Il gathering OF football
candidates at every college and mi
vcrsity of Importance in the country.
Many of the smaller colleges have
scheduled their first games for the
middle of September so that thry
have no time TO lose in instructing
their candidates in the rules o. the
game and conditioning them for he
big fray.
II Is extremely unlikely that any OF
the n.g university squads will hold
preliminary practice before the aec.
ond week In September. The abol
ton OF summer practice. ut least up
on an extensive scale. IL supposed
to be one OF the reforms accomplish.
cd within the last few years Al
though the general public is led To be.
lievc that the reform is very cffcc-
tive. the fact remains that almost
without exception the big universities
manage to hold some sort of prcliini
nary practice. at least for n Limited
number of their men, about which
the reading public is not informed.
At this writing II is. of course. i'm
possible to forecast with any degree
of certainty just how strong the va.
rious members of the Big Five will
be this fall. II liz easy enough to-
make canvass of the different
squads and to- learn what veterans
have hecn lost and what retained
from 1906 But the coming season IS
different from that OF last year In
1906 the Big Five for the first time
observed a rule which prevented the
competition of freshmen on all inter
collegiate teams. This compelled the
coaches to recruit their teams alto.
scther from the 1905 men who had
leen left. The elimination of the
freshmen led TO the organization of
teams for first year men with rcg,l
lar schedules and coaches. 1t was
the first time that the freshmen
eleven became an integral part OF he
football system at these universities
Freshmen from 1906.
This year in addition to The veter.
ans held over from last yea Tho
coaches Will havc the aid Of All the
freshmen players from 1906 The
freshmen will be most important
factor this fall and some OF these
youthful gridiron stars are quito like
~ TO displacc men who were veterans
last year. 1t is a wcl-known fact
that there were a good many fresh.
men in 1906 who could have made
their varsity teams in n walk lad
they been eligible.
Judging from the number Of yeler.
ans left over from 1906 Cornell ought
to he unusually strong this fall The
lthacans have lost one veteran, this
being Newman, the center. Cornell.
therefore starts the season with both
her ends. Van, Orman and Babcock;
both tackles, Cook and Brinton; both
guards, Thompson and O'R0urkc: her
quarterback, Jameson: both her half
backs. ellison and Earle; and her
fullback, Walder. The Ithacans had
splendid freshman eleven last year
and If some of these youngsters do
not displace one or more of the var
sity regulars it will cause considcra
bic surprise
Cornell this year is slightly handi-
capped because she is installing n
radically new coaching system. For
the first time corps of graduates
VIII have charge of the coaching. Tho
two men who will be responsible arc
Halliday and Schoellkopf, both forn,-
er fullbacks. The system to he en-.
pioycd mt Cornell is n duplicate of
that used by Pennsylvania with such
conspicuous success. Tho new Cor.
nell coaches had Il conference dIiring
The white with the PENNSYLVANIA ali.
'horitiGs who gave them as many
| pointers as they could. Tho Cornell
| innovation will be watched with much
Interest by outsiders. If the Cornell
alumni and fratcrnitics keen hands
off the new system is likely to be a
success, but if not II will end i'm ruin
II the 1906 Yale team did nor have
so many freshman stars from which
to recruit the Ellis would he in Il very
Lad way. for they have lost by grad.
| nation and other causes more Than
taif of their 1906 eleven. The mon
lost include Forbes, the star end !.
| Hockenberger, the center; Erwin the
| guard; Vccder and Knox halfback
and Morse and Roomc. who alternated
az fullback. This leaves the limo prot.
| w near intact. but such is the h;gh
caliber OF several members of :ho
| freshman eleven of 1906 that moe
IMAM ono varsity man from last wear
IS in danger of losing his position
In Cooney. Andrus and Gov, Yale has
thrce freshmen who will make .hc
regulars hustle from the very start
indeed some place will have 10 he
made for these stars because every
ono of them could have made var
sity team last year.
Yale Sticks TO Old System.
ihcre VIII he no change in The
Yale coaching system. The present
system has turned out too man,
championship elevcns to merit am
chnnge now w. +. Knox, the stal
haifback Of 1906. will be fled coaci
with Walter Camp once more The hcat
ana front of tho whole system. N,
university has so many former grad