Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1907-09-22
eNEW rule MAY
WORK HARDSHIP
sOPHS AND JUNIORS ONLY ARE
ELIGIBLE OWING TO FOUR
YEAR RULE.

ward with some misgivings to the APP
proach of the gridiron season, for
this fall the reform legislation of the
western conference will hit the ma
jority of the former big nine" teams
full force, and the coaches fiud the
supply of available men for the teams
cut down just about one-half. For
the first time in western football his
tory only sophomores and juniors
will be eligible for places on the
teams, owing to the four-year rule,
which the conference has enforced
this year, and this leaves many good
players, now seniors, on the side
lines. The Undergraduates became
fairly accustomed to the lack of
freshmen in the games last season,
but they put off the evil day wherein
they must realize the deprivation OF
the seniors, and now that it is upon
them they grieve sorely.
Notwithstanding the handicap, the
coaches of the various teams are
mentally arranging their forces and
they hope for the best. Coach Alon-
20 H. Stage of the University of Chi
cago says that he has little idea how
his team will shape up, but with a
few first class men remaining as a
nucleus the others may be worked
up into form more easily. He has
two veteran halves in Captain De
Tray and Harold Iddings, and there
are a number Of prospective backs
of good ability, chief of whom is Iay-
lor. who has speed enough to play at
end with advantage. The quarter
back position left vacant by Walter
Eckersall will probably fall to the lot
of Waiter Steffen.
The Maroon team will have a large
number of new plays to master this
season, for after the game with Min
nesota last fall, Coach Stage still had
several left over which he had not
brought into use, and for the past
month he has been doping out more
manoeuvers calculated to worry an
opposing team. He is confident of
! ,formuiating plan of offense and de-
lfense before practice begins on Sep
TENDER 90, that will insure a string
of victories for Chicago Captain De
Tray is as confident of the success of
these new plays, but both he and his
men will find the task of mastering
the details Of each far from easy.
Signals for 100 or more different
plays must be well studied, lest they
be confused and bring woe instead OF
triumph to an eleven.
However uncertain the outlook is
at Chicago, the football men of the
University of Wisconsin feel conf
dent OF victorious season. The
Badger team will again be coached
by DR.. c. P. Hutchins, who returned
recently from the east, and he will
have as an assistant a man who is as
yet unknown to the undergraduates
but who is said to be well-knowr
football star. All but four OF last
years team will return to college
and all will be available this fall Il
two or three of them work off theil
study conditions successfully. Thu
official training, as allowed by thu
conference rules, viii begin on Sep
TENDER 20, but several of the mel
who have been attending the summe
school have been training on thei
own hook and will be in good trim
when they get out to fall on the pig
skin. The first game of the Badgers
season will be played on October q
with the University of Illinois.
Illinois, by the way, will very like
= ly produce speedy team this year
The alumni has decide dto get t
work and help in the coaching lin
this year in order to try and get on
team better than the rather med
ocre eleven which has represente
the Blue and Orange during the pas
Two SeaSOuS. AIllS I1dAl, "a Ava NV
captain OF the team and one Of til
four coaches who turned out tn
strong team in 1904, will be tn
head coach, and his permanent al
sistant will be Jus Lindgren. Ais
Hall expects many of the alumni
descend upon the practice field befoI
the first game with Chicago, on o.
tober 10, and give their advice to tn
players. There is much interest fe
in the game with Chicago. for 1t wi
be the first time that the Marco
players have appeared at Urbaua stint
1897. when Chicago won. Is to l
coach Hall is confident that this ye;
N1e will be able to give Stages me
an even closer rub if he is not alb
to conquer them.
STARS LEAVE YALE.
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