The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-10-06
HOW TEAMS SIZE UP
Reports of Football Conditions
at Many Big Colleges.
QUARTER, YALE'S PROBLEM
Princeton Has Good Nueleus-Opti.
mism at Harvard-chicaso Strong.
Outlook Dubious at Pennsylvania.
Cornell. Minnesota and Wisconsin.

Cornell. Minnesota and Wisconsin.
The football season of 1905 for the
big colleges of the east and west has
now begun. and from now on until the
snow flies, or later perhaps. the pig
skin chasers viii be in the llmelight-
This season was ushered in with con-
ditions less chaotic than have prevailed
at any time since the adoption of the
new rules, and the coaches of the big
elevens have something more definite
to work on. The possibilities OF the
new game are thoroughly appreciated.
and definite campaigns can be mapped
out at the start of the season.
As was to be expected. the Carlisle
Indians opened the season for the big
teams. These players are the chief
advertising medium OF the government
school at Carlisle, Pa, and as they
have little else to do besides play foot
ball they are always in good form
weeks before any other prominent
eleven.
While it is difficult to predict the
strength Of football at this early stage
of the year. the reports of conditions
at the various big universities should
prove of considerable help.
At Yale the main problem Is in de-
veloping quarter to I'LL the place OF
Tad Jones. The ends will be weak,
but the main work will be picking a
quarter. Hopkins of the freshmen
team, Bingham. second substitute on
ka T.. fyln
Andover halfback, seem to be the
strongest men at present. Captain
Burch will play right end. Haines. star
end and drop kicker OF the freshmen.
Mersereau. tackle on the same, and Lo-
gan. n sub" on the varsity. are the
most valuable candidates for left end.
For tackles Andrus and Hobbs are
the best material. Both Of these men
played on the second team all season
last year.
For guards Greenough of the fresh
men and Cooney and Goebel. last
years varsity regulars. will fight it
out for the two positions. 1t is not IN
likely that Cooney will be shifted to
center. IL he Is not. Hyde of the 1911
team Is the strongest man out for the
position.
Harvard followers are jubilant over
the large number Of men they have
from whom to pick their team men,
bers. There are fewer candidates for
the line than any other department.
The choice of first team should not
be very difficult so far as the line Is
concerned. There is Nourse for center.
Burr for one guard and Mckay for the
other. The return of Fish. tackle on
last years team. Will provide for the
/ other side of the Line. Crowley and
+ Corbett, last years freshmen ends.
with Houston. substitute in 1907. are
/ Cutler and Sprague stand as the most
promising material for quarterback.
At Princeton they are more confident
now than at this early period for sew
! eral seasons back. Enough veterans
have returned to form strong nu-
/ cleus. The Tigers are better fixed as
regards quarterback than any other
/ team. Captain Dillon is a field general
par excellence. and his experience will
! prove Of decided benefit to the team.
, Princeton will have a hard time find
! as well as Harlan did.
| PENIS football prospects received q
sad blow recently when Coach Sol
| Metzgar announced that Dexter ORA
| per would not play football this fall
! The loss of this All American tackle
| leaves an already weakened line In a
rather bad shape.
! The coaches are doing their best to
develop a strong line. and every man
! who has any size, regardless Of expert
! ence, has been given a careful tryout,
but the prospects are rather dubious.
| The outlook at Cornell Is somewhat
| discouraging. OF last years team only
four men have reported-Gardner and
Caldwell. both candidates for quarter-
back: Harris, candidate for left end,
| and Tydeman, right half.
The Chicago eleven Is just now the
most feared aggregation in the middle
west The early signs are that Chica-
go will round into championship form
sooner than any Of her rivals, eight
| members Of last years team having re-
turned The eight veterans are Cap
tain Steffen, Page, Iddings. Falk. Kel-
ly. Worthwine. Schommer and Hof-
| man.
Minnesota, according to present pros
poets, will have hard task getting
ready football team up to the stand
ard of past seasons. Only four of last
years regulars are left, the rest having
been graduated in June. among them
being Captain Shuknecht. The four
old timers who remain are Raden-
nacher. an end: Young, tackle; Moh.-
stadt- a guard. and Coughlin, who has
played at quarter. Coughlin probably
will be shifted to the back field this
season
Illinois. with nine veterans on hand.
looks good for football revival, and
the orange and blue students are pull
ing hard for clear string OF victories,
with win over Chicago as reminder
Of changed conditions to Coach Stagg.
| Wisconsin Is regarded as a dark
horse" but 1T Is said that the Badgers
will come up strong with the best
team in years. For this reason the
Chicago Wisconsin game. which closes
the western season. is regarded as one
of the big contests.
The Sickle of the Sphinx.