The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-10-09
REBUILDING OF THE TEAMS THAT ARE FAMOUS
In BOTH THE EAST AND THE
WEST
YALE PRESENTS A FORMIDABLE ARRAY
Fine Material to Make Up the Blue Squad With the Wonder
ful Coy to Lead It on the
Field


slow. Biddle fought him out Of 1t. Al
the close Of the season Of 1908 he was
playing better than he had at the begin
ming of the year, and his experience and
the 1act that be had been careful to keeT
70 condtrl0n this summer would indicate
that be Will be center of the Ellis this fall
Andrus and Goebel are almost sure To
De the guards, and as they were the best
likely to be the best pair who shall play
| In 1909. Conformity they are almost idea
men for the place. Andrus last season
was one OF the busiest men who played or
States.
Brown and Hobbs are both to come out
again for tackle, and there is some avail
able freshmen material. But Brown and
Hobbs are fair. The latter had q tendency
TO be injured last season, but may have
better luck this year.
AZ end Yale counts upon the services OF
fitzpatrick. The blue was worried about
the end problem all of last season.
There were fast men on the team, but
they were light, aud In the modern game
fast, heavy men if they can be found. Xii
patrick looked like an ideal until he was
| injured at West Point. He never played
after that. Logan, who played end last
the coaches undoubtedly will give him q
chance because of hts experience and
speed.
New Coach on the Field.
Howard Jones will coach Yale this year
In conjunction with the usual squad Ct
volunteers who arrive at New Haven the
moment that they find 1t is possible Ia
spare the time and who devote hard work
70 shaping the eleven to n standard which
rs deemed ideal for the Ellis.
This Jones Is a brother of Tad" and
the good showing which he made with the
syracuse eleven last year indicates that be
valuable man to have in charge OF
football players. His brother TAD viii
go 20 Syracuse, and when the game Is
played between Yale and Syracuse while
II II probable shat the Ellis will win, II
Will be interesting to watch what the
brothers have done to bring their charges
TO a successful playing standard.
One OF the members of the entering foot
ball squad at Yale this year will be Wal
ter camp, Jr., the son of the veteran play
err and football authority. He weighs 19a
pounds and will be candidate for the
line on the freshmen team.
When the Yale eleven disbanded last
June at commencement time thirty foot
balls were distributed among the PLAYERS.
VINO were instructed to go forth and prac-
nce' ana accordingly, Yale men will have
the benfit Of whatever work they may have
done during the summer season
Better Prospects at Harvard.
Harvard football has been quite wholly
reorganiEed, thanks to the good work of
seid, which was supplemented last year
Dy tne good coaching of Percy Haughton a
former Harvard full back
The first victory which had been gained
ny the crimson over Yale in years served
60 bolster the weaklings, who had harned
constantly at Harvard on the poor showing
OF the Crimson players, and who had ex-
tended their criticism, with natural peev-
lsnness, against football in general because
OF III the non-suecess Of the Harvard eleven,
Ioday there Is more healthy football SEN
timent at Cambridge than there had been
Tor long time, and there Is likely to be
more OF 1t as the sport progresses under
tne direction OF those who now have it in
1t has been freely asserted that society
lnnuence dominated football at Cambridge
20 It's detriment Whether there is any
truth in this charge Is better known bv
those who are most intimate with fine s11r
roundlngs at Cambridge but lit is certain
tnat when Haughton took charge of the
Team; with the positive understa; ding that
ne alone was to assume responsibility, he
succeeded In obtaining better results from
inc lootoaH squad than his predecessors.
some Of the men who were foremost in
inaktng IoorDaIl success at Cambridge
last season will not be with the team this
year, One of them is Burr one of the
n n players who ever wore Crimson on a
IqotoaH neld. Not only was he a good
player; bur young man who Is popular
with his acquaintances He was one Of
the pest punteTs that Harvard ever had
T Saa sne team viii miss his services IN that
this year at Cambridge
Cutler is not to be with the team this
year. He acted, as quarter back in his
senior sem Term at college. His good general
snip and cool head were prominent factors
In pushing Harvard to the front last season
anu daugnIon VIII miss him, although the
crimson y said to have good quarterback
HidlSEiaA IN the freshman SQUAD and in the
squad Of last season. Still, quarterba cks
are born, not made, and it may be one az
S Ene worries Of the coming season at Cam
p prio lf, VIII 3e TO secure man who shall
PC aDie 10 direct the team on the field as
Cutler guided 1t In 1908.
Changes in the Back Field.
In the back field there win be changes
Yer Wtebe and Kennard are out of the Tenn
ana both OF them were successful last fall
tuted to kick a field goal and whosa ~
curate aim over the bar of Yale's goal
scored the only point in that contest and
WS No Tor harvard e against Its dearest enemy.
Nourse IS ineligible for the team OF 1908
! ana tnereby Harvard loses a center who
was selected by some for the all-American
center Or the team OF 1908.
win all these vacancies to he Allied
Haughton Is not discouraged, because he
mas plenty OF material coming Ia his as.
slstance from the freshman class of 1908.
LANYARD as rule has more men from
WnOm it can draw for positions than any
university In the United States Now that
the team has been successful and has won
az Victory c' against Yale, It Is the belief OF
the crimson men that there will be greater
interest in football than there has heen
on the part Of the students In the past.
ana that II VIII not be such a difficult
$500 " III the squad with FIRST class
malerlai from the lower classes.
1t is also a fact that there viii he n
large freshman class entered THIS wear
~ Cambridge and from that there prom
ises 70 emanate much valuable football
material for 1910 All told. the outlook III
the future at Harvard is very bright,
gorpeft Sprague, Dunlap, Smith Hoar
ana mckay OF the teams of last fall, it Is
reported, viii be with the eleven this wear.
and from this nucleus Haughton will build
for the season to come
1T must not be forgotten thaf EarvorS
mas one OF the great tackles OF the grid
IRON In Hamilton Fish, jr captain for
lSO9, and 1t Is certain that he will he \
better football player this fall than last.
his energy and spirit win do much to put
the crimson on successful footing. al
though naturally II Ia q little difficult
70 predict anything with accuracy FOR the
crimson IN view OF the fact that IL Is ont
ot the question to know Just what amount
q Ieam work Haughton VIII be able to
incnlcate during the time that he has the
players In charge this fall,
the squad In general at Cambridge looks
very promising The best Youngsters seen
for the ends are r. deH Houston Of the
varsity squad last fall: X. d. Paine. 4
freshman end last year. and RI a Rogers
special student, who was unable to pIay
last fall because of academic (9ifflcuIfips
but who II fast man. or the guards. q
3, West who made his sHv in the Yale
RI. !. Fisher, of the freshmen team last
fall. and w. X. Blodgett OF the second
team are the men upon whom the coaches
will have to build most OF their hopes.
For the tackle position, Fl D. Hunting
last fall, seems to be the most promising
candidate, while there are several good
men out for quarter back, GaIattf OF the
varsity squad last fall; hi P Pierce who
PLAYED half back On the freshman team,