Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-10-12
STRENGTH OF The VARSITY ELEvENS FOR THE PRESENT YEAR
Rebuilding of the Teams That Are Famous
in Both the East and the
West
YALE PRESENTS FORMIDABLE ARRAY
Fine Material in the Blue Squad, with the Won
derful Coy to Lead 1t on the
Field.

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sag sag to be almost certain that one of them
team M.I oe com the regular quarter Of the
mat Is hardly possible, because # Is nor
M 4 a.e policy to divide authority. The Els
as ro ~ have a. second string, who are quito
70 have t as Inc men rs st. but they do not
tba ave games or In alternate halves. In
1ohE-1n and Bingham.
In~the line 1t is probably NOT far from, g
he of t,s prediction to say that Cooney will
10 I me centre this year. He had the place
Slow B est IN f 1905 he s deemed
AT the close of the season of 1905 he was
playing better than he had at the begin
the ss oa me ne year and his experience and
IN condition this ~"ron,er Would ; tu See
Al and ms VIII pc centre of the Ellis this fail.
r ne we GUARDS. and as they were the hest
Eair Of guards who played in 1908, thew s -
iike ~, to be the best pair who Shall No e
men m lg sor ctHsn 1 they are almost ids a
was one Of the busiest men Who as nIa sea
me IN all the eastern part Of the fIn hi et
Brown and Hobbs are both TO como ~,
again for tackle. and there i 10 out
avaliaple freshman material. But ps sumo
t sna opp 70 are RE fair The latter had
AZ end Yale counts upon the ser,,to.,
spatsick The blue was Wor seiryee $50, OF
There were fas an ,n OF last season
rney Were light. and in the nlodern a.. . Out
s rnueI .ne ne, new rules 1t is better to haHa
nairic I lo9nd men II, r. they can be found. XII
Injured at West Point. H. nn5il he was
aIter thnt. Logan, who played an gia yea
year. VII be with the team ape eho ias s
c cns 1ehes undoubtedly will give him n u
speed. sAperlence and
New Coach on the Field.
howard Jones will coach Yale +h,, 49,
IN conjunction with the. usual som,S a.
voiunteers who arrive at New Haven ~
nrar M A. tn ne, they find it is posshla ~
to shaping the e ena who devote hard work
- nee as1ssned ideal for the Ellis. winch
t,, h Ir zones Is brother OF "Toan
svrs5S 9vu SHOWING which he made with ~
Is a valuable man 70 ho ,iiisS cat that he
ioothail players. His brother .TTnarge 81
6iay 20 syracuse, and When the game wis u
Il Is pr pguW zee Yale and Syracuse, While
vii be Interesting to watch VIII III, WIN, !,
70 EEL, nave done to bring their charpes
one sa Of tbe ,ne PLAYING standard.
bail squad at Yale this 81 ye he e R tSo,
Ter Camp; Jr., the son Of I tha p Met W. a.,
R rs pon and fo9tba authority He Weighs weghs
line on the a frss NIL be candidate for the
r, men the Yale eleven disbanded In g,
halls va eao1!.nniencement time thirty foot.
who were ns trrlSuted i among the PLAYERS
Use anu, accordingly, Yale men will har.
me benefit of whatever work thew NAV
naye oone during the summer Season.
Hotter Prospects, at Harvard.
Harvard football has been quite wholly
/ reorganized, thanks to the good work O,
ne hei e. Which Which was supplemented last year
j py the good coaching OF Percy Hauphton
former Harvard full back.
The first victory which had been gained
py the crimson over Yale in years served
eon n2sS,eT me Meaklings who had harpec
ing OF the Crimson players, and who hat
extended their criticism, with natura
peevishness, against football in genera
because Of the non-success Of the Harvart
4 eleven. -
L has been freely asserted that societ,
influence dominated football at Cambridge
truth IN this charge is better known By
! those VINO are most intimate with the sur
r66und I'm, Is at Cambridge, but it is certain
team, with the positive understanding thai
/ ne alone was to assume responsibility, he
succeeded IN obtaining better results from
Some Of the men who were foremost il
making football success at Cambridg
last season will not be with the team TIL
finest players who ever wore Crimson on
4 football field. Not only was he a goo
payer, put young man who is popula
the best punters that Harvard ever ha
and the team will miss his services in tina
respect. He will assist in the Joachim
this year at Cambridge
II Cutler Is not to be with the team Thu
year. He acted as quarter back in hi
senior sI term at college. His good general
In pushing Harvard to the front last sea
} Ison, and Haughton will miss him, althoug
the Crimson is said to have good quarter
back material in the freshman squad an
a in the squad of last season Still, quartz
backs are born, not made, and it may b
one Of the worries of the coming season q
8 shall be able to direct the team on tn
field as Cutler guided IT in 1905.
Changes In the Back Field.
In the back field there will be change
{ Yer Wiebe and Kennard are out of tt
team and both of them were successf,
/, last fall. 1t was Kennard who was sp
! clally substituted to kick a field goal an
= = whose accurate aim over the bar of Yale
y goal scored the only point in that conte
ana won from Harvard against Its deare
!, enemy.
Harvard as a rule has more men fro
a lWnom IL can draw for positions than ar
) university in the United States. Now Thu
= the team has been successful and has VIC
: q victory against Yale, it is the belief
, the Crimson men that there will be great,
y interest in football than there has bee
= on the part of the students in the pas
g land that it will not be such difficu
! inatter to fill the squad with first cla
!, material from the lower classes.
y It Is also fact that there will be
: large freshman class entered this We;
at Cambridge and from that there prom
= iSes to emanate much valuable footba
u material for 1910 All told, the outloc
!, for the future at Harvard is very brigh
u Corbett, Sprag que, Dunlap. Smith, TIof
X Iurd McEav IF t1pa tooy, SO Iork paJY