Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-15
LISTEN FOR COACHES CALL
Foot Ball Heroes Planning to Start
Training Early This Fall.
PROSPECTS AT NEBRASKA GOOD
Several Dos stars VIII ne Missing
but Plenty of New Material with
which TO Build Up n
Great Machine.

The heroes Of the college gridirons for the
fall Of 1903 will soon assemble at their
various schools to start training for a
season that promises to be as glorious as
any yet played under the revised rules.
Already many coaches have set the date
for the Inauguration Of the training cam
paign, and sent notices to all their pros
pective players to be ready on that date.
Some Of the coaches have asked their play
ers to report the first week in September.
1t is noticed this year that the coaches
OF all the larger schools, both In the east
and west, are breaking away from the
custom OF waiting until the latter part
Of September to open training. Practically
all the best colleges will be well under
way with their campaign by September
Is. In the east will this be especially true.
Yale, Harvard, Cornell. Princeton, Dart
mouth, Brown and Pennsylvania last sea-
son were late in calling the pigskin playerf
together, but this fall they will all be coll
lected by the middle OF next month, and
some will be hard at work during the first
week.
Yale at Work Early.
This desire to start the season early is
due to various causes. At Yale the sore
spots Of last fairs defeat at the hands
of Harvard have not been removed, and
the Eli players want to get to work as
soon as. possible to be ready to trim the
Crimson when the two schools meet In their
annual game. Harvard, of course, knowing
that its greatest rival is making big prep
~arations for the falls games, will not be
Contented to remain idle, and will begin
practice soon after the Yale Blue Is seen
kicking the ball around the lot.
In the case OF Princeton, 1t is the keen
longing to be up among the first -four
leaders OF the east that is sending the
Tiger players back to the foot ball CAM
sooner than usual. All alumni of the Orange
and the Black would like to have Prince.
ton defeat Yale this year, and they are
pounding at the choaches to build up ar
eleven thai will turn the trick. Princeton
has lost a Harvard game for its schedule
this year and must make it's best showing
OF the fall in the annual struggle with the
Blue.
Having secured the date with Harvard
that Princeton has been able to book II
the good old days, Cornell is anxious t
have its best strength for exhibition wher
the day OF the clash comes, so the Itha
cans will be on the grldiron in full fore,
with the rest of the early collegians.
Dartmouth and Pennsylvania have n,
particular reason for getting on the mole
skins with the first cool breezes, but tho
have heard the call of the other schools
and they can not bear to be idle when tn,
others are at work. The middle of tn,
month will find their players falling on tn,
spheroid. .
COrnhuskefs Listening Now.
In the west the Cornhuskers at Lincoln
and the rest of the schools are beginning
to rub their eyes and take a look at tn,
prospects for the season. No call has we
been officially made for bringing the Corn
huskers together but King Cole is plan
ming TO nave them all in the Capitol cit!
by September Is.
The Nebraska coach has been getting
line on the men he will heal with this fal
and he finds that he will have a nnucl
better bunch of material than he had fig
ured on last spring. Nebraska lost severa
good men by graduation this year and tn,
outlook is not as bright as it was las
season when fourteen veterans returned
for training under Coach Cole. There pres
ent Indications are, though, that there will
be seven or eight of last years letter mel
on hand, and these, with the large amour