Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-09-21
CLASSY ELEVEN
FOR UNIVERSITY
At Practise Many Good Men Show Up
And Maddox + Confident of
Developing stars.

The first call 20 arms az the univer-
slty yesterday afternoon brought out
some 80 odd candidates for the eleven
places on the varsity football team. In
all. there had been 80 suits issued but
as yet. number OF the men are en-
gagged in hunting rooms and otherwise
getting settled. Ny the end OF the
week. however, fully so aspirants VIII
have donned their war toys
The initial practise. which was not
unlike the next three OF -four, consist
ed OF running down punts. passing and
catching the ball After an hour Of
this sort Of thing. the men were deyid.
ed into squads Of n and drilled in max
ing and running some OF the more easy
formations. Though. as could only be
expected. the practise was only simple
aud IN fact. somewhat crude. yet IL
was sufficient TO show that several Of
the men are made Of the right stuff and
also that the coach has a powerfully
big job on his hands
You can say for me-" said coach
Maddox, as he signaled the squads
that time was up, that the situation
r. Frightening yes, the clouds are
slowly charming away"
Though there has been a score or
more Of new gridiron warriors appear
on the campus lately, they are. as yet.
BY no means an here Among those
to register late yesterday afternoon
were Ross Rosskelly. Pete" Peterson,
and Kennth Campbell. Kelley comes
from the Il. Y g.. Of Logan where. Ia
the state meet last spring he and his
l9l pounds OF avoirdupois won first in
the hurdles. BESIDES being good
track man. Kelley has won quite a
reputation as a basketball player. in
fact. he is a genuine, all-ar0und ath-
lete. Peterson, II viii be remembered.
was third best man in the 220 dash at
the last state meet. Though he weighs
156 pounds. he has plenty OF speed
with which he will try for end or
full back. Campbell won his laurels as
left half-ha on the 07 and '0s Ogden
High school teams As 20 whether he
win get into the varsity game is as
yet. unknown
Word has Just been received that
"Bill" Hunt viii be back TO school this
year Hunt has held several state
records both on the field and track
PLAYED full back on the 07 and '0s
scrub team. and delighted more
than one audience with his clever
tumbling and kicking stunts. "BilL"
no doubt, win be a strong candidate
for end
Another good man is Loell who is In
every play with plenty OF ginger and
will undoubtedly be star. Peterson
OF the q. Y c. weighs 100 pounds and
Romney. formerly Of the High school,
al the same weight. Is making n SPLEEN
did showing for half hack or end.
Horsfal Is n good drop kicker and
played on the class teams Re Is try
ing FOR position al end and un-
doubtedly VIII make good
From the practise yesterday after
noon when two teams were made up
with Maddox bossinE one hair and
''Tilly" Olson the other, Groesbeck
with his 100 pounds was IN the lineup.
The only thing apparently. that he
lacks rs moro ginger. but that viii no
doubt come when he gets further into
the spirit Of the game. Summers,
formerly with the North Denver High
though light IS good az either half or
center. and Schwcrtzer 40 pounds. IL
another good one.
So Far Coach Maddox has taken the
BOYS through open play and few line
formations
From the two teams tpe big eleven
viii boz chosen and n is confidently eN-
pccted that within three OF four days.