The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-09-24
WEDDING OUT"
STAGE REACHED
Coach Greene Begins Real Work
of Developing Football
Squad.
SEVEN LETTER MEN RETURN
With This Nucleus and Prom
ising Material Outlook Is
Very Bright.
SEVEN LETTER MEN RETURN
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! West Raleigh. N. C., September "a
| For the past week the call of foot
| ball signals has echoed over the
athletic field. and the heart of every
man on the squad has beat faster at
the clash of the two opposing lines.
The several cool days have served to
put ginger and snap into the men. who
are anxious for cold weather to como
and with 1t good. hard. steady prac-
tice.
Then, too. the "weeding out" stage
has been reached. the time when the
coach. after having given the new men
a chance to show their knowledge of
the game. and their ability to play 1t,
! finds II necessary to dispense with the
young hopefuls." who left homo with
the rosy iden of making the varsity.
| While 1t is not possible. at this time,
to Indicate. with any degree of GER
tainty. the makeup of the Red and
White team this year, a brief mention
college this year. and the promising
new material. will prove interesting.
Seven Letter Diem.
Coach Greene has seven letter men
as n nucleus for new team: these
men are Seifert right end: Dunn. right
| tackle: Floyd. left guard; HURT, left
tackle; Captain Stafford. quarterback !:
Cool. right halfback. and Robertson,
! left halfbnck.
Dutch" seifest has played baseball
down on the coast all the summer,
and is already In fine shape. He
weighs 1s5 pounds and has every
| chance to hold down his old position
on the end of the right wing. as this
year Is his fourth on the team and
no mas been steadily improving every
year since his first game
| Dunn. Big Lonnie" as he is called,
right tackle. who has not played IN
the team since 1909. having been "a.
South Atlantic" tackle that season, Is
BACK In college. taking postgraduate
work in Veterinary Science. Dunn has
played two years varsity football. and
should easily regain his old position
He is the giant OF the team, standing
six feet three. and weighing around
2s5 pounds.
| mate for Dunn is both statue and
weight is Floyd, left guard the Rober-
son county boy. who stands six feet
one, and weighs 22o pounds Before
coming to A. and NJ. three years ago.
+; Floyd had never played In foot
! ball game nor seen a game played: in
f, fact. he did not know what n football
looked like until he was shown one
, by one of the members OF the team.
Floyd played conspicuous part in the
winning of the game last Thankseiy-
ing with V. p. l., being in nearly every
! play. There is no danger of play
being run over his part Of the line
and when on the offensive he never
fails to make a big opening in the OPP
posing line for the backs to go
| through
Tower of Strength.
At left tackle the Red and White
has tower of strength in HURT. who
| is the third member OF the trio OF
giants on the team. being six feet
one and half inches high, and weigh
Ing 1Sb pounds. HURT is a powerful
! man. who can be depended upon to
break up every play coming his way.
lie Is also valuable man on the Of
tense and Is drop kicker of no mean
ability.
The fact is disputed nowhere that
in Captain Stafford A. and M has
quarterback who stands second 10
none in the South Atlantic division. IN
TACT, there is no better quarterback 10
be found In the entire South than the
former Raleigh High School star. who
Is now n senior in college. He has q
cool head at all times, and is a
thorough master of the checker board
game. He calls signals in a clear
snappy voice. that serves to keep the
| 1850 ~ ~ Iue h'SHest pitch and on
the jump every minute they are on
| the field. He handles punts in good
style and is a hard man to down. He
is also good punter. Stafford is six
feet tall and weighs 165 pounds.
! Cool. right halfback. and the trusty
punter of the team. was the find" OF
last season. He came here as fresh
man with only high school experience
IN football behind him. but he was
/ quick to learn, and won place on
hrst string before he had been out on
the SQUAD week. He is a consistent
ground gamer, being fast and hard to
tackle. He weighs ITO pounds and ,s
| five feet eleven.
| Fastest Man on Team.
The fastest man on the team Is
robertson. the Virginia boy who halls
from Portsmouth, who can run ION
yards In almost ten seconds fiat. even
IL he does weigh 1870 pounds and is
SIX feot tall When he gets away he
/ Is almost sure to make touchdown
as runs of forty to seventy yards are
nothing unusual for him. He is a good
broken field runner and knows how 10
! side step.
Coach Greene Is now busy devotion.
ing man for centre, the most nromis-
Ing men for the position being Jeffreys
a former Raleigh, high star, who
weighs ITO pounds and is very fasJ
and who has been a member of the
SQUAD for the past two years; PlsIor
who tips the scales around 165, and who
played in the line as guard and tackle
IN the scrubs last year: F'etzer and
Gore, both scrub" men of last year.
are trying for this position.
| Bruner. who played centre On ~.
. Raleigh. High School team last year
ana Who was picked as "AllsSta r
Prep, School" centre. reported for
! practice Thursday afternoon. He Ia n
very capable man and viii push very