The Detroit times., 1911-09-16
FOOTBALL HUsKIES
GET DOWN TO
REAL WORK
Prospects for Strong Detroit Teams
This Year Are Bright, Especially at
Central High School and the
University Of Detroit.
Coaches Campbell, Of University, and
Matthews, Of Western High, Pick
Tentative Teams for First Time.
81 RALPH 4. YoNKER.

Tho FOOTBALL huskies have dragged
F their moleskins from their lockers.
4 The shin guards and nose protectors
/ md shoulder pads. and the braces and
1 bands. the old stockings with the
/ holes In the heels and no toes at all,
/ the stiff cheated shoes-they have pull
I "a them all out Of the cubby-holes
/ Hhere they have been stored since
/ last November and everybody from
head coach to last sub Is busy per
<ecting the 1912 football machines.
Prospects for strong teams In De
iroit are good, especially at Central
High school Coach Stocking has had
haif-century OF athletes out regu-
Iarly trying for places on his squad.
Seven OF his old men are back ana
plenty OF material 10 being found
among the new corners to NIL up the
broken ranks. Coach Stocking 10 be-
1 ing aided In whipping his men into
shape BY Assistant Coach Ed Steimie.
III the Ypsilanti Normal.
At the Eastern and Western Highs
prospects are not so rosy. Inc indi-
ans have only about enough players
for two teams, the varsity and the
scrubs. but there will be q night ior
places. They are greatly elated over
D chance to meet the Centrai Hlgn
and will put forward their best enorts
10 defeat the "Hippos." Coach Wuest
hon and Capt. Weeks are paving par
ficular attention to their Dacknelu
which they think Is going TO De very
Fast.
al the western High there is
IT 1. - IN.
INT the Youngsters are all light. Only
80 81 last years men are back and
Coach Matthews must develop an en-
<;rei,, new machine. II is very pos
eible that the "fourbacks" system OF
oIfense will be used by the COWBOYS
entirely.
AZ the University OF Detroit new
ZACH Il takiag charge Of the i 9,
ball destiny OF the institution.
new man is ROYAL K Camppeh.
efnducte OF Alma college ne Was
Dhysicol direcsor al the Owosso peb,
lie schools lest year and made goou
there. Previous TO that time ne Was
efnr athlete at Alma college. lie
learned football under Coach Harper,
now CT Wabash. whom the michigan
Agricultural college wanted 10 get
last year.
He has only six OF. his old men
back. number OF big holes being
leff IN his lineup. but there Is large
supply OF raw material and Campoeh
expects to turn out fast bunch 70
represent the university.
At the Detroit University school,,
nothing has been done as yet In pre-
paration for the season. The Doys
return to school Monday and Coach
frye win get busy Immediately IN
tuning up his gridiron engine. Prac-
<Ice ecrimmages between the U. 81 ~.
and b. u g., will be begun the lat
Der part of next week
At Ann Arbor, Capt. Conklin Ia al
ready on the ground. waiting to greet
the warriors as they come to the Uni
versity and Coach Yost il expected to-
day. As soon as the men begin to
arrive they win be shunted out to
rYhitmore lake where early practice
viii be INDUCED In. Capt. Conklin is
optimistic over Michigan's chances
this year with the big teams Of the
west and east Coach Yost also feels
that the Maize and Blue Ii going 70
be strong on the checkered field this
season. The first practice will begin
AZ Whitmore Lake. Tuesday.
Coach Campbell OF the Jefferson-st
boys and Matthews OF the Western
high both picked tentative elevens,
Friday night, for the first time.
The university bunch looked like
this: Kelly. re: Stott. le; Fitzgerald.
Capt.. TT; Andres, II; vaulking. re;
Wilkinson. lg; Martz. c; McQuillen,
oh: Dalton, 10: Harbrecht. RI; Prem
dergast. III, On the second team were
the following. 0reening re: Nowakow.
1ki. le; O'Brien, TT: Packowsld, II;
Yohoy, re-: Brennan, L.; Fisher, c:
Purcell. Qb: Mcnamara, RI; Marslxi,
N. DeCoster. 10.
The men whom Coach Matthews set
IN action were stationed this way: @.
Smith. re-: Curtis, le: Emmons, TT:
Douglass. II: Das, re; Prosak, lg: Fer
rand. o; Sherman. qb; Beceleare, RI:
Bedford. n; Nolan and Dill. 10. with
Is present personnel the team aver
ages about 1876 pounds.
The work arranged this season for
ne y. OF D. includes seven hard games
with the leading minor colleges OF
Michigan and one In Chicago. A game