The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-09-22

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STRIVING HARD
tcoatinsed Is.oa First Page,
picked as the anccsssor Of Walter II
the backAeld
foot forward on inc gridiron this fall
is plainly evident After trying for
years to get . game with Vanderbilt.
Manager Lille succeeded In securing
two-year agreement with the Commo-
dores, and il is UP TO the Orange ana
Blue to make good Then. too. George
town. with prospects, even brighter
than last year. must be. checked For
thess reasons, il no other. every EFFORT
will be exerted TO whip team into
shape the coming season that Wall De
aole 10 cope with the best Ii the South.
If pr ssent plans carry. more Ola
stars of former years at Virginia Will
return to alma mater to assist Heaa
Coach Elliott the coming season than
ever before in the history of athletics
at the old institution. From Tenn essee
will come Bradley Walker. one OF the
heaviest backs ever In college. ana
from south Carolina w. Christie Ben't
a heady iinesman in former years. VINO
now has a brother applying for this
years eleven
The law governing the coaching OF
teams allows men other than Alumni
TO assist for q period not longer than
two weeks. This will be taken ad-
vantage of this fall The men chosen
TO come to spend fortnight with the
squad are Rop er. former head coach at
Princeton, and Kid de Saulles. a
former star at Yale Roper promised
the authorities az Virginia last spring
TO aid in developing this years elev IN.
Johnnie de Saulles. who recently mar
ried an heiress in Chile. came to this
country some weeks ago to run the
Wilson College mems campaign. with
headquarters at the Imperial In New
York City. His services will hardly
be available until after the election.
Mr.. de Sauules is a great favorfte here.
where he coached tn. Virginia team
so successfully for one season and re-
fused to accept any compensation
whatever for his services. Hs Is ex-
pected to devote his entire time to the
e quarter back in his college days.
He lays much stress upon speed. and
this is what Virginia VIII need greatly
in the Vanderbilt and Georgetown
games
Believe In speed Elliott.
In the opinion of DIR. W. A. Lam
beth, the father of athletics at Vir-
ginia. Elliott Is going to make splen-
did coach. The Missourian is q close
follower Of the game as 1t il played
to-day. and Is believed to possess the
requisite knowledge to turn out win
ming combination from the material
on hand In a conversation one day
the past week with one OF his as
sistants. Elliott was heard to remark:
There is one thing l am going to
require OF the men this year. and that
is. they have got to tackle consist
emily" Any one who remembers abili-
ty along this line when he played at
end for Virginia three years ago
notably the year the Navy was de-
feated-will understand what he 10
going to require OF tho candidates
He was perhaps the surest tackler on
the eleven that year. rarely ever miss
Ing a chance to cut down his man
Much of his time tho past week was
devoted to impressing upon the men
the Importance of hard and accurate
tackiing. On one afternoon. In fact.
q half dozen members OF the squad
were knocked out temporarily.
Under the revised rules. the neces-
sity of a heavy line Ii very apparent
And this is Just what Coach Elliott
expects to turn out. The material on
hand includes such players as former
Captain Wood, at centre; Carter. who
has no equal in the South when It
comes to smashing his way through
the line and following the ball; Jett
the raw boned Kentuckian whom KEN
per Yancey brought with him from
Sidney College: Maiden. the
aggressive 220-pounder who gained
his frst football knowledge at tho
Methodist Institution, Emory and Henry
College. where he also made quite Q
name for himself as twirler. and OF
recent years showed his an-round
ability as an athlete by his splendid
work in basketball and tennis; Wool
folk, the giant tackle from the Episco-
pal High School, who spent the past
summer in the wheat fields Of the
West; Redus. who all but made the
team las. year and will undoubtedly
be Seen In some OF the big contests
this fall: Walker. the willing worker
from LawrencevilIe: Green the 21s-
pound freshman from Georgia Tech
Jack Brown. former captain at the
Episcopal High School. and husky
looking chap.
BaekAeIA Material.
There IS also considerable end ma
teriaI-FtnIey, last years end; Nc
Donald. from the University Of Missis-
sippi; Gillette. the stocky little player
from Randolph-Macon College. where
he made quite a name for himself In
aiding his team to capture the cham
pionship OF the Eastern Division OF
virginia: and a half dozen others who.
though light. are said to be quite fast
The backfield material Is stu an
unknown quantity. One or two pro-
epective players are late In arriving.
but are expected to matriculate at an
early date. Their coming will change
the aspect OF things considerably.
sheldon. the plunging haifback from
West Texas Military Academy. Will
not arrive. haGing selected Sewanee.
Cook. the Andover lad who made such
a splendid showing on the scrubs last
fall. will be on hand He VIII, In the
opinion OF many. be ~ material for
the varsity With little more exer-
zion on his part, he could in All prop
ability have won his letter last year