The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1913-10-04
RAIN PREVENTS
PRACTICE GAME
CHENEY NORMAL FOOTBALL GAME
SCHEDULED TODAY AT NEW
FIELD CALLED OFF.
First and Second Team Held Practice
Scrimmage This AfternOOn-FOrm-
idabIe Array on GridirOn.

A practice game for the varsity
football squad with the Cheney Nor
NAL school team was arranged by wire
late last night by Graduate Manager
Larson to be played on the new Idaho
| field this afternoon but owing to the
| inclemancy of the weather the con-
| test was called off this morning De,
fore the visiting team left home.
| A first and second team scrimmage
however, was substituted on the field
this afternoon and nearly every man
on the squad was given try-out 1t
| is now almost certain that Jack
| Johnson will be permitted to play
this year in all of the conference
games in spite of the fact that his
| eligibility was slightly in question
during the earlier part of the practice
this fall. With Johnson on one end
and over half a dozen candidates like
Samms, DeWald, Burlington, Keane,
Jardine and Dingle in competition for
the other end position the line turm-
inals should be two of Idaho's strong
est points this year.
Purdy, a new man from Coeur
d'Alene, is being used regularly at
quarter in the practice work and is
making a splendid showing. He is one
of the fastest men on the field and has
had lot of experience at quarter. He
ba1 ic
d'Alene high school team when that
aggregation was sweeping everything
before it few years ago. Lockhart
who played quarter during part of
last season is being used at that po-
sition on the practice field and also at
half back. He is one of the best open
field runners in the bunch and will
make good anywhere behind the line
Alexander, star end on the Boise
high school team last season, was
compelled to leave college after only
a few days work with the squad. He
was showing up nicely and will be
missed. The other Boise high men,
Hays, T. Gerlough, and Johnston are
making splendid showing, Hays
working at center and Gerlough and
Johnston in the backfield.
Groniger and Thometz, new men on
the line, are taking to the game like
ducks to water and bid fare to make
some of the veterans hustle to re-
tain their positions. Groniger is about
the fastest man in the line and his
speed combined with his 220 pounds
will make him valuable asset to the
team before the end of the season.
There is not position on the team
that can be had without formidable
competition this year. The backfield
is full of new men who are crowding
the old veterans for places and every
position on the line is the center of
the hottest competition that was sver
seen at the 'varsiy. A good buch of
men are out who have done from one
to three years work on the scrub"
team and from these lot of good
first-team material could be picked.
Idaho's line of substitutes will be the
best this year that it has ever been.
Graduate Manager Larson has been
trying for the past week to arrange
practice games with the Spokane high |
schools to be played before the 18th
on which date the Idaho team will |
meet Gonzaga but it is very probable |
that suitable arrangements for the |
contests cannot be made, owing to |
the brief time that remains before the
Gonzaga game.