The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-09-07
FOOTBALL ME|N TO
START WORK OCT. IS
Varsity Candidates VIII Be
Out One Week From
Tomorrow.
MATERIAL LOOKS GOOD
First Game VIII Probably Be
October IL; Lieut.. Nelly
Will Coach Freshmen.

One week from tomorrow the thud of
the boot against the pigskin will DC
heard and tackling dummies and charg-
ing machines will be pressed into serv-
Ice when the candidates for the 1918
football team of the University Of Utah
appear on Cummings field for their
first practice Of the season.
Baseball Will be entirely forgotten
and the football athletes will devote
their entire attention to acquaintine
themselves with the slight changes In
rules for this year.
The university officially opens next
Thursday, but during the week regis
tration will take place and Coach Ben
nion will assemble many. of his candi'
dates for a few preliminary instrucc--
tions, although no regular practice will
be held Almost all of the football
men are expected to arrive in Salt
Lake this week so that the season will
start week from Monday in full force.
Many of the men will give up good jobs
which they have held during the sum-
mer and some of them will leave the
semi professional baseball teams of the
state on which they have been playing
Lieutenant Nelly to Assist.
Lieutenant Fl. NJ. Nelly, head coach
of West Point in 1908 and since that
time prominent in football circles
as head coach Of the freshmen athletics
at the state institution at recent
meeting of the athletic council Of the
university. Lieutenant Nelly will
have complete charge OF tho freshmen
eleven and will also assist in helping
Coach Bennion with the varsity team
Lieutenant Nelly has been coach of
tho University of Virginia team and
was an official in the Dartmouth Prince
last fall He was again asked to ref
cree the Princeton Dartmouth games
this fall but had to decline because of
his official Connection with the Unlyer-
sity of Utah. Before accepting the
position as head coach Of freshmen ath-
letics for the university, Lieutenant
Nelly was asked to referee the game
which the, university will play with
Colorado college at Colorado Springs
this fall, but his connection with the
university now will not allow him to
do this He was at one time mem
Der of the football rules committee. To
assist him with the freshmen athletics,
Lieutenant Nelly will have Tommy
Fitzpatrick, last years. selection for
all Rock mountain quarterback. With
the aid of the two coaches this year it
is almost assured that even better ma
terial than has heretofore been turned
out from the freshmen class Will be
made available for the varsity team
Adopt Yale Method.
Beginning this year and each year
following, the freshmen aggregation
will be given the best coaching pos
sible and every effort will be made to
develop the men in all departments of
the game with the end in view to hav-
ing experienced men for the varsity
teams each year. In this way the var
sity will be brought to a much higher
standard Of excellence and should be
much stronger than ever before
-Four good fotball prospects will en-
ter the university this year in Jim
Fagen, who played football and base.
ball at the University of Indiana last
year Bert Howell, also Of the Univer-
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