Imperial Valley press., 1913-09-25
Football RACES
throughout West
(By Hall Sheridan)
iWritten for the United Press.)

started, out now right down TO buSl-
ness, there is more football being
demonstrated and practiced through
out the central west today than busy
boy with moving picture camera
could lamp in week. Conference
teams get down to practice Sept 20.
and they are now at it hammer and
tongs.
Western football critics, taking
stock of the material in advance, have
it doped out that Wisconsin, Chicago
and Minnesota, in the order named,
should be played favorites for the con-
ference title Outside the conference,
Michigan and Notre Dame are GER
tain to have elevens on par with the
best in the west.
Coach Fielding H. Yost, known in
other and PALMER days as Hurry
Up-Yost" has been putting half a hum
dred huskies through severe practice.
Yost is of the modest opinion that
"they look like winner" Eight "M'
men are in the Ann Arbor squad this
season. They will be pushed for
places by twelve promising members
of last years freshman eleven. Ger
man" Schultz, Michigan's greatest
center, who showed Wisconsin line
men how to emulate the resistance of
bessemer steel on the defense and IA
inch projectile on the defense last fall,
is aiding Yost this year.
Coach Bill Juneau, of Wisconsin,,
has seventy candidates from whom to
pick his eleven. Among them is But
Ter, all-American tackle last fall
Three other eligibles this year were
picked as members Of the all-West-
ern team in 1912. The Badger line
of 1912 is almost intact, and several
of last years backfield substitutes are
available this year for regular work.
The entire first string backfield of last
year has been wiped away but the first
string subs who did grand work last
year as confidently expected to plug
the holes.
Coach Stagg, of Chicago, is well
tixed, insofar as a backfeld is con-
cerned, but he admits that the line
is not yet all that he desires. 1t is
possible that before the season is far
advanced one or two Of the men wto
are now playing in the Maroon back
field will be shifted to the line Stagg
has Captain Norgrehn and four other
veteran backs as a starter toward
building up an effective system of at
tack.
Minnesota starts the season in
great shape. Nearly every member Of
the old whirlwind, smashing 1912
eleven reported to Coach Williams,
and a squad of recruits from last
years freshman team is depended
upon to give the necessary additional
strength. The Minnesota team may
be lighter than in previous years, but
it is certainly faster.
Purdue looks to Coach Andy Smith,
who succeeded the late "Keckie" Moll,
to produce more successful team
this year. Six linemen and three
backfield veterans were in the squad
that answered Coach Smiths first
call, which leaves but two places that
must be filled by recruits. These are
talkle positions left vacant by the
graduation Of Winston and Hendrick
and believe Coach Smith, they'll he
hard to fill"
Eight veterans and a squad Of ex-
ceedingly light substitutes is the nu-
cleus about which Coach D. H. Grady.
of Northwestern, must build for 1913.
There were recruits aSplenty turned
out for first practice for Coach Grady
to see what he's up against. For
obvious reasons Northwestern is not
regarded by the critics as serious
contender FOR the conference title
Bob Zuppke, the new coach at the
university of Illinois had about the
best bet of any Of them at the start
of the season. Zuppke has one vi the
lest Ouiilelds in the conference arc
Eve Tetcran linemen on which to wy.'k
Until this year, Illinois employed the
graduate system of coaching.
II il were usual to bet this ca Y
H. the season, most any Nebraska
enthusiast would gamble few on
any other team but Nebraska right
now Coach Jumbo Steihm must de-
ve,rp almost an entire new line fro'n
raw material. Nebraska won the
Missouri con crence title last year
but only 'mr IN" men are in iii;
years squad They are baclGcld
men.
At Indiana the prospects are IN
usually l.riglt. Coach Sheldon has
his 1912 eleven intact expect for two
men who graduated. He has los "
promising material in the largest
squad which ever turned out at In
diana.
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