New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-09-07
Seventy.one Candidates Have
Registered for Effort to
Make Eleven.
MANY VETERANS AVAILABLE
Ithacans Believe That Dr..
Sharpe's System of Coach
ing Will Evolve Win
ming Team.
tBy Telegraph 20 The Tribune. J

Ithaca. y. Y. Sept 6.-Candidates for
the Cornell football eleven will report for
practice on Wednesday to get in condition
for the opening game of the season on
September q.
DIR. Al. H. Sharpe. coach OF the team
has arrived from his summer camp at
Chautauaua and will be ready TO begin
work at once. with the help of Dan Reed
and Ray Van Orman
Taken as whole. the 1912 football sea-
son was considered more or less Of n fail-
ure by outside men. but to Cornell under-
graduates and alumni IL was really a sue
cess. With the inauguration OF new sys-
fem of coaching came series Of ups and
downs and general revision of the old
football formerly taught Cornell teams. 50
that when the time for the PennsylVania
game rolled around the Ithacans jour
neyed to Philadelphia with squad that
knew football The way the team played
on Thanksgiving Day was revelation
and. I'm spite ~ the losing score. Cornell
men saw the awakening OF a new football
spirit.
It was generally known a year ago that
the development Of new coaching sys-
ten under the direction OF DR.. sharpe
would not bring material results In the
first season. and. despite a long string OF
defeats. hope was kept kindled by the
prospects for 1913. To build football rep
utation and establish a system such as
DIR. Sharpe proposed required thorough
understa nding and familiarity on the par
Of the officials with the material available
Now DR.. Sharpe knows his men and his
position is iXed
With fourteen Of last years squad ready
TO report and with Captain James )
NUNS on the field. and with many re-
cruits available from the strong freshman
team. indications point toward fulhl'
n,ent OF the hopes which were the onlJ
satisfying results Of last years work
Scventy-one candidates already have reg
istered. and by the first game DR.. Sharpe
hopes 10 have strong eleven on the grid
iron.
The 1913 varsity schedule gives promise
Of many good games which will put Cor
nell in excellent form TO play Pennsyiva'
MIA at the end OF the season. Vacancies
left by New York University, Penn state
Williams, Dartmouth and Washington
and Jefferson have been filled BY carlisle
Harvard. Lafayette. Pittsburgh and Ir'
sinus. The substitution of these teams ioi
those whose contract expired last ycai
gives Cornell the hardest schedule she has
had for many years. Urslnus opens th'
season at Ithaca on September ~
Cantain Jimmy Munns, who has been q
consistent player at tackle and guard ioi
the last two years. VIII be iorinidaoi'
mai in the line. lie is, moreover. hare
orker, and by his ability AZ leadei
will keep his team on eoge. McCutcheon
and Williams, who alternated at centre
last season, will DO back, but VIII have u
work hard, as a man from the freshman
team by the name Of Cool bids fair "a
make a strong bid. The guards should be
particularly strong with such men ~
Carey, McKenna, Collyer, Munns ano
Munsick. A good deal Is expected oil
Carey
Perhaps even better material is 10 %
found in the candidates for tackle
O'Hearn. the star Of Last wears varsity
and noted for his speed and hard tackiihb
Davidson, a former Hin School man. MAI
Iory, a big. rangy fellow, who would have
done better work last year II MS collar
hone had not been broken early IN the
season; Williamson, Lair and Gilman
are about all that could be wanted
Gilman was member Of last year
freshman team and crew. and at the enc
NJ the wear was made commodore Of Tho
navy. II is hoped that his crew work vii
not interfere with football. as he woulc
make an excellent man for the line.
Plenty OF material has been left from
the 1912 squad for the ends. Rees' Lautz
Mehaffey and Shelton are the most prom
ising candidates. The last named comes
from the freshman team and VIII prove
strong rival for the other three.
Most Of the regulars In the oachhelc
will return Taber. Buffers understudy
should prove an able successor 10 th'
last years captain. Others out for quar-
terback ere Brooks, A member OF th'
iunior varsity crew, Collins. captain Of
the 1916 eleven, and Barrett. The las
named IL a promising candidate from the
freshman team. and as soon as his play
ing becomes consistent DR.. Sharpe vii
use him in punting and place kicking
Fritz, Phillippi and Mcillvaine. as half
backs from last years squad, will nc
doubt make an especially fast backiield Il
their injuries from last season do no
interfere.