The Detroit times., 1913-10-30
Armstrong, of Grand Rapids,
Guard, is the Only Man Serv-
ing His First Year
CASTLES KICKS AND
RUNS WILL FEATURE
Gang of 80 Will Arrive in De-
troit for Preliminary Practice
Drill Friday

O'Neill will have a veteran team on
the field when the Orange lines up
against the Michigan eleven Satur-
day. Just one player. Richard Arm
strong, the husky right guard, Is the
only warrior who has not been
through season on some varsity
eleven and he had a year Of seasoning
at centre on the Freshman eleven IN
1913.
Armstrong who halls from Grand
Rapids, Mich. weighs 225 pounds ana
he has a brilliant future ahead OF
him in the football world according 10
football experts who have been foi-
lowing his work this year. HE 10
powerful man on the defense and he
opens wide holes for his backfeld
men when on the ofiense.
Coach O'Neill is optimistic OF the
result and followers OF the team here
are backing their team heavily 10
down Yost . eleven.
O'Neill and his assistants have
been grooming Lew Castle. the star
right halfback in punting and II Is
probable that the Syracuse team Will
resort TO kicking game II they nnd
It difficult TO make gains through or
around the line. Castle Is probably
the best punter in the East today.
His kicks average we'll over so yards
and he gets his spirals away so fast
that there is little chance OF any be-
ing blocked. In the Western Reserve
game here last Saturday Castle ave-
ragged fifty-five yards and he was fore
ed to hurry away many OF his boots.
II Is more than likely that Castle will
earn a place on one OF Walter Camp 8
mythical All-American elevens be-
cause of his kicking and brilliant
running in the open field.
The Orange backfield Is heavy and
| fast. The quartet averages l6S
pounds. Forsyth. the fullback. tips
the beams at $50 pounds and Rose,
the left halfback weighs like
amount. Castle, right halfback
weighs 166 pounds. while Seymour
weighs 145 pounds.
The line averages $50 pounds and
when Babe" White. the giant man
OF the squad. takes Rabbits place
at left guard. the average goes well
over the $50 mark. Babbitt weighs
$50 pounds while White tips the team
at $50 pounds and is 8 feet inches
tall He Is q powerful giant and Tom
Keane. the track coach hopes to make
wonderful weight man out OF him
Farber and Robbins, the ends, weigh
las and 172 pounds respectively. al
though Ed. Brown. who became eligi
BILE this week. may replace Farber
Brown weighs 172 pounds but he has
been away from the team for several
weeks.
Propst. last years captain and who
earned a place on Walter Camps
second eleven, holds down right
tackle. He was miner in Pennsyl
vania before he came to Syracuse and
he Is a fighter. He weighs 1856 pounds
and is 8 feet tall. His partner on
the other side of the line Is Captain
Hilhnger. The team leader Is a crew
man and weighs 181 pounds and il an
inch and half over the six-foot
mark. The first string guards are
Armstrong and Rabbit. Shufelt the
center. weighs III pounds, and he
was a halfback last year when the
Orange faced the Ann Arbor aggre-
CATION.
The team Is we'll equipped with sub
stitutes and 1t is expected that the
management will take 30 men to
Michigan for the contest Saturday.
Coach O'Neill has planned several
trick formations to spring on Yost's
men II the team Is unable to make
gains by means Of straight football.
So far this season the eleven has
tried but five forward passes and two
OF these plays we're completed. Sc
cret practice is being INDUCED in all
this week by the local team.
The squad will leave here Thurs.
day night and will stop at the Hotel
Cadillac In Detroit Friday. They will
run through signals to timber up at
Detroit on Friday afternoon and will
Journey to Ann Arbor Saturday morn.
ing