Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-09-01

 BEGIN WORKING
Indications Are Local Hioh Squad Will Be Light
 and Fast,

On Labor Day the curtain will de-
 scend on local baseball and on Sep
 tember l. the curtain will rise on the
 local football season. Meanwhile, the
 recruits and the last years members
 of the High school football team are
 busily rehearsing for the time when
 the season will be on in earnest The prospects for a team at the
 school this season, judging from the
 material in hand, are that it will be unusually light This handicap will
 of necessity have to be overcome by
 speed. Therefore the members of the 1913 varsity eleven have sounded
 call for all candidates to report for
 practice at once in order to develop the necessary lightness of foot.
 According to Coach Bassett a strenuous schedule has been arrang- ed and it will take considerable work to condition the men to meet it. Most of the candidates for the team this season are rather green and that is further. incentive to get an early start. ' ' is %.. .-s
 Coach Bassettt will probably re- turn on or about the tenth. Mean while several members of the last years team, and who have served sev- eral years under the tutorage of Bas- sett, will help to whip the bunch in shape until the coach makes his ap- pearance. The practice will begin about 3:30 in the afternoon on the Athletic field and all former mem bers as we'll as prospective members of the team are urged to report for an early workout. Several were out in uniform yesterday and it is hoped that a full squad will report this afternoon.
 The season is early yet and it is hard to dope out anything on the 1914 team. However, at the present time all indications point to a weak ness in the backfeld and a strong line. Of the last years regulars in the backfield there is only one who will report this season, three of them having graduated Boys who alter mated at full back with Albright last season, will be the only regulars left in the backfeld to carry the burden of the work. However, there are number of promising candidates for the positions behind the line and with hard work they will probably show class. The position of quarterback will be one of the quandar1es for the coach to solve. Sanders had no un- derstudy last season and new man will have to be developed. The can didates for the backfield positions are Toney, Bays, Howell, Hamlin, MoCoin MoGoin varsity end last year but on account of his having had more experience he will probably occupy a back posi- tion this year.
 In the line there are a number of fast men as we'll as heavy ones and this part of the team will no doubt be Bassett's forte. For the positions of ends there are two fast and clever men, B. Christopher and Williams. At center H. lMacIntyre looms up as the most promising candidate, while for the positions of guards and tackles there are a score of men, all of the same caliber and it is toss-up as to which will win the positions. Maloch, Jones, Burks, Moore, Martin and Davis are all fast, heavy men.
 In doping out the situation at this stage of the season it seems that Bas- sett will have an unusually strong defensive team with the weak spots in the attack. Of course, the lack of heavy, plunging back must be offset by fast end-circlers. Taken as whole, the material as seen al this the first of the season, looks fairly we'll, and with the bunch he has Bas- sett will probably make good show ing in the race for the cup.