Omaha daily bee., 1914-09-20
Maroon Prospects This Year Said to
Be Growing Brighter as Train
ing Time Approaches.
SIX REGULARS EXPECTED BACK
Nine Old Men Reported Returned to
Play at Indiana.
BADGERS SAID TO BE STRONGEST
wisconsin VIII Have Best squad of
All Conference schools BE-
ginning Preparation
Monday.

CHICAGO. Sept 19.-The foot ball sea-
son OF 1914 in the central states Will be in
full swing with the opening Monday OF
practice among the squads OF tho Big
Nine" other leading teams having al
ready begun work.
Prospects that the University OF CHI
cnEo win have squad from which Coach
Stage win he able TO round out an eleven
capable Of defending its title as confer
ence champions have grown little
brighter as the day OF opening practice
approaches. Six Of last years regulars
are expected. led by Captain Des Jar
diens. center. The others are: Earl
Huntington, end, Paul Russell, quarter'
Laurens Shun, tackle; Lauriston Gray,
half; Denton Sparks, end. In addition to
the regulars, the following promising re-
serves. some OF whom have had brief
varsity experience. and sophomores are
expected to report for practice; Louis
Berger formerly with Wisconsin,, hall;
Phia Jackson half; Frank Whiting, CEN
ter; Richard Boyd, tackle; Walter
schafer. full; Wesley Acker, full; Ken
meth Coutchie. &C" man OF 1912, half,
and Herman Stegeman, the half-miler,
end II il possible that Butch" Seaman,
guard. also will return,
Eight Regulars Expected.
Through the loss OF Ollphant. the back
field. which brought fame to Coach Andy
Smith and Purdue last year. probably
will be weakened, but eight OF last sea-
sons regulars are expected to appear for
first practice, including Captain Herbert
o'Brien halfback and chief punter of the
team: Harry Routh, guard; Frank
Blocker, tackle Urban Turner, end; Mel
win stnchfield end; John Finn quarter;
Emerson Applegate, half, and Kenneth
Bishop. guard or center. Likely candi-
dates among the scrubs and sophomores
are: Richard Abrell. quarter; Charles
East full; Warren Van AIKEN, half; stan
! ley Eldridge, half; Charles Dixon, half;
Raymond Arbuckle. guard or tackles and
Robert Smith, tackle.
Nine regulars are coming back 10 In
diana. according to reports to Coach c.
C. Childs, including Captain Erehart,
half; A. S. Worsey, tackle; Mather Win
ters. guard John Redmon. guard; Sher~
man Mintor. guard; Arthur Krause end;
c. o. Dice, guard Fl. B. Decker. end; 1.
r Earring. half Erehart and Decker
! are expected to do the kicking. A big
| squad OF candidates with little or no
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end; Archie Erehart, half; Travis Will
Jams, full Frank Whitaker. quarter;
Paul Weiland. center; Fred Tavenor, half;
Joe Swope. quarter; Fred shenkwiler,
end f. NJ. Peckinpaugh. half; Glen Oil
plant. half; Walter Matthews. half;
Freal Mcintosh tackle; J. e. La Duron.
tackle or half w c. Glackman. end; c.
p Ernl tackle, and Vernon Burns. half.
Badgers Perhaps Strongest.
On all the conference schools, perhaps
| Wisconsin Will have the strongest squad
reporting Monday. Coach Juneau's first
string men include Ray Keller. captain
and guard; Frank Bellows quarter: Her
bert Taylor. quarter; Leo Cummings,
half; Hoy Clayton. full: Howard Buck.
tackle; Ed Stavrum. end Ed Gelein.
guard; Tom Kennedy center: Al Kes-
senich, quarter. and George Davy. full.
Bellows will be depended on for the kick
ing. In the reserves, there probably will
be found Ray McCrory quarter; John
Mitchell, guard Ray Albright center;
Arlie Mucks tackle; Paul McMaster,
guard; Harold Amber. guard George
Boothe, quarter; Weimar half; Louis
Kreuz full; Finn Giavers, full; Tony
Tomasek end; McKerill Rodolf. tackle.
Including Captain "Slooey'' Chapman
and Quarterback Pogue, Coach r. c.
Zuppke expects the following regulars to
report for practice at Illinois: Watson,
center Lansche. guard; Siebens. guard
Prutt tackle; Graves, end; Derby end /:
Armstrong, end; Pogue, quarter; schob-
niger, full; Rue, half; Carpenter half.
and Senneff, half. In Macomber and
Clark, not classed as regulars last year.
Zuppke hopes to develop capable punter
and drop kicker, while other second string
men are Squlres, end; Hackman, guard;
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