Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1914-09-25
.PUNTERS AND K|CKERS
BENDER'S STRONGHOLD
Light but Scrappy Team Will Repre-
sent w. s. C.-Short on Line
Material

The consistent punting and drop
and place kicking of Bangs, Bernard
and Satterthwaite has featured the
daily workouts of Coach Bender's
Washington State College football
squad during the past few days.
These three men, while they may
not compare in the kicking depart
ment of the game with the rcuCubt-
able Young of the University of
Washington, at least assure Bender
OF the best booting material the
local school has had for several
wears. Three full teams have been
turning out nightly for scrimmage
practice and while none of the indi-
yidual players have yet scintillated
with remarkable brilliancy, the work
of the squad has convinced the side
line fans that Bender will have
well balanced, scrappy team. The
that at least two-thirds of the nearly
40 men who are turning out are
back field men, and Bender's chief
concern is building up a line that
will make holes for his speedy back
field men. In previous years w. s.
C.'s strongest fertilization has been
in the line, but the dearth This year
of heavy linemen is causing gray
hairs to sprout on the dome of the
local mentor although he smiles
with satisfaction when he speaks Of
his baekfield material.
1t is certainty that the back
field will be considerably faster and
just as aggressive as that Of last
year, which, with the better toe ar
lists, will counterbalance the pos
sibly weaker line.
The lightest team in the history OF
the college will defend the Crimson
and Gray this year against unusually
heavy oponents. w. S. c. wiki have
tie lightest team in the conference,
with the possible exception of Whit
man. The two Oregon schools and
Idaho have especially heavy teams,
Washington will, as usual, have
team averaging about 1870 and a
smashing backfield that may reach
an average of 100. Compared with
these aggregations of young giants,
the State College team will appear
snail indeed.
Never before in the history of the
institution has such an amount of
small scrappy material turned out.
Alumni who have been accustomed
in the past to huge men like Shorty
Stewart, Shorty Harter, Tom Fish
BACK, Joe Harter and Tub Laird, at
first shake their heads when they see
squad, the largest man of which Is
Ace Clark, 1911 fullback and at pres
ent candidate FOR u line position,
who tips the scales at less than 1870
pounds.
Three teams are practicing every
night now under the direction OF
coach Bender and Assistant Coach
Eddie Kienholz, and the week has
been devoted largely to scrimmage,
The two weeks spent at training
camp show their effect in the speed
and hardness Of the men and as far
as physical condition is concerned,
they are now almost in midseason
form.
There are lots of good backfiel1
men, but so far there is a dearth of
hhemen, and several fullbacks have
Deen shifted to the line. The end
ana quarterback positions are we'll
fortified, but so far the line as q
whole is very problematical.
training table has been estab-
ilshed at Ferry Hall for IS men and
'he TWO coaches.
me fight for center is narrowed
ooWn to Clark, Langdon, and John
sen The latter is a scrappy little
nan but is very light. Clark and
A-ahgdon have both had experience
a. lne position, but either might be
'hiited to guard positions. Langdon
was for two years Shorty Harter's
"'uerstudy and as a result has
learned to play the lanky Harter's
style.
halves will probably be selected
rom Bangs, Satterthwaite, Durham,
''nith' and Glenn Glover. The
quarters who are out for the field
eeherafs job are Smith, Durham,
pe'nard, Martin, and White, the lat
@ high school star from Eddie
y, team at North Yakima.
ne tullbacks at present are Hanley,
0ahe' Dietz, McCroskey, Wexler,
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