The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-09-09
Big Squad Reports on High School
Cridiron Where Coach Reeds
is Beginning Work on
winning Machine"
LOTS OF WEIGHT
AMONG ASPIRANTS
Team Should Be Five Pounds Heav-
ier than that Of Last Year;
Managers Now Making
Season Schedule

Work has already begun on the
building up of that high school foot
ball machine that is to place Chicka
sha back on the football map of Okla
homa. Thirty men have reported for
practice so far. and there are at least
dozen more, some of thenl "huskies, "
who will be out just as soon as sup.
ply of suits and shoes can be furnish
ed for them.
Coach Reeds had he men out for the
second big practice last night, running
signals and throwing the ball. No
man was given place, the new coach
is just trying them out one place and
another, trying to find out where each
can play best
From present prospects it looks as
II there would be plenty of weight on
the team this year and Coach Reeds,
who played in fast company when he
was fullback ON the Oklahoma uni
versity team. says there is plenty OF
speed. What it takes is the working
of the eleven men down to the point
where they move as one man. That's
the task that win bsgin just as soon
as the coach begins to hand out prac-
tice berths to the sen.
One thing that is already certain
this year is that Chickasha will follow
the open play. Reeds played several
years under Bennie owen, the sensa-
ton among open-play mentors. The
new Chickasha man believes in it,
Open play and speed. that will win
against any team, he says, if you've
got enough of it. What 1t takes is a
swift plunging back field with line
that holds like wall.
No games have yet been scheduled,
but about the same list that Chickasha
has been meeting for years is to be
played, the managers of the team de-
clare Shawnee has asked for the
Thanksgiving date. the game to be
played in Shawnee. They want to
make it a permanent arrangement. a
Turkey day game between Shawnee
and Chickasha, alternating on grid
irons. The locals probably will not ac-
cept the proposition, it is stated. They
want to play the big game at home.
Among other teams that will be
played by the locals are Oklahoma
City, Mangum. CordelI, Enid, Lawton
and Norman. The latter team has but
one open date, October %. The game
will be played at Norman. Cordell is
willing to give Chickasha any date and
play the game either there or here.
Mangum also wants anything included
in October or ?, November 10 or 20,
or Thanksgiving day
Oklahoma City will have a date, the
game to be played there Enid will
contest on the local gridiron. as will
Lawton and Anadarko.
The greatest need right now, the
lads declare, is more suits. A lot OF
huskies have reported at the high
school from other towns, some OF
them with football experience. but
many of them with none. They have
the weight, and they will make val
uable additions to the squad If suits
can be secured for them at once, the
lads declare.
The men given below have reported
so far. From the weights given indi-
cations are that the team will be some
five pounds heavier than that of last
year Though there are few old men
back, others who are taking their
places have had several years expert
ence. and are declared to be already
really seasoned players. The list 50
far reporting with their weights at the
beginning of the season follows:
F Raspberry 40. P. Joice 147, d.
Luster 13s. E. Sanford 1876, b. Owens
100. N. Duncan 1sS. Williams 1856. H.
Hulen 140, L. Gardener las, w. Grit
fin 152. A Griffin 145. C. Wilson 14I,
f. Waller Isl, G. Shook 152. H. Hill
l4o. J. B. Hill 15s. NJ Jones l2o, b
stinson las. H. Norton 1873. N Dixie
man 1877. Harrison 1856, II. Hansen 145