The Washington herald., 1915-09-12
FIXED
FOR COMING YEAR
Graduation Last June Did Not
Affect Eleven of New
York University.
FRESHMEN ARE GOOD

| New York. Sept. 11.-Syracuse ism,
perturbed over the fact that it's 1914
eleven was scattered to the four winds
by the Junetime graduation. Why
moan over the loss Of merely good
men when infinitely better men have
risen up to take their places? That's
| the way they feel at Syracuse.
Sophomores will predominant in the
! 1915 Syracuse lineup-but those soph-
omores probably will develop into real
| stars before the season is over. The
Syracuse freshmen eleven last year
was a whirlwind outfit, and every one
of the men who made up the team
promised to hustle the 1eft-overs from
| last varsity for the jobs on the big
| team this year.
Syracuse lost nine Of its 1914 reg
ulars. Their departure has left seven
| teen first and second string men from
last fall. seven of which played in
the majority of the games in whicn
Syracuse figured last year. These
seventeen have reported to Coacn
Frank O'Neil. together with about
twenty-five players from last years
freshmen team, giving O'Neil a squad
of over forty from which to select
his 1915 team.
bunch of candidates since I have been
in Syracuse" said O'Neil. Last year
my big job was to find good men. This
year the job is to figure out how
can play all the good men. And the
best part of 1t all Is that the best
looking players are the newcomers,
which means that Syracuse ought to
have a good team for the next three
years to come.
and the star halfback of 1914, is sure
nf his old inh af of hal
son. the heaviest scorer for the Orange
last year. and a booster of exceptional
ability. will team up with Rose at
the other backfield position. Newberry,
a 190-pounder, who played a sensa-
tional game at full back for the
freshmen last year. is repeating in
practise sessions, and may nose out
the 1914 substitutes who are waging
a merry battle for the other job back
of the line. Slater. who played a fine
game in the backfield before he broke
his leg last fall. OConnell, Shultz. ana
Wakefield. are the most prominent
among the other backfield candidates.
Rafter, substitute and quarterback
In 1914. Is out for a regular job this
year, but Meehan and Huyk, who
played the pivot position on the fresh
men eleven last year, are showing up
wonderfully well. If Rafter lands the
of his cider head and greater football
experience.
Schlater, 24o pounds. and White.
$50 pounds. who came from New York
City. and who were the "Stonewall
Pair with the freshies last year. are
sure of guard positions. Johnson. a
fast. husky youth from North Dakota,
is making a great fight for one of the
tackle positions. and probably will
land. Trigg. WILDER. Smithson. and
Neisner are the most prominent
among the candidates for the other
positions at tackle.
O'Neil will have to develop a CEN
ter from among the rockies" His
regular center in 1914 and all the sub
stitute centers are gone. Boutin. VINO
played center for the Dartmouth
Freshman two years ago. and for the !
Syracuse freshmen last year. proba bly, |
will be the man to succeed Shufelt a. |
the passing job.
Travis. who showed up fairly &ell |
at the end of last year. is out to sue
ceed himself. But he's having a real |
fight. There are seven candidates for |
the end positions. in addition to Travis |
and four of them Braney. Dunn. Nc
and Gilmore. are showing /
up wonderfully we'll.
One thing is certain-no matter
what men are selected by O'Neil for
the regular team, he will have a sec
ond team of great power-a second
eleven that probably will rank aloag-
side of the first eleven.
And a coach who is So fortified is
a coach whose team must be feared |
by all its enemies.