Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-10-08
GR|O|RoN SQUAD BUSY
DALLAS HIGHS PRACTICING
FOR GAMES THIS FALL.
French and Rudder Cooperating in
Coaching Young Athletes-Pros-
pective Contests

Football prospects at the Dalla
high school are on the upgrade, al
though a very small number of stu
dents have qualified, by the interes
they have taken in the sport, to be
come members of the squad. No
more than sixteen boys have turned
out to practice on the old college cam
pus, but those who are trying ar
a likely looking bunch, and the old
er members of the team feel thai
they will duplicate their performances
of last year and bring many laurels
home. Actual scrimmage work was
started this week, and it is possible
that the first practice game of the
season will be played this afternoon
The squad is working at certain dis
advantage because of lack of equip
ment, but this is rapidly being RENE
died by the construction of tackling
dummies and other practice necessi-
ties. Considering that this is only
the third season that an attempt has
been made to put team in the field
from the high school the results are
rather remarkable. Last year the
boys won every game played on the
home field and lost only two of those
played out of the city. Newman Den
mis- is probably the only member who
played on the original high school
eleven.
A number of the boys who are out
of high school now are lending their
best efforts toward making the pres
ent team successful one. Fred
Gooch, Melvin Cutler and Ray Boyd
ston are given especial credit for
their assistance.
j. e. French relieved himself of
much work in connection with the
county fair board and appeared on
the field on Monday evening. He i'm
mediately took a hand at the coaching
which has been carried on for two
weeks by Clarence Rudder, an exper-
fenced football player and capable
coach. French and Rudder will CO.
operate in the work and expect to
evolve a fast and snappy team from
the few who report for practice. The
team will be light one, averaging
little over 140 pounds, but with con-
sistent headwork and careful atten-
ton the boys will probably make up
for the lack of Drawn. French was
formerly a class team player at the
o. A. c. and for year was a mem
ber of the college squad. Rudder
played several years on the fast team
of the Cape Girardeau Normal school
in Missouri, where he was under the
coaching of Shuttle, one of "Hurry
Up" Yost's most efficient products.
Schultz is now coaching the Universe
ty of Missouri team, and is making
success of it. If Rudder has alb
sorbed, through Shuttle, any of Yost's
methods he will be a successful coach
for the high school. French is a
disciple of Norcross, another famous
athlete. The two men will develop a
training system and work hard at the
perfection of an eleven.
Manager Forest Martin is casting
about for opponents for the Dallas {
,oys, and considers the most prob {
,ble games to be those with Silver
on, Lebanon, McMinnville, Chemawa q
Juniors, Woodburn and the Mute
chool. Other high school teams will t
more than likely try their luck against t
he local team, but definite arrange I
nents have as yet not been made. l
Iartin and the other members of the a
cam are contemplating the forma- l.
ion of a mob to storm the board Of b
irectors with a request that they C
oard up doors and windows in the n
Id academy building which the team
ses as a dressing room. The chilly A
vening breezes cause merry dancing =
n the dressing room as they pene- v
rate through the unboarded doors
nd windows. 1t is decidedly uncom-
ortable at times, and the team thinks p
S work would be made more pleasant 81
the condition was remedied. G.
Those who, by the interest display e.
d. have proved themselves candi- a
ates for gridiron honors are Captain h
ewman Dennis, Irving Balderee, a.
arl Cutler, Bud Hart, Webster Bee ct
e, Forest Martin, Arnold Wilson, Il
aymond Wilson, Cliff Helgerson, Sc
ay Scott, Frank McCann, Edward
utler, Elmo Bennett, Ted Berg, Vir-
/ Broch and Silas Starr. The boys
re aligning themselves for the vari- s.
IS positions but the coaches have not N
efinitely placed them yet. A more OF
,mplete organization will be evident M
the boys get around to a practice Vi
.me this afternoon. The coaches are b
,nsidering enlisting a team of for re
er high school players to buck to Ia
'esent team. ..