The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-09-20
1915 Prospect Brighter Than
Any Year IN Football His
tory Of Big Western
Scheol.


/; The team that turns In better
record than NinnesoEa is the team
| thst win win the championship Of the
west
that's What the knowing footballing
persons II the Mississippi river dis
tIict tell you-~and they seem to be
quite correct n their assertions.
Minnesota's 1915 prospects are much
! brighter than those ol any Minnesota
gsleveu IN many years. It has an al
most complete team Of veterans to
! mt Tito battle, and among those vet.
Grams II has chap named Scion, who
vias called "Whofe football team in
liDsAlf" BY no less an authority than
Hob Zuppke, coach Of the Illinois
champioas.
eoloD II the player who has made
the Mipnesotians Of the present and
past tSf1et every other star that ever
dapns4 Gopher molesdn--a player
superb. peerless
bolsn hiss played on the lins-and
phys4 ewe9dATful same. Two years
ago he was an end-and was an unani.
NOUS all.western selection. Last year
he played In the backheld, and once
again he made the all-western team.
Scion . Wonder.
:. Scion hits line with Z power that
seems even more crushing than that
Of Heston's in the old Michigan days.
And when he hits he goes through for
huge gains. No line has ever been
able to throw him back for consistent
losses He runs ends with the heet-
ct Of Mahan, and he never has had
a equal al a tackle dodger. He
starts At full speed aud even after he
n thrown he has Z trick Of adding
two 70 AVE- yards more to his run
BY his twisting and squirming. De-
fsnsively, he Is just as wonderful
On All-round marvellous football ma
chine. driven by q set Of brains such
a. few. tootbAllers In the east or west
possess e....
Solon viii have quite a bit Of as
aiotancs In hiA tight to make Mime.
sofa supreme IN the western football
world this year. Seven Of his mates
Of last year are back and all are sure
Of again making the varsity team.
Tewnley and Mayer. the regular
tackles last year. will BE- regulars. So
VIII be Ouist and Boston, the great
en4s az 1914: Bierman. one Of the star
giant guard.
- Only Four Regulars Gone.
Dr. Williams, coach OF the Gophers,
will have to and center to take the
place OF Rosenthal. captain Of last
years team, guard to replace the
graduated Dunnigan, a quarterback in
place Of Erdall and halfback to fill
the gap left by Hamilton. who has
left the university: But the task does
not seem dificult
Haedge, Arst substitute quarterback
last year, Is a great player and seems
able enough to fill Erdall's empty
boots. Long, . sophomore, is also
chewing UP we'll. Hauser, the star
tackle on last years freshman eleven,
seems OF varsity caNbre He's big
and husky and probably will be con-
verted into a guard.
There are four likely looking can.
.di3Ates, for the centering job and no
trouble is expected in finding a sue.
cessor for the Observation-Disclosures
Hosenthal {
weyman. Ballentyne and Klesman-
all. Of them stars Of exceeding bril-
liancy in their freshman days-are the
candidates for the other halfback po-
sition. Kleffnnan looks best SO far.
"Cur prospects are very bright"
said Coach Williams. The squad this
year Is one Of the best looking have
ever seen at Minnesota, and I look
for the, boys to make quite record
for themselves"