The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-12
CRIMSON WARRIORS
 REPORT FOR PRACTICE
Historic Campus Scene of Chilling Practice Exhibitions ley to Introduce New Style of Football-His Views
 Alabama's Prospects
By CHARLES w GREER

University, September 11.-(Special.)-If work be the criterion, Coach Kelley of Ala bama is going to put out one of the best aggregations of football talent in the south this fall. for the Chicago marvel is putting his warriors through the most .grilling practice exhibitions ever staged on the historic Crimson campus. Work Is the motto of the new Alabama director, and he drives his huskies through hours of strenuous. relentless exertons and sends hem from the field of cattle drip ping and weary, sadder and wiser men.
 Coach Kelley has football logic of his own, and if 1t is different from the article heretofore applied at Alabama it is none the less effective. As a matter of fact, the new Alabama instructor lays marked emphasis on conditioning his men properly. He believes that the real reas- on why Dixie elevens are not as strong as those representing the eastern and north- ern institutions is because the elevens of the south are not whipped into their highest point of efficiency. AS a conse- ouence the new gridiron wizard has set about to attain this efficiency, and also as consequence he has practically rev.
 
 campus
 Followers of the thin red line" will see a new style of football this fall when the Crimson warriors clash with their op- ponents. At the same time, if indica- tions are to be trusted, they are going to sec a new style eleven bearing the stand ard of the State university. The coming season will mark the passing of the thin red Mre." It will see an Alabama eleven phyhdtally equal to it's foes. It will see . more finished machine and one the members of which are thoroughly versed in the most minute details of the tech nque of the game. And at the same time many believe the coming season will wit ness winning eleven at the university for the first time in a half dozen years.
 Nine Veterans Return
 There is reason for the optimism which pervades the Alabama campus, where nearly forescore warriors are struggling for berths on the Crimson varsity To begin with, there are nine tried and true veterans around which to build up a ma chine And in addition to the vets there is a rare wealth of promising material 1ron. which to father the requisites neces- eary to make up winning machine. And above all there is Alabama's new athletic instructor. whose work already has stamped him a winner, and who has won the hearts of Alabama students and , at the same time enjoys their complete confidence
 The 1915 season Is yet in its swaddling clothes, but even now followers of Ala bama football are willing to admit that in Kelley the staid old institution has secured the man so needed to raise it's athletic standard among the topmost in Dixie. The new coach has begun at the beginning. He has learned his athletes to forget the old style game and to partake only of the new. He has some thing new for the Crimson supporters. There is no doubt about that And every indication points to the fact that 1t is going to be a success.
 The new Crimson coach is reticent re- garding his plans and even more ,reticent regarding the tactics which he will em- pIor this season. He is a man of few words and many acts, and when he speaks of the coming season he carefully evades questions which might lay bare his plans for the season campaign.
 Kelley's View
 "Before I came to Alabama I heard much about the lack of material here" he declared in discussing the coming campaign, "but have been, agreeably surprised. l know we haven't the best material in the world, but I think we will make creditable showing this year. /We have a little more weight this season and the fellows are fairly experlenced, But 1t will take considerable work for them to change their style of play and I do not expect the best results in the early games.
 "What am trying chiefly to do now is 10 get my men in condition. Their main trouble l find is that they are phy- sically unfit. This of course. will wear of in time, and then we must take up the more important matter of drilling them in a new style of play. do not care to comment on the coming season. but do not mind saying that am giv- ing especial attention to the line. This