South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-09-17
THREE REGULARS
FROM BACKFIELD
LOST To CORNELL
Barrett Alone Remains But He
Should Prove Good FOunda-
tion-COaCh Sharpe is
Hopeful.

NEW YORK. sept IT, Barrett
alone remains OF Corneils mighty
backfeld of 1914-but any team with
quarterback like barrett seems to
need no other backs
Barrett is the greatest quarterback
IN the game today other teams have
backheld stars. many of them of eX-
IRENE brilhanCy But their urlillancc
fades in comparison with this almost
superhuman quarterback that captains
the red and white eleven this year
The story of every game i'm which
Cornell figured last year was am eulogy
OF Barrett. He seemed 20 Doe the Cor
nell team-aud he was about two
thirds o. IT, so line could stand up
under his terrific h0-pOund plunges
no ends were fleet enough 10 throw
him before he had made substantial
gains. AS a field general ne was a
wizard. His Jrickeries time and again
routed the enemy 20 the advantage of
Cornell And i'm practically every game
that Cornell played IL was Barrett
wonderful ability as drop ktckcr
that scored points for his team.
Barrett has had some trouble over
his studies but the difficulty VII Ice
adjusted before the football season
opens.
Cornelrs 1915 eleven-and especial
IS the backheld-must be built arouB'
Farrett-but there IS no better foun-
datiOn than Barrett. Even III the team
that Barrett viii lead lis Of mediocre
caliber. IL ought TO make great show
ing because it has the briilidn- e of
Barrett. the dash of Barrett anC the
spirit of Barrett TO enthuse it.
The red and white eleven of last
wear was wrecked by graduatious.
Seventeen men who played ON the
1915 Cornell team quit college ina
June. Six OF them were regulars. and
the worst E.it of the blow from the
Comedian viewpoint is that three of
these six regulars were the regular
5ackfeld men and FIVE others OF the
were substitute backs.
Three BackfcId Regulars Gone.
Shuler. CoIyer and Phillippi the
backheId trio. and O'fIearn. chosen as
the all-American end i'm 1914. are
gone. Eut the coaches are hopeful
that from among those who are toying
for positions now there viii be found
some men who Will rank near the
standard of that missing quartet
Cool. the great 1914 center, is back
and sure of his job So are Shelton.
end; Anderson. right guard, and
Bailey. right tackle All of these are
veterans of the 1914 campaign.
McKeage. Snyder and Tilly, substi-
tutes in 1914, are the leading cdndi-
dates for the vacant guard position.
edge" Jameson. Jewett Fischer and
Allen are Wagiug a merry little battle
for the tackling job. with the coaches
SO far in q quandary as 10 which man
To assign 10 the regular job
There is a scarcity of good 2nd ma
terial at Cornell and the coathc1 may
try TO develop one OF the light weight
halfbacks TO take O'Hearns place.
However, Zeman, a substitute end last
year. is showing mp well and may land
a regular berth az right end.
The best looking backfeld candi-
dates are Kleinert. substitute fUllDack
In 1915. Mueller. substitute halfback
i'm 1914, and Whitney. also su0su-
tute hack in 1914.
Coach sharpe il Hopeful.
Schock is out for substitute quar-
terback SO is Collins. Both men
played last year and both are heavy
enough because OF the new style foot
ball, 10 play AT the halfback position.
Because of this the coaches may try
10 develop one or the other for a
halfback
The coaches SO far haven't been
able 20 get a Zine ON the ability of
the youths who have come up from
last years freshman class. but there
are at least a half dozen youngsters
who starred ON the "freshie' team
las year If any of them show the
same form i'm the practice during the
next TWO weeks. il is a certainty that
one or two of them may nose out the
1915 substitutes who are slated for
regular jobs this year.
"The backdeld is the only thing that
is giving us worry just now said
Coach Al Sharpe The loss of Phil
lippi. shuler and Collyer. together With
five Of the best substitutes. has been
discoura ging Co a certain extent Bur
We hope that from among the men