Evening journal., 1916-09-01
0NLY TWO LEFT OF
Delaware eleven
Coach McAvoy Will Have
to Build Up Entire
New Team
CANDIDATES WILL BE
CALLED OUT EARLY
Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL.

NEWARK, Sept. Coach William
J. McAyoy. OF the Delaware College
football team, has returned from his
vacation. which he spent with his par
ents, at Wilkes Barre, Pa, and Is now
making plans for starting football prae-
hce at 'Old Delaware Coach McAvoyl
with his wife. is now spending a few
days AZ Rehoboth, but will soon return
and 20 over the football prospect tor
Delaware.
These prospects are so dark that they
even make veteran like McAvoy, much
concern. Coach AlcAvoy. since he came'
70 Delaware College. about ten years
ago has turned out team after team
that made good on the gridiron, when
many close observers of the game who
saw the material he had 10 work with
sarlv in the season, could not possibly
understand how IL was done. In these
Years. however. he always had sonei
PLAYERS back from previous year whom
he could build around. This year Coach
NcAvov has 20 face a situation that
has seldom confronted a football coach
OF any college At the close OF last sen
son the football prospects for 1916 look
ed bright, providing of course all the
ate returned. As matters turn out he
il only sure of two men of last years
varsity SQUAD. They are mike FL
dance. captain. and for two years star
quarterback Of the eleven, and Ernie
Wilson, the crack tackle, both VIII
ninnton bows Graduation accidents,
players leaving college and the fact OF
tone of the mon going TO the Mexican
nftr hoe
robbed NicAvoy Of most of his best men
on whom he was counting 70 help make
up a star eleven for the blue and gold
this year.
II Is lust this situation that he has
10 confront early next week when he
calls the men out for ,practice. Tho
graduating class last June lost TO Della
ware Aleck Orothers, the star center,
now with Company at Deming;
"Bake' TAYLOR. three years a halfbacS
Newton. a guard; and Pepper, substi'
tnte tackle. Just previous 10 gradua.
tion, "Vic' Handy, the big halfback, who
had been much of the offensive strength
Of the team for several seasons, omit
college.
The loss Of these man was expected
bv Coach McAvoy. II is what has fol
bard this fall. The first setback was
when "Tom" Wilson, the popular guard
Of the varsity, had his neck broken in 8
wrestling bout with a fellow student
during commencement week This acci
dent was greatly felt not only by the
coach. but by all the football squad. al
Wilson is very popular among the stu
dents. The student wrestling with Wi
= h..
Herbert r. Weldin Of Wilmington.
varsity tackle. The accident has greatly
affected tho young freshman, and Their
is a possibility Of him being so un
uerved that IL viii interfere with hin
playing football.
This was the first accident. but short
" afterwards Fitzpatrick, a freshmai
from New York. who PLAYED end ON IN
varsity. was seriously injured in an au
lomohile accident while returning 10 hi
home In a machine with his parent
from commencement Whether or no
his injuries will interfere with his foot
ball playing this year is not known.
These accidents. with the one playe
who quit college and those who gradu
stcd took six Of the eleven players frol
tho varsity squad The war scare wit
Mexico put another "crimp' in Delp
wares chances for good football team
as Smart. a varsity end, went TO Den
ing with Company +, Organized Nhliti
Of Delaware, while Bratton. the sta
fullback, whose home is in Elkton,
IN Texts with a Maryland militia con
pany.
As stated. this leaves Coach McAvo
only Fidance and Ernie Wilson, of hi
1915 varsity squad. Mike ODanie
substitute quarterback. is also at Den
ing. and several other 1915 scrubs wi
not be hack
What makes the situation even wor.
IS the fact that Delaware has one
the hardest schedules in the history
the college this year. The season vi