Norwich bulletin., 1916-10-18

ing spirit which characterized Cornell football in 1915.
 And there is left, too, the evidence of football lessons learned and made into tradition. In other words, the 1916 squad is building on last years omplishmentS, and not On new ground. The squad has good material and the best of coaching, and it has inherited traditions of hard work and success. These clements ought to pro duce a team, and all the indications are that a real team is in process of pro- duction.
 The postponement of the university's opening day deranged the football plans. Practice was to have begun on Sept. IS. It was put off 8 week. The Oberlin game, scheduled for Sept. 20, was cancelled, and the second game on the schedule, The one with Gettys- burg, was postponed from Saturday to Monday.
 Between 50 and 60 men reported for 1 the first day of practice. A few have come since then, and few have | dropped out. There is still an active squad of about 50 men. The coaches i are not crying for more, so they must | be satisfied with the number and quality of what they have to work | with. In physical qualities the whole l squad is remarkably uniform. It is what one would call 3 husky bunch of | men. If one misses the men lost with 1 the class of 1916 one is cheered by ob- l serving that the class of 1919 produced some excellent players.
 From the first day of practice, all most, the program has begun with a i half hour or more of formation and l signal work in the baseball cage, and | almost from the start this has been l followed by scrimmaging, short at first i and gradually increasing. For the | scrimmages the squad has been divided into four elevens.
 For a review of the material we may take these elevens one hy one as they played on certain day--say, last Saturday. On that day, then, the first teams backfield consisted of Captain Mueller at fulIback, Shiverick at quar- ter and Benedict and Hoffman as half backs.
 The first two are veterans. Mueller has not fully recovered from a minor
 surgical operation in his throat, but is
 getting into his stride. Shiverick has
 gained in weight during the last year
 and seems also to have gained in agil-
 ity at the same time. Benedict and
 Hoffman are both juniors and were
 second string backs last year.
 In the line the first team retains
 from last year Ecl1ley and Ryerson
 ends; Jewett and GiIlies, tackles, and
 Miller, guard. We have omitted An derson, guard, and zander, end, who
 were out of the play on this particular
 Saturday afternoon on account of
 slight injuries, but they will doubtless
 get into the first game. Tilley also is
 missed. He has not returned to Ithaca
 yet, and may not come at all. He had
 played tackle last year and was con-
 sidered likely successor to Cool al
 center. Wiser Brown has that place
 now. Anderson's place is filled by Tay-
 Tor, a scrub last year.
 | On the second eleven are severa
 men who will be heard from before
 this season is over. Speed, at quarter
 was a substitute last year. Bretz, half back, was captain of the 1919 fresh man team, and all he lacks is eXperi.
 ence to make him a regular first string
 man. The other haIfback is Haucke Iwho came here from the University O. Nebraska and has had a year of in. eligibility in consequence.
 The fulIback is Hopper, '19. A center on the second team is Carry captain of the 1918 freshman eleven who may give Brown a hard contest fo l the honor of succeeding Cool Tn,
 ends are Hoff and Ensworth, botl
 freshman ends last year. Dixon, O the scrub last year. is tackle, and ol / the other wing is Sutton, new play l CT. The guards are Fischer, wh, [ scrubbed last fall, and Nelson, wh was a freshman.