Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-09-25
Willamette Eleven
Is Getting In Shape

Results of the first week of strcnu-
Gus workouts on Swcctand field are
far from encouraging to Coacn r. L.
Mathews who is sparing no efforts to
whip fighting aggregation into shape
before they bump up against Bczdeck s
hopefuls at Eugene Saturday October I.
The loss of eight first team men and
most of the material worked out in
both the first and second squads last
year is proving nut which would be
difficult for even Won Hindenburg
to crack Added to this was the loss
of ''Peanie' Archibald, who suddenly
elected to study highway engineering
at o. A. c. after two practices on the
local gridiron. Peterson and Carson are
as yet the only candidates to fill the
gap.
In the race for guard is one husky of
some 237 pounds hailing from Echo,
Oregon, and answering to the name OF
Young. Raw and inexperienced as the
candidate is, he promises to be bul-
wark on the defense which will be hard
to beat, Two other heavyweights, Has
/ sci and A. Spiess, are trying out daily
, as also is Sherwood for the position
Vincent and Fletcher will probably ap-
pear ON Monday, if mastering out pro
ceedmgs are expedited this afternoon
Earl Flegel, general utility player
and veteran three year letter man, has
his old position at tackle cinched. After
his summer experiences in the harvest
fields, he is in tip top shape and is a
| ,Yai hn oil ftnh tnt
team which he was reelected to cap
tain. Victor Taylor of Salem higl
fame is also formidable candidate
for this position. Womer, II. Spies
and Cotton are all limberlng up as pos
siblc team calibre. "Moosr" Tobit
of gritty notoriety last year is des
tined to arrive tomorrow which will
make the struggle to he survival Of
the fittest' stronger.
OF the five possible assumptions fol
end ReXford, punter and stellar tielC
man of last year, is showing up well
Associated with him I'm the running
are Sparks, Bynon, Doughty, Dimicl
and jackson.
Backficld prospects are rather du
bious as yet, but will probably glow
Proctor, d. Proctor and Grosvenor ar,
dismissed from military duties.
Among the possible candidates ar
Dutch Tasto, Ratcliffe, and Taylor
the Salem higa veterans, Holt from tn
University of Rcdlands, Bedingfiel,
from Drury college and Teall, cracl
sprnter from San Mateo, California
and two year all-Olympic basketball
player
The race tor quarterback is seeming
= ly between Warren Booth, letter maj
, of two years ago who has again enlist
ed in the services of the gridiron, an,
"Tekoa Grosvenor, the diminutiv
law student still in federal service.
Mathews has little to say concern
. ing the approaching game with the Uni
ycrsity OF Oregon ut Eugene which Wi
open the seasons playing October I.
masmucn as the annual alumni gam
was abandoned, it is next to impossibl
to predict what the Methodist lads wi
do under fire. The only other gam
scheduled so far will be Multnoma
Amateur Athletic Club in Portland o
: November %. II is expected that
special excursion will be run to tn
Multnomah county metropolis just fo
that game.
As Pacific university is under a. tw
year contract to play willamette, it
possible that the Forest Grove institl
tion will be played in Salem on NJ
vember II or is. Games may also b
= scheduled with Albany college, Chem;
I. wa, Gonzaga university and the Co
lege of Puget Sound. The breadth Q
, the schedule depends on the team
I condition after the Oregon fraeas.