New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-15
CORNELL COUNTS
ON STAR ELEVEN
AGAIN THIS YEAR
DR.. Sharpe's Men Expect
ed to Now Down All
Opposition

The Cornell undergraduates look FOR
ward TO the coming season with a
world Of condence. DR.. Shapes Big
Aired Team is expected to NOW down
all opposition, as it did last year. ana
tho students already are hghting the
sizo of the score in the Penn game on
Thanksgiving Day.
The Cornell Alumni News voices
the confidence Of the college, and says
in an editorial:
All the comment on CornelPs foot
ball prospects this fall has dealt with
the loss Of several stars" Of last
wears team-Barrett, Cool, Shelton,
Collins and Jameson. But visitor to
tho practice on the upper field these
crisp October afternoons finds nobody
mourning for the departed. 1t is EVIL
dent that, whatever those players TOOK
away, they did not take away the nght,,
Ing spirit which characterized Corneii
football in 1915.
"And there is left, too, the evidence
Of football lessons learned and maze
1915 SQUAD is building on last years
neeompiishments 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 elements ought to pro-
duce a team, and all the indications are
that real team is in process OF pro-
duction.
"Tbe postponement of the univer-
sitv's opening day deranged the foot
ball plans. Practice was 20 have be-
gun on September Is. 1t was put OF,
a week. The 0berlin game, scheduled
for September 80. was cancelled, ana
the second game on the schedule the
one with Gettysburg, was postponed
from Saturday TO Monday.
Between fifty and sixty men re-
ported for the first day of practice. a
few have come since then and rev
have dropped out. There is still an
active squad of about fifty men. The
coaches are not crying for more, so
they must be satisfied with the numoer
and quality of what they have to WORK
with. In physical qualities the whoie
SQUAD is remarkably uniform. IL Is
what one would call husky bunch OF
men. II one misses the men lost WIN
the class of 1916 one is cheered by Cd,
serving that the class OF lsl9 produced
some excellent players. -,
Prom the first day of practice, al
most. the programme has begun with
half hour or more of formation and
signal work in the baseball cage, ana
almost from the start this has been
followed by scrimmaging, short at hrst
and gradually increasing. For the
scrimnages the squad has been DIVIDED
into four elevens.
"For review Of the material we
NAV take these elevens one by one as
thew played on a certain day-say, last
SATURDAY,. On that day. then. the hrst
teams backfeld consisted Of Captain
Mueller at fullback. Shiverick at GUAR
ter and Benedict AMI Hoffman as nail
backs. ,,
"The first two are veterans. Mueller
hs. not fully recovered from minor
surgical operation in his throat. put Is
getting into his stride. Shiverick mas
gained in weight during the last year
and seems also TO have gained in agil--
INV AZ the same time. Benedict and
Hoffman are both juniors and were
second string backs last year.
an the line the first team retains
from last year Eckley and Ryerson,
ends; Jewett and Gillies, tackles, ana
Miller, guard. We have omitted Ander-
son, guard, and Zan1er. end, who were
out of the play on this particular sat
urdav afternoon on account of slight
injuries. but teey will doubtless get
into the frst game. Tilley also IS
missed. He has not returned to Ithaca
vet and may not come az all. He fad
PLAYED tackle last year and was con-
sidered a likely successor TO Cool at
centre. Wiser Brown has that place
now. Anderson's place is filed by lay
Tor. q scrub last year:
son the second eleven are several
men who will be heard from before
this season is over. Speed, at quarter
was a substitute last year. Brett. halt-
back. was the captain OF the 1919 fresh
man team, and all he lacks is expert
ence to make him a regular hrst-strlhg
man. The other halfback is Haucke.
who came here from the University OF
Nebraska and has had year Of ineii-
gibility in consequence.
"The fulihack is Hopper, ~. AZ
centre on the second team Is Carry,
captain Of the 1918 freshman eleven.
who may give Brown hard contest for
the honor OF succeeding Cool. The
ends are Hoff and Ellsworth. both fresh
man ends last year. Dixon, OF the
scrub last year, is tackle. and on the
other wing is Sutton, a new player.
The guards are Fischer, who scrubbed
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