The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1916-12-22
FOOTBALL TEAMS
ARE PREPARING
Gridiron Warriors at Various
Colleges Working Hard.
.HARVARD'S GOOD MATERIAL
Crimson Coaches Pleased With Condi-
tions-Princeton Has Bright Outlook
Penn In For Good Coaching.

STimSon SodCneS fieaSeo WIKI Nonoi-
tions-Princeton Has Bright Outlook.
Penn In For Good Coaching.
| The gridiron campaign Of 1916 Is
| now on in full blast at majority Of
the larger schools and colleges. At each
of these institutions of learning the
| football candidates have been prepar-
ing for campaign that gives every
promise Of resolving itself into one Of
the most interesting as well as one Of
the most important in, the history of
the fall pastime.
Prospects at many of the leading col
leges are anything but encouraging.
| Many have lost the backbone of their
squads, while others are experiment
ing with new coaching systems. Yale
and Pennsylvania are the two who
have installed entirely new systems of
gridirOn instruction. Both Of these col
| ieges have suffered much in the past
few years from what many believed to
be an inferior brand of coaching The
men they have selected to replace for
mer leaders are Of the caliber that
should eliminate further argument
toward any other changes.
Tad Jones and Bob FOlwell, the
newly appointed head coaches at New
Haven and Philadelphia, respectively,
ed their worth as players and whose
[ efforts as instructors have been crown
| ed with remarkable success.
Jones, as instructor at Exeter, has
! developed the fastest and best all
around playing school teams Of the
past three years. The majority of the
men who have graduated from Jones'
school Of instruction have more than
made good Is collegiate performers.
Yale, Princeton, Harvard, Syracuse
and Lafayette are some Of the places
at which Jones' former pupils have
made good. In fact many Of the men
, whom the former New Haven star
win have as candidates for places on
the varsity eleven are athletes who
obtained their first knowledge of foot.
] ball affairs from Jones. Captain Gu
pid Black, one of the greatest guards
that Yale has had in the past few
years, is a former pupil Of his new
/ head instructor Also Jones has sur
rounded himself with some Of. the
greatest football brains at New Haven.
The return of Walter Camp to the
football councils of New Haven will
no doubt prove very beneficial to Jones
and his assistants. ft
FolwelI Is Aggressive.
Bob Folwell, the University of Penn
sylvania football hope, is Of aggressive
type as football coach. Folwell be-
lieves that any candidate who has the
determination to stick to his work will
in time develop into a sterling player
Every one at Philadelphia is sure to
| find favor with the new head coach
if he shows any real fighting spirit.
Folwelrs great success at Washing
ton and Jefferson was due in great
measure to the overabundance of fight
| ing spirit that his charges displayed in
all their battles. FOlwell's players
were never known to quit. They out
fought the best in the game and for
that reason earned for themselves the
respect Of the entire football world
| At Pennsylvania Folwell will find
that the fighting spirit of the Quakers
has fallen below the low water mark
In many struggles Of the past few sea-
sons the Red and Blue representatives
have failed to live up to the high stand
ard of battling proficiency that former
| Penn teams established. They lacked
the pep of winning combination. With
Folwell to instill this fighting spirit into
them from the very start of the season
and with the prestige that his success
as coach demands from ALL there are
no real reasons why Penn should not
regain her former leadership in the
football world. At New Haven the sit
uation is great deal similar, and be-
cause Of the changes in the coaching
systems the early contests Of both will
! be watched with considerable interest.
Both are furnished with material.
High Class Material.
At Princeton and Harvard the situa-
ton resolves itself into great deal of
| IuC odAhC piOUiCIA as idSI yCdf 11dI-
ward has abundance Of high class ma
I, terial, and there is no real reason that
can be set forth as to why the Crimson
collegiate should not develop repre-
sentative squad Of football during the
present season.
Speedy John Rush, the Princeton
mentor, will have the most evenly bal
anced squad that TigertOwn has had
since her championship team Of 1911.
Last season Rush more than made
good. 1t is seldom a new coach can
take hold of affairs and get the self
same results as did Rush last season.
The experience gained will be of great
help to him in whipping together his
combination this season.
Two Leaders Equipped.
Cornell and Pittsburgh, the two lead,
ers of 1915, are well equipped with vet
eran material and should be fighting it
out for the premier honors with the
best of the country. At Ithaca Al
Sharpe's plans are completed for one
of the greatest changes in the football
situation Of modern times. Before
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