South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-09-16
TRAINING FOR
FOOTBALL ON
IN THE WEST
8N CHARLES ". CALL.

4 az tSilSc ou western SIiula buS yes
terday. Members of the western
conference and those teams gov
erned hy the rules of that orgaIi-
cation began practice sinultane-
ously for a football campaign that
hos the sanction OF PRIEST Wilson.
.-ec'y Baker, and other officials.
who pelieye that the youth of tic
ration Will be better of fer the
continuance of all athletics as ia
time of peace. The depleted squads
Of candidates that started prac-
tee yeste. jav lear mute testimony
o. what football has already con-
tri5uied t. The military activities
OF the nation. Every team in the
west has wartime" stamped all
over II.
Harper and Rockne were on
hand 10 welcome the early asplr
ants for the team at Notre Dame.
Though they have the greatest task
before them OF their careers, their
heads are Up and they are bound
TO bring the best out OF what men
the war has left them They plan
To mould a team from the rem
rants of what might have been the
greatest team Notre Dame ever
had.
Up at Lansing the "Aggies" are
talking OF straight fooSSail. War
has wrecked the Farmers hopes
just as badly As any other schools
but they have better stock of
material on hand than most col
legcs and expectations are bright
for a winning team. This season
marks the return Of Coach Brew
er. the man who hrst put NJ. a c.
on the map athletiCally years ago.
Only So so at Michigan.
Michigan Is not looking forward
To much of n team this season.
Most of the veterans OF last year 5
team nave either graduated, or
have Joined some branch uf Uncle
Sans lighting forces. Yet with
Weske. Weiman, Boyd. and Sparks
available as a nucleus, Yost may
surprise the dopesters and pro-
duce an eleven which will be as
good as the teams that have rep
resented Michigan the last few
seasons.
In the conference proper. Ohio
looks TO have a great chance to
repeat the brilliant victory of last
year. Graduation took but one
regular. 1916 captain and fullback
SOrens0n, and the war has elaine
only a few. Chic" Harley will be
on hand TO make il miserable for
other western teams. and so viii
Hurrn, Yerges, Daughters, Stencil
comb. Bolen, Karch, Seldom, Holt
camp. Peabody, and the Courtney
brothers. Leave 1t TO JACK Wilce
to have a team from that gang at
Columbus.
Northwestern, the runner up last
fall. IS hard hit ard VIII hardly
play an important role. DriscOii.
Brightm3re, Koehler, an6 Under
hill of the back field, are missing.
and the line is wrecked The
chances for such a team as the
1916 enc are slim.
At Minnesota.
Minnesota, which was thought by
many that professed to know to he
better than Ohio in the 1916 cam
paigr. must be built from the
ground up. according to reports
from Minneapolis. Bert Baston,
captain, and end extraordinary Of
the 1916 team, was lost via the
graduation route. However, such
luminaries as Hauser, Eklund, and
Flynn, will be back. and DR. Will
iiams VIII have something to work
on.
Wisconsin, under the tutelage or
John Richards, bids TO be one OF
the best teams in the conference
If there Is anything in 20 the sto-
ries eminating from Madison. Paul
Wilmington has not left much of "A
heritage for his successor but the
war is chiefly responsible The
1916 Wisconsin team looked good
in spots, but the attempt 10 Har-
vard.ze the Badgers was not Who'll
~ successful.
Illinois and Chicago are un-
known quantities. but their coach
es Zupke and Stagg are not. They
are not saying much about their
choDces, but they con be relied On
to have teams worthy Of their
regulations. Indiana. Purdue. and
Iowa seem destined TO the mOnot
onous mediOcrity of other years.
Steihem has been coming ever
since he came 20 Indiana from
Nebraska and this was his year TO
arrive, wars not intervening.