Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-10-06
Review Of Sports
and Athletic News

back field and a punter and place kick
er for the Illini eleven.
|, After q week at running simple
plays, Nichols, a promising sophomore.
was chosen for quarterback, Charpier.
200-pound lineman was shifted to
fullback, and Halas, Larrimer and
Bergman took care of the halves. Leo
Klein, star pitcher on the varsity
baseball team, Rafferty, and McGiregor
have shown promise as punters, but
as yet no place kicker has been de-
veloped.
With the second week Of practice
game new formations and hard scrim-
mage. The line is a big problem and
altho augmented by new material It
will be much lighter than In former
years. Zappise realizes tie strength
of Kansas and drilled his men hard all
week.
Altho practice at the University OF
Michigan did not get under way until
the week of Sept. "a and one game was
cancelled as consequences. Coach
Yost has been speeding the work ever
since. Michigan is depending on new
blood for It's 1917 eleven. The team
must be built around the veterans,
Sparks, Weske, Weismann and Boyd.
A score of former stars and prospec-
tive candidates now are serving their
country.
Yost Does Much Shifting.
Yost has shifted Weimann from
tackle 10 fuiiSsick ard has been try
ing out Hanish and Froemke in the
back field. Sparks Is expected I'd play
quarter. He has gained considerable
weight and followers OF the sport ex-
pect him to be a sensation this year.
He certainly has fulfilled such ex-
pectations thus far.
Sparks may do some of the kicking,
but Yost Is devoting considerable at
tention to Van Gerrden, a soccer play
er from South Africa. The latter knows
practically nothing about the American
game, but ne does know how to drive
a football. :,
Tho Case game Saturday will serve
to give Yost a line on number Of I'M
tried players. Men who never ex-
pected to fight for Michigan on the
gridiron will get their chances this
year.
The fact that Indiana. with only two
veterans in It's lineup, lad things
practically its own way in triumphing
over Franklin a week ago. did not give
Coach Stiehms and his assistants OPP
portunity to observe what might be
weaknesses in the line Consequently
the contest with Wabash. at Bloom
ington, Is viewed with bit of alarm.
Wabash Is expected to prove a strong
opponent, especially as a number of
veterans are in the game again this
season.
Purdue hopes to make. as good a
showing against Franklin as Indiana
did a week ago Coach o'Donnell drove
mis- charges thru a heavy scrimmage
drill I'm an effort 10 build up a stronger
line defense. The lineup for the
Franklin game may be shifted as a re-
suit.
Injuries Weaken Northwestern.
Northwestern will send light but
speedy backfield into the game against
Lake Forest. The set OF backs Coach
Murphy Is developing includes two
veterans, Koehler and Underhili. Of lase
years eleven, and two newcomers. A
shake-up Ia made necessary as q re-
suit of injuries to Brightmire and Ell
lingwood. Brightmire, a promising
quarterback last fall. will be out Of the
game for perhaps a month because OF
a damaged ankle. 80
Coach Murphy does not want to risk
further injury to players as heis shap-
ing his squad for the aii-important
game with Ohio State week hence.
These two elevens fought 1t out for the
conference championship last fall.
Iova's Prospects Brighten.
Football prospects at the University
Of Iowa are rapidly assuming tangible
form. and many OF the varsity posi-
tons have been assigned at least tenn
porarily. Captain Davis win perform
at right half while the veteran jenkins
seems fixture at quarterback. Ham
ilton has the preference at full, due
largely to his punting ability. and Nu
gents work bids fair to land him reg
uIarly at left half.
There are q number Of promising
contenders for the ends and line posi-
tions, and the ultimate selections are
naturally clouded, but from activities
Of the first two weeks, indications ara