The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-10-18
FOOTBALL NOW
KING OF SPORTS
With Passing of World Series
Baseball Leaves Field,

CHICAGO, Oct H. 90 Bring forth the
robes ~ royal purple and crown football
king OF the sports world. His reign vii
be short, and, compared with previous
years, shoTn ~ considerable OF It's glory
Despite This. however. the gridlron sport,
now that the worlds series has been
played and the ball yards closed for the
winter. will forge 20 the front AZ monarch
Of spOrtsdom.
Conditions In the colleges OF tho Zig
Ten plrtake generously of the sombrc
aspect that enshrouds college football
throug bout the country. yet the gloom
II lcayened not n little by the prospect
Of considerably stronger teams and much
better football than was expected when
war first cast its shadow over college
gridirons Coaches have had n few weeks
ot preliminary work with their men and
report things looking w. although there
are zone OF them but Sigh Tor the days
Of yorc.
Maroon's Small Squad.
Coach Alonzo Stngg. Of the University
NJ Chicago. has IN" smalles, football
squad he has hnd TO work with since
the Midway school launched It's first
football craft, but he II whipping to-
gether n team that probably viii give "A
creditablc account Of itself n competition
with other Rig Ten colleges, The pres
ence of Rrelos. end; Higgins, fullback
Gorgns. center: Elton. half, and several
other capable men with considerable ex-
perience, gives stage the nucleus OF n
CredltAbie eleven.
At Northwestern university. Coach
Murphy has n larger sound Of men and "A
larger s%prinkling Of veterans Than has
Stagg The purple gave It's seven vet
Grams In the country's service. hut
enough of the old timers and experienced
mcns.issm last years ftcshmgn eleven
are on hand 10 make Murphy's gang ~
formidable contender for conference
honors.
Rob Zuppkc, at Illinois, Is concerned
chiefly with the problem NJ a suitable
bsckfield lie has a powerful line, with
such stniwhrts ~ R|undIuist. S~chlnud"r-
man, McGregor. Fms, Weiss and Sprngic
to take care Of the forward cntrcnch-
ments Rack Of his first line men Huppkr
IL building his backneld around Morris. u
! capable hAlfhack: Nichols, star quarter
~ last years freshmen team, aud Rat
fetv asd lRrimcr Captain Ben Kraft
probably win hold down his old post Mt
end
Hoosler', Few Vets.
Indiana turned ont he smallest squad
IN years and has ftw veterans. with
captain Hathaway nnd Howard 10 build
/ around, however, Coach lunho Steihm
Ia whipping into shape a team that looms
m much stronger than was NJ first an
on nj Minnesota, Doctor Williams
started training with five letter mon I'm
/ his squad and n promising LOT ~ CHudi +.
dates The Gophers loom ny like pros
pective champions unless some NJ the
other teams brace Mp n few weak spots
williams viii build his team around
Captain George Nnusrr and Conrad Eek
lund, and apparently has ample and able
material to round out y strong eleven
Wisconsin In the only school In the
conference who lost ita ,un,h because Of
war nr Paul Wilmington. last yvnr's
gridirou mentor, has entered the service
Of the nation and John Richards has
taken his place NJ coach The badgers.
according 10 preliminary Indications. viii
have ond NJ the r'rongcat teams IN years.
despite the loss Of several stars. Eight
veterans are on hand and rine good men
from the freshman team NJ last year ARE
hack In school
Ohio state Has star,
Ohio state has u whole team IN
Chick" Harley, Al. American hRlfhprk
hut since the rules call Tor eleven men.
ten Others viii be placed In the Held
The PuckcNea have u 'p't NJ material
that Harley viii have considerable help
IN this fnlrs ptidlron cnmuoign
Cnnch Jones Of Iowa viii put - light.
green team IN the field mud itkp hls
chances Jones huH CAPTAIN Davis and
Jenkins NJ veterans fnr the hncknrid
and expects to surround his fov Npiyr4
m linemcn with the hest available mn
tptiaI Town IN not discouraged over her
football team, but neither n .he honst.
ing any conference championship ospifn
I'ipns
Purdue has the smallest SQUAD iu br'ts
lut Coach O'nunnrll is optimistic Re.
purtE from thr LAFAYETTE srhunl Indirr',
that tho tenn win hv Powerful Iu'
viii not h, distinguished FOR ne speed
| Olmstcad, Donald and Mi1c seem TO b,