Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-09-13
EAST CENTRAL MUST
BUILD UP NEW TEAM
Captain Among Stars Joining
Army; Most of Other Vet
erans Missing.
Special TO Tho World.

Special TO Tho World.
ADA. Okla, Sept l2.--East Central
Normal will have snappy football
team in the field this fall in spite Of
the fact that many OF the old players
have either been graduated or are In
the service OF their country Glenn
Clark. the star end on Bennie owens
all-victorious team Of n few years ago
will again have charge OF the Peda-
gogs His feat last year or putting
out n team of the first magnitude
and doing so with absolutely raw ma
terial brought him into prominence
even more than his stellar playing on
the Sooner eleven. lie Will nave
few men from last years squad to
build n machine around this season
and ought to win most OF the games
Captain I'm Army.
Paul Young, last years quarter
back and captain, is now In the United
States navy and therefore cannot don
the gold and black again. This is
a great loss to the team. Last sea-
son Paul made the abnormal team
as quarterback and captain. HIS
place will he hard To fill. but Fen
tenn. Roach or Rogers ought to be
able to follow in the footsteps OF the
apprentice seaman.
Dee Krieger, star tackle OF year
ago, Is in the medical corps Of the
army and therefore cannot be back
again. He was chosen as captain
for this year. and many had expected
him to be in the limelight. but he
chose the honor of serving his coun-
try to that of cheering from the side
A ~ wi
found for his place.
Garrison. right end, and Bishop.
right guard, were graduated last
spring and now are coaching teams Of
their own. Garrison is at Sasaltwa
and Bishop is Mt Mill Creek. George
Fentem was graduated and Is in the
medical corps of the army, assistant
in charge of one of the laboratories
at Fort Sill.
Wylie CLANCY, one of the most bril-
liant players ever seen in an East
Central uniform, died this summer of
typhoid fever This leaves another
bad hole.
Must Find New Men.
This means that Glenn Clark will
have to find a bunch of players If he
Is to have n ramming team. Stegall.
center; Craig, halfback; Ferris, left
tackle: Roach. halfback: Fentem.
quarterback and end; and perhaps
one or two others will be the core of
the team. Kice. who played center
two years ago will he in school again.
He will probably be shifted to the
hackfield or end He is heavy and
fast and ought to have little trouble
IN la ling a good place.
II was thot for some time that
Houpt would be on his place at left
end. But he enlisted in the navy a
few weeks ago and is now on the sea.
The two Vernon boys will be here
and will likely land permanent places.
They have displayed good form in the
past ana have some experience.
on the whole Clark says the out
look is not as bright as he should
like 10 see. The other teams In the
state, however, have lost good men
also and 1t is presumed that the class
of ball played may not be up to past
years.
81 don't know what the new ma
terial will show" Clark said. but
believe we shall have a fair team.
would be discouraged II I did not
realize that the other teams have been
losing men heavily too. | believe all
OF the teams will be a shade weak.
1t could hardly be otherwise when so
many of our best players are in the
service of the United States"