Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-10-11
YALE IS STILL
IN DOUBT ABBOTT
ATHLETIC PLANS
Football is the One Subject Of
Dispute; Michigan is Out;
Stage on Conference
V.JHETHER Yale will make any at
" tempt to play football this fail
w is StiU uadacidad ancordfnu e.,

" tempt 10 play iOOtDaH THIS tali
| W is still undecided. according to
latest reports. 4 meeting of the ath-
lectic committee was held recently
! hut no conclusion was reached. Il has
been decided to put the whole CUES.
! ton up to the undergraduates.
| There has been a strong pressure
| from the alumni to keep up sports In
| spite OF the fact that the athletic com.
mittee cancelled all schedules last
| spring
! II the students go I'm for military
training, as they did last spring, il Is
! generally conceded they will not have
much ii any time for football II has
! therefore been proposed to have foot.
ball three times week and military
training three days a week. Il seems
likely that same such plan will be
adopted. ..... III 80
In spite or the war and that the
classes have been cut in two, in point
of numbers, the opening of Yale was
ushered in by the time honored rush
between the sophomores and freshmen.
| Promptly at ., the customary parade
around the campus took place after
which the wrestling boutsS Atween
the sophomores and freshmen were
| held.
| The sophomores won all three Of the !
matches, c. Ferris, 1920, won from -
Malloni, 1921, in the lightweight class.
1t required an extra, bout TO decide
| this contest. In the middleweight
class, w. 4. Gray, 1920, threw W.
Burnham. 1921. In the heavyweight, r.
l.. Stafford, 1920, defeated H. WEIGH,
1921.
! The presence of varsity athletes
who usually manage the rush was
missing, as all of the varsity men are
now in the army or the navy.
rOUR veterans form the nucleus OF
= the Michigan 1917 team, three OF
these. E. +. Weske, 10, w. L.
Wieman, 10, and A. w. Boyd, Is, are
linemen, and assure strong defensive
combination. The baekfield situation
is not so favorable. C. NJ. Sparks, 10,
last years quarter back, is the only
! experienced candidate.
The most promising of the new men
is b. F. Vanheerden, 20, South AT
rican, who starred in the English
game of Rugby. Vanheerden's kicking
is said to surpass any seen on the Vol
VERNE field in some years II his tIl-
tors are able to teach him enough OF
the American game in the next few
weeks, Vanheerden will be given q
place on the varsity.
Michigan's playing viii be watched
with great interest by the Western
Conference colleges. Northwestern
University is the only conferences
eleven to oppose the Maize and Blue
this year, but large part of the Mich
igan schedule will be occupied by con-
ference colleges in 1913.
NT 1ESTERN Conference football
w this year" said A. A. Stage.
will be real good, and not
much different from that OF othee
years. The state schools, wiz theiI
large numbers of men to draw On, VIII
be strong Illinois will have fine
team and Wisconsin viii have a good
one. Minnesota also viii have strong
eleven.
Purdue will be good and stronger
this year than last Indiana will have /.
a smaller squad, but some very good
men and better team than it had
last season. Ohio State win have al
most a veteran eleven, with their star.
c. w. Harley, back, and so they, too,
should be strong"
and Michigan"
81 don't know thing about Miehi-
gan" .t-
The Maize and Blue viii not figure
in Western Conference championship
In, 90 4o 1k,ak IA
because they have scheduled but one
game in their return to their old asso-
eiates, that with Northwestern wind
ing up the season on November "a at
Evanston. Nevertheless, the addition
of the ancient rivals adds distinct
touch of importance to this 1917 sea-
son.
CAMBRIDGE, Mass, Sept. 29.-
William b. Snow Of Stoneham yesters
day was appointed captain OF the
Harvard varsity eleven. Snow was .
member of last years team.
Columbia's second day Of football
practise was frightened by the ap.
pearance of AZ men for the varsity
team and IS for the freshman team
In addition to Howard Miller, star
quarter back of the 1915 season. Cap
tain Cochran and McCabe, quarter OF
last years varsity. who have been
helping Coach Metcalf round the new
material into form, 1t was reported
that /. Rosen. last years half, wou
be on hand this year. Ia.
OF the candidates these hr are
the only men who have had expert
ence in intercollegiate football and
about them Coach Metcalf and Thorn
as Thorne, his assistant, will have to
build up the new team. There will be
no individual freshman coach this
year. 1t is rumored that Kennedy,
last years half back. may return
with leave Of absence from the naval
reserve