Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-11-28
TIMES REPUBLICAN. MARsHALLTowN IOWA: NOVEMBER
Reviewed. Sports
and Athletic News

al-American teams of 1913 and 1914
Jesse Spaulding captained Yale in 1912
and Wheaton coached the Blue in
1903.
The sailors will be led by Pat
Smith, 1917 captain elect OF the Uni
versity of Michigan team. Other VOL
werines on the squad are Right Hall
Back Raymond, Tackle Hildner, and
End LouckA Blackjack represents the
Michigan Aggies, while Pottinger, CEN
ter, upholds the Cardinal of Wisconsin
Other capable gridders are Alien, I'LL
nois; Councilman, Washington Univer-
sity; Robbins Missouri: Johnson
Pittsburgh, and Proctor Nebra ska.
The game vii! be 2 considera HE mil
itary spectacle because Colonel Ryan
of Fort Sheridan, Captain w. A. Moi
felt of Great Lakes and their STATS.
and thousands of sailors and soldiers
will be present. The proceeds will 90
to recreation funds.
Coach Zuppke and his Illinois eleven
will meet their old gridiron hero. Pot
Sy" Clark, now an officer in the army,
when the Illini and the Camp Funston
eleven clash at the Kansas cantonment
Clark is quarterback Of the army
eleven.
The contest will be tough one for
Illinois, which went through a bruis-
ing battle with Minnesota last Satur-
day, but the men are anxious to make
q good showing against the soldiers.
The game will be a test Of west and
east coaching as Paul Wilmington, of
Harvard, is in charge Of the army
squad. Wilmington coached Wisconsin
last season and the Badgers and I'LL
nj fought to a scoreless tie.
The Camp Dodge and Camp Funston
divisional football elevens clash at
Omaha next Saturday. In it's first reg
ularly scheduled contest the Dodgers
eleven defeated an independent all
"a to 0, and several old university men
displayed the same dash and ability
that won them fame in scholastic
days.
John l.. Griffith. director of athletics
at this cantonment, has not announced
the definite lineup. In the end posi-
TORS, the probable starters will be Nc
Cormick and Carherry, the former cap
tain of The eleven and one time UNI
versity Of South Dakota star. CARRIER
ry, a former West Pointer has shown
his worth as a running mate. The
tackles have several gridiron celebrities
to draw upon. with Mayer, one of the
best tackles the University Of Mime
sofa ever developed. as foremost candi-
date. Cook. a minor college man. also
has shown creditably at tackle. Whit
mer, a former Grinnell College player,
probably will play center.
In the backtield. collegiate stars
abound. At quarterback there is Moss,
former Ames star: Robertson. a fresh :
man player at Dartmouth last year,
has first claim on the fullback job,
while at halves several men are about
on a par, including Thomas. former
Iowa star; Derr. old Pennsylvania lum-
mary; Jones, an eX-Wisconsin player
and Sarff, late of Drake University,
Reports received from Omaha indi-
cate that record crowd will witness
the game. Two auction sales Of seats
on the livestock exchange in Omaha
netted $4,000, thirteen boxes selling
for s1,1O0, ranging in price from $40
to $500 for box. Other seats sold
brought in $4,000.
Business men of Omaha are pushing
the seat sales, and hundreds Of dollars
worth of tickets are being sold through
personal solicitation. ...s