Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-09-08
GRID SPORTS NOW TAKING 0N SHAPE
 0F AUTUMN HUE
American Colleges Now Pre- pairing for One of Coun-
 try's Unusual Seasons.
By The Associated Press

league season ende1, sports are De- ginning to take on an autumn Aue Football is now attracting interest
 Practice will be starred in the "Bit Ten" on Sept. 15 and regular sched,i- les will be maintained as ill former years. Coaches of the Missouri Val ley Conference also are rushing plans for the season.
 There is no indication that the sport will be wiped out nor even seri- ously curtailed by the new nation Il army draft, which includes youths of
 eighteen years old. 1: is pointed out
 that every important university ,n the
 country is a military in"titution, vir- tually reserve o.elue-s' traiailg camp, and youths af1endins college will receive military lralninS along
 with the scholastic stuiies.
 As t., the success of the game this
 fasl, experts wlfl rot hazard a
 guess, although the coaches think tLe sport will thrive. The class' of the
 game will, of course, have to be u,s-
 covered in actual play. There prom ! ises to be an abundance of greel ina terial from which tle coaches must build their 1918 machines. The ve-
 terans, however, will be missing. Most , of them are in military service. Dr. Henry IL. Williams, coach at the University or Minnesota, in issuing the call for practice, declared there are no better soldiers and no more in. vincible fighters in the world ti.an |. the American college football play CTS now on the battle Iields of Franco Dr. Williams proudly pointed to the 1 fact that every member of the 1916 Minnesota eleven, regular and substi- ! tutes, is now an officer in the army. The vteran coach believes there is ! no better training for an army off, cer than on the football field.
 "The season that we are approach ing is a momentous one," Dr. Will l Hams said in his appeal. Not a
 university in the country but has it's college life shaken to the fOunda- tions. If football has been preserv- ] ed in the colleges it is because it has proved it's worth as training school for fighters and for the devel l opment of those qualities ill charac- | ter, heart and mind that make man
 more valuable to his country in t great emergency.
 "There are no peter soldiers and no
 more invincible fighters in the world than the American college football players now on the fields of France. At MinneSota we look with just
 pride at the records of our football
 men in answering the call to the front. It was Bert Baston, captain of
 the 1916 team-the best that ever rep resented Minnesota-that was one of the leaders of the marines at Cha teau-Thierry, where the Germans were held and put back for the first time in their drive for Paris. Bert, tho shot in the legs staid in action and looked after the disposition of his men. He was commended for bravery and efficiency.
 The American college football spirit has effected the spirit of the whole American army, and the spirit of the American army has inspired and rejuvenated the French, English
 and Italians.
 We have a million and half Am
 ericans in France today and another
 million and half in the training
 camps at home who are about to go.
 another two million is about to be
 called out by the Government. Ev-
 cry man of you will be among that
 number.
 There is no better course of
 training for an officer in the army
 than on the football field. In com
 ing out for football you should rea-
 lize that you are not merely partici-
 pating in sport and serving your col
 lege by helping hold up her prestige
 against Chicago, Illinois, Wisconsin
 and Wisconsin. You are fitting your
 self for more efficient service to your
 country Every man may have the spirit of Boston, Solen and a
 Hauser on the football field, and this
 spirit will bring victory.
 We call on yo uto fill up the ranks.
 The old team have almost all gone.
 The responsibility rest on you to take
 their places. There will be more op-
 portunities for new men this year than
 ever before.
 "We have an unusually hard schedule
 ahead. ~lNdhigan. sis ahack on the
 lists for the first time in eight years.
 Chicago, Illinois. Wisconsin, Indiana.
 North Dakota and South Dakota State
 make up the rest We need every
 man we can get"
 FANS SHOWING