The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-10-11
GeorgeSmith
IsForcedt to
QuitVarsity
Star End Lost TO Team; How
Other Men Line UP
at Washington
by JIMMY GRANT

~ sihht nIktNI
George Smith. former Nv" winner
and counted on Ia hold down one Of
the line extrcmltics on the unlyor.
Hity Of Washington grid squad. "
lost To the team for the season
George has just returned from
France. after service with the A. y.
-, and his studies ARE too heavy 90
allow him 20 turn out for football
His loss leaves a big gap In the var.
Hity line At the close Of the 1915
season he was given an end position
ON the Ail'coaHt eleven.
AZ the other end. Ted" Faulk.
known 90 all followers OF Coast inter.
collegiate football. will be found.
Ted'a work. 80 far. has jus, about
cinched the place For Smiths va.
cnncy. Coach Hunt win pick from
sutcliffc. cx-S, A. r. G. and Ballard
high end. Jack Suthoff. who starred
on the Allentown Ambulance squad.
jimmy Giiiuly, a Nv" man from the
1917 eleven. and Eddie Porcp. Of the
1915 Froah squad.
Suteliffe seems 20 have the edge
over the rest Of the candidates
Whether he VIII b. able To stand up
under the battering that an end gets
In intercollegiate games Is qucs.
ton. suthoff L. fast and good
tacklcr. bat lacks some Of SATELLITES
football ability. In Giiluly. Hunt has
an end who knows the game. but
who II too light. Porep lacks both
the speed and experience necessary
10 college football The final choice
viii not be made until the day OF the
Whitman game.
Strong Tackles
In Grimm and Newman Clark.
Hunt has two tackles who viii be
heard from later. Grimm in a moose
and built for work. Ills work on
former varsity squads needs no In.
PRODUCTION. Clark. "A sophomore. iE
out for football for the first time. lilo
was n member Of the yenriing crew
that made the trip 10 California last
spring
TidbaIi. another wv" man. f. out
for tackle. but the chances are that
Hunt will leave Grimm and Clark
stay and shift him 10 guard.
fnici Blake. Gus Pope and Tidbail
for guards make trio that Is hard
20 beat Pope has weak knee that
has been causing him no end or ,rou.
BILE. Blake Is one OF Hunts best bets
at the pounding end. aitho Pope II
no kiouch when II some 10 bootinE
the plgskin. should Pope or Blake
fan down in their playing. TidbaI
will b. given the chance 20 show
what he can do.
At center. sandy Wick IL putting
up a game that will be hard 20 beat
Wick has tho uncanny knowledge OF
breaking up the opposing sides plays
before they get started Another
thing IN Sandy's favor Ia that he can
10 depended upon IN pinch. which
IL laoking in the majority OF all grid.
iron men.
The race for the haifback Jobs
has narrowed down TO DALEY.
Butler. Ecimanu and Townsend
OF the four. Daley and Eckmann
are the logical ones. nitho Eekmnnn
u liable to be bumped BY either
Butler or Townsend. Eckmann's
one handicap il his lack OF weight
What he lacks In that IL made up
for In his ability 20 run back
punts and In his open field run
ming. Neither Townsend or But
Ter can boast OF too much speed.
Both know how 20 hit the line. but
they lack varsity ability.
Two for Pivot Job
For quarter Abel and Williams
arc the best. Abci IL the faster
and heavier. while Williams IL the
more clever o; the two. Abel -
inclined TO loaf at times. which
viii help to give Williams the
call.
while the above mentioned mon
are regarded as having the best
chance for the varsity. Coach Hunt
has made II known that no one
has strangic hold on his Job. In
other words. II any take TO lonf-
ing they viii hav. 10 be content
with playing on the scrubs untii
they mend their ways.
Monday afternoon viii see n
tentative frosh squad picked. Both
the frosh coaches, Don Able and
Chuck Moriarity. have about de-
oided upon the men that will 20
to Everett next Saturday for the
game With the Smokestnck high
school squad with so men out II
Is next to impossible To pick any