Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1919-09-25

football pracuce That OIe NAlSS LIDS
known III recent Years mas Deen going
on SINCE last TUESDAY. very lgnt
scrlmmage Work Was begun On A4oh-
day, out most Oh the worA mas DeeiA
OF a KIND calculated to get the men
INTO shape. Alcklng, passing, 1alIlhg
on the pail and the like are rapidly
turning muscles Softened by summer
vacatons lazmeSs into the hardened
sinews OF the aforementioned loot
bail player.
New Coaches.
AS every suuuent On the campus
knows by tnlS UIiIe, NIL. IL. l.. 0uIl1-
van, VINO 1ormerly coached central
hlgn Scnool, OIL Memphis, Is head
coach, anu hursneI boDo, the bobo Oh
A. d M. lame, is assistant coacn.
Coacn SULLIVAN career IN IoOLpall
was staged al central missouri STATE
where he played end and mali BACK.
de was Tor While dlIecCCf Oh
atnletlcs at =. Il. s., III Memphis.
tbs contract with the University
speclued tnat he should begin WORK
here III the tall OF 1917; but ne en-
Tered the service OF MS country Cnat
year, and took up a greater game
than football. Now ne has returned
to US, ready and eager to give US
the best that is III MN to turn OUT
winning athletic teams at Ole MISS;
and it's just naturally up to US to
back him to the best OF our aDlACIaS,
both on the field and in the grand
stand.
Assistant Coach Dobo's career at
A. d M. is so Well known to Ole MISS
students that it needs no repetition
here. AS half-back on the gr1dlIon
team and as d catcher on the nine, he
played a star game for the Cow
punchers. Now--to quote from
Blind Jim"-he has become con
nected," and has decided to lend his
energies toward putting out winning
teams for his former rivals.
Those Out.
Fifty suits have been given out
from the coach's office, but only
thirty-five or forty men have been
coming out to practice. Most OF the
old men have returned; and, although
the powerful frames OF Big Boy
DOYLE and Eat" Howell will be
Missed in Che line, several new
auskies have made timely appear
ance on the scene to take their
places.
Captain Ed Cowa4t, Oh cOulso
is back at MS old place on end.
Cowart is a consistent, steady, ue-
pendaDle, heady, scrappy player IL
there ever was one. a hard, vicious
and unerrlngIy accurate tackIer, ne
seldom fails to spill any venCuresome
half-back VINO attemps to circle his
end.
Red" Ray, last years captain, Is
also back on the job. "Red," as the
flaming color Of tins hair denotes, is
a fighter first, last, and all the time.
Knocked out three times in the A. q
M. game last year, he refused to
quit; and, groggy and shaken though
he was, fought on gamely to the
end. He has been working at full
back and should prove a tower OF
strength both on offense and defense
this fall.
To mention Red" Ray and say
nothing of "Alphy' Carney is, OF
course, a physical imposibility. A. b.
Carney, last years gritty little quar-
ter-back, is with US again; and with
years added weight, experience, and
knowledge Of the game, he should
be a valuable man this session.
Lake, who played mighty good
ball at half last year, also appeared
on the scene promptly for the mi
tial practice. Lake is heavy, fast,
heady, and a fighter; and he is a
man who can always be depended on
to do his share-and little more,
if necessary.
Jiggetts, who played half here in
1917, also returned this fall. Last
year, he was playing with Uncle
Sam; but now he is back at Ole Miss
to do his share to bring glory to the
Red and Blue. Jiggetts is fast as
lightning, hard as nails, a good de-
fensive man, wonder in broken
field, and scrapper from the first
whistle to the last-in short, one of
most dependable men on the field.
! Creekmore, last years scrapping
tackle, is also back again. With add
ed weight, he should make valuable
man. The wonderful fight he put up
En- the A. & M. game last year is
still talked of on the campus, and