New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-09-14
Noted Coach Asserts War
Was Aid to Game; Mid
die West Enthusiastic
By Raw McCarthv

Foster Sanford. former Yale foot
ball star. noted gridiron strateg;st
and at present coach Of the Rutgers
eleven, believes the 1919 football sea-
son will be one of the greatest in the
history Of the sport. Mr.. Sanford, like
many other experts, is highly enthu-
siastlc over the outlook for the coming
season, especially as regards the
calibre of play that will be produced.
Just as the game helped the dough-
boy In war, so has the war in turn
gwen aid to the game" said Mr.. San
ford, speaking about the game and con-
dltions for the coming year. ~ mean
this season you should see q grade Of
football played never before equalled.
In snort, the rest of the game will be
reached this season as regards per-
Torrance
Age Will Count
There are several reasons for this.
IN the first place, the players this vear
will be older by two years or more
feIiows who left college to enter the
service are returning to finish their
courses IN excellent physical condition.
hard or muscle and with nerves Of steel
regular he-men will battle on The grid
IRON TINS fall-nen who mad the phys
lcai proportions and the weigh. for The
game, but who were slightly lacking in
quality abroad.
Duff, big fellow in my SQUAD At
Rutgers who couldn't make the tean,
three years ago and who probably
never would have made it. He ennis
ted and was commissioned. He has
returned from France is out for the
team and If that fellow isn't a star
tnls year 1 never saw one. He's
lighting, peppery, football player
now and has the weight and nerve to
make him a wonder. There isn't
much doubt about his making the
team this year.
Yes, sir, the colleges get the breaks
IN football this year. I'm sorry to
say this won't be the case at Rut-
gers, because few former PLAYERS
are returning. But it is generally
true. Former players, experienced
and older, and made into regular
he-men by the war, will represent
most of the elevens rnls fall and tina,
means football of the highest type"
Mr.. Sanford is but ore OF the many
who speak so glowingly and so enthus-
iastically of the coming football sea
SON. This feverish spirit is by no
means confined TO the East It RACES
throughout the country. In the
West the gridiron devotees are i'm
patiently awaiting the opening. James
L. Lee, director Of athletics at North
western University, Evanston, H.,
whose team always ranks h gin in thu
Western conference, IS bew;idered b.
the reports. He fears for Northwes-
tern if everything said is true.
"a Letter Men Returning
! For instance" said Mr.. Lee. "Michi-
gan players who wore the ceated shoe
as far back as 1914 are returning to
their books. They Will don the mole
skins again, and can you imagine what
that will mean? The " oiverines. IN
derstand. have twenty-four letter men
returning. Think OF it, two teams, and
earning a letter at Michigan isn't q
cinch by long shot. OF .his twenty
| four two OF the men formerly cap
tanned the eleven.
"A. Wisconsin seventeen letter men
will return, and OF these four are for
mer captains. The coaches problem
this year will not be capable material.
/ but to choose from that on hand. The
University Of Chicago Will have six
teen CO men back, including one ex-
captain, namely Pershing, nephew Of
quarterback for two years oU- thare
and was to captain the team in 1913
when he left TO enter the service.
"At Northwestern we have fourteen
letter men coming back. OF whom three
played on the star Great Lakes team
Miller. tackle; knight. centre, and
Koehler, all-Western fullback. all star
players, are included among the lot. as
we'll as the Bernard twins. a nifty pair
of ends. We shall have Charles Bach
man, former No.rc Dame and all
Western player as coach, with Paddy
Driscoll as assistant