The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-12-02
OHIO STATE IS NOT
SHEDDING ANY TEARS

Especial 10 The Richmond Virginian.)
Columbus. Ohio. Dec. 1.--Choosing
to be forward looking rather than
to waste time in regret Ohio State
athletic authorities are already laying
plans for capturing the attention OF
Big Ten critics with their 1920 eleven.
with the loss of three regulars and An
equal number o, substitutes from the
1919 team, Director Wilce will have
strong bulwerk OF veterans on
which 10 bank his next years hopes
In addition he will have four dozen
freshmen with which to work.
Goa CHI s'Red" Trautman, VARSITY
basketball and baseball tutor. whose
fall specially Ia to develop yoaffings
characterfzcs the present frst year
crop as the strongest and most
promising yeariings in Ohio State
history. Already the "stove league"
on tho campus il promising Illinois
and Wfnconstn and other Big Ten
elevens as strong II not stronger
eleven than Chic" Harley led this
fall Il the material Ia available next
fall.
200 Freshmen Answered
Over two hundred .freshment an
swered the initial cab for football
early this fall, OF whom nifty ar more
survived the strenuous season As
usual most of the material IL from
Ohio high schools. II Is likely that
particular attention win be paid to
the development OF a center and ends
and backs for the,sIa20 Wilce ma
chine. Otherwise the 1919 Ohio
State will be intact for next falls
battles.
~ OF tire *sTekEss sf ehss r. sssaYnsen wh q
will DC available next fall II are ends.
SIX are tackles. eight are guards.
backs. 10 are halfbacks, and SIX are
Three West virginians, products of
Huntington high school, coached by
Archie Kelley star Ohio State
basketball and baseball player OF six
or seven years ago, are considered
about the pick OF the crop. Chief
among the yeariing luninarfes II
Harry Workman. quarterback. who
captained the yearling eieveI.. Char
lie Workman, brother. Is almost as
big = star, but is an end Harry
Workman broke his hand during the
season but will be primed for next
fall
Cleveland was generous in sending
new material to the Scarlet and Gray
hopper for future development into
Western Conference stars. Four men
who survived the pruning process are
beng counted on heavily for next
fall. They are W. S. Speed, s feet
IL II. inches. 1TS pounds. end of
East Tech: Jim Stone. s feet 10 IA
inches. 1S3 pounds. OF Chenille: Os-
valid Abb, feet 10 inches, fuiihack,
and johnson, a former Chenille
tackle, whose 6 feet and 100 pounds
make him promising.
Four spot men are more plentiful
than usual among the ycarlings
Eight men won four letters in high
school. while probably twice that
many won places on teams In sdif-
ferent lines OF sports. The four men
are:Aibl. Cleveland University school:
Lester Copeland. Lancaster: Ray Fes-
Ter, Youngstown, South: Herald Lor-
inner, Groveport. Harry Long. Co.
lumbus. East: Ray O'Daffer, Asheville
giant; Charlie Violet. Youngstown.
South
In addition to The men who starred
against the varsity all fall 1t Is no
secret here that there are men in the
1879 class who did not put in appear
who were considered good varsity
material. One man has q reputation
which would make him a second Har-
ley. On account Of sickness and
other causes these men were not
available this fall but will be ON
hand when the initial call is sounded
for 1920