Evening journal., 1919-08-08
DELAWARE SQUAD
LOOKS PROMISING
Shipley's Work as Football
Coach Will be Watched
With Interest
WILL PLAY PENN
ON OCTOBER II
specIaI % The EvenIng journal.

oHtcldA W Aho bNtnlus duudhds
NEWARK, Aug. S.-with one OF the
hardest schedules TO go through in the
history Of the college next 1all, plans
T are already being mapped out at Del
aware for the coming football season.
This will be the first season for II. B.
Shipley who succeeded William ]. Nc
Avoy as coach and his work will be
watched with unusual interest, not
only by tho student body, but also the
alumnus. Shipley came TO Delaware
The first of this year and coached bas-
ketball and baseball. lie turned out
excellent teams I'm both OF these sports
and his friends are hoping that he will
be equally successful in football.
Coach Shipley Is now at his home In
College Park, Md Owing to the un-
usually hard schedule there. 10 is like
ly that he VIII take the football squad
FOR a ten day training trip down in
Maryland early in September before
college opens. College opens on Sep
tember iS and the opening gsmc Is
scheduled with Franklin and Marshall
for Saturday, October Z. II the pro-
posed training trip is not srranged,
This will give Sh.pley but about two
weeks 10 train and select a team from
material that he has never before
worked with
The Saturday following the Franklin
and Marshall game, Delaware will play
L. Of p. on Franklin Field, Philadel.
phia. This Is the first slime that the
b.ue and gold has ever had game
with Penn, and Coach Shipley Is nat
urally anxious 20 have his Squad in
good shape 10y that time. Delaware
played Penn close game OF basket
ball last winter and defeated the
Quakers in baseball in the spring. This
flne showing in these two sports was
q assistance IN getting on ;he Penn
schedule in footbhll other colleges
mat Delaware is scheduled 10 meet
next fan in football. are, HaverfOrd.
SNarthmore, Dickinson, Georgetown
University and Pennsylvania Military
College.
Fortunately the prospects are that
Coach Shipley will have some good
material 10 select his team from. Sew
eral Of the varsity men Of the 1917
eleven, who were out OF college last
year because of entering the service,
are now out and will return 10 Della
ware in September. Delaware was not
represented In football last fall as a
college. but the Students Training
Corps unit had a team and some g ,od
men were developed who will be IN
college this year and out for tho team.
"Bill" Stewart, who played on the
1916 and 1917 teams, but did not return
last year, as he was IN the service and
served as a lieutenant In France. has
enrolled and will be out for a back
field position. Stewart played centre
in 1915, but the next year he was
moved 20 the backfeld. AZ the close
Of the 1917 season tho ~" men elect !
ed Stewart captain for 1918. No cap
tain has been elected for the 1919 team
snd owing TO the fact that Stewarr |
did not get the opportunity to lead
tho team after having been elected last
year. owing 10 the war. 10 Is expected |
he will be elected captain this year.
"Bess" Carter. another OF the 1917
varsity men, who won lieutenants |
commission and did not return last
year, will also be back. Carter, I'm 1917, |
Miss one OF the best tackles the blue |
and gold has ever had and he should |
even be better this year.
other players OF the 1917 team who |
were IN the service last year, but have |
enrolled again and viii be out for
football include, Arrige Marconett, |
guard, and mike" PLAN. an exception |
ely fast half back Jay Truss, as
sistant manager Of football, who was /
in the service. Will be back
other varsity men Of 1917 and last /
years S. T. C. teams, who will return
10 college, and be out for football, in
clude. McCaughHu. Tonkin, Loose, /
Foulk. Graves, DeLucca, Lattomus.
Pierson, G. Carter. Ritz. r. Stewart and
possibly Jimmie Armour and "Hall" !