The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-10-16
IOWA SQUAD IS
A RECORD ONE
Coach VI III Jones Has Fine Material
FROM which to Develop strong
Football Eleven For Coufer-
~pe~ Champienshfp.

Iowa city. Iowa, Oct Is Before
the practice season opened at the
University OF Iowa the football team
had strength on paper, after month
Of practice. including a victory over
the University OF Nebraska. the var
eitE squad is showing that early pre-
actions were entirely Justified
Coach H II Jones, formerly q
Yale has ten letter men out for the
eleven. and some 81 them are not
going to make the first team. As in
other universities and colleges more
material Is at hand this year than
usual Freshmen players OF before
the war. returned army stars. and a
wealth Of other men Of more or less
experience are giving the Old Goid
coach the best group of candidates
from which 10 build up his eleven
that has been at hand at the first OF
ANY season since he has been at
Iowa
The rhsef strength az the Iowa
eleven this year bids fair TO be In
the line From tackle to tackle the
forwards will average re pounds
and although the two ends bring the
average down. there will stin be
plenty Of weight l.. c. Fielding "a
regular end last year, is back at his
old place and will do the puntine
this year as last in all probability.
He Ia the heavier OF the two ends
c. H. Charlton 21,-wttt take the place
Of former Captain Reed, II early in
dfeations are 10 ne relied upon
Farther in on the line the Old Cold
believes that IL possesses the best
pair OF tackles in the conference
J. b Synhorst 30. after apparently
deciding to leave Iowa in favor OF
another college. appeared at the end
OF the Hrst week. and added his eco
pounds on the left side Of the line
to match the giant. Fred Slater 20.
right tackle who is expected to put
M the greatest game of his career
this y~Ar The two men both stand
we'll over six feet. and are the main
sta~s Of the forward line
For guards more big and expert
enced men are AZ hand Charles
Mockmore 20 Is already out. For
the present the other guard Is r l..
Hartmann 81. who will give II. l.
Hunzlenan 30. veteran from last
year hard race for the position
when Hunzlenan returns with the
opening OF the university. and gets
into a suit. At center Coach Jones
has John Heldt II. al experienced
man who is strong both on defense
and oTense.
The backneld resolves Itself into a
problem OF selecting the best men
from the material at hand. captain
r. II. Lehman 20 viii slip into full
back without much trouble, and Will
liam Kelly 81 will direct the often
sfve play from quarterback posi-
ton. Present indications point to the
two Devtne brothers, Aubrey and
Glenn, both 1922. as the most likely
team OF halfhacks to round out the
offensive quartet. f. G. Rich 90. G.,
u. Parker %. and r. T Smith 81.
are experienced backneld men, who
will be able to substitute at any
time and give added driving pow yer
to offensive play.
After football practice onened the
Iowa snuad almost doubled in size,
Coach Jones has a new assistant in
director Of athletics ut the University
OF Colorado, who comes to Iowa
after working in army camps as ath-
letfr director He is assisting with
the varsity. and \. r. sharp. grad
uate OF the Springfield Training
4. school, Ia taking the freshman squad
In hand.
Iowa has hard schedule this sea
son, Nebraska opened the year play
at Iowa CITY on october I ana after
weeks rest the Old Cold PLAYS
Minnesota. Illinois. South Dakota
Chicago. Northwestern. and Amcs IN
rapid succession. If the team IL 10
shine in the western intercollegiate
conference II has every opportunity
for the conference teams met viii be
the ones which win figure In the
championship race, Prospects are
regarded as the hest in many years;
the team shows apparently greater
strength as the men develop and play
10 perfected