Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1920-09-09
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
PRACTICE STARTS
SEPT. FOURTEENTH
Special Effort viii Be Made to
Get Every Man Out in View
of Heavy Schedule-Firsi
Game With North Dakota
Aggies.

The first football practice of the
Jamestown College eleven will be
held on Allen field Tuesday after
noon, September 14th., according to
an announcement of Coach Upsha W
today. A special effort will he made
to get out every man who hopes to
win his ~" on the gridiron this
year as early as possible, as the
college has the heaviest schedule of
its history. The first game will pro
badly be with the North Dakota Ag-
ricultural College at Fargo October
End. Other hard contests will be
with Dakota Wesleyan and the Uni
versity of N. D. The college is also
scheduled TO play Wahpeton Science
School, Hiiron and Fargo College.
A game may be secured with Con-
cordia College and the date of Sat
urday, November 9Th is still open
Strong BackGelI
Coach Upshaw will start out with
strong backfield this year but will
be forced to build up an entirely
new line. The old men who have
already signified their Intentions of
reporting for practice are John
Thomas, all-state star football man
last year and captain-e!ect; Roy Nc
Leod, Quarterback and captain of
last years. team; Floyd Rathman,
back6eld man, having played at
both quarter and half back: Bart
Mcleod, end; William Dickey, vet
eran line man, but unable to play
last year because of injuries re-
ceived. early In the season: John
Hafey, Hill and Johnson, all candi-
dates for line positions.
New Men
Among the new men are three
former Jamestown high school ath-
letes, all of whom have made enviab-
le records on the j. H., S. football
team and will be strong additions
to the college squad. These players
are Harry Thomas. brother to the
all-state fullbacki and playing the
same position on. the high school
team; Omer Rathman, who has
played quarterback on the high
school eleven for three years, and
Willard Fulton. Other new men
are Harold Miller, brother of Chas.
and Elmon Miller, both former let
ter men and the latter one of the
best all around athletes J. G.. ever
produced, Ringuette, Louis Allen of
St. Johns Military academy, L'Moore
former army football player, Nc
Martin of Edgeley, r.. Wells and
several others. There lis also a pos
ibility that Harrison Kaiser and his
brother, Rodger, of Marion will at
tend Jamestown college this year.
Both of the Kaisers have played high
school football here, Harrison hav-
ing been one of the main stays of
the J. H. S. line for a number of
yearf Kaiser is heavy and fast and
would be a strong addition to the
J. C. squad.
Lose Many Valuable Players
J. G. loses eleven Of its strongest
players this year, eight by gradua-
tion. The graduates are Roland
Badger, backfield; Ed Lindgren,
tackle; Chas. Harmon, end; Donald
Wanner, center; Hugh Wright,
guard; Harvey Ferguson, tackle;
Jack Wilson, end and Alexander
Burr, line. Cyrus Peake end, is
leaving jamestown to attend North
western University and Eugene
Boise, guard, is on ranch in Ore
gon.
+. Schedule to Date
Oct. 2-y. D. A. c. at Fargo.
Oct. 9-Wahpeton Science at
Wahpeton.
Oct. 16-Ruron College at James
town.
Oct. 23-University of N. D. at
Grand Forks.
Oct. 30-Fargo College at James
town.
Nov. Open.
Nov. 13-Dakota Wesleyan at
Jamestown.