New-York tribune., 1920-09-19
Chances
Depend Upon
New Material
Outlook for Good Eleven Is
Bright, Despite Losses
by the June Graduation

(Sbccial Correspondence to The Trtbune)
WEST POINT. n. Y, Sept 1s.-The
development of a football team to rep
resent West Point on the gridiron this
fall is progressing favorably. For sew
eral weeks the cadets have been de-
voting considersMM time to practice
snd large nunNN of candidates for
the squad have turned out at the call
of the coaches. During the last fort
night the number has been reduced
until the squad now numbers about
sixty men, which is likely to be its
strength for the season.
The outlook is far from discourage
ing, although graduation in June took
the best of the Army's veteran ma
terial. The class which graduated this
summer had been here but two years
hardly long enough to develop veter-
ans of the gridiron. But such men as
rick, Lystad, Schabacker and Vogel, all
OF whom faced the Navy last fall, are
70 longer here.
The nucleus for Army's gridiron
team this fall will find just three var
sity players 1cft from last seasons
eleven. They are Breidster, guard;
Greene, a center, and Wilhide, quar-
terback, the latter captain of this
years eleven. To be sure, Dodd,
lake, Pitzer, l.. j. Storck and w. c.
White, who were among last seasons
substitutes, arc still available and are
again out for then team, but none of
5hsse Tesr age. %s" was sSsE0usly 8 considered
The new plebe class is the largest
which ever entered the academy. Over
six hundred men comprise its strength,
and it is this class from which the
About half the football squad as it
exists after all the numerous "prun-
ings" is made up Of plebes. There
are Butler, Dabezies, French, Goodwin,
Mulligan, Perkins, Stewart, D. G.
Storck, Strohecker and Tibbetts among
the new men who are attracting atten-
ton. They have all had more or less
, football experience.
The coaching staff is headed by
Point, o5. Spot" Graves, ,o5, I and and Tom ns
Hammond, 'o5, are assisting: Both
these latter named coaches have as
sisted DAILY and figured largely in the
successes of former Army elevens
Graves looks after the Army's linemen,
and Hammond, who was a star end him
self during his cadet days, has charge
OF tne HankcTS. mere are also OCher
assistants to the above named mentors;
for instance, McEwan, IT; Gerhardt,
1T; "Bif" Jones. '1s; Hoge, I'd; Prich-
ard, rs, and Tully, '16. So the Army is
strong in it's coaching staff.
Indulge In Daily Practice
Practice is now daily feature. In
fact the cadets are being given more
time for football and athletics in gem
eral than ever before. 1t is, indeed no
strange sight now to see cadets, every
day, participating in football, baseball,
basketball, tennis, golf, lacrosse, SOC
Ger and track activities.
The schedule for the cadets this year
is weak. Notre Dame is the one big
home attraction. Tho Hoosicrs come
here on the last Saturday in October.
Navy Day at the Polo Grounds in New
York, however, is the mark the Army
will shoot at, and it is hoped that by
November 27, the date set for the an
nual meeting between the cadets and
the middies, the soldier eleven will
have found itself and rendered salts
factory accounting.
The cadets open their season two
weeks rom to-day--a double-header
featuring the event. Games will be
played with Marshall College of Hunt
ington, w. Va, and Union College, of
Schenectady.