Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1921-09-15
BEARCAT
COACH in
BADBOAT
Boiler Facing Prob
lem of Building Team
to Battle Oregon
Squad in Is Days
By Spike.

Roy Boiler, athletic director-elect
of Willamette university and men
tor OF Bearcat football aspirations
in northwest intercollegiate con-
ference circles during the coming
season.
Boiler landed In Salem today to
assume unto himself job of full
grown, mans size proportions.
Between now and October / his
job is to be that OF weaving to-
gether and smoothing out foot
ball team which can Withstand
the slashing attack of Coach
''Shy't Huntington's University OF
Oregon warriors. Fifteen days
later Boilers hopefuls must 81
battle with the much-touted o. A.
G. aggregation-to-be
Bohler has bitten off whole
mouthful, no fooling.
Material Promising.
OF material from which to fash
ion ais gridiron machine the new
coach has ineherited goodIy col
lection of seasoned material from
last years Bearcat squad. No less
than 1 men who won the coveted
w" on the chalk-striped sawdust
last year, a full team, are reported
as ready to answer Boilers call
for recruits. Numbered among
these satellites are no lesser stars
than zeller. captain-elect and
plunging halfback; Balm, center;
Barnes, end: and Ganzans, end
But there are others who look less
promising as candidates to oppose
the beef and experience of the
teams they are to meet.
Also there are holes In the car
dinal and gold lineup OF last year
that are going to be hard to plug.
Wapatos fullback; Basler, tackle,
r. Rarey, halfback, all of whom
carried big share of the Bearcat
burden for Coach Mathews last
year, are going to be missing when
roll call is sounded on the 1921
season. fluffy" Irvine, quarter
back. is also likely to be number
ed among the absent. Irvine has
just about decided that he will not
return to the pursuit of knowl- I
edge this semester.
Look to Freshmen
Freshmen are eligible for var
sity teams at Willamette under a !
conference ruling permitting the
use of first year men by schools lc
having a male enrolment not ex-
ceeding 200, and that throws one
ray Of light on Bohler's prospects.
There are said to be several likely
lads among the prospective
"frosh," including none other
than bill" Ashby of Salem high !,
school fame. Oregon and o. A. C. .
have both been angling for Ashby, Q
rumor has It. but the shifty back X
Is now decided to stay close to
the home fireside late reports say.
The matter OF material with i
which to work should be the lesser p
OF Boilers cares-he's no worse r
off than several Of his brothers in
the mentoring profession. But the s.
poor equilibrium OF the schedule 4
he'faces is ample justification for b
few wrinkles on HIS brow. The r
first nuts he has to crack are his
hardest---where other coaches will
be tempering their teams for the el
hard tangles of the late season in /
clashes with their lesser rivals, "
Bohier will be playing Jack to a a
pair Of giants right off the bat. p
Strategy Now Useless. il
When the foxy Mathews slated g
opening gaines with Oregon and
the Aggies he did It with due de-
liberation and the intention of
catching the big boys" mapping IL
possible. Mathews, when he stiT al
remaining with the To-
al school during the '21 season, W
ooked forward TO the return to his d'
training table of a bunch OF vetc--
ms, seasoned and trained in his lpi
'tyle Of play. His calculations In
inviting the state colleges TO early sp
'otests ran something like this: in
Give me two weeks with
bunch OF men who know Just what er
want them 20 90, no matter II
hey are but as dwarfs among br
Eiants, and I'll make a machine
hat will put lot Of crimps In the an
arly season experimenting Of Eu- w,
Eene and Corvallis generals"
Time Too Short. ar
BUT Mathews Is gone and HIS
trategy don't fit with a stranger
n his place. Boiler anc nis sys- ~
em and his men have got to get u"
cQuainted before they can begin
ny real constructive machine - -
uilding. That process is going to on
mock q week or 10 days az least.
rom the precious is allotted them
, gtrd their loins for the invasion :,
the lemon yellow warriors. u''
hat tustle is going to be no ping me
ong game either. and when due tie
me has been subtracted for the wa
'corery Of the Bearcats from Cu
-oken and maNsied portions OF Tor
Ieir anatomies after the Oregon th'
lme. there are going TO be few oo'
asses remaining at which they lue
n learn the tricks needed TO mas sue
r the Aggies. After the o. A. c. Mr.
Ito Boiler has scheduled for COZ
m future games as follows: far
October 22-chemawa at Salem. gre