The daily star-mirror., 1922-09-05
GRID MATERIAL
READY FOR FALL
COACH MATTHEW'S AND STAFF
COMPLETING PLANS FOR
SEASON

Matty Matthews, the University o.
Idaho's new athletic director and hea(
football coach, and his staff are
bringing to a hurried close all pre-
liminary preparations necessary tc
place the Vandal squads in trim fol
the first season in the Pacific Coast
conference. Candidates from last
years freshman squad have been ar
irving during the last week but reg
ular practice will not be started un-
til September Is.
Matthews is taking the Idaho team
at an exceedingly critical stage but
his past record is such that university
hackers are not losing any of their
characteristic optimism. He came to
Idaho from the University of Wash
ington where he was in charge OF
freshman athletics and also varsity
baseball mentor.
The Idaho squad will step into a
coast conference role this fall without
the services of four of it's foremost
grid men. The greatest loss will be
that of Neil Irving but almost equal
will be that of Captain Evans. Joe
Whitcomb, Heinie Glindeman and
Frank Brown, three-year veterans
will also be among the missing. The
sensational broken-field running Of
Irving and his high-powered boot will
be missed unless Captain Babe Brown
or Bob Fitzke is able to develop suf-
ficient prowess to carry on the in
dividual offensive work borne by the
remarkable Irving. Fitzke has kick
oh tha h11t ho Ioo fr,u-
ing's ability as consistent yardage
gamer and Brown is of about the same
calibre.
A glance at the string of material
which Matty will have at his disposal
this fall makes an Idaho backer feel
proud, but an about face at The
schedule takes away the first flush
of enthusiasm. The Vandal squad, in
it's first turn at coast conference foot
ball, has sliced off the hardest sched-
ule in the circuit and coast sport
writers, although applauding Idaho
pluck, unite on paper as branding it
veritably impossible.
There are eight slashes on the
sheet and each one against real
team. Seven Of these are away from
home. Matthews will have II mem
bers of last years squad back for the
preseason work. Captain Brown,
fullback, Arnold Breshears, fullback,
Howard Breshears, quarterback, and
Bung Snow, ha1fback are the only
backfield men in the group. With the
exception of Grove Evans, end; and
Frank Brown and Heinie Glindeman
tackles, the line will be intact.
The frosh material, coached by Da-
vid Macmillan, will be big factor
in rebuilding the Vandal crew. Last
year the frosh were nearly equal to
the varsity and some great players
are expected to be developed from
that team.
Members of the coaching staff are
all ready for the coming of the sea-
son. Matthews has not just decided
how he will line up his assistants but
it is reasonably certain that MacMill-
an will continue with the first-year
men and will probably be assisted by
either Albert Knudson, graduate man
ager and assistant coach, or Ray E.
Neidig, who helped him last season.
Both Neidig and Knudson are line
coaches and one of them will help
Matthews with his varsity squads.
The Idaho schedule for the coming
season is as follows:
October Whitman at Walla Walla
October 14-University of Washing
ton at Saettle.
October 20-Washington State col
lege at Moscow
October 2S-University of Oregon at
Portland.
November 11-University of Utah
at Boise.
November 1S-UniverSity of South
ern California at Los Angeles.
November 25-Gonzaga college at
Spokane.
November 30-University of Mont