Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-09-17
DAILY SCR|MMAGE
HELPS CONDITION
. INDIAN GR|DDERS
Man-to-Man Tussles Start
for William and Mary
Squad.
IMPROVED KICKING
PLEASING TO COACH
Cooke Will Be, Member of
Team for Emergency
Dy NH Christian.

ScrirnmaEcS have become the daily
portion Of William and Mary piEskin
rhaS"rs tn" first to-man tussle
having been STAGED Friday With
scant tw" weeks before the Indians
line up for III. initial kickoff in the
tough struggle with III. Penn state
eleven. Coach i!Ill Ingram is not
sparinI the feelings Of his men by
let'inI them down with light prac-
tice. ON cool DAYS the candidates
are given light conditioning .xer-
clsc,, consisting 81 the usual rudi-
meniary stun. and some signal drill
In the forming. In the afternoon
INC forenoon program rs encorcd and
thiS is followed 10y blackboard In
srrnc'i"n -; night. On hot days tho
orang" and Rlach hopefuls repeat
the act played on cool days
While Big Rill' fails To lie, up
IN inc drive To get tho men in CON
dition. II" is specializing in tutoring
them in IN" style OF play which the
Indians VIII use this year. lnasmuch
as the Rlltowners were drilled last
year in the Georgia Tech shift. a
change 10 the Dobie tactics is rather
difhruit for the football men TO d.
gest in single lesson.
Kicking Improves.
on. thing that has given william
and Mary followers quite n hi, Of
nope Is the exhibition Of better punt-
ing which the hooters are showing
on CARY Field. Jack Chalkley. last
years fuilback. is Kicking far bet
ter than he did last year. while Hast
inSS. White and Flanders have also
shown more proficiency In hoisting
tn" pieskn. Alva Cooke. the Indians
diminT'ive ail-round athlete. will he
n member ~ this years eleven i, il
said. cooke ranks with the best kick
"rs and pass"rS in tn. State. IL not
mn more territory. Cooke will he
used as an emergency man in close
games. In 1920 he won ono game
with n drop kick and against Ham.
den Sidney lifted one over from tho
fort! yard line against the
wind
piitsidr OF tho quarterback position
the hackfcld is giving Ingram little
concern this year. lie hae White, the
Levy brothers. Hastings, Jordan
Flanders and Chaikley. One Of these
men. or more probable stni. the quar-
Ter this year will be a new man Be
sides TIA" veteran hackfeid MEN back
ingram has number OF excellent
high school prospects To select from,
ana indications are that Jordan
chalkley and Lionel Levy will III.
sent into The line. the latter two on
the wing positions. Both are fast
receive passes well and are hard
tacklers
The sickness "r Par" Fuller and
the injury TO Captain 'Flickie" Har-
wood will keep these two men. who
we're thought slated for the two
ends. out Of the game until some
time in October. Harwood NAV he
out until November.
In the line the Indian mentor has
Lowe and Young as guards. and
Chandler for one of the tackles. Todd
VIII probably go back to center this
year. Dietz. end last year, will be
sent back for tryout in the back
field, in all probability. This leaves
ingram with one tackle. and both
wings To fiji. There is n possibility
or more than one new face being
seen in the Indian lineup this sea-
son, for number Of the yrj,lirop
prospects are showing up very well.
Whether this Will hold on, liz a mat
ter OF conjecture. but an excellent
basis for hope.
Bob Wallace. who played tackle ar
the Williamsburg institution for four
years, is helping Ingram with the
team. and his aid should prove uuite
an asset
William aud Mary opens Tuesday
and the football squad is expected 10
jump from forty to seventy-five with
the arrival OF the incoming students
many of whom were unable to repor,
until this week