Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-09-15
big TEN Men
TURN OUT IN.
LARGE NUMBERS
Candidates Begin Workouts
by Tug-of-Wa Contests
and Medicine Ball.
Season Will Open October
Z, Except at Illinois
University.

Chicago. sept. l~5-Football athletes
OF the western conference today trot-
ted out their m%olcskins to for
chm Dtonahip contests and the plunk
Of the toe against the pIgskin echoed
over gridirons at Minnesota. Wiscon-
gin. ohio, illinois. Iowa, Purdue, Chi
cago. Michigan. Indiana and North
western.
Here and there on tho sriou attn
lotto fields groups moved slowly about
In circles. passing ana pushing a med
icipc ball. Ioosening their muscles.
Tugs OF war were arranged by the
veterans Tor the benefit OF the nus
mcrouS new men who reported for
duty. During the next several days
after gradual ltmbering up exercises
tn" mentors will begin to choose their
prospective candidates for Offcnsc ana
defense work.
The majority Of squads have n
nucleus Of veterans around which the
various machines will be built. Among
those to be reconstructed Is the Iowa
outfit. Early guessers are wondering
how the gaps will be filled In the
places Of the Devtnc brothers, Slater
and Bedding.
Student and public interest in the
"big ten sridders will have its great
'F'' 'f'Ab" w Wv tiI"
faces through the conference. among
the coaching STATS and players.
Five intcrsectional clashes are
scheduled. Georgia meets Chicago
Oct. Z, Iowa meets Yale at New Haven
with h Jones brothers. Howard and
Tad. fighting ZACH other from ne
coaching stats.
Michigan plays Vanderbilt at Nash
Vile; Princeton will play Chicago at
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revenge for their surprise defeat OF
last year, while West Virginia will
play ut Bloomington during Indlnna's
home coming.
Tho initial contests are three weeks
away. p
Chicago. Sept. Rehabilitation OF
tho armies OF candidates for the West
ern conference football %elevents got
under way today. the date set
for the openoing of the practice sea-
son. Reports from all big Ten
camps tonight Indicated that large
squads will respond for the frst work
out which VIII be devoted to the
rudiment OF the game, tossing the
oval about the general limbering up
exercises. r. .. w.,
After three weeks OF practice. all
conference teams will swing into ac-
uon on Oct. Z, with the exception of
Illinois which Will not start tho sea-
son until a week later. The first games
| VIII be against non-confrrencc teams.
Chicago meeting the University OF
Georgia here In the most important
contest Of the opening schedule.
. Jones Has Task.
Howard Jones, coach of the cham
pionsh!p Iowa team. faces a hard task
preparing his charges for the inter
sectional clash with his brothers team
at Yale October ii.
From fifty and seventy~hve candi-
dates are expected to turn out at
Michigan. Chicago. Hin OILS. Iowa, Pur-
due. Indiana. Ohio. Minnesota. Wis
consin and Northwestern. Coach Yost
a. Michigan sent invitations to At
players. while Glenn Thistlewnite, the
nrw coach at. Northwestern expect
his squad to numbcr so or more.
Coach Spaulding the new mentor at
Minnesota VIII try to develop an
steven that Will place tho Gophers
bnck on the football map and has
been assured of IL big squad for the
frst practice session.
Few Vets ut Northwestern.
Thistlcwaitc. starting his first year
AZ mentor Of Northwestern. faces
anything but n rosy prospect for the
development of u winning team. Be
You'd To" statement hat every effort
gould be made to mold q strong tNstu,
Coach ThiHtlcwnItc, would make no
prediction.
Thistlewaitn goes to Northw ester RI
With n brilliant record and his work
VIII be watched with interest this sen
son. h football clevons he coached
at Oak Park high school easily won n
majority OF the, champlonshlpn IN tn.
last five years.
The new coach will have tho scrv
ices OF eight members OF last seasons
team rs a nucleus for the 1922 eleven
The following veterans will be avail
hble. according to latest report. Henr,
Penheld. tackle: Jimmy Patterson
captain OF tho tea m, who plays full
back: Ollie Dahl. guard: Erwin. als,
a guard: Putnam. tackle; McIIlwair
end; Rambe, who has been tried a
quarter: Blumcnthal. Also n 600.
quarterback: Chuch Palmer, the re-
liable hal f.back; Weinecke. captain o
last years freshman team whose nat
ural position Ia fullhack: DAVIS
tackle; and Hanson who likes tn
quarterback position.
y 49, 81 aEl
Eastern teams of the Nationa
league cleaned UP the Cardinals In 8,
Louis during their last trip west. tn
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