Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-09-26
5OCANDDATES
NOW TRYlNCF0lR
PLACES0NT'E|AM
Only Three Men Have Posi-
ton Assured; Line VIII
BE Heavier.
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~ SSS -sESSITFSi
ton Assured; Line Will
Be Heavier.
Football prospects at tbs unl.ivserndty
Of, North Dakota indicate a season
fully as successful al that Q last
year, according to Coach. Paul.
Davis. The line material 10 much
stronger thar last year ana thouEh
all Of the substitute and second team
players OF 1921 are back. !,
The line. when the men are picked
for il, will average at ieaet 1sS
pounds and there IL considerable pos
sibility Of its running over that Sew.
eral men are trying put for each Of
the eleven, positions, most OF them
ers, Coach DAVIS states that outside
Of three men there il mot a player.
even among the letter and substitute
men Of last year. who is certain OF his
position, SO close is the competition
and this ability Of the candidates. The
1trone Is that Of substitutes for the
mckheld While there is a good array
| II backfeld men, candidates fof-"tha
substitute positions are still III the
making. # - e~ssl
Within three weeks Coach Davis
expects to have a strong ear IN
shape. Though eight letter men vent
out Of the institution last yead, with
the material held in the substitute
list and the second team of'last year
ready for the play this fall. tbs loss
will be practically made UP. the
coach believes. -
scrinamasins Starts.
By Wednesday fifty men are expect
ed to mix IN the training. A stiff
schedule is being followed out. Light
s~crirnnagtng will start this week. the
the men are expected to take part in
the tussle, which will give the nret
real taste of battle for the season.
The hrst game comes with the Amer
lean Legion team, of Grand Forks
next Saturday.
The Legion has a string Of old let
ter men of the University and other
Davis expects his men to have a real
conflict on hand when they meet Sat
urdav. The Legion men travelled I
Park River Sunday and took the
Legion crew of that city into camp.
giving them nothing Tor a score. The
varsity crew for the scheduled battle
with I'll. University Of Minnesota. pc-
tober T.. n" I.
In connection with egec-tr images
thts week, the men will be put
through stiff schedule Of signal =pyac-
tice n dummy work.
Mcn In Training.
Busd,cker is to be given q t-yout
for the fullbaek position this fall,
Coach Davis states. Busdteker has
on account Of his ability to punt. to
pass and the speed he has shown III
carrying the ball this year. this change
is to be tried.
~ stecEn,an handles the ball as we'll
es any man at eenter, but 1t IS POS
sih!s that he will be given a tryout for
one Of the end positions, the coach
esya 49,
Among the new line-n2en who are
Aght!rg for PLACES are Stevenson.
Daily. stecEman. Porter. Smart, King
!: are out for ends Among the new ones
: working TO- backfeld are Ellington,
: Mohn, sy,nington, Csoehl, Doerr,
old men include Mckay. Robertson,
: Eu-tn,an and MaFer for the backneld,
: the line. Sinclair and A!f Thorwa!d-
, son are training for the END positions.
!. Second team men of last year Who
. are 81, owing Agh. for pos.tions this
= wsar are I!ndg-en. Njaa. Sussex, OF
: SON, and Allen. ThacEer substitute
i, last year will probably land a berth
! OF the team. Macha-t vii! likely be
. given trial at either an erd or back
{ field position.
- Made at "C',.
: Most Of the men who are IL train
{ ing for the team, this vea- who are
: apt TO get places have been ".:ade'
4 at the university. Eu. few Of then!
- had any football! training to speak OIL
before coming to the institution and
on Of them nom
$ In Good Condition.
The team is in FULLY as good ceadi-
Q tier this ysar as last, Coach Davi:
:. seys. Last wear the eleven was, wea.
on ends But this year there are =f>
= o. obs BILE. candidates for these bartk::
e and most OF them strong ones The
place in which the team, IS In n d il
for substitutes for the backAeld. Mer
are out for these positions in xooi
e number but the candidates hav no.
d been lined up as vet. OF those W.:
are out for the backfeld are synaing'
ton, Tha cker. Ellington, Herb Mel
u son, Bub Nelson, Mohn, Mac,art. be
sides Burknan. Mckay %tcaptain) and
Robertson.
r. These last three are the only mer
q whose places are practically certain
g the team this year, the coach
says. The main effort Of the train
= ing now IS to line up men for tn,
substitute backfield positions. Insid,
Of two or three weeks, the team, is ex
pected to be in first rate condition il