San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-09-06
Rv LAWRENCE PERRY

sports.)
By LAWRENCE PERRY
Copyright, by the San Antonio Light
New York, Sept. 6.-Within the
current month the football season OF
1928 will be under way. Already
squads of various institutions where
broad views are entertained concern
| ing the amount of time their students
may give up to the game, are estab-
lished in summer camps, engaged III
preliminary practice, while everywhere
coaches OF college and university
elevens are at work maturing their
plans for the season.
One arrives at the conclusion that
intercollegiate football this year will
exceed all records in point of public
| interest, not as a result of devious cal
culation, but through the process of
a simple sum in addition. Each year
| the game reaches out beyond its col
. legiate environment for public sup
port. Each year sees more teams play
| ing high grade football. Each year
sees an increase in facilities for ac-
commodating throngs of spectators.
Such changes as have been made in
the rules will be discussed in a later
\dispatch. Suffice for the present to
say that they are immaterial in so far
as they affect the structure of the
game which, in recent years, has
steadily approached standardized
form. What follows, therefore, is a
survey of the important teams OF
the country from the standpoint OF
| material and coaching.
Princeton: Practically a new line
will have to be constructed. All last
wears regular forwards, except
Howard at guard and Stout at end,
have been graduated. Freshmen ma
terial not too promising. A wealth
of veteran backfield material. Out
look none too good. W. w. Roper
continues as head coach.
Harvard Looks Good.
Harvard: Loses Owen and Gherke
and Buell. from the backfield. Keeps
most of her regular forwards and subs
and has in McGlone from the freshman
TEEN something she has lacked i'll re-
cent years, an outstanding triple
threatman. Cheek from the freshman
team is another high-class back. Pros
poets excellent. Robert L. Fisher con-
tinues as coach.
Yale: Starts the season with a
complete team of veterans. Wealth
of linemen and backs. Loses some
good freshmen through faculty action
but hardly needs them. If the Blue
does not 60 far this year, something
is wrong. Tad Jones continues as
head coach. Milstead at tackle, a
Wabash college transfer, promises to
be a second Stan keck.
Army: Begins the season with a
formidable array of veteran material
and some promising preparatory col
lege stars from the ''plebe" class, in
Guiding Tiny Hewitt, Pitt fullback,
who transferred this year. Captain
n. J. McEwan succeeds Maj. Charles
A. DAILY as head coach.
Navy: Loses by graduation her
regular ends, Taylor and Parr. Bolles,
left tackle and Winkjer, right guard,
and Norris and Conray, backs. are
also missing. But Barche;, Mckee
and Cullen, great backfield trio,
remain. Replacement material good.
The Navy should not be as strong as
last year. Bob Folwen remains as
head coach.
Here's the Real Dark Horse.
Pennsylvania A full complement
of veteran material and many stars
who were not eligible TO play last sea-
son. No team shows greater potential
strength than old Penn. Lou Young
has succeeded John Heisman as head
coach.
Pittsburg: Loses Bowser, the great
center: Hewitt. fullback: Sack, guard !;
Simpson, tackle; Williams, end :;
Winterburg. quarterback; Anderson,
halfback. Only two regulars remain.
Hope rests in some fairly strong ma
terial from the freshmen team. Glenn
Warner at the helm for the last time.
Colgate: Great prospects. Fine
array of veteran material. including
five transfers from Penn States 1921
eleven. Dick Harlow begins second
year as coach.
Syracuse: Some thirty strong vet
eran players and outstanding members
of last years freshman team have al
ready reported for practice at Oneida
Lake. Chick Meeban holds on as
hend coach. Prospects good.
Dartmouth: Only seven veteran
players from a team not successful
last year. Nor are the seven all reg
ular players. The team faces a diff
ficult schedule and the outlook is none
too good. Jess Hawley succeeds Jack
Canrell as head coach.
Bezdek Has Good Outlook.
Penn State: The 1922 hackfield is
intact. Such stalwart linemen as
Redenk. Schuster and Flock remain.
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