The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1923-09-29
OPENING CONTEST
COMES OCTOBER 6
PROSPECTS CONTINUE BRIGHT
VANDALS FACE THE HARDEST
SCHEDULE In CONFERENCE

! With the first game of the season
only one week away Coach Mathews
is determining just what kind of
football machine will represent the
University of Idaho in a season,
which for hardness of schedule is not
duplicated by any other Pacific coast
conference eleven. Scrimmages have
been held during the past week with
a minimum number of injuries and
Idaho's prospects continue to bright
en- as the practice season progresses.
Idaho's first game is with the College
of Idaho at Moscow next Saturday,
October 6.
Idaho has, without question, the
hardest schedule of any Pacific coast
conference eleven. Out of a sched-
ule of eight games the Vandals have
five games with Coast conference
rivals, Washington State College, the
University OF Oregon, Oregon Agri-
cultural college, Stanford university,
and the University of Southern Cali
fornia. Out of these five stiff games
three are played on one trip, o. A. C.
at Boise, Stanford a week later at
PalO Alto, and the L. S. c. Trojans
a week later at Los Angeles.
Three Games on Trip
Washington State college has five
Coast conference games, Washington
has four, Oregon plays five Coast
conference team, o. A. G. plays five
games in the Coast conference, Cali
fornia has five contests with con-
ference rivals, Stanford has but four,
and U. S. c. has but four, while no
eleven other than the Idaho Vandals
have three games with Coast con-
ference rivals on the same trip.
1t is interesting to note that the
University of Washington refused to
play Idaho this year. And in this
connection followers of football
recall that the Vandals, outweighed 20
pounds to the man, let the HusI1ies
down with hollow 2 to 0 win at
Seattle last year.
Eight Lettermen Out
What the problems of Coach
Mathews are is yet to be determined
Practice has been closed since prac-
tically the opening of the practice
season. Mathews has eight letter.
men to work with and the material
from last years championship fresh
man eleven. What the freshman ma
terial will develop into is still a
question and what use Mathews will
make of his lettermen is still an
other burning question on the camp
us. And furthermore Mathews is not
any of his plans or in
tentions.
Three of last years freshman lines
men failed to meet scholarship re-
quirements and these men, Irving
Terry and Edwin Holden, tackles,
and Dean Sibley, guard, are lost for
varsity material this season. Since
the opening of the season Abe Goff
Of Walla Walla, two year letter man,
has been nursing along a knee in
iured last season. Goff played CEN
ter and guard last season and
or not he will be able to
this year is question.
Develop New Center
AS a result of Goff's poor condi-
ton Ray Stephens of Blackfoot,
guard on last years frosh team, is
ooked to as a possible center to work
n conjunction with Dusty Kline,
regular varsity center who in all
will handle most of the
,enter's work again this season.
The production of tackles is still
another problem. Lawrence Quinn
md dad" Hansen, tackles last sea-
son, are both doped as first string
nen for their positions but additional
nen are necessary. Thus far no out
standing men have come forward to
i'll in with the possible exception of
sophus Marker of Coeur d'Alene,
second string man last year, and Ted
3ucklin of Idaho Falls, frosh end last
eason.
What Idaho will do against the Col
ege of Idaho eleven is regarded as
The College of Idaho
leven from Caldwell is coached by
Ans" Cornell, former University of
oregon star quarterback, and the
College of Idaho would rather win
rom the team representing Idaho's
tate educational institution than any
ody else in the world. College of
daho football teams have been un-
sually capable during the past three
ears