Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-09-12

the freshman, may be an ideal full
back.
| Among the good men from last
years team who will be back are
Truskowski, one of the best centers
of the year: Baer and Gobel, two
years each as tackles; Palmeroll and
Squler, year each as guards: Bah
cock, cracking good haifback
| PuckelwartZ, Gilbert, Greenwald AND
Rich, all good back, of whom Gilber,
| gives every promise of being a high
class punter. All told, Michigan is
| not in bad way by any means, and
Coach Yost can be relied upon to put
real team on the field.
Ohio State Hard to Beat.
Ohio State has a fine aggregation,
although she lost several stars when
karow. a great fullback; Hess, All
American guard; Klein, center, and
Clark and Hunt. quarters, got
through. The greatest problems DR..
Wllce faces, so far as | can learn
are the jobs of quarter and center
He has a good veteran, Ulrey, for
center. but what he will do about a
quarter he hardly knows himself.
now.
He has a number of star back
field men, however. Eby is expected
to outshine any man in the West.
Corey. formerly of Ames, and re-
garded as the best fullback in the
Missouri Valley for two years, will
take karoW's place. kreuskamp. an
other great back, fell by the wayside
bit in classes and had to spend the
Summer making up work. Just what
he succeeded in doing, one does not
know yet. He will be a good man If
he is allowed to play. Grim is an
other good half.
Roskowski and Cox will be tackles.
as last year, with Capt. Myers at one
guard, and veteran in the other
place. Big. strong Rowan and Acker-
man will be at the ends, Rowan
weighing more than 200 pounds. Yes,
Ohio State will be there and hard
to beat.
Illinois Hopes to Improve.
Illinois will return Is letter men.
with Capt. Rietsch playing center:
a good. strong line and many prom
Using backs, including Peters, who
was the star of last seasons team.
Somehow. Illinois did not seem to go
so we'll last season, but Zuppke looks
for much improvement this Fall, and
it is quite within the possibilities
that he will make strong bid for the
title.
New Coach at Northwestern.
Northwestern suffered the loss of
three powerful cogs in her machine
when Baker Seibenmann and John
son were graduated. Otherwise, most
of the bunch who tied Michigan for
the championship are on hand. with
many high-class men coming up from
doubt of Gustafson becoming eligible,
as he is said to be back in class
work. But he has been at Summer
school and may be back in line.
Lewis, at full back, was the best man
in the West except Josting, accord
ing to many.
Northwestern has new coach in
Handley who was formerly with Has
kell Indians. Handley, in Spring prac-
tice, startl~ foot ball followers by
the use of many novel and mechani.
cal stunts. His record makes him
worthy of close watching. and North.
western may prove serious disturber
before the season ends. The freshman
class is supposed to have sent along
several men who will be stars one of
these days.
Better Outlook for Chicago.
Chicago had one of the poorest
teams of her history last year, due
to the loss of IS men by graduation.
Many of the men of last Fall will
show wonderful improvement this
season, and it may be expected that
Chicago will have a much better team.
1t is not in the books for Stage S
teams to be down and out long.
Wisconsin No Soft Snap.
Wisconsin suffered greatly from
losses. nine of the regulars graduating.
The freshman team was well above
the average, however, and with the
subs from last seasons varsity many
good men will be on hand. Thistle
| thwaite, former coach at Northwest