The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1938-09-15
Cardinals Open Grid Season
Friday Night WithNew Ulm
LIGHT But SPEEDY
TEAM In PROSPECT
SMITH AND COUBAL
ONLY HEAVY MEN
IN LINE BERTHS

A new lineup, new coaches,
new pants and new stadium al
most make it a new deal for Red
wood Falls grid fanS-Would in
fact except that the same old
season-opener, New Ulm, is slated
to test the purging ability of the
1888 high school aggregation I'M
der Memorial Field lights here
Friday evening.
The new grid pants-brilliant
red with a black strip down the
side-are something unseen be-
fore in these parts but there was
nothing so unfamiliar about the
long faces worn by Coaches Wally
Zimmerman and Leonard EWald
when interviewed about the pro-
bable success of their New Ulm
purge at Tuesday evenings prac-
tice session.
Not that New Ulm is so I'M
usually tough, or Redwood's pros
poets particularly dark-it's the
risk of sending an untried COM
bination against its traditional and
therefore always tough, for us, foe
in its trial flight that causes
coaches sleepless nights nights
that haven't been improved by a
series of injuries to dependable
candidates, one of whom-Jim
Dwyer-is out for several weeks
with a Clipped bone in his arm.
Paul Kohler PROBABLY will get
the tackle job opened by Dryers
injury, although his 146 pounds
is well below the average of beef
among the five men Zimmerman
is counting on to handle the work
in the center of the line. Andy
Smith, with 1872 pounds of solid
bulk, will be at center and Louis
Coubal, powerful veteran with
$50 pounds of strength, will be
the other tackle while George
Steele, at 161 and Jim Kelly, 142,
are the probable starters at the
guards.
Bill Stensvad at one end
wards an average of 100 pounds.
Lang at the other tips the scales
at f64, giving the starting for
wards and average of 160 pounds.
Pooch Lauterbach is the heav-
lest of the backfield candidates
with 174 pounds but may not start
due to injuries. Other candidates,
weighing from 1873 to 143, have
varying amounts of experience
but plenty of speed if they can
work together. Elmer Diekmeier
probably will open at quarter
back, Ross Lussenhop at fullback
and Pat Byram and Art Neusch-
wander at the halves.
Norman Otto, Butch Schmid
and Lavaun Christensen of
Franklin are all likely to take
backfield positions at intervals
and give the coaching staff a fair
amount of working capital, al
though notably short on bulk for
power plays.
Allen Fobes, Gene Rote and
John De Groat are reserve tackles,
Christensen, Paul Duea and Cy
WEIGH, reserve ends and Don
Cariety, guard prospect all of
whom have performed we'll
enough in practice sessions to as
sure them chances to show their
stuff in the opening game.
After the New Ulm game, Red
wood gets an easier assignment in
Olivia and in another two weeks
should be in shape to cause plenty
of worry to all conference-com-
erS.
Down at New Ulm, Coach Har-
mans Eagles were having trouble
this week with mixed signals, an
early season problem to any team.
The lineup was uncertain, with
several likely candidates crowd
ing first stringers Last year New
Ulm lost its opener to Redwood
6 to 0, a defeat which the Har-
NANTES have high hopes of re-
venging.
Football fans this season will
enjoy comfortable stadium seats
as half the structure is ready for
use.
The high school band will play
and march between halves.