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THE MOItXIXG OREGONIAN, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1923 13, K K HARVARD COACHES FACE SEVERE TASK Gridiron Material Light and Inexperienced; PROBATION ALSO HURTS Of 2 4 Men in Yale Game Last Year, 12 Expected Back; One of These May Not Return. Br HUGH FULLERTON. By Chicago Tribune Leased Wire.) CAMBRIDGE. Mass.. Sept. 13. Harvard, assembled for the first time for preliminary football In struction, discovered that the coaches face a severe task in form ing: a strong team from the1 ma terial at hand. Extremely light at ends, both in material and -weight, with the tackle problem badly muddled, the crimson realizes the severity of the losses suffered through graduation and by probation. Only two of the regular linemen of last year are back. The first string subs of last year are reduced through proba tion, and the line must be shifted and reinforced. Of the 24 men who were in the Yale game last year, 12 are expected back, and one of these may not return. Large Sqnnd 'ot Cheering The fact that the Harvard squad is one of the largest in history is not as cheering to the coaches as the numbers might Indicate. The coaches declare the end and tackle position candidates are- extremely light, the products of last year's freshman squad light but fast, and the new material drafted from other branches of sport not promis ing, save In the case of Eastman, heavyweight wrestling champion, who is out for one of the tackle positions. Eastman is fat and too heavy, but the coaches have ex treme hope for him. The news that Fitts, star back, was married during . the summer and probably will not return to school was dampening to the hopes, but the coaches are worried about the line rather than the back field. Of the more than 100 candi dates expected out at first call, not ' fewer than 21 probationers and some of the best material must work off conditions before becom ing available .for the team. Coaching Force Best Assembled. However, the early pessimism at Harvard fails to take Into account the magnificent squad training ac corded last year's squad and the fact that, under the Harvard sys tern, there has been assembled one of the greatest coaching forces ever gathered to teach the candidates special duties. Each coach is pledged to devote his time to the coaching through the entire season. Those who cannot give all their time are to be used only in consultation. Coach Bob Fisher will, of course, be in charge. Eddie Mahan is to drill the kickers. Macomber will in struct the ends, aided by Sousa; Sedgwick, the tackles; Woods, the guards; Parmentier, the centers, and Babe Felton, the quarters, with Tack Hardwick and the veteran, Percy Haughton, aiding and joining Coach Fisher and Captain Charlie Buell in strategy. Of the veteran material, Esky Clark, center, and Charlie Hubbard, right guard, are fixtures, although there is a chance Hubbard may' be shifted in the line, as the guard ma terial is stronger and strength Is needed at tackle. Tubby Grew and Joe Hartman, guard and end. are of the first subs and are considered as leading candidates. Sub More of Problem. Captain Buell and George Owen are considered firmly intrenched in the backfield, where the second string subs are more of a problem than the first lineup. Fitts is in doubt, and . probably will not re turn. His loss, added to the loss of Gratwick, Hovey, Don Angler, John son and Conlon by graduation hurts, but Winnie Churchill and Vin Chap in are seasoned. Phil Coburn, who improved so much last fall he was started against Yale, is a hopeful prospect. At center, Clark is fixed, with Jlolder and Codman fighting for the Tirst chance. Codman, center of the freshman team last year, is fast and strong. Greenough is considered a fine prospect and may be shifted outward. At tackle the loss of Cap tain Kane and the fact that Al Ladd, first string sub, is a crew captain and not expected out for football, and who besides, is a probationer, leaves the situation open. Tackle is more of a problem to the coaches than anything else. McGillan, the freshman tackle, is very good, but light. Eastman In Hope. Eastman, the wrestler, is the hope of the coaches for tackle. He has weight. Is fast but fat and must come down. At ends Crocker and McKlm were lost; Hartley, who subbed in both the big games last fall, looks good and LaFarge is promising. Grew, a strong sub last year. Is good, but he is fat and unless he speeds up may not make it. Dunker, the freshman tackle. Is promising and there Is always a Hubbard this one has been under fire and is promising. i Buell. of course, will lead the team from quarter, an experienced man, and he promises to become one of Harvard's historic field leaders. Leon Howe has shown capabilities. Blake, the freshman quarter, looks well ' from his prep school. Owen, Churchill, Chapin and Co burn lead among the backfield men. Coburn once was a guard and may shift back to the line where weight is needed. Gehrke is one of the most pj-omising backs he broke his cheek bone last year and has an extremely bad knee which slipped out of place last season and wrecked his chances. Hammond Promising Punter. The most promising of the kickers is J. Hammond, who is reputed to be a coming star. He can both kick and pass and may be used in the goal in one play after touchdown situations. The kicking problem is not worrying Fisher. He has five kickers. Jenkins is considered one of the strongest backfield candi dates. Neither Fisher nor his assistants will make any definite statements regarding team prospects. They say frankly they d6 not know how the toam will compare with last year's. They cannot tell how it will shape up until necessary shifts and rear rangements are made. However, after looking them over don't worry; Harvard will have quite a, football team, regardless of lo3ses. There are 26 fellows on the squad whose prep school and freshman rec ords make them excellent material. However, it looks light. A list of the more promising aspirants for "H's" follows r Centers H. W. Clark, -s. Bradford. F. dempsey; seemingly wide open, very hard to hit Style More Deceptive Than Sheer Speed Ever Could Be Wills De pends Largely on Left for Defense. 11 . s&mj v mm I 1 ! f f V: !,( "IS"-"---" - - - , - . - i ' , $ 1 - t 4 i j- TENNIS TOURNEY SMS BOYS UXDER 15 ENGAGE IN COURT CONTESTS. Running Is one of the most strenuous forms of exercise and one cannot be too careful about guarding against overdoing It. Five miles of jOKglng and vliort sprints Is Dempey' maximum, and be Is phys- l.'ully fit to endure It. N BY HUGH PULLERTON. ARTICLE II. (By Chicago Tribune Leased Wire.) EW YORK, i Sept. 4. Jack Dempsey, deceiving, seem ingly wide open, looking easy to hit, really is one of the most dif ficult heavyweights to hit effec tively. His style (not the style, by yie way, he used In the first two rounds of his battle with Carpentier, but his real style, which he used after Georges socked him on the side of the face) is more deceptive than sheer speed ever could be. You will find in " studying both Dempsey and Harry Wills that in each- case the defense consists largely of attack. Both men rely on their strength, both press battle, bore in steadily and eeek to get to close quarters. In such a style of attack it would seem that defensive precautions are thrown to the wind. Head Slightly Tilted. IiT the case of Dempsey, however, this is not true. His true style is a two-thirds crouch, his head held slightly to the left, his Jaw well covered by his shoulder, his elbows close to his body and arms hefd well in front. But his great strength is in the peculiar weaving motion of the head and the body above -the waist as heladvances. The head and body away slightly from side to side. Big Jack Thomp son, who works with Dempsey in the rough work, laughed and remarked: "Mister, that man is the hardest man to hit in the world. I can hit him, but he ain't never where you think he is. I miss him closer than any boxer I ever met. He just moves his jaw half an inch and when you miss sowie you get it." Taylor, the rather clever and rugged darky who has worked with Dempsey more than anyone else, said: "I hit more elbows and shoul ders and tops of head boxing Jack and fewer Jaws and bodies than anyone in the world. He looks so easy to hit when he is coming at you that it Is a temptation to cut loose and bust him but don't be tempted, mister he is the fastest man with his eyes and hands .you ever saw. He Just lays his jaw open tor you to hit and when you lead he beats you to it." Wills Wide Open. Wills, on the other hand, is wide open at many times. He depends largely on his left for his defense. and against weaker men he scarcely tries to cover up, depending upon driving them back with the low swinging and side-swinging left that has crippled so many and made them helpless. He fights rather high, but covers the Jaw fairly well, save when he opens up to deliver a hard punch. At that time both Jaw and body are unprotected. Neither man is a long-range fighter. At that style of milling Wills might have a shade because oi his long reach and his sharp shoot ing left. Wilis seems to lack de fense for long-range work. Even the poor dub Tut Jackson could hit him in the face and body while at range, but perhaps Wills did not care beyorrd getting him to lead and then slamming him with the lefU Both Close-in Fighters. It is at close quarters, where both Wills and Dempsey excel, that, the wide divergence in style shows. Dempsey fights very close in, al most body to body, and in gettins close he does not leave either body or Jaw unprotected. He is still close hauled, elbows In. body well cov ered, and to launch his deadly blows he does not need to open up at all. His most effective drives to tha body are delivered with short drives, traveling scarcely more than ten inches and with an ' upper-ripping movement. It requires terrifia forearm power even to check themt and after he hits the body that way he rips the blow on through the protecting arms of an opponent and drives the fist on upward. In the Carpentier affair he tore these blows through Georges' forearm de fense and frequently the same blow that landed on the body ripped up to the chin and shoved that back. An opponent striving to retaliate at the head finds that held low, so that he hits the top. or side of the head Instead of some tender spot. During the terrific body punishment that Bill Brennan took from Demp sey Bill tried to. hook over his right to Jack's Jaw at close quarters and hit him eeveral times, but never ef fectively, while each effort brought a crashing left into his unprotected ribs. Wills Defense Peculiar. Wills at close quarters is wide open. To launch his hard body and kidney punches he is forced to lift his arm high and bring it down with a clubbing motion; a terrible blow, but one which leaves his own body wide open. Wills' defense at close quarters has been a peculiar one. In the close work he continually shoves his left hand under the arm pit of an opponent and holds, while trying to make the referee think the other man is clamping the arm to prevent punishment. Then with his left he pulls the body of the opponent around and delivers terrific punish ment with his right. In the next article we will study the attacking systems of the two men, contrasting tneir styjes ana methods. Annual Affair Reveals Embryo Champions In Snappy and Fast Matches. Embryo tennis champions came into their own yesterday afternoon on the Irvington club Durts with the annual boys' city tennis cham pionship for the Percy W. Lewis cup getting under way with 32 youthful players in the lists. Only one out f the 16 scheduled matches went by default, which is a remarkable thing in tennis. The matches brought out some great competition among the little fel lows, some of whom were not much bigger than their rackets. The tournament is limited to boys not more than 15 years of age. Richard Hoogs, winner of the Percy W. Lewis cup and the boys title "last year, is not in this year's tournament, having outgrown the division. However, Bob Hoogs, a younger brother, is upholding the honor of the family and got off to a flying start yesterday by defeat ing A. Lawrence, 6-1, 6-4. W. Shear er won from B. Smith by - default, the only match to go through un contested. The match between Phillip Dick and Jack Caplan was called off because of darkness after two sets. It will be played off this afternoon. Play will start this afternoon at 3:30 o'clock. The 16 winners are all asked to be on hand at the Irv ington courts by that time. Frank E. Harrigan is in charge of .the tournament and is putting it over in a very successful manner. Mr. Harrigan has handled the affair since its start several years ago. It is becoming one of the most popular events for the younger players. Yesterday's results follow: Charles Burton beat Cable Hunt, 6-3, 6-4; Bob Hoogs beat A. Lawrence, 6-1, 6-4; Stanley Jaloff beat Maurice Simmons, 7-5, 6-4; W. Shearer won from B. Smith by default; Al. Gold-i blatt beat AL Brunn, 7-6, 6-0; Ernest Gabriel beat Ailing Goss,.6-l, 6-3; Carl Beaudrv beat lmboden Parrish, 7-5,6-2; R. Hall beat P. Murphy, 6-1. 5-7." 6-3; El wood Harrigan beat Al. Taylor, 6-1, 6-2; W. Swett beat M. Cohn. 2-6. 6-3, 6-3; W. O'Connell beat Bob Knight, 6-0, 6-3; W. Powell beat R. Burton, 6-0, 6-3; Fred Jobel man beat M. Swett, '6-4. 6-0; Jack Murphy beat Bob Yoke, 8-6, 6-2. OREGON TO BEGIN WORK FOOTBALL PRACTICE IS SET FOR NEXT MONDAY. 7 L. W. Post. Brennan. Guards C. M. W. Greenough, P. B. J. Hubbard, H. S. Grew, A. Anthony, B. S. Cosan. J. M. Cooper, H. H. Davenport. J. J,. Donovan, H. T. Tinker. J. P. Hubbard, J. M. Maloney E. K. McCaSR, . M. Rubin, M. W. Self. C. L. Short. W. B. Wood. Tackles H. M. Bohlen. C. B. Cooper, C. A. C. Eastman, T. I. Eliot. J. Finley, E. I. Hamilton. A. L. Hobson. R. S. Hubbard, P. B. Kunhardt, E. McGil lan, W. V. Miller. H. N. Pratt. F. Schwarz, H. S. Wagner. H. P. Curtis. Ends J. M. Hartley, R. P. Field. K. N. Hill. W. S. Crosby. D. J. Danker. J. E. Kennedy, F. W. LaFsrare, C. B. New hall. L. L. Robb, P. E. Wilson, A. D. Hoffman. Quarterbacks C. C. Buell, W. P. Howe. J. J. Lee, F. G. Akers, J. 8. GreenMirg, F. W. Pratt, P. Spalding, T. D. Biake. Backs G. Owen, P. F. Coburn, W. H. Churchill. V. Chapin. S. M. Beala, O. D. Bredan, W. J. Dempsey, R. Doherty, E. L. Gehrke. L. Gordon. J. W. Hammond, A. B. Harlow, P. Jenkins. L. B. Lock wood. C. C. Mason. R. F. Nichols, L. R. Nichols, K. S. Pfaffman. IMBLER TEAM IN PRACTICE High School Coach Plans to Have Strong Lineup. IMBLER, Or., Sept. 13. (Special.) The football team, composed of the pick of the local high school, is practicing hard, preparatory for a strong fall lineup. Several games are scheduled and Manager Burrell is optimistic over the outlook. Shower baths have been installed in the building to accommodate the team. The attendance exceeds that of all previous years and promises to grow even larger. The attendance In the high school is expected to reach the 60 mark. The building has been entirely renovated and cleaned and new apparatus added. One of the new features recently CLINTON TO BOX SAGCO EASTERNER LITTLE KNOWN OCT THIS WAY. to Friday Night's Entire Card Be Made Up of Local Tal ent Entirely. Johnny Clinton, New York wel terweight, who Is the latest leather pusher to invade the western slope and who lost his first start In the northwest to Travie Davis in Seattle Tuesday night, will substitute for Joe Benjamin against Jimmy Sacco at the Armory tomorrow night. Lit tle is known of Clinton out this way, although he claims a victory over Sacco in a previous encounter in Boston. The card of preliminaries for to morrow night's show is made up entirely -of local talent. Eddie Richards and Jack Dillon, Olympic gym middleweights, will do their stuff in the semi-windup of six rounds. Chuck Helman and Johnny Showers are rematched for the six round special.. Tim Callahan and Chick Rocco and Jack Griffith and Red Burley, another rematch, are the four-round bouts. " Bobby Harper, after three weeks at his former home in Seattle, is back in Portland looking for trou ble. Charley Jost, Harper's man ager, has had several offers for Bobby's services, but would prefer to get Travis Davis over the ten round route in Portland. Johnny Trambitas, a member of added and lately systemmatiaed is Bobby Evans' stable now boxing in tne scnooi saving aepartmeni, or- i t:ailtornia, got over in tine style canized In connection commercial department. with the Bowlers Open Season. ABERDEEN. Wash.. Sept. 13. (Special.) In the opening bowling match of the season the Olympic Candy company team won two games of three from the Eagles on the Academy alleys last night. Joe Zedrick of the Eagles bowled high single game with 204 and high to tal with 572 pins. The Grand theater K. Kernan, A. Codman Jr., R. D. Gross, j and Savoy grill . play tonight. Tuesday night in Los Angeles. Johnny stopped the . undefeated Jimmy Morris in three rounds. When Trambitas wants to fight he is one of the best looking lightweights on the coast, for he can hit, but he so seldom wants to. Benny Vierra, sensational Cali fornia feather, Wants to come to the northwest. Benny, a big card around Oakland and Los Angeles, would like to land at last three or four bouts in Portland, Seattle and Tacoma. - - Squad Will Leap Into Maelstrom Immediately After Players Are. Put in Condition. UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, Eu gene, Sept. 13. (Special.) An nouncement was made today by Coach Huntington that first prac tice for Oregon's football squad will be held next Monday afternoon, in stead of next Friday, which is the earliest date permitted by Pacific coast conference rules. Huntington expect all his players to be present by the last of the week. Prink Callison, center, who was hurt last week while slinging rig ging at the Allegheny camp of the Buehner Lumber' company, in the Coos Bay country, returned to Eu gene Sunday. Caught between two logs, he was saved only by a knot which protruded a few inches from one of the logs and which prevented his legs from being completely crushed. 'While Callison was severe ly hurt he is able to get around and hopes to be in harness early in xne season. With practice to begin the 18th less than three weeks remain be fore Oregon's opening game against the Willamette Bearcats set for Oc tober 7. The Willamette contest is the first' of four to be played on consecutive Saturdays' without a layoff. October 14 Huntington's men play . Multnomaht at Eugene; Sep tember 21 they play Whitman at Pendleton, and September 28 Idaho at Portland. The Oregon gridsters rest November 4 and then play Washington State in the annual homecoming game at Eugene Ar mistice day, November .11. November 18 comes theOregon-Ore-gon Aggie game at Corvallis. The last game of the season will be against University of Washington -n the new Seattle stadium. FAST ELEVEN IS ASSURED Albany High School Has Six Letter-Men as Nucleus. ALBANY, Or., Sept. 13. (Special.) Prospects are good for a fast high school football team here this season, with six of last year's let termen In the linup, says Coach Frank Brumbaugh. Groshong, full back and captain, will be in mole skins the first night of drill and with him will be Laubner, half-v.b- tviaba will Via the nucleus of the backfield. On the line will be Hnii: Allen, steen and Patterson Difficulty may be experienced in hinAtlnir ii r t)iA rmfl.iTif nsr boles. but Coach Brumbaugh is confident he will find capable material in Stellmacher, unrnammer, n&wey Olen, star halfback last year, De Vaney and Taylor, tackles, and Looney and - Cook, ends, will be missed. Manager Gilbert has anh.iliilail aoverfll rflmPs and Is ar ranging more. One trip will b taken to southern Oregon to pla5 uHfn.l AlhAnv ulnr znM to Cot- and Lebanon appear on the local gridiron. Football Prospects Brighter. . PACIFIC UNIVERSITY. Forest Grove, Or., Sept. 13. (Special.) 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The Kalis City schools will reopen on September IS, according to announcement made by Professor J. W. L. Kaufman, superintendent. The opening date Is later here than in many other sections, as a large part of the school children work In the hop yards. Buildings are bttn gotten Into good condition, and in one department at lasl, that of science, in the high school, consider able new equipment has been addd. OI30I 10 01 IOE30I IOEXO MEN A NT E MAGIK TIES for sale ty IIIISMII SP . MATT ERA i 286 Washington, Street For Shops and Roundhouse RATES: Machinists ; 70 cents per hour ' Blacksmiths 70 cents per hour Sheet-Metal Workers 70 cents per hour Electricians 70 cents per hour Stationary Engineers : Various rates Stationary Firemen ........... Various rates Boilermakers 70-70 Jc per hour. 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