Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 281, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 November 1913 — PLACE NUMBERS ON PLAYERS [ARTICLE]

PLACE NUMBERS ON PLAYERS

System for Football Contestants Becoming Quite Popular in Detroit— Key Chart Explains. Why not number the players on all football elevens? This question has been a source of much agitation all over the country for the past few years, but Detroit fans have not had a chance to judge for themselves the merits of such a system until this year, says the Detroit Free Press. It remained for the Heralds, city independent champions, to put the plan into actual use, and it has proven a popular one with the fans who attend the contests at the Mack Park gridiron in which the city champions are factors. Manager Essex really was the man behind the innovation, for it was he who induced the Herald manager to try out the plan of which he always has been an advocate, and it is receiving such favorable comment that it no doubt will be used by all the city elevens another year. The Heralds are wearing maroon with large white circles on the backs, in the center of which is the player’s number in red. A key chart is posted in a conspicuous place, and the spectators can pick out the individuals most prominent in the various plays by getting his number and identifying him by means of the chart. This Same system is used in the east by the Carlisle Indians, and Is a splendid means for “finding” the players.