New-York tribune., 1889-10-17
PENNSYLVANIA AND COEDUCA TION.
FooTBALL-A BASEBALL TEAM THAT SHOULD
WIN EVERYTHING IN SIGHT.

WIN EVERYTHING IN SIGHT.
Philadelphia, Oct. 16 (SpeciaD.-The University oi
Pennsylvania has opened and is now fairly under way
for the college year. The college and Biological de
partments opened in the middle of september. The
law medical dental and veterinary departments did
not begin work till October l. The freshman class
in the college department is the second largest that
has entered for a good many years. 1t numbers 40
In the older departments. those in which the oldcI
mon are to be found, the entering classes are aso
large In all there about $50 men In the insti-
tuition. Several Of the faculties have been streng'h-
ened by various additions. and the appointments OF
the various departments have been improved and sup
plemented The law school has taken up separate
quarters and occupies portion of the handsome
new Grard Trust Building. at Broad and Chestnut sS
The college department faculty gave Philadelphia a
sensation at its last meeting 1t passed motion IN
favor of co-educat.on by vote of nineteen to TWO.
The matter has been referred 10 the trustees bul ioy
have as yet taken 10 action upon II. Tho students
are violently opposed coeducaoD. and the trustees
are in receipt from the students of petitions asking
that the faculty's motion be negat.ved
This wear marks a departure in rowing. The
class race Is 10 be rowed in the fall instead OF the
spring. November IA is the date set After the race
IS over Trainer Ellis Ward Will select twenty men, VINO
Will at once 90 into training for the June races All
of last years have returned and II Is said ma
there are good many promising candidates for aquac
bonors among the new men. The change Is not
favored by the Students football Will deract rom
the interest that generally attaches 10 the race. and, on
the other hand football practice will be interfeed
with. :.
The football team has won several games by big
scors but for all that things not what they might
ha There are enough good men on hand 10 sel
o,t team that. although inferior to Harvard allI
Yale. could cope with Princeton ana eaSy @ WiP6 Pp Gp
Ali tbe other colleges. But these men are not Dcs
brought out. The management IS inactNe' VI Ia ISS
wears team the men payi ing are run Dach, mn
ioGf-Lack Thayer: quarterback, Church; fuShc!s
newev Sypbcr and Audcnried. There was an Oppol,
,unjty t,S ret NagOnhurst of last years team bach
arain hut the opportunity was neglected anu Ndspn
h1rst has gone to Princeton 10 play There arc saN
nral nromising new men out such as Rusher johnson
and fIaf-back Beyer. but there are may PROMISING
new men in college who are not Del1e DrOushC Ou';
Amonp them are Camp. eX-Lafayctte' BrdnstOn am
White two Havcrfom players; Calver, a 24O,pound
laver from one Of the local teams, who ~ the Jaw
School and couple Of good men nom La"Tehce
vile. ,.. ana bricbt Only two ot
,aet vear,s nine have gone and many new men nave
entered Here are the candidates: cunning, Uc
Afbetjc catcher; Cahill, the NeW-Haven catehhar
fanSipr catcher: Kirk. pitcher lIyDeman, pilchcr'
sbannon ex-Trnitv pitcher DevercuX. pltcher ron
some club around New-lOrk CITY: watts; DeS MuIIr,
%astern Ieague Club pitcher; McFetridge. pitcher,
GpsyeS sbortstop: scott shortstop; Updegroye thrc
base: Bowman left field; zimmerman c%-DanNii !
penn professional club. centre helder' Long aio
S.hn tv5o OK + afayette ouelderS Wilson, ulrd pas
Valentine second base. and Vail, pitcher. EOn uI
,nafarsI a good team should be chosen TWO apt
msnagers senator John T.. ReyDurn ana a. ~
whiting have this sport in charge