The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-12-11
Next Seasons
Captains
ARE NOW CHOSEN,
Harvard Men Are Not in
Favor Of Three Big Games


For one reason or snother-in soma
c,s,s ro, ma annaront reason-tbe- a1ec-
Iioil Oh captain VI INC AooeN"h '9aih VA
many of the leading colleges has been
DELAYED this year. Whereas in f,n-
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I'''i 'e'i' my iii''l -
Immediately allef the last game, tnA
ca,,bar that if was known for a car-
lalIlty VINO was 10 leau me Loolpa"
forces at Yale, Harvard, pennsylvania
On, Cornell a season hence. But The
. 80 ,-...-,
'''ii0 ii''' '' i''7' ''e0ii iii''10' an"
with the elections football Tor " has
passed into history.
The season of 'g8. il might be ,e-
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-. "
most credltaple ana interesting chap
ter in the history of the sport Grad
r,1,, so,,eft,1o ,,oo,1a s,.o c5,,,,i,,e, =, ,o.
-
'"aI looIpalI Is not SO pdu game ai'er
all and in consequence the cry of bru-
taHty has been but seldom heard. 1t
is fact that there have been deaths
in the game-iust as there are in every
{ Ntlltl Ji cllitIl VI SpbIt VI III any utpd'
tician furnishes the following figures
| bearing upon the game During he
season it is estimated that %, 900 men
have participated in football. Of that
/ number, six received injuries that We
/ suited in death, and as many more
sustained fractured skulls. This places
/ the death percentage at | in 5000 and
| that Of serious injury / in 74S
! In making Burden captain Of the Har-
ward team, the Cambridge PLAYERS Sc
! lected the best man available. Left tn
the public or even to the student
! quarterback DAILY would undoubtedly
Princeton. It would have been a rank
! injustice to DAILY himself as well as
! foolishness all around to have elected
DAILY captain He is a Young man
nothing more than a mere boy in fact
! being but Is years of age. He has
/ proved a wonderful quarter TINS early
and he is not yet fully DEVELOPED either
in size or football experience His
| election to the captaincv ,yni1ld bava
| necessarily caused his own plav 10 IAN
| off and would have nlsced unon nc
| shoulders responsibilities that he's
hardly yet fitted TO carry. There is
| plenty of time vet for Daiv to he oar,-
| tain of the team before he ersd,,5 os'p
/ With DAILY out of the running Rur-
/ den had a clear field. He is the aor ~
the New York society leader bv that
name and fitted for college af Groton
where he played centre for two wears
This year, as right guard upon Har-
/ ward Varsity Burden has proved
surprise of the season. His nIaving al
through the year showed he was ona
! ~ the very pest men tho
Burden is a hard worker and a had man
| to play opposite AS a CAPTAIN ne
! has yet to show his ability. Rut Rur-
den has the unanimous support of fine
students, which always counts for
much
| Cornell will have to eIac+ anotl,o,.
! foot ball captain. Dan Reed usbo Ias+
week, beat out SWeetland bI, si,,erIe
| vote, finds he will not retlIrn to coIIee,e
~ 80. and SO tenders his resignation.
| They seem to have A mania ouf ftbacs
ways Of electing graduate PLAYERS 70 The
leadership of the team. Reed was a
| postgraduate this wear and intended
to take second year of P.
advantage to be- be- eai htsTe bv Is elsc no
! ing post-graduate cantat,,s NJ,
likely it is to enperde, ,ara foalj,,o
A move IN this direction v1ae rooda a.
( Harvard This fan ,t,ba, - 80
| tempted to secure the 70 -aIao+;1,, -
! Dibble as cantair oItbo,,el, ~, ,,,,,,I1
be a post-gradu afa n,av, NJ ne "o ott
! letic committee at once stan,aS u, go
declared that only underoyrs5,,a+a 90,
tains would be accentable Tbjs nIar
of elactinrr e'otep' dpte' ms plah
branch of sS,,,t 1toess az leduers OF any
professionoiii,t-', % N noIs lar 100 much OF
by facuIfv antinl 80 % ,I Ilu De stopped
u Heeus De.
Ae ,ra. +,15 :.
! earIia,. tbt ~ tHe press dispatches
Hara hoe H.. WEEK, Ihomas TruXton
of the Onalrers ~ NJ 20 the captaincy
hanging FIRE fo,. go ire e.ectlon mas peen
account Of eonobi'Io me NANNY on
athletic conynittee nr,5 between 6he
ia vote for, na,l+at. anu those qualned
IIn6o,Il,+ IoI caplalh capt Outland was
ors 011tio;S,a az l IiIst Gholce OF the play
! ,,--r4 N'AiiNu DOSlllNelN, as Hl&
partnenf Of , -. senior nor medicines de-
! reo1Iires MoIh Vnat almost always
| OutIand hni iuu1l attention. After
serve. 0varfaia pT9Ltlyeiy declined TO
in nopoinatio,1 20 p,a'' 81 WI. rare name
lv elected ,I-it,,s anu ne was subsequent
| '''"iiis III walk.
! A1o,,o
se iF'" ~, y; 9lagg' who has set him
( SCR f6r nalla 'i 80 N%tot OF ana spoN-
has haon tooI pan IN the west,
IeyfravaeSrt tate, making some very
ability e. 9''t'eHlehts regarding the
! as cGn,narEI WG9'erh college, eleVehs
! tba a,rto, WIN lhose representing
lis a cooct 90 it .9l.lll Now Stags
The ve,ra,, ~ Iecoshlzed ability, but in
ofbors +" ~ u! az vi me day, there are
af vaIo ~ az one Tune played an end
reoai1.o53 % az, ~ was while there that he
livine, in t ti,S aoot pail Instruction Since
- - M ~ VIZ west however, he has been