The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-03-13
CURRENT SPORTING TALK.
,yvnIl's FOOTBALL MEN BEGIN
COLn,yIJ THE PROPER SPIRIT.

.VateFinl Is BnCuuThkink Hhu
Ths ne More of It-New York Baseball
. w, VIII Report To-Day-Grinin's
n~"Icasr-Boxlng Mt Coney Island Likely.
.,., ,bo undergraduates OF Columbia uni
Wv onished their football game at Dur
WtII,' piding Academy on Saturday night there
Hin a,uch enthusiasm over the prospects for
W" arnotlon OF q varsity eleven next fall.
ts uJy thirty men took part in the game, and
. vb they had done little or no training for
wDA,o,t they went at their task In n way that
s,,a,od earnestness and a Willingness to i'm
m .o According to Football Manager Mitchell
pV, thor students at Columbia intend to add
u % names to tho list OF the candidates who
ens,od on Saturday night. The material shown
- tor indicates light weight, comparatively
sno.king. A few big men are trying for the
s,ar3s md centre places. but not enough
~ mike the team strong Mt these points.
1here are other muscular heavyweights In the
.rlycrsity who may be induced to turn out.
hnt the managers should not let up In their
DS,r,s TO bring them onto tho field. Good
caches know how to drill football into the
Soads of greonhorns. so long as the latter pos
Ease the weight. speed. and stamina necessary
IN the make-u up of a successful player. There
Tore It is no excuse for u Columbia student to
s,y that, because he has never played foot
h,l - or does not know the game" he can DO
~ M service. At Harvard. Yale. Princeton,
and the University of Pennsylvania the Gus
tam has prevailed for years for the captains
and coachers to go through the students in
search Of big, rawboned. muscular fellows
Who can be trained into the proper football
farm There can be no doubt that there are
some players who can be turned into good
tackles and ends at Columbia. Welles. the
university's strong man., is built Just like a
typical football player and only needs coaching
10 make him familiar with the duties OF tackle.
Csuther. an old Amherst man, appears to be of
promising calibre for guard. while Simons, the
derson, Wolf, STRONGER and others seem to
Iii, regular ,p%ositioh. on Saturday night. is
strong nj line bucker. He made quite a reputation
than a year ago He, entered Columbia last fall.
game was. not a thorough test, by any means.
in II because sSS sa1p Of the soft tanbark and the Inn
tied playing space. 1t was also out of the qpes-
ton to try any punting. which prevented an
s snafIt4R@ the ends l.; As about 81, 5oD has been SUBJ
scribcd for the support of the team, there will
sSa Pc Manage Il Mitchell ft g has sn arranged ranged a 81 scE6Se he'd
new VARSITY, viii play the Carlisle Indians here
ON th @a snms lines thaSt has Ssi SroSsht n Old Si Penn.
Cornell and other universities to the front in
recent years.
The members Of the New York baseball team
d, Day this afternoon. Tomorrow the players
will leave for Charleston on the steamer Co.
manche and will remain there one month, To
PLAYERS, Rusie,, Meakin.. Seymour. Gleason.
Hartman and Getting. who are reported to be
Wat E{RSHuiRn he calls is Unjust. TinG J t% re GDehtq, It it is 0E bee
lieysd that the club has been compelled to send
for "%Scrappy Bill' Joyce. who only a few weeks
!eying at the time that his ball; playing days
base again in place Of Hartman. or he could be
stationed second base. whore the amiable
Gleason used to make his miraculous stops;
made to begin the season in his old place, the
team will be in poor trim to open the cham
infeld, and there are few better fieiders than
Gleason in that position. Shifting Doyle to
second and landing Joyce on first. SO that the
believes tha. ::scrappy Blli,is the ideal leader
team as he may see ntS
Late on Saturday night Mike Griffin. the
lyns. was sold outright to the Cleveland Club.
IN response to kilograms sent out to all League
S clubs BY ,S Mapba ast i Hanlon; the h CGIsy leland Club nu5
Griffin was at once transferred. Tebeau has
been ANXIOUS to secure Griffin to play centre
when Mixes services were offered to him Pat
s4e 7 tran at tne% to IN 6 E 'i hnlis II d fhs ,ole maS ds
chance of his remaining in Cleveland
e Fsn, manager Of the new team there;
Hanlon has made a mistake in letting Griffin
go. Nike has gradually fallen of in his play.
S Tas siMHy5 ia a r Ssttl1 }slS Sea bias base as rp HnningS SALE He
Kelley ior Grimm, and placing McGann en- first
the Br9okiygs in batting, McGann is also one
OF the best first basemen in the League.
morrow. ana nobody seems 10 know what the
outcome will be. Brush and Robson. if things
fSf Sd id i@y the neon may haze Bn an "a agent ento to }b put nh Ina
is thought Brush and Robson will Withdraw,
League, which has already gone on record as
SSSIng onpnsed to all applicants for the fran
G G'iSs Of SNt ihee G HHHIg1S9n CLUB Sbn' IS st sfiI H96r eire ir esI-
aently waiting for another session Of the mag
hnales. WHICH may take place on Thursday or
Inuay. Hart refuses to discuss the 81. Louis
situation,
Mysterious Billy Smith means two things. One
S'hat hhylgne made a mistake in going out
" w lightweight class, ana the other Is that
ne has gone back. Smith made good his
promise that he would enter the ring fit and
would put Ut, a winning battle. The "mys-
ler!0u4' pugilist has fought his way to the top
q the Neltcr- weight class. his Victories over
HYeoLgt 'irefn. Joe WoIeott. Billy Edwards and
dAylgnc being OF the cleanest character In
ttach Instance. sporting men are anxious now
Dste iNmith tackle TomIny Ryan OF Syracuse,
SSdmIh W llom ~ was practically matched before
mnIelt or frisco SMITH has shown so much
lumpfNkemrn- in the last TWO years that his fol-
over believe that II anybody can beat Ryan
a0i. "A "
,thE. I corporation pagers of the new Coney
MMogh3hu having been formally approved, the
tuo w now cndeavor to secure u license from
W. l9ice commissioners. 1t Is said that tho
%IvSshiizatlon has the backing OF two Of Brook
n nL leading, politicians and a State Senator.
SHl %GreS will be pulled so as to bring Presi-
Of oFf~ rro 1SFk Of the Police. Board around In favor
%pgranting a license. As one Of the Brooklyn
'nnnT3h,oters said the other day: We are salts
n " 70 allow Senator Sullivan and Assembly
Snm.I. sullivan monopolize the boxing in New
TTyyN 80 Iong as we can control ID in BrooklyIi.
stbmnu,,,tsl Is no reason why the Coney Island Club
ccEi " not have u license AS soon as the
oW y receives a license 1t will proceed to bring
~'he Observation-Disclosures fight.
Billiards.