The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-13
THLETIC reform At rALE.
Proposal to Appoint n Director-Ncw var.
sity President in Touch.


New HAVEN. Aug 1o-Defore nIans for tho
football season n, y,Io r,n ho oor,,Io,sd Tho
now avst,m NJ oopd,rti,, tbo .,hIn,,o. ~ ,ho
rni,or,i,,, ,,,,,., b. ,,,.I - ,L,a,i,
of a head coach for IN. .lovon ia still heId In
allowance becouse of tho upcartain con6ition NJ
the athletic policv for tho futur. nh. nova
ment sat on foot ,t tbn ,loso -, rho enhooI ya,r
in June. TO select soma pronipent graduate m
All the office NJ yenornl dr.ctor ~ n,hI,,ics NJ
the uniyersitv or To nIncs tha dir,ction ~ ath.
letics in the hands Of n strong centr,I othle,i,,
COMMITTEES has not be.n carried along tn COM
pIetion. and M svsts,, for tho ip,nroveront ~
tho upiyersitv,s ntbIet,cs h,a hnen m,tnrod
1t can -be stated. from sonrc.s Of inside
information that tbe nr,nos,I ,o form ,
chair OF ntbletics at yoIa b,s no, mat win
favor Oppusition to tho t,l,n hos haan mat
from many sources md Indications mr., TINT
the entire scbome will he obnndonod Tho
movement to take the abso,uto CONTROL fro,,
the undergraduate c,p.,ins and ,loo. II Win
the responsihilitv for tho pen,r,l wal,,ro n,
the teams in the hands of either n dirertor Of
the athletics or of tn, athletic 1rnncea NJ IN,
university is still in progress and il ia probabIo
that this will be the eventual solution OF the
problem OF reforming Yale athletics Whether
unlimited power will be given to the director
or whether he will work in conjunction with
number OF other members of nm athletic com
mitteo n ( his assemblies and ossist,nts on tho
yarious teams on the faculty and among the
alumni, is undecided in the general plan for
innovation
Alumni and undergraduates will b,vo a voics
I'm the selection Of the new head NJ tho ,thIo,ic
committee or director OF atblctics whichever
he may be called Just now m, wish Of nil
Yale men seems 10 be conferred in n unanimous
clamor for Walter rann Sinc, Y,la ,,t ;r,o
effect her scheme OF making the undrrgr,du-
ate CAPTAINS absolute in power two years opo
Mr.. Camp has been al adviser of all the mana
gers and captains of Yale teams, but has had
no real power In fact his advice has NOT been
acted upon often, although he has continued 70
give advice which had it been taken would
have produced different results from those re-
corded among YaIo teams the past few wears
The football candidates will report within "A
month for practice Mr.. Camp is still in Europe
and will not return to his home here for two
weeks at least Meanwhile Cant Mcbride of
the football eleven faces an unscttlsd ndition
OF affairs in mapping out his camraign, All
that he has been able to do under tb,, rondi-
tions is to write 10 a large number of formor
players, consult with them on n policy for IN.
coming season and make definite arrange
mepts for them to liza present nj soma MARI ~
the season to coach the varsity candidates ua
has been 80 successful in his endeavors that it
can now be announced that graduate coachers
have have pledged their presence for nearly
every week during the season 1t romans for
them to ado pit harmonious system for handling
tho team and for general direction to be given
to the coaching by some head who is not vet
chosen That Walter Camp will be the director
is highly probable and that the coaching If the
Yale eleven this Fall will be done by a cahInet
is believed
Yale's graduate coach,rs haye Lapun ,o
leave for therwork Of this fall BurrChambsr-
lin. last wears CAPTAIN. ia now on bis w,vto
California to take charge OF tho Jelnnd Stan
ford University eleven Georee Tos,ar san
ford the Columbia Tpiyrrsitv coach win ro
turn from Enron, this ,vaal anil y,iIi q. o,,o
..,,t =, ''', '"'''0 '''' '"o 'a'shiiS'
nv loit WI iea'c mex week |" ""ach
Cant MrRrtd. NJ tho y,lo .,a,o, ~ ,,,Itot,i
ber,uss ne will br oh,s m nn,ov ,ho .ar,.i""sa ~
"Rillv" RuI tho ola fuil-h,nL ton, ,ha.i',a
Val. onons in tho s.ason rInsas H. T., ~ ~
Vale Medical SchooI ,pI h,s .,,,, iaoi -. w."
all the timc nossihla 10 m. yoIa no,nh,r A..
gnIl had charge ~ Nh, ooanhin,, Iaat S il.
viii o~n.Il.n, r.snl,s 10 ,ha -, ''' ~!
WIN eN''''"'t' ''7"'s W INV '"""'u""fs' Ills
advice III periecting the puntng game will he
supreme at Yale
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