The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-09-07
COLOMBIA FOOTBALL NEW REPORT.
Coach Sanford Takes Seventeen Candidates
to the Catskills for Rrncttae.

Seventeen candidates for places on the new
Columbia University football eleven reported
to Coach Sanford and Manager W. E. Mitchell
at the Murray Hill Hotel Yesterday morning.
All hands sat down to luncheon at IL o'clock
and listened to . number OF enthusiastic
speeches by those who have undertaken the
task OF forming a team. Sanford, who Is tho
old Yale centre rush. and one Of the most cap
able coaches in tho country. informed the play
ers that he intended to lay down a set OF rules
and regulations which must be strictly obeyed.
Every candidate. said the coach. will re-
ceivs fair square trial. and only the best
men will be chosen to make up the eleven. I
believe that with hard work and energetic
faithful training we will be successful"
Manager Mitchell dwelt upon the i'm portance
OF having as many students as possible turn
out. He alsoi praised the alumni and under
graduates for their liberal financial support
and declared that he had succeeded In raising
several thousand dollars in cash to defray
training expenses. With the attractive sched-
ule arranged for Coumbias new eridiron on
Manhattan Field. Manager Mitchell said he
felt confident that the Football Association
would have a good sized bank account at the
end of the coming season. Mitchell then an
nounced that he had engaged training quar-
ters at Margretville in the Catskill Mountains.
and that the candidates would go there at once
for stay OF three weeks. He said that twenty
more players would join those who reported
yesterday in few days. After luncheon had
been devoured. these men boarded an after
noon train for their new quarters:
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ssnfSsi ssd fiat the PLAYERS j, vaI!s at Mar.
light practice, will be INDUCED in" said he.
and we will devote much time in picking out
ns WHu bs seB sS p psi; b.sv,
fellows in the crowd, 1t may take time to de-
l think. II we can have the support oil the
| university and the public. the team will sue
coed in making a good showing for the first
The eleven and substitutes will come back
to town for game with Rutgers on Sept. 80.
back OF the Manhattan Field where the men
will live and eat at training table. Sanford
players and putting into effect his system u
team play which has been pronounced SUCCESS
f n 6 p.st hs s..n h:TS
time since New Workers have been able to see
inter-co leg ate football played here by the BIZ
the, attractions that will appear at Mania tan
Field this fall are Prineeton. Cornell and the
Carlisle Indians.
The success OF football a. Colum bia depends
almost entirely on the undergraduates. There
are a number Of star players at the university
who have figured prominently as Nom bers OF
other col lege teams. II they can be induced to
come out this fall. the eleven's chances for
success will undoubtedly be increased. Several
noted inter cholastic players ara also expect
ed to enter the university next month. in
which case they will be immediately taken in
hand by the head coach. The alumni OF Col
est. They believe that with proper manirula-
ton. Columbia will be able to build up a team
Just as the University OF Pennsylvania has
therefrom. It will no longer be necessary to
carry along the crews by means Of personal
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