El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-11-20
FOOTBALL BOYS
ARE THOROUGHLY ENTHUsED IN
THEIR WORK.
They will Soon Be Ready To Meet
All Comers.-Tralnino WILL Be
Rigorous. Many Games Pro-
missed

The candidates for the foot ball team
met last night at the Oval soffice and
formed a club and transacted great
deal of business Bob Rutherford of
the University of Pennsylvania was
engaged as a coach and with Manager
Hunter and Captain Davis will work
for the good of the game in FL Paso.
Ivory and crimson were selected as
teh club colors and it was decided to
order stockings and jerseys of those
colors. ways and means committee
was appointed to wait on the mer-
chants of FL Paso and solicit subscrip-
tons for the immediate expense of the
team Tom Beall was elected treasur
er of the club.
The boys are very enthusiastic over
the prospects of the team and called
upon Coach Rutherford for a little
speech which was given. Mr.. Ruther-
ford said that as he had been given
complete charge of the training of the
team the first thing he would have to
do would be to require all of the can
didates for the team to quit smoking
and go into training for wind. Several
cigarettes went to the floor just then
and many a promise was made to leave
them alone until after the season was
over.
Something was said about going
against the crack college team at Las
Cruces and some thought that Las
Cruces would win the game in a walk.
Rutherfodr said Gentlemen if you
will only do your part we will not loose
a game 1 have never seen the Cruces
team play but with the material avail
able in FL Paso Their is no reason what
ever for our losing a game to anyone.
But il will take team work and not
individual playing to win games and
hat ma nc II
right here in FL Paso and work and
train with you and if you keep the
same interest throughout the season
that you have shown tonight we will
make a name for ourselves and FL PaSo
in the foot ball world"
The first meeting with the coach will
be held tonight when signal practice
will begin. The boys got out today
and collected a neat sum for a starter
and foot ball in FL Paso is assured. 1t
is important that all candidates for
the team attend this meeting tonight
and Coach Rutherford says that only
the men who practice will be given
places on the team. The meeting will
be held in front of the Baptist church
at 7:3O sharp.
There is some talk of the entertain
ment committee of the Carnival ask
ing the Texas University team to play
Carnival This the boys are opposed
to. II there is a game to be played we
will play it ourselves. 1t is expected
to know by Thursday what team will
play here on Thanksgiving day. and
then the boys will work all the harder.
For the present they will practice three
nights in the week and those who can
spare the time will go to the park every
afternoon TO train. Billy Smith has
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the boys in training.
A canvass among thee andidates dis
closed the fact that there were twelve
candidates for the team who have play
ed on college teams. Coach Rutherford
will play at halfback. but so far no
other position has been assigned. Eu-
gene Baird. the old stand by of the
Cruces team. will devote his efforts and
strength to the good of the FL Paso
team.
Manager Hunter is in receipt of
from several teams and all
will be accommodated in turn. We will
have plenty of foot ball here this win
ter and it will he of the very best.
Base Ball
The following from the Mexican Her
air will be of interest to the base ball
boys of FL Paso:
There will be-a special meeting of the
base ball players who took part in the
series held tonight at eight
o'clock in the Hotel Iturbide. The
object of the meeting is to decide
the challenge of the Palestine
or the Ell Paso team be accepted for
week. II is most important
that the matter be decided at once if
the teams will play here at that time as
1t Is only a month off and Their is a
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the preparations.