The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-01-21
COlLEGIAaS COACHED
BY LEA6UE PLAYERS,
FRED TENNN IL WITH BROWN AG tIN
Hugh Jennings nENtINS WITH
CORNELL ARTHUR
RETt rms TO PENNSYL-
WANNA.

According 10 reports. Fred smith Of
Princeton fam" has been engaged to coach
thu University Of Illinois football eleven
next fail. II has been known that the
athletic authorize. were trying 10 secure
a Princeton man. but this is the FIRST
definite announcement Smith viii Bee as
"l~t'i 10y another man from Princeton.
whose identity has not been diyl.luetI. Be
| sides ia" two Princeton mon. Coach Hun.
Who Is the graduate manager. will also
assist in the coaching work. smith coached
Illinois in 1872. establishing tn, best az
! rr"ssiy. tactics ever drycioprd by III.
lliini lie was prevented from doing much
| work in lNa>. and WAS succeeded last wear
by Nelson Poe. Smith went to Princeton.
where his work with the tiger back field
| won him new laurelS.
In an article lauding Coarl, Arthur Irwin
Of the University of PENNSYLVANIA baseball
team. a Philadelphia exchange. saws:
There is not a man in the country that
knows the game any better than Arthur
Irwin. and with any Kind If support he
should place baseball ut PENNSYLVANIA on
the same high plane with her football and
track teams and her crews When coaching
the Quaker mines before Pennsylvania WAS
IN the h'yiey Of her baseball history and
easily hcld her own with such strong
teams as then represented Harvard.
Georgetown, Brown. Yale and Princeton.
IRWIN nus developed such men as Row
ih0hd@' Biiiy tioekle, Dan Coucan. the
Ldfh'i!'ed clarence Eaync, George Reese,
Charley Hollistcr. Beau Thomson and a
host OF others These men were hittcrs,
ana hitting wins games. This i Irwiu's
motto. and ny this We hope to see PsnnSyi-
wanna Win some games of first-cIass i'm
portanCe this spring"
The first practice of the Cornell b,s,b,u
candidates for the varsity team ~ f,.1
commenced last week. About thirfv-nya
men reported. a majority being new men. |
'h"uSh captain bulc. poUEhcrty. Newton
and Robertson of the l>gs Team U.r.. our
for work. Murtaugh. YOUNG. Srratton ON
Co.. Miller and Johnston of last y-aar's
squad VIII not he Available for this years ,
nine. Hugh Jennings Of the Brcoklvu
League club. who has been selected Ia
coach the team. will report in Ithaca on
February l. He Will accompany tho r.ap,
o. lis southern "trip, which this year VIII !
l,Siu late in March. Dihyr trips have been /
arranged by the management. one Of whi.,
vii! take the men West as far as Grand
Rapids.
College athletes are enthusiastic over the
programme arranged for the Knickerbuckcr
A.. {. carnival in New York on February
". Inc relay race will not be the only event
which VIII draw Il good entry. The hfry-
yard dash will be exceptionally Interesting.
AS the entry of kraenzlein Of the University
OF Pennsylvania ana Dufy OF Georgetown
University Will be productive Of a rare 1
tussle.
Dahy and Kraenzlein met in tn. lpD-yard
chaihl lohship last year, and the former run
Ier won in the fast time of 9 rs seconds.
hraenziein had been running in better than !
~ seconds prior To meeting Duffy, and when
the Boston Splinter romped away from him
ne was chaErineQ. Ever since then he has
been waiting for revenge. Mike Murphy is !
kracnziein thrOuch a special course
that the big Quaker will run a fast fifty.
duel between the pair should be the
star athletic event Of the indoor season
Charles f. Courtney. coach Of the Cornell
oarSmen, has come out strongly aga!nst the
Pougnkeepsie course for interuniversity re-
hold entirely successful affairs on that
course. a. there is too much interference
by craft loaded with sishtsceTs. He recon-
mends Saratoga Lake. Onondago Like, ar
Cayuga Lake. especially the last, hut. as
he other colleges would not consider that
On account of its being Corn.lls home
he thinks Onouda7o Lake should he
chosen because of its smooth water and
freedom from general navigation.
Northwestern University and the Univer-
sity of Chicago will NEE; on the gridirOn
.or their annual football game OF the sat
irdav before THANKSGIVING Day. This
late has been agreed upon by Doctor Hol-
lister and Professor Stagg. II is ChiCaCo's
urn to play at Evanston, bat this point
not been decided upon y" other foot
ball dates have been made definitely. \
has been settled upon coniitiunaiIE
Heen northwestern and Michigan. This
Will b" played either at Ann Arh"r or
Detroit, "a the last game between these uni
was played al Evanston.
7. ,,-,. o,r,,r- ,b,, ~ .a.,.lo.- e L..
years University Of iliEOiS football team
receive no rs. According to the con-
-titutiuu Of the athletic association. only ;
hose playing in winning games against
'aiCagC, Wisconsin or MICHIGAN are entitled
o ~ sweaters. According to this. none "f
he 90 varsity is eligible for an Il" but
he men feel. nevertheless. that they
worked Just as hard as if they had played
n winning games. and should receive some
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