The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-12-07
OtTLtND TO a,IT GnIDIRn..
treat FcnnsyIvania Tackle aud Car-
tain to Practice Medicine.

John II. Gut,al.d. whose career in tae
NoSl as a ,~f""t@h!i coach has been very
1ccSSSiHi. mas announced his retiremeu.
from the gdm". He said that he was
through with foothal! for good. ard wouId
Continue the practice Of medicine at Law
renee. Outiani coached the Haskell In
dian team during the season lust closed and
fore. ''" ""-
The football career Of John II, Ou,rand
was "A brilliant one. He was born in Glen
L;lder. Mitchell County. kas. In 1895 he en-
tered the medical department of the Uni
a game of football in his life. and. in fact
rad seen few. one day when watching a
practiSe game he was spied cut by Cap
SUIT and enter the game. He was placed
at center on the scrub team. In the first
worst OF 1t. but his great strength was soon
in evidence. and in the latter part OF the
zane he had the veteran center whom he
was PLAYING against off his feet most of the
time. Three days afterward Ou.land was
played on the varsity team, when his
weight; strength and speed made him a
email work at left half back will be remem-
hered in the 90 THANKSGIVING game at
Kansas City.
While at the Kansas University. Outland
was made captain of the baseball team. he
himself playing behind the bat in the spring
or ~. The next fall he entered the Uni-
NerSlty or PennSylVlnia. going Into summer
preliminary Practice with the Pennsylvania
fHotDail team. Among Pennsylvania en-
client array of football players Outland
show ed up IN fine enough form TO make the
varsity team. although he was later barred
by tie faculty rules. which forbade any
freshman IN amy Of the professional schools
from being Il member of any varsity ath-
lei!c team. However. he was mId. captain
of i!!e scrub team, where he played Il great
game as full back. In the spring he caught
% Inc university reserve baseball team.
which proved stronger than the Regular
team.
In the fall of %. Outland played his first
football game with the varsity team. AS
there was a lack of heav-- men. Coach
Woodruff put him at the tackle position
Il new place for iD-Dut one by which he
advanced his reputation His playing dur
Ing the year was spectacular and he became
one of the best-l!ked men on the team. and
this. with his Knowledge of the game. led
la his unanimous choice for the captaincy
Of the rs team.
Outland il recognized as one of the best
known football authorities in the West and
I-"Hseases much ability as Il coach.
slim batting aEeiages are more common
games in the Observation-Disclosures
series at Los Angeles Sam Crawford made
bu: fvs %safeties in twenty-four times at
same games St. Jacob EeckIey raped cut
seven bingies. good for 81.
Roy Thomas, the Phillies' center fielder.
has beer selected as coach to til. UniversI-
ty of Pennsylvania baseball team. TO Sue
coed Arthur Irwin. The latter has coached
Penn's team for the past three seasons.
and has had considerable success with tha |
nine. but II WAS decided to employ an aC- |
tive ball player. Thomas played with Penn
for -four years on the championship teams
Of the early n~ineties. After leaving TIE |
he played on the Cape May and
Orange 4. e. teams.
Yale is the first Of the big colleges 10 !
its 1862 baseball schedule. Several |
new games have been added. notably one |
with Annapolis Naval Academy and two |
with the University Of Pennsylvania. Yale |
not played with either Of these teams |
several years. The season opens with |
at New Haven. March -. The |
Annapolis game will be PLAYED at Annapolis |
April 10. Among the other games scheduled |
are: Philadelphia American League. at |
philadelphia. April 10; Columbia. at New
Haven. April -. at philadelphia. May =: |
princeton. at New Haven. May 50. at |
Princeton. June 6. and at New York, in |
'ase of tie. June IS: Harvard, at Cambridge, |
June is. at New Haven, June %. and at |
New Haven, in case of tie. June q. This |
will wind up the season. |