The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-12-07

, contrary Influence The big. strong fell
io"s who eHgage II ,oo'bali are the very
! ones who must !earn to curb Their tempesr5
il Thy are / succeed IN l:fe- In foot
| hal! tacy ind a 9.h1l-<":n. outlet Tor the:r
Excess at physical! spirits The strussis
on the field @!v-S them a chance 70 Work
| off the gross and the animal. But they
| learn 70 Civ and take without losing their
tenpers. That is a splendid side of the
| sport. Tn. v-Ty best man in the team must
| he gDJd-na;I-ed. h must taxi hard knocks
without anger. Otherwise ne cannot re-
L. maa wnG says tina, football is on
\ :evel Win prizeisartaS tprSe;s that the
| Object Of tie football payer i 20 put the
! baii through IN. goal. ana that injury done
| To Il player i occidental and without de-
| sign: wh-Eeas tn final and un,y object OF
tn- prlzeiighter Is 90 knock cut his aItag-
| onist.
Some Of the massef play is really beau
| tifaI in SIS Intelligence and precision Take
the revolving movement. for instance The
bail Is pasS"l 10 a player on the end o.
| Observation-Disclosures crescent and. as the
enemy attacks, the crescent sweeps aTounG,
leaving the player with the bali as a pivot
at TIE center, 50 that he swings on the
other side with clear ground III front o.
him
| "The Yale team beat US twice by employ
ing that massed movement
These university sports are admirable.
and combat the tendency of all insSiru-
lions Of learning toward segregation: They
inspire esprit de corps. The individual
| learns TO sink his personal ambitions for
the glory of the whole He learns how to
| fight for his colors rather than for himself.
After all, the supreme object OF colIese
life is to make men by study and by attri-
ton. We try To develop all that d man has
in him. The Influence of field sports on
character is sound and lasting Besldes, II
gives room for the exercise Of youthful
strength and spirits. which might other
wise seek vicious channels The very re-
straints and sacrifices of the training Pc
Rod. when the members of a team get to-
g=ther abstemioIsly and give UP their ieis-
ure for hard and frequent practice under
strict rules. have an important influence IN
the formative period Of a mans life
Having finished a successful football sea-
son. Coach Stage has turned his attention
to track work. and active training IN that
department began at the University OF
From the abundance OF material on hand
il will surprise maroon critics if a cham
pionship team is not turned out this sea
stars returned. but many freshmen Of
prominence will try for the track team.
Las, year the track team was one OF the
best in the West. having defeated the
teams from the universities OF Illinois.
Northwestern. Michigan and California.
'Stuffy" Place. the discus throweT. VIII
the maroon team last year. will not be on
hand. The remainder of last years sue
year. Jerome Magee. who will lead the
maroon team. will re-enter the university
at the opening Of the winter Quarter ana
will take care of the pole vault Though
defeated last season by Dvorak of Michi-
gan. Mage, nevertheless holds the inter
collegiate record for his event; AT the
meet with the University Of Illinois at
Champaign last year he cleared the bar at
II feet 80 inches.
OF the remaining old men. Friend viii
look after the broad jump and the high
hurdles. Speik and Perkins. have always
events. Speik VIII be hard pressed this
year by Ellsworth, center on the football
team. Ellsworth has done 30 feet with
In the sprlnts sragg will have from last
years squad Sem and Blair. both OF whom
dIs,snce events that the Maroon track team
will be greatly strengthened this year Ell
Gale the former Illinois star. Is siisaoie 10
Mathews and Warner have again returned
All of these men have done better than 40
for the mile. and Hall holds the record for
UuantreIl vii! again represent the Maroon
in the high jump. He made . feet 9 inches.
points for the Chicago team are w; Masee.
Grandberg. Ferris. Cahil and wellington
records follow: Hall. Buckwal,er. Schnur.
Oliver. Catlin. Horovitz.. Dickerson. Parry.
Andrews. Morrison. Ivison. Mefford. Z
II is the intention Of Coach Stage to take
a team East this year to compete IN tne
dosa nm, i interfereE With .R Reo confefence meet
here. Following the custom OF past years
a track team will be sent TO Phiiadeiphia
next ADIu, pUI HE schi H.
a larger team will go than ever before.
Stagg thinks some of sending a tour-miie
relay team, as we'll as a one-mlle relay
team, to Philadelphia. Besides these some
men may be sent to run in special events.
as was the case last year.
II was rumOred about the campus yeSter-
day that the team would train at the John
=. Stetson University. situated at DeLand,
Fla. but Coach Stage denied it Last year
some of the baseball men attended this
school during the winter quarter 1t IS
closely affiliated with the University OF
Chicago.
The indoor work for Harvard's crews viii
begin next Tuesday. 1t has been a long
time since Haryard's oarsmen have gone
into training until after the midyear exami-
nations the last of February, and this early
beginning seems to be an indication that
CAPTAIN McGraw is going to make every Ell
fort at present In his power TO turn out i
winning crew this season.
The winter work will be confined TO the
machines and the tank in the university
For the present the varsity ana
candidates will work on alternate
DAYS only. After the midyear examinations,
the regular spring work will begin and the
men will have daily practice under the d.
of Coaches Vail and Wray.
CAPTAIN Lightner of the track team VIII
also call out candidates for the varsity
track team to begin work in the gymnasium
to-day.