Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1902-08-30
ABOUT FOOTBALL.
Cornell Man is to Coach the
Varsity
Splendid Prospects for the Season
President Cole says that they VIII
Have a Team that will Play Foot
baIl-Schedule not Yet Announced.

President Cole says that they VIII
Have Team that will Play Foot
ball Schedule not Yet Announced.
The NEW DOMINION IS in receipt
of letter from f. L. Cole, Presi-
dent of the University Athletic As
ISOLATION in which he gives the vel
come news that first class coach
has been secured for the football
team this fall
Mr.. Cole expects to be at home
soon. He says that the prospects
for winning team are very bright
and that 100 men are expected to
try for the various positions The
team will be one that can play foot
ball and the best one that has ever
represented the Varsity is expected.
He gives the welcome assurance
that coach has been secured In
speaking of the latter he has the
following to say
Those who are interested in foot ball
will be pleased to learn the record of
the coach secured for the season at
Morgantown. Harold Daval has
had wide experience in football
and his efficiency is best attested by
the fact that last season he had charge
Of some OF the most important posi-
tions in the Cornell Univeriity team
During the fall of 1895 and 1896
coach Davall played end and full back
on the Friends Central School at
Philadelphia and made an enviable
record as foot ball player and also
secured many medals in other branch
es of athletics.
In the fall of 1897 Coach Degall
played with the Freshman foot. ball
team at Cornell. The next season he
made his record as player on the
Varsity team ana by his fearlessness
in breaking up interference and per
| forming general defensive WORK while
playing the end position the coaches
and students dubbed him "DeYiI"
which at Cornell is Indicative OF re-
spect and esteem for the sterling
qualities of the man. Coach Dayall
played a remarkably strong game dur
ing the football season of 1899 and
was recognized by foot ball experts as
one of the best ends on the grid-iron
during that season.
In the year 1900 his services were
obtained at Greenburg, Penn, by the
Greenburg Athletic Association and
the record both as coach and player
made by Coach Davall at Greenburg
4 ,x,ae GcrpalI TIpiuira "
made him a handsome offer to return
to his Alma Mater as coach for the
season Of 1901.
Last season Coach Davall was sent
out by Cornell University to watch
large games and get pointers for the
other coaches and frame defenses for
nearly all the games played by Cor
nell. In the finer details of the game
and the fundamental principles Of
football Mr.. Devall is an expert and
as an instructor he has proven himself
most efficient coach.
Cornell University endeavored TO
secure the services of Coach Dayall
again this season but at the time the
management was engaging coaches
Mr. Davall did not feel disposed to
coach any more owing to the fact that
ne was at that time employed as as
sistant in the Engineering Depart
ment OF the Pennsylvania Railroad.
Coach Dan Reed of Cornell Uniyer-
sity foot ball team in speaking Of Da-
vail said, 81 consider Davall one of
the best informed men in fundamental
football in the country and man who
can impart his knowledge to others
with clearness seldom found among
athletic teachers.