The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-07-06

typifed that system. His association with
former Pennsylvania football stars IN re-
Learning and playing the system used at
Pennsylvania
After being graduated from Brown.
the Cnivefsity Of Missouri for two years.
Since then he has played, coached and
acted as captain on the DuquesHe Athlete
Club eleven and the Homestead eleven He
was with the latter organization last year.
and the players he got together composed
one Of the strongest football elevenS that
.FCltz was a star OF the brightest hue
during mis- undergraduate days. He played
four years on tho Brown University foot
ball and baseball teams. acting "a captain
Of the football team during his senior year.
and the baseball nine in his junior year. On
the track he has a record OF 10 10 sec
Onds fOr 100 yards He has always played
half back. and during the last two years OF
his college lie there was not a man among
the Eastern colleges who was his equal as
an aggressive line plunger or end runner"
FultZ will be well remembered as coach
ing the Missouri State University team
seasons record wa rather disastrous. Con
sidering the difficulties under which he Ia
bored. Fultz made n good record as q
coach out OF distinctly poor material
His term at the state University was
during a period OF supremacy Of the Sigma
NJ fraternity. When the manager OF the
team belonged to that college society. and
when the governing Of the football team
seemed TO he dictated by that body to the
exclusion or the team 5 interest IN many
respects. II was openly charged among the
students that men We're placed on the team
for no other reason than the fact that they
We're members OF the sgma Nu orsanizl-
tiOn. and. be this as IL may. IL Is certain
that the fraternity was untuly represented
on the eleven
OF the best players at the university the
following season. was n candidate for a
position on the team IN the year OF FultZ's
coachship and was generally regarded by
the students as certain OF = mace on the
eleven He was not given a trial, how
ever. and was sfdetraCked by the efforts.
ton.
A player named Mossman was put on in
stead from the Sigma NJ delegation. and his
performance AZ the Kansas same Thanks
giving Day VIII be long emembered a. the
college. The field was covered with ice and
snow, on that occasion: and Scudder's bulk
would have been worth much 10 Missouri.
MOsEman was given the ball on TWO or
three occasions. and In every Instance he
when he hit the Kansas line as II
In some cases the Kansas men even got
him started backward and he failed al
fierce attacks ot the Kansas PLAYERS. ia
was 4 matter OF comment after the game
that Scudder could have saved his team
from many gains by Kansas had he been
The mere fact OF the membership Of the
football team being so handled as to pre-
vent the coach from having the abSHlu'e
selection Of his 6xn men may seem StrarSs.
but a policy was followed which enabled
this state OF affairs TO exist. All this was
changed the following year. but. consider
Ing the difficulties he struggled under,
did surprisingly well with the foot
ball team OF that season.
A dispatch from New Haven regarding
the prospects Of a Henley trip for Yale
reads as follows:
The old story Of sending = Yale crew 10
Henley IN 1910 has been revived n this city.
There Is no ground whatever for his
yarn. The place has not been officially Dis
cussed az Yale. and IL Is not likely that Il
Will be. Yaie's navy is poor financially. and
the graduates are not Inclined 10 spend
money on things which are not considered
necessarN- Tha uul-r.ra- nlalns Marr \ nv