The Washington times., 1903-09-18
Thfrty-five Candidates for
Places on the Orange and
Blue Football EfeUen Start
Their Practice.
SeOer Neml6erS of Last
Years Team Retum-Head
Coach Alexander and His
oASSiStantS VIII Be Busy.

Since last Saturday. the candidates
for the Columbian University football
team have been put through light prac-
tice each day, excepting Sunday Thus
far thirty-fve men have reported to the
coaC hes.
The task set for the blue and oragne
knights of the pigskin has so far been
naught but play for them. No hard
work has yet been esked Of them. Pass
INK the ball, falling on it. and so forth,
and a run on the cinder path of about
a mile or a mile and half. has been all
that has been required Of the weare-s
of the canvas Jackets.
The Seven Veterans.
Sc zen of the men who played on last
years team were out yesterday. They
are IIeine. s. r. Cats. Leach. Machler,
Kelly. Poe. and Cowan.
Much interest is manifested by the
faculty and students as 10 the welfare
OF the eleven. and every evening several
members of the faculty and large part
of the student body may be seen at
Y. NJ. c. A Park watching the pre-
liminary work OF the new team.
Following are the names OF the can
didates for the team: A. B. Bielaski, J.
F. Brownlaw, Barry Burnell. Richard
Bynum. j. S. Cadet. w. F. Cowan, c.
W. DonnaIly. E. c. Dutton, c. c. Croft,
". A. Heine. G. l. Jones, c. ". Kelly,
r. NJ. Kilgour. r. F. Kirkman. F. A.
Law. b. M Leach, r. B. Little, F. p.
MachIer. II. F. Newton, F. p. Poe, c. X.
sherman. H B. Smith. ]. L. Sneed. A.
c. Stanley. E. c. Stevenson, A. d. stiv-
ers, D. G. Sutton, J. d. Wade. Lee War
ner. r. c. Weithass, d. J. West, w. X
West. H. L. Wilcox. E. c. Wilson and
s. r Cats.
Laughlin's Assistants.
Manager Laughlin has so far been
highly satisfied with the work of the
candidates, coaches and assistant mana
gers. The assistants to Manager Laugh
lin are J. E. Lamb. E. A. Chase. and A.
n. Tasker Mr.. Lamb. who is from the
department of arts and sciences, has
charge of the grounds. the equipment OF
the team. and advertising; Mr.. Chase,
representing the schools of law, juris-
prudence and diplomacy. is manager Ct
the second team, and is ready to receive
challenges. and A. n. Tasker. OF the
medical and dental schools, has charge
of the correspondence, tickets. and
finances.
The coaches, MessTs. Alexander, Cor
nell; Kelly, Princeton; Houstan. Dick
inson. and Tyndall, formerly of Co1um-
bian, will give the men their first les
sons in tackling this evening and from
that time on the work will begin in
earnest A tackling dummy viii re
erected this afternoon and be used in the
evening practice.
Temporary Captain.
T. P Machler, who played fullback on
last years team. has been appointed act
ing captain, and will serve in that post
ton until the team is organized. when
a captain will be elected by the members
of the eleven
The number OF men who have re-
ported to the coaches is the largest that
ever tried for a Columbian team. This
, IS gratifying to those connected with
athletics, as this year is the first in
which Columbian ever boosted of an ath-
1etic association composed OF members
OF the faculty. student body. and grad
yates. Already hope for, Columbian
success in athletics looks bright.
NJ J. Thompson, who for several
years was manager of athletics 81
Georgetown University. will not, in any
way. be connected with Columbian He
has not been engaged as head coach, IS
was enormously published in an after
noon paper.