New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-02-29
SPRING FOOTBALL YORK.
Significance of PENN" Ne1r Syss
TEN, to Begin This Year.

Philadelphia Feb. 8 CspecaD.-The announces
ment that Pennsylvania viii have spring football
practice this year practically settles the question
OF preliminary training among the Quakers since
last fail the resentment felt by the more couser-
vatve alumni has been open and bitter toward the
practice. which they consider violation OF the
ethics Of college sport. aud which. they say. did
more harm than good last season. Their influences
was powerful and some time ago It became known
that preliminary training OF the question
so tar as faculty permission was concerned. Ths
only thing left was to organize system OF spring
training. and this was done immediately
spring training OF football men at Pennsylvania
has not been tried since 1901. when George Wood
run attempted to develop IL. and failed mlsera5Iy
because the thing was new and he would rot bother
working it ont frCm the ground up. II had never
been necessary in the days OF the great Red and
Blue teams because nearly ali IN. men Of the IS.
70 and u e.evens were al-r0und athletes and gem
esaAly in framing Tor some other sport in the
sprlng which kept them IN c0nd4tion
ms year the scheme viii. N all probability. b
benz da+-sloJ,eT S,-J-i ~. f-,,I ~ - Us -
given, there IS decided cnanse in the atnosrhers
sisJant as last year, beng the centre OF all notices
and BITS Of college news. IL Is now Head Coach
invited haDhazard 20 assist when they can. set
Cracker and Carnett-was elected to be invited
The plan OF which this is the reslIt is simply tho
eeclsion on the part or ths Red and Blue aGta2ri-
yes % aeFslop a st2aGtte c1acans system similar
the New-Haven system is marked in every par
The movement started IN the election OF Torrey
as captain-an election that cost the alumni no end
OF trouble and Wor the III viii OF the students. who
bel1e-e Pteksrkski. TO whom the place fell ~
seniority. should have been chosen But the alumni
did not consider PfeEarSzki the man to make 2
good coach the year after" and they forced tho
election OF TOTrev.
So quietly has this been worked that the students
who aEgered at the retention OK williams coach.
have been trying 70 force the football COMMITTEES
70 resign by continually requesting III to explain
last seasons defeats, have not yet realized that the
long desired graduate system IS last IN sight.
II was thought It could be developed under Wilt
Jams alone. but the Old Woodruff pupil too
was not the absolute head and there stil ths
one-man system. Of which Pennsylvania has been
trying FOR years to rid herself II viii take another
season for the present plan TO work itself out. and
then the Red and Blue will have to start almost &C
the bottom OF the ladder and work up.
The spring training is part Of this plan. TOO
for 1t renders chance to get 10 introduced with
out any damage, IL Observation-Disclosures should arise
The team and the candidates will become used to
seeing responsibility shared by the head coach and
the captain. and the captain will IN turn grow
used to shOuldering part Of the responsibility.
thing entirely to Pennsylvania captains.
The names Of some OF those invited are inter-
esting- Buck Wharton. the best line coach. has
not had finger IN the pie since 1907 when he cams
and taught the line work. but tnterteret
lines for nearly hour one cay. and hardly any
one spoke to him. The outline OF spring work has
been made up and as soon the weather permits
the men will go TO work The number OF candi-
dates viii almost equal that at the early fan prsc-