The evening world., 1904-09-15
MORLEY WORKS COLUMBIA
\ BOYS ON MUDDY FIELD
Big Coach Is Pleased with Appearance
of Raw Material to Be Used in This
Seasons Football Team and Expects
to Have Winning Crowd.
BY ROBERT EDCREN.

Football Is the king Of amateur sports. and football playsv are tho
princes among athletes.
Out in the mud Of Columbia Field yesterday afternoon Coach Morley
nsrshslod as fine looking a lot Of youngsters as ever started a season
in molcskn. They ere big AMI broad and deep-chested. Most Of them
we're brown as Flvajos from their summer outings. They we're all clean
smat~r athletes, in the game for love Of It's manly roughnsss and It's
matching Of brain and Drawn against brain and Drawn.
Coach Morey-"Bill' Morley, as he is arectionateiy called by every
friend Of Columba-is a real Westerner. He comes clear from New
Mexico every year to coach the team, and he wears a big white felt
"stcuon" that is the pride Of tho territory when he Is at home. Nor.
as that ever wore the blue OF Columbia and q shock OF football hair.
They are as lively as a lot Of Texas lonshorn," said Morley, ap
provingly, as his team trotted out on the turf.
THORPE A BIG MAN.
Look al Thorpe there. He weighs 2S pounds as he stands, and
he's cutting VI all the time Tom Thorpe Is as wild an Irkhnan a. |
ever saw in a game. Always ready for a frolc. and he plays like a
sampeded Steer. Goes right through everything In sight He has
been training all sumner, and hos hard as nails"
The %blond.harcd coach Is greatly pleased with the prospect. I'VE
expect to have the heaviest team that ever represented the college"
be said. so fer, . whole lot OF big fellows have turned out
Of the freshmen who will be ont soon are big as grizzlies.
Stevenson is one of the new ones and expect to see him play
Q good game Us soon as he gets over the awkwardness OF his arst
week or so with The team. He weighs 100, and he is strong.
Some Of our old stars ar with us still, and then there IA Met
zenthin. He is the typical star. He doesn't play q perfectly steady game
but all Of a sudden ne does something that takes everybody by surprise
He makes q play that is really brilliant. never saw another man
who could twist and dodge out o a kbe with the same speed. Why,
Metzenthin Is just like a aottoc:al rabbit. He's Just as hard to catch,
He ca: go ahead at full speed and then backjump like a COW pony ropins
out a steer.'
"How about Captain suanslana'"
s"Hes one OF the greatest athletes in America" said Morley Ia
broad jumps tSen y-three feet six inches. and he can run a hundred in
1ot any the. Any man who can perform like that has all tho
speed he could need in q football game. Stang Is a big fellow, toe.
He weighs 49,, and he's strong a a horse"
SOME ON STUDY SQUAD.
MissE5 o. or tive Of the notables, askei Mr. Morley why thew
had not tuEue. out
Mr.. Morley gnnneL
They're on the study squad" he said. "Thnts something new. Two
or thee Of tho boys need study Just now a little moe than hey nood
traini: g. We keei a good loosout, and we don't take any chance n,
ietuAs them get Nsnind in their work. t1 a condition would hor
them from the team. While the Others are training these ira nm.
stairs disgiEg intc their books, It's a great scheme for tbov or0 ~
anfiouo to get cot into the game that they study for oil they az,
worth"
+. The work yesterday was merely a little practice In kicking AM In
handling the ball. After It DOC" Payne, the new trainer took cbar,e