The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-11-13

OF the checkerboard heroes. who havt
been figuring prominently on the big
teams this season. st. Louis furnishes hei
share Of the material in Walter Randall
Harold Short and Ed Stanard.
These boys are from ST. Louis and havt
been in the limeIight since the opening Of
the rugby season in the East.
Randall and Short have been prominent
for the last three years. This is Stan
ards first season.
Short and Stanard are members Of the
Princeton team. while Randall has wor
his Fl for the Harvard eleven.
At Harvard. Randall has been a sub
for the last three years. but last week was
Informed that he would be allowed to play
on the varsity team Walter is . years
old and was born in St Louis.
He attended and was graduated from
the Central High School. and during the
four years as a student there he played
on the football team. being captain and
center during his last year.
Randall figured prominently in most
b-alches of sport at that time. and was
captain OF many OF the different teams.
Skiing was very popular then. and he
vas captain OF the hockey team. He
played forward on the basketball team
and captaincd the team one season.
Icing j member OF the Y. If. C. A.
while attending school. he entered the
open hardbail contest and won the gold
.lcdai. defeating seventeen In the last
round he bclt Lon Fitzporter two out Of
three games for the trophy. He also held
ffo hoU-1fY0 re~arl a. sb, ,uoa,iaFio,
After being graduated from High School
Randall went to Harvard. and, with some
experience as a football player. was made
a member Of the freshmen team, playing
at half back.
BIS first year as q member of the team.
Yale was defeated, the score being So to 0.
After the football season basketball was
started, and Randall was captain OF the
freshmen team.
SCHEDULE IS REAREANGED.
The varsity players noted what a good
guard Randall was developing into and
asked him to Join the team. He refused
TO resign the captaincy of the freshmen
team for a place on the varsity squad and
to get him to play. the managers of the
first team r~carransed the schedule of the
varsity games, in order that randall
could play With both varsity and fresh
inen teams b season Harvard also
beat the Yale at basketball.
When the baseball season opened, he
made The team n played at first base.
II was not long before he was covering
The hrst sack Tor the varsity team, and
At the beginning of the 1s4 baseball sea-
soJl. Randall was Unanimously elected
captain of the nine.
lie was asked to play hockey. but de-
~ rrnfnFrIn- r.. I-~rof H..
basketball.
At tennis Randall won tho single cham
rlonship of the State of Maine. and with
a woman player won the championship
Although Randall has been playing the
Rugby game for more than three years
On the Harvard team. he has met with
but one serious accident. This was last
year. when he had three ribs broken and
vas laid up in the infrmary for two
Randall stands 6 fee, . inches in height
and weighs close to 1s5 pounds. and goes
logs on.
He is the son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
w. Randall OF Marcus avenue.
Harold H. Short of Princeton Is the son
Of the Reverend Mr.. and Mrs. William
Short OF West Pine boulevard. and has
been a student at that college for four
years. and is expected to be graduated
sEort {. z years old. but his name does
not indicate his size; as he is near the
condition. about 2f5 pounds.
At 81. Louis he attended the Marquette
schooi. and after being graduated from
here. was a student at the Central High
Sshcol a year. playing on the eleven.
HIS parents then sent him to st. PauIE.
Concord, y. H.. where ne attended school
fer three years and. with Captain Foulke
or Princeton, received an excellent phys
Teal training.
When he left st. Paurs 1t was little
trouble for him to make the team at
Princeton. n he was soon a regular
member.
PLAYING FOUR YEARS.
shors has been playing with the varsity
for four years. and in that time has en-
gagged in most of the prominent games
eth the Tigers. In all these contests. he
has had but one accident, having his nose
broken In the Cornell game three years
His position is at right guard and the
Tigers depend greatly on him for smashing
through the opponents defense.
Short has figured prominently in the re-
ssainss e Geor eaassn His fr plsgi4g s sas
ono Of the features of that contest, he
scoring n of the two t~ouch6owns and
making a brilliant run of fifty yards.
In the Lehigh game, also. he was one
of the stars and was credited with much
interference n strong defense. He also
scored one OF the touchdowns in this con-
ttfls
While at ct. Paul's he was an oarsman.
fu. since he has been at Princeton III has
done little on the water, although he has
been offered a place on the varsity crew.
In athletics, his speciality is the weights,
oeing able to make good marks with tho
hammer and shot.
YOUNGEST OF TRIO.
Ed Stanard is the youngest player Of
the trio OF St. Louis boys on the Eastern
,sams and has Just been playing on the
princeton team this season, his first year
ut the university.
Stanard is the grandson of E. o.
Stanerc and las played on the Smith
academy team for three years, his places
being at right and left guard.
dc was a prominent figure in tho Smith
dtsh game last Thanksgiving Day, when
Smith won from the red and black. On
ti.ts occasion Stanard scored two touch
downs for tho red and white team.
Stnnerd. although only IS years old, was
the heaviest man in the Interscnoiastic
League. and was one Of the best athletes
With the weights in that association.
When he left Smith last fail il was his
Intention OF going to Yale. but John De
witt, the hero of the 1906 Princeton team.
ana Harold Short. who was here as a
compejtor and spectator to the olympic
SameHy finally induced Stsnard to change
sis mind and 60 to the Tiger university.
II b said that De Witt noticed that
5fanard would mako good material for
tise 11Eer team n stayed a day or two
iongsr b = he had cTiEfnally intended In