Evening star., 1905-08-20
l COLLEGE ATHLETICS

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| Although the foot BAH season in the east
| will not begin before the middle or latter
| part Of September the first week of the
| coming month will see the candidates for
| nearly all the teams in the middle west
| hard at work over their preliminary prac-
| tice. Wisconsin will be the first team to
| get down to business. Phil King. the old
Princeton quarterback. has been re-estab-
! lished at Wisconsin after the Badgers dis
| astrous experince with graduate coaches
| He will report at Madison this week and on
| September 1 will have his candidates hard
| at work at a resort at Marinette. that
state. Wisconsin men are banking heavily
| on the ability OF King to put them In the
| forefront of the western college world once
more King has now been absent from
| Wisconsin for two years, and nothing but
| defeat has been the lot Of the Badgers. At
| recent conference Of the Wisconsin ath-
| letic leaders 1t was proposed to make kinS
| professor OF athletics and to occupy po-
stion similar to that held at Chicago Uni
versity by A. A. Stagg.
The establishment of athletic professor
ships is getting to be rather common
| thing in the west Besides Chicago the
| University of Minnesota has established
similar position for Harry Williams the
old Yale athlete At the University OF
Michigan Director Baird Is supreme, thoush s.h
| he does not do any actual coaching. rms
! method has not found favor among the
eastern universities. which cling TO the
practice Of having one coach for every
sport ~ o.,
The University of Wisconsin will be fol-
| lowed in its preliminary foot ball practlce
| by Chicago. Minnesota. Michigan ana 'ns
| other members Of the combine. known 90 as
| the big Nine" The western Schoois are
| able to begin work earlier than their east
ern rivals because their schools open sey-
eral weeks earlier. The western schoois
have a special rule covering the ouestront nnt
obtain In the east. This Is that no member
| of the big Nine shall begin preliminary
practice more than two weeks before the
opening of its academic year.
| 1t is not likely that the question OF pre-
1minary foot ball training Will cause any
hard feelings in the east as II mas uolie
heretofore All of the big universities nave
now abandoned the practice. The University
of pennsylvania was the last to give 1t up,
hut the Ouakers have done nothing IN tue
summer line of foot ball since lSoS Their
experience since then has proven that sum
mer practice Is Injurious instead OF oene
| fcfal But 1t would be far from the truth
to conceal the fact that every meihoer VI
| the "big six'-Yale. Pennsylvania harVaFo'
Princeton Cornell and Columbia-take pre-
liminary foot ball practice to limited ex-
tent By this it is not meant that they call
out the entire squad for early WORK but
by the first week in September every one OF
these big colleges. although they may oeny
It vigorously. will have small squads or tne
foot hall men who require more than the
normal amount of work to get them In con-
dtion, in training at some resort or other.
Although the university officials may De
strongly opposed to this form or procedure
| II IS a matter which they cannot reach.
since the work Is done before the UNIVERSE
ties open.
Tba of moment to the east
ern college athletic world during the past
week has been Yale's selection OF John
Mack to succeed the veteran trainer Mike
Murphy who has left the Ellis once more
for the University of Pennsylvania Among
those who know Mack it is the unanimous
verdict that Yale could not have made a
better selection. Mack was secured from
Mercersburg Academy. Pa, where he has
| had remarkable success in developing
! schoolboy athletes The best Illustration
of Macks ability has been the success OF
his track teams for the last three years
For three years the Mercersburg team has
been represented at the Yale and Dickinson
College interschoastic championship meet
ings Both of these meetings nave beeh
held on the same day every year. The Mer-
cersburg team always divided up, one-halI
going to Yale and the other half TO DlcKln-
son. At Yale the Mercersburg lads had 10
compete against the pick of New England
schools and at Dickinson against the pest
teams in the state of Pennsylvania Yet
with hardly an exception they have won
double victories at both meets.
Hardly year has gone by at MERGERS
burg that Mack did not develop one or more
| school boy champions. His most conspicu-
Gus success this year has been the Work or
| Risey and Lubey. Rlsley IS hlgh Jumper
and broad Jumper and gives remarkable
promise of record-breaking ability. he
| now holds the interscholastic records for
| both these events. In the high jump he has
| been able to clear six feet, one inch consist
| entity. while in the broad jump he has done
| better than twentythree feet, both in prac-
| tice and competition. Lubey mas done MS
star work with the twelve-pound hammer,
! which he has thrown close to the world s
| record on several occasions. 1t was under
| stood that both Risey and Lubey were 60
| ing to matriculate at Penn this fall, but the
| Quakers are not so sure of this now that
| Mack has gone to Yale. 1t Is feared that
Mack may have more attractions for them
| than the more famous Mike Murphy.
At Yale. Mack will have practically the
| same powers that Murphy did. He Will
act as the trainer for the foot ball men
| and will take entire charge of the track
| candidates. When it comes to caring for the
| foot ball men it is hardly to be expected
| that Mack can fit into Murphy's shoes.
Murphy is not only an exceptional trainer.
| but he is a coach of considerable skill. 1t
| Is certain that he will be given good part
| of the coaching duties at Pennsylvania.
Mercersburg has not yet secured anyone
| to take Mack's place with the track men.
| Mike Bennett. the former Pennsylvania
| fullback and base bail player. has been
engaged to coach the Mercersburg lads on
the diamond and gridiron, but he will have
nothing to do with the track candidates.
The eastern colleges. such as Harvard.
Penn, Cornell and Princeton. which are so
proud of the athletic tells now 1ner
possession or in prospect. are TO have Il
rival in the west. This is the University oe
Michigan which promises 10 have a mag
ni1icent stadium completed very shortly.
| The field. which is expected 10 care for
| 25.OO0 persons. VIII not he ready for foot
| ball until next year. It has been built en-
tirely from the profits of the Michigan
| Athletic Association. Ever since she ar
rival of Hurry Up Tost Michigan has
| been making money at foot bail ana laying
| 1t ASIDE for her field The field will
| contain a base ball diamond gridiron and
| a quarter mile cinder track which will sur
round the gridiron. Exceptional care has
been taken to secure field where the
drainage is absolutely perfect. This feature
has been worked out with TIE utmos. care,