New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-09-03
OUTLOOK At COLUMBI4.
Captain 1horp viii Haze Fifty
Men at Practice NeTt Week.

C.aptain Thorp. Of the Columbia football team. Is
gathering the together. and practice VIII be
begun on September L. Through the summer
Thorp has been hard at work, and a squad OF nifty
men is expected TO report the first This will
compare favorably with the number in past years
The team will be coached this year by ". r
Morley. who will act head coach, and by JACK
Wright and Dick Smith. field coaches. All OF them
are graduates of Columbia and stars Of former
teams. Morley captained the 1892 team, and Smith
the 1903 team while Wright played in 1900 and 1871.
The team will be trained by Z. 5. Webb. He has
trained several well known cyclists. including
Eddie Bald. Tom Cooper and Marc Hurley. the
former amateur champion.
All doubts TO Captain Thorps eligibility 20
play this year have been removed. It was feared
at time that, because of conditions in his
studies. he might be able TO play. but during
the summer he has removed these.
Several men have been lost through graduation or
the action Of the four year eligibility rule Those
hardest to replace will be Stangland. who captaned
the team last year and Metzenthin. the quar-
terback Stangland played left guard. heavy
man. and put UP defence like a stonewalI. Met
zenthin was one OF the Heetest quarterback in the
business. superb in getting down the field after
catching punt, and strong on the defensive.
Donovan is the most likely candidate for quarter
back Donovan is a good man. but as strong on
the defensive as Metzentnin. At the same time he
is steady and runs the team we'll
Another hard position TO I'LL will be that o,
Browne at left tackle Browne has played with the
team for four years, and always 10 be relied
upon. Besides this he had weight Others who are
lost are Duden. at right guard. and Finnegan at
centre.
Those members of last years team who are back
are Thorp, al right tackle Muir and Post ends:
Carter. at fullback. and Heinrich at right half
back. All OF these are strong heavy men excep;
Muir and Post
Last year the erds seemed to be the weakest part
of the Columbia team. This year however the
men will play with more experience. Two cand-
dates for end this year will be Fischer who is from
North Carolina, and was Au-Southern end a
few years ago, and Mckee. who comes from Trim
ity, where he was captain two years ago. Another
man who may develop into a strong player IS
Whitney former captain at Hobart College
Carter. who played fullback last year and who
is expected 10 I'LL the position again. may possibly
be unable TO play. because of deficiencies in his
studies. II he is declared ineligible, Starbucs who
played full on the sophomore team last year. will
prove strong candidate for the position. II IS
also limited that Muir may not be able 10 play be-
cause OF parental objection.
There seems TO be trouble in films up the
back field positions. but scarcity OF heavy for
the line. Jerry O'Loughin. who captain OF
last years crew. and a former varsity player. will
probably take care OF OF the halfback posi-
tons while the other will go TO Heinrich =.
centre Las, year this was hnsd by Finnesan
player who can take OF the position this year.
The practice this year VIII be at American
year owing TO the new buildings which have
been erected on South Field. the grCund has been
shortened 10 make it practically or the
question TO practise there. American League Park
is better field than the former college athletic
ground and affords the additional advantage 9f
letting the players practise on the same grounds
where they will play the
South Field. however. was so near the coEese
that crowds OF students always present 90
cheer the team during practice. IL is feared tnat
American League Park is so far away tfat tnlS
feature will be almost eliminated from the pldS-
tce, especially during the early part OF the stso
This OF course would be TO the maniIsSt o ;seTS
the advantage OF making IL easy TO exclude ysi'u
when practice is desired. This could no.
be done on South Field.
Students wondering whether Metzenthin, me-
not be able to play again this year lie piarSeu
two years at Franklin and Marshall cefofe pHHts,
ing two years az Columbia. The Coiunoia eLs.
bility rules provide that playing football yea,
in small college does not count as a yea orx
football. unless the grade OF the coileSlate
there equals that done at Columbia some .ne,aSaa
that through this rule Metzenthin may % Se.a nsi
eligible. The case has not yet come up h"s A
action By the commitf