The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-20
FULLBACK COY
 FIELD CAPTAIN New Haven Man First Since Walter Camp to Lead Yale Football Team--Burch
 to Advise.
COY HAS GREAT RECORD
Played n Phenomenal Game Against Princeton Lnsi NoNcmbcr--Choice Popular Ono With inc
 University.

Edward Harris Coy of New Haven, Yale's premier fulhacl was last night elected field captain of tho football eleven and in this capacity will act the remainder of the year, l3urch will be unable to play any moro this wear, and so last night the election was held.
 All the men who have played in any of the four games this fall were al- lowed q vote and the election was practically unanimous. the other votes being scattering. The election was very popular with tho students in gen oral, and no one coud have been chos- an who would be more acceptable 10 the members of the university.
 Coy Is member of the junior class and was recently elected to the prom cnade committee. He is 20 years old. five feet 10 inches high and weighs f0i pounds He played fullback on his freshman team of which he was captain and last year played fullback o1 the varsity through the entire sea- son. Tho first election of a captain last winter resulted in tie between him and Burch and it was necessary t1 Wait several weeks before thc tie could be voted off
 While through thc whole of last year Coy showed himself the equal of any eastern fulback with the pos siblc exception of Captain Mccormick of Princeton he gained the most fame from his playing in the game against the Tigers at Yale field last Novem- bcr. In that game hc and Tad Jones alternated in the second half in mak- ing the gains for Yale, and Coy made both the touchdowns. He wont through the Princeton line as ,g thrown by catapult, and was as fresh at the close of the game as he was at the beginning.
 Thes year he has played fulback all the year and Saturday made tho touchdown against West Point. Ills gains were responsible for the vlc- tory over Syracuse, Yalc's only other hard game
 Coy is the first New Haven man to hn captain of Yale football eleven since Walter Camp of the class of 1880 Coy camo here from Lako- vile several years ago following the death of his father, the prlcipal of the IlotehlSisa school. lls home Is on Prospect street with his grandmother. Mrs samuel Harris
 toN's brother Sherman Gov was end on Gordon Browuc's famous clcv- rn in the fall of BOO Before coming to Yale Ted played al tho llotchklss school
 Bnrch will have general direction of aH the practice and will still have on- tire charge of tho team except during tho games. He will with L. IT, Big low and Tad Jones form an advisory board fer the team which will bo su- p"rior to anything hcrc in recent y, ars, There will hc every opportuhi- ty for Rnrch to usc his scientific knowledge of tho game which is prob ably more thorough than that of any otpor man now eligible for the Yale team There x only the slightest pos sihiity that he will bc able to play in the Harvard game.
 Tho team had secret practice ycstcr- day but there was no scrimmaglng. Seoville Clark played right end in place of Burch and Hobbs was back In the line Ocott and Weymouth joined the coaching staff and will re- main through tho week.