The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-05-01
VANDERBILT FOOT
8ALL OUTLOOK
GOOD MATERIAL IS SCARCE AND
UNIVERSITY sTUDENTs
GLUM.
THE BEST PLAYERS ARE GONE
Frp Schools Of Tennessee Form The
Chief Dependence Fer The
Coming Season.
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Special e The Herald.

Special 70 The Herald.
NASHVILLE. Tenn, April 25.-The
s1teet Tor foot ball discussion over
r. country is as big as ever and bears
oven mere interest than heretofore.
Qut the material to be discussed at
Vanderbilt university is a diIerent
question and very little hope Of an
encoureg ng nature is granted the in
quisiive foot ball enthusiast who asks
for the Commodore prospects, and az
ter this is threshed out to his satisfac-
tioa, inquiries into the political situa-
ton begging dope on the Tennessee
candidates for governor, as to who is
the strongest on the defensive, the
TOP Notcher" on the aggressive, and
above al who will make the required
wards in carrying the state, Carmack
or Patterson.
The writer being thoroughly inter
ested with the former subject, called
at 702 First NATL Bank building the
headquarters Of LAWYER and Coach
McGuggar. and who is thoroughly and
intelligently yersed on both subjects.
a ked for an interview. The cOachs
face hid behind a cloud for a few mo-
ments and then a broad smile rppled
his countenance as he dismissed the
former and evident sore spot and
launched enthusiastically on the Gu
bernatorial race. end had finally, to
be pulled from his flights of eloquence
by main strength, and landed as he
said in sad bunch of distasteful
reality, when a fire of questions on |
the subject or foot ball prospects for |
the season of 1908 by the insistent per
secutor greeted him. why" says |
the coach, with a combination of grief !
and perplexity on his unusually happy /
THE financial depression
is simple and Insignificant issue as
compsred with the paucity of foot ball
material at Vanderbilt University for
next season. Money simply grows in
profusion as berries in a goose berry
hedge grew, and as you know any old
goose berry will dismount a barrel Of
the fruit at the slightest shake, but
instead OF such a happy production in
The way OF foot ball material a rapid
lecline is on the fearful aggressive.
Why just this morning the brilliant
layer Little Potts, whose wonderful
olayirg at quarter last season made
he spectators gaze in awe and won
Ter, made the announcement of his
lepartare for Goldfeid, Nevada, to be
rome for perhaps couple of years
,efore he returns to finish his course.
There isn't the remotest possibility
i his returning next fall, and ! have
ounted On him for a record-breaker
i bali or the end, n to resume his
lace at quarter as it seems very like
! that Coston will not be back. Sam 6
i makes some very discouraging
ak, and declares that there is Only
lint possibility of his return and
here is not the fa.ntest doubt bun that
tone. Blake ard Craig, the former
,andbys OF the tenn are vanished fo-
yer from the world II COLLEGE sports
S far as playing is concerned. !
Here the Coach buried his face in )
is hands and would only humble in !,
ndible monotones about the loss Of /,
le prospective brightest light of them i
I. Cempbell with the seven league 2
cots ana lie eagle eve and the red =
aaded cyclone arch light Hasslock r
no las ba seC his far we'll message
the dudley Field sweat shop. Nor h
son the sdh fun sack whose evident
aaitr gar q brilliant career as such,
IS been q mined al along by per
stem calm az the typhoid fever viii :
d his bcrh adieu 70; 9nother year, St
IND wcrt on the coach il his
oamv vad almost naudbla strain,
luttin definite Is "a he relied upon
u Do pr school world as 50 II
7Hv from that Source arc Younger
Pa ataria' aouirr in he~oto-
VI Ir The The man an boarI the
rs who afte- several aars outing
1 the miserable Qualms f pain
.iaa COME % freaaonti TO tie las.