The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-10-29

iversity, he has absorbed all the at.
mosphere which attaches to football
traditions of the east. His father Il
professor I'm n preparatory school,
Coy was brought up among youngsters
whose ambition was some day to fix.
ure on the football field, or the dia.
mond, or in the shell for one of the
large universities of the east. His
brother was one of the finest end
rushes that Yale ever had There
was no player his superior in the
years in which he was member
of the Blue eleven.
Tied" Coy is even more powerful
in general way than his brother,
He is very strong physically and is
built on massive outlines. His
shoulders are broad and large.boned.
! His chest Is deep, and the muscular
development of the torso is superior
to that of the AVERAGE man of his
age and height. Add to this n pair
of legs which seem to be without
limit as to power and energy, and
which must be fed by boilers intended
| for an engine of forty horse power,
and an idea may be obtained of the
amount of resistance which is needed
to combat him on the football field.
! In one of the games against Prince
ton last year it seemed as If all the
! Princeton except the very remote
backs had surrounded Coy and would
! prevent him from advancing the ball,
but at the center of the mass there
was some one Juggling, and pulling.
and showing, now and then half fall
ing, rising again, digging his toes in.
to the ground and pushing onward.
and at the end of little more than
a minute Coy emerged from the
group, leaving some players SPRAYING
behind him, the ball under his arm,
and headed for the Princeton goal. He
reached it, too.
That's the manner in which he
makes his gains. He knows how to
keep his feet his body is nicely at.
tuned to assist him In keeping his
feet, and he simply will not be
stopped so long as he is not checked
by anything short of a stone wall.
Once in a Harvard game he was
held by sheer force OF numbers and
could not move an inch farther, but
he was not downed. Not a bit OF It,
He stood upright, the center of all
the group. The ball was still in his
hands, and the referee had blown his
whistle to announce that it was a
fresh down, but Coy was standing up.
They had been unable to throw him
to the earth.
| He made ten touchdowns for Yale
last year, and there are some who be.
lieve that II he had been allowed to
run once more in the Harvard game
when he was close to the goal, Yale
would have scored a touchdown. The
Crimson was watching him in every
play however, and almost all of the
, Harvard defense was devoted to stop
ping Coy. Princeton was not so for
tunate.
In addition to his ability as a line.
breaker, Coy is one of the best punt.
ers in the east. Take him all around
and it is possible that there is not his
equal as kicker, for he gets off
good punts in all kinds of conditions.
Some of the kickers find 1t hard work
to try against the wind, but Coy can
drive a ball into the teeth of a hard
gale with enough force to gain some
distance, unless the ball happens to
be wet and is in no condition to
meet accurately.
Like every Yale captain, he would
like to finish with record of sue
cess for his university, and as Har-
ward won from Yale last year, it Is
certain that the game this season
between the old rivals will find Coy
in the thick of the battle, determined
to regain Yale's laurels.