The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-04-18
.CHAS. B. CRAWFORD.
VIRGINIA COACH
Athletic Association Names Sue
cessos to J. H. Nefr, Jr. Who
Goes to S. C.
CRAWFORD POPULAR MAN
Believed That Selection Of Foot
bali Coach is Wise One and
Argues Well for Team.
CRAWFORD POPULAR MAN

special to The Richmond Virgtnian)
CHARLOTTESVILLE. VA. April
1s.-The advisory board OF the gen.
.eral athletic association Of the Uni
versity OF Virginia to-day announced
the appointment Of Mr.. Charles B.
Crawford. Of Theological Seminary,
va, a student In the fourth year
medical class Of the university, as
head coach for the football team next
season, to succeed John II. Neff, Jr.
of Harrisonburg, Va, who will 80
South in the fall to coach the foot
belA team of the University Of South
Carolina.
Pine Selection of Crawford fE believ-
ed to be very wise one. Certainly
no more popular man could have been
chosen from the student body for the
position. A leader in various depart
ments of college life for the past five
or Elk years, Crawford IS held In the
highest esteem by the undergraduates.
He Is a man of fine moral character.
hard student and prominent In fra
ternity and social circles. He served
one term as member OF the adYis=
DRY board of the general athletic as
ISOLATION, and later became president
of that organization, the highest hon
or bestowed by his fellow students.
This place he filed with much credit
to himself and the athletic interests
of the university.
Crawford began his football career
at the Episcopal High School, an In
stitution from which Virginia draws
many of her star athletes. He ma
circulated at the University In the fall
of 1903, and was one of the most
prominent substitutes on the football
eleven of that year, which was coach
ed by Gresham Poe, of Baltimore, the
former Princeton star. He played In
several of the big games. The next
year he was assigned to end by Coach
Sanford. of Yale, but before the sea-
son was half over he suffered broken
leg and was forced to retire from the
game. The next fall found him hack
In harness again, under King Cole, ;.
of Michigan, a member of the back
field. His running mates were HAM
mond johnson and Joe NAPLES both
stars on the eleven. Crawford did not
participate in the gridiron sport In
1905, but In 1907. when the alumni
system of coaching was inaugurated
he came out to again apply for the
team. This, his fourth and last. year
In football was perhaps his best. the
other members Of the baokfeid being
Yancey. Honaker and Men.
Crawford was a. dashing and spec
tacular player, very fast on his feet
and utterly fearless. No line was too
hard for him to attempt to pierce, and
the wonder is that he escaped with 90
few injuries. considering his weight.
As d fackier he was sure and hard
and II was very rare that he allowed a
runner to get away from him.
Crawford Is a member Of the d X
e. and other fraternities. one or two
ribbon societies, member OF the
German Club. etc. When asked Il
state some of the organizations to
which he belonged, he declined to an
swer. and walked away from the cor
respondent. A professor who was
standing by made the remark. Get a
copy of corks and CurIs. the univer-
sity annual and you will find that
he belongs to nearly every organixa-
ton In college