Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-12


style not pleasing at present to the Yale
gridiron mentors. 1t has been said of
Coy that he Is the greatest all-round
player who ever wore cloats. Coy has
rOwed, played varsity base ball. put the
shot. PLAYED basket ball and even tried
little broad jumping.
Harvard Loses Fish.
Harvard also loses, in the person Of her
varsity foot ball captain. Hamilton Fish.
jr., a man hard to replace. In Harvard $
case the sense OF loss has been tempered.
too. And in rather a significant way.
Fish was an athlete. and he also stood
for scholarship. Completing his course
months before that course would reg
ularly terminate. the foot ball captain
has already entered business life. but his
occasional visits to Cambridge serve to
bridge the gap between the close Of the
foot ball season and the hour of final
parting from his classmates.
Fish was we'll endowed, physically and
mentally, to learn and play a remarka BILE
game under the rules which required OF a
tackle guards endurance, the speed OF
an end and the versatility of halfback.
Fish's reputation as player will survive
many changes in the game itself
Another graduating varsity captain is
Clarke Tobip Of Dartmouth known as
an "All-American' guard, as one of the
finest players who ever played in that
position, and also known as a leader who
could inspire men and hold them together
when the test came Tobin went to
Dartmouth from South Boston, awkward.
raw-boned and bashful, large for his
years. He comes out OF Dartmouth an
all-around sort of man. AS in the case
of Coy, Tobin will return as coach at
Hanover.
Tobin not only represented Dartmouth
with distinction on the foot bail field,
but was also dangerous man with the
shot. Before large gathering of class
secretaries Of the alumni at Hanover,
TCbin spoke the other day. Men who
had begun to believe that the college
had grown too large. less democratic.
more in love with luxury. heard the var
sity captain defend and describe the
to the point 1t was convincing, too.
And the class secretaries went their way
to worry no more.
Yale's Heavy Loss.
Philbin, Murphy, Andrus, Goebel, Lii
ley. Hobbs. Coioney, Spencer, Logan
Holt Johnson and Brown will be lost to
Yale another year.
PhiIbin was certainly a fine halfback
He had the weight and build to play
effectively on the line defence or in close
attack. and yet he was a brilliant OPEN
field player, sure on kicks and whirl-
wind at running them back. He was also
q great base ball player until his injury
early in the season.
Murphy, like Philbin and like Coy,
base ball as well as foot ball star, cap
tanned the nine in 1909, but declined re-
election. Andrus and Goebel We're the
strongest pair Of guards Yale has had In
years Lilley was a natural end, who
could and did play tackle. ard Hobbs
was a tackle, who often participated in
the duties OF an end. Cooney. really
handicapped by his bulk. suddenly dis
played remarkable speed in his last year
at Yale. Logan was very alert and
speedy end, and, in spite of his handicap
of injuries. few players made better
record as receiver of the forward pass.
Like Coy. Philbin and Murphy. Logan is
a ball player. too, and he is now at the
head of the Yale team
Star base ball pitchers are also on the
graduation list. Among them are Temple
ton of Williams. Mcclure Of Amherst,
Schultz Of University OF Pennsylvania,
Hicks of Harvard, Ralph Good Of Colby,
Foley of Holy Cross. McHale Of the Uni
versity of Maine, Martin of Tufts and
DeMot of Lafayette.
The list of minor college stars who
graduate is long. and 1t embraces men
themselves on the big university teams.
Besides the base ball players to whom
reference has been made, such foot ball
players as McCaa of Lafayette and Voor-
his of PENNSYLVANIA State stand out.
McCaa was wonderful punter. rugged
line-plunging back OF the old-fashioned
type, and a defensive player, alert. shifty.
intuitive VOorhis. strong open-fieid
PLAYER that he was. made a speciality OF
drop kicking and place kicking.