The Washington herald., 1911-01-29
PAY TRIBUTE TO ROY ALSTON
Maryland Aggies Revere Memory
of Dead Coach.
Official College Paper Prints ResO-
lutiOns-Gnve AEEies Best
that Was in Him.

| Roy Aston, former George Washingto,
football star and coach at Maryland Ag
rcuItural College. whose sad death oc
CURED at his old home in Louisiana las
month. is still being mourned by tn,
undergraduates at the College Park in
Stituton.
! The Triangle. official paper at the AS
! ricultural College. had the following t,
say recently about the late coach:
AT recent meeting of the athlete
association of the college. the following
resolutions were adopted:
"Whereas L. Roy Alston. coach Of tn,
NJ. y. c. football team for the season Of
1910, has been removed from our midst
by an untimely death. and
Whereas Mr.. Aston, by his unusua
ability as coach. by his answering
| loyalty to the athle.i"s of the college
and by his genial manner and kindly ma
ture. had endeared himself to every stu
dent of NJ. 4. G.. and
"'Whereas we. the members of tbs
athletic association, fully realize. in the
sad death OF Mr.. Aston an irreparabe
loss to the college generally. to our ath-
letics. and TO ourselves personally; be 1t.
therefore
Resolved. That we hereby express our
deep sorrow occasioned by the death of
MIR Alston. and our heartfelt sympathy
for his bereaved family and relatives:
and. be il further
Resolved. That a copy of these reso-
iutions he spread upon the minutes of
this athletic association, and A copy be
sent to the sorrowins family of our de-
ceased coach and friend
Il. Roy Aston WAS a splendid type
of man. Large in physique, large in
his tai Of in bif
spiritual self which We call soul. he
stood out prominently among his fellows
as one to whom Providence had been
most kind in the beStowal of all those
personal qualities and possessions whicn
go t. make up an attractive and ad-
mirablc man.
He was born in the South. and pos
sessed in full measure the traditional
graceS of a Southern gentleman.
For several years prior to his death
he occupied an important position in the
Post-otfce Department in Washington,
and it was while so employed that he
hastened from his Office each afternoon
10 coach our football team. And he en-
gagged in the work of coaching our boys
AS energetically and as conscientiouSly.
for the mere nominal compenSa ton he
as he would have done had he
been head coach at Harvard or Yale.
WIN q handsome salary ana q chanC6
for great athletic glory.
Roy Aston had as keen a sense of
duty as any man that ever lived. His
whole mind and soul were wrapped up
in our team. He had promised to do
the best with the team that he could
and. rain or shine, be he sick or well.
he was upon the football field every
afternoon at practice time, and he
worked every minute until the supper
recall compelled the men to leave, and
hen he worried because he had not more
time in which to drill his team.
THAT was Roy Astounding all that
sretting that conditions prevented him
rom doing more.
THE question of pay or glory never
entered his mind. He had simply ac-
.epted trust-sacred to him-that of
developing the best possible team at NJ.
A. G. that the material at hand would
,ermit. and Roy Aston would have ex-
lausted every physical and mental power
le possessed before he would have al
owed it to be truly said of him that he
lid not do the very best he could.
And his ability and energy and faith
'ul work developed a football team to
which we could all point with feelings
If admiration and pride. Roy Aston
lad not only taught them football but
lie had set them an example of decent
of self-restraint, of cour-
esy. and kindness, that made every
ellow on the team a better man for
laving been associated with him.
I'VE liked Aston as a coach. We ad-
nired him as a man, we appreciated
Tim as friend. and we practically had
lis promise that he would come back
o us next year. But just before the
Christmas holidays he was called to
lis home in Louisiana by the death of
lis brother. He was there stricken |
With typhoid fever and died within a |
ew days
Roy Alston is gone-but his men,
'ry will ever linger tenderly in the |
minds and hearts of all who knew him |
ere."