The evening world., 1913-09-01
COY ElOPES:
FOOTBALL HERO
WINS SOCIETY GIRL
Yale Strong Man Quietly Gets
License and Marries South
ern Belle.
ON HONEYMOON NOW.
Miss Meldrim, Daughter of
Prominent Savannah Law
yer, the Bride.
ON HONEYMOON NOW.

Ao1sDvuAA. n. c.. Sept. l-rhs
same rusAAng taotics thai Wea Aans
fer Davar1 II. (Ts1) Coy o. The foet-
ball ds,d vsrs Sscesssful In winAinG for
him - Sr.ds Mis- Sophie Msldz1m Of
Savannah. daughter Of Peter ". Nsi.
dsim. issdins attorney Of Savannah.
AttirsA IN . businsss sun. aAA WITH
hs peoOsetivs osi1s weastn0 Q DlAin
tailored travelling suit Coy appeared
At the New Trinity Episcopal Church
ysstsrAAy. produced . marriage license.
and the couple wsrs married BY the
rector Of Trinity Church.
Miss Mildred Cunningham Of Savannah.
. lifelong friend Of the bride was the
only attsndant and save the BRIDE away.
Coy and his bride are now on their
honeymson. Miss Msldrim. who has been
popular at Toxaway this season anA
who has hosts Of friends In Ashsvills
society. came to Ashevins Saturday
night. ostensibly to attend . party
given In her honor by Miss Cunning
ham.
Coy arrived yesterday. secured the II
csnse. and the two were married 1t
once. Reasons Cor the elopment were
not stated.
Ted Coy 10 known wherever the word
"footbair" y current, and his bride 10
socially prominent In . dozen Southern
citieA
The brides father. Gen. Nsldrim. has
figured In many noted trials In Savan-
nah. He was leading counsel for the de-
tense In the celebrated case Of the Gov
srnmsnt against Col. John =. OaynoI
And Capt Greene. He y also prominent
In politics.
Coy'u Two Victories over Harvard
Made Him Ysle's Hero.
Coy's home 10 In Milford. Conn.,. ten
miles from New Haven. His father,
Prof. Coy. also . Yale graduate. Il
principal Of the Hotchkiss School at
Hotchkiss. Conn.,. where Ted prepared
for Yale. HIS brother Sherman-Yalsn
sians abbreviated this to sherk-swas I
star end rush on Yale teams Of year.
ago.
Ted Coy entered Yale In 1905. DR.
Horn, Yale medical examiner. on e.
aiming the cand dates for the honol
of being the freshman strong man.
rave not only that title to Coy but
pronounced him the best developed
man In the university. He L. six feet
one inch tall. and In his football days
weighed $50 pounds.
Coming from Hotchkiss a. its bss
track sahlets. he added to his fame II
Yale athletics In his hrst year. HI
played nrst base spiendidiy and thsr'
was no doubt that he could have dis
tinguishsd himself further by diamont
achievements u he had followed up tha
department Of sport the following year
He won his varsity "Y' on the football
hsid In 1907 by his Sensational work II
the game against Princeton. In 1908 HI
was acting captain Of the eleven. and
in the game against Harvard his twt
touchdowns. which were not accom-
piished with any powder-pun tactics
won the game for his team. which
seemed to be on the verge Of defeat Be
fore no became active
II was Q forsgons conclusion wheI
the election for the next years captaiI
was held In 1908 th"t he would b thu
choice. Already ne had been declare;
by experts the Ali.Amsrican fullbaolI
In the early fail Of 1903 he underwear
, an operation, but this did not dsts
, him from jumping back into the game
ana IN the contest with Harvsrd--on
Of the most bitter In football history
for the Harvard line rebuRsd ever!
rush-Coy kicked two goals. scoring
six Of Yals's eight pOinta Hsrvss'
. vss blanksd.
|, Yale men voted him the man who ha'
! done the most for the university. n
! VAS Yale coach In 1910. Tho following
4 year he planned TO enter tho iumbs
business wNh his brother sherman
:. later on he contemplated becoming
coal baron" In Chattanooga, Tenn
but ne did neither. In tho fall OF tia
year he WIS attached to The World
| .novtinR d0paPtment A. it, football a