The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1914-01-03


Yale is much alike, ia that both
COLLEGES are working With new
coaches. At New Haven trio. COM
posed OF Richard Armstrong;, cap
tain OF the 20 crew; Gay Nichols
Of England and G. f Gianniui, re
cent New York Athletic Club coach,
viii direct the work OF the Eli crew
men. A. Philadelphia Vivian Mich
oils, q brother Of Guy, has replaced
ellis Word, and the work of these
famous English oarsmen who expect
10 develop a stroke combining the
best points Of both the English and
american systems, viii be watched
with interest At Harvard. Prince
ton and the United States Naval
Academy there is no change i'll the
established order OF coaching and
reports from al three institutions
are optimistic,
Further west the University Of
Wisconsin is preparing for another
rc5uru to the Hudson with 4 ere"
v0i4n win provo fully as danaerouS
as that Of 1913. Tine Badgers are
fortunate IN possessing squad OF
heavy, powerful candidates, with the
varsity material drawn from the
fraahmen and varsity eiglts of last
season, The great sprint III The final
nile 5f the intercollegiate regatta
at poughkeepsic last June has done
mach to restore the confidence OF
the western colleges regarding their
ability to row as fast and far a
their eastern brethren. As Il result,
NaahinGt California and Stan
fora, in addition TO Wisconsin, are
all locking forward 70 the possibili-
IL o. rowing on the Hudson neHt
spring On yhc Pacific Coast ali
three university squads ara in active
training ana heavy, powerful eiehts
are forecast9d The winner Of the
Pacific Coast regatta VIII come east
to PougdEdepsIa rs has b@ea tha
Csc during the past 5wo years, and
there IS the base paa ibilits ina. all
shree may ask for invit lioas, 50
strong is the desire to show The east
what the far coast crews can dc
with she'll and sweep.
An English writer in describing
Yale Harvard baseball game played
at Soldiers Field. gives new and
picturesque view OF the sidelights Of
the contest as seen by foreign eyes
Al the crises in the fortunes OF
The game, the spectators take COT
leetiye and important part The
Athletic Committee appoints a
! cheer leader for the occasion. EF-
cry i've or ten minutes this gentle
man, big, fine figure in white,
springs out from his seat at the
foot OF the stands. addresses the
multitude through megaphone
with 'Onet Two, Three! hurts
il aside, aud with a wild flinging
and swinging of his body and arms,
conducts ten thousand voices in the
Harvard yell. That over, the game
proceeds, and the cheer leader sits
quietly waiting for the next moment
of peril or triumph. ! shall not
easily forget that figure, bright III
| the sunshine, conducting with his
whole body, passionate, possessed by
demon, bounding in the frenzy OF
his inspiration from side to side.
contorted. Rhythmic, ecstatic. 1t
seemed SO wonderfully American, in
its combination OF entire wildness
and entire regulation, with the whole
lust trifie fantastic.
Completely friendly and be-
frended as was. | couldn't help
feeling at moments very alien and
very, very oid-even smore so than
after the protracted game had ended
in victory for Harvard, when the
dusty plain was filled with groups
and lines of men dancing in solemn
harmony. and a shouting crowd
broken by occasional individuals
who could find some little eminence
to lead a Harvard yell from. and
who conducted the bystanders, and
then vanished, and the crowd swirl
ed on again
A new gymnasium game Of con-
siderable es1enetit to football players
in these days of open and forward
pass tactics has been evolved by
Maurice Kent. assistant football
coach at the University OF Iowa. The
game Is played with football. but