Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-11-22

IIduu TO1hSs ANY, - AoO~
ball season Of 1914 was formally
brought to a close at the University
of North Dakota with the election OF
a captain for the coming year. The
honor was conferred on Ralph Lynch
of Grand Forks, a second year law
student, who has been a regu ar on
the varsity for three years and one
of the greatest players that ever
wore an IN. d.
The election occurred at the ban
quet given the team by Coach Andy
Gill at the Frederick hotel, and at
which good fellowship was manifest
in the speeches given By those pres
.ent. Besides the football squad OF
eighteen men and Coach Gill, Mana.
ger Sprague, Physical Director
Thompson. Dr.. Bek, faculty reprcsen.
tative on the athletic board of con.
tt. and Coach Harry Wells OF the
S ID squad, were. present.
Short talks were made by Spraguc,
Bek, Thompson aud We Is cOmmend-
ing he wcr:a OF the men during the
season aild Coach Gill, and predict
ing a gcod year for asl5. Retiring
Captain Walter Schlosse: thanked
the men for their: cooperation, and
although he, would not be a member
of the team next year, stated that he
would be with them in every othei
way. Captaln-elect Lynch thanked
the men for the honor they had con.
ferred on him. by choosing him as
their leader for 1915, and assured
them thatthe would do his utmost
to make the team the best that had
ever represented the pink and green.
Outlines work. y
The dinner closed with a character
istic talk by Coach Gill. He first
thanked the men for the way they
had worked him, and then outlined
the program for the long winter. All.
though the 1914 season has c.Csed
for the North Dakota warriors, the
new one has opened. uGill will insti-
tute an innovations atlghe university
in the shape OF work.for the football
men all the year around.
Twice a week the members OF the
1914 squad, the candidates for next
years team. will be given individual
coaching for the positions they have
played or are trying out for. Indoor
football and instruction in the fine
points of the game will be pounded
into them until school1cioses in June,
and then the men WILDE called to an
early assembly the fifstlof September
By that time North3 Dakota ought to
have a team Yersed in the game Of
football such as never before tramp
ed Merrifeld field. = &
A Good Captain.
In Lynch as captain; the coach has a
man to work with that knows foot
bali. He is, a tireless worker himself
and a maj of clean habits, a thing
that will be an example to the team.
He is probably the most popular and
the best liked man and hence will be
a captain that the men will follow as
a leader. More than that, the mem
bers Of the squad know that he is re-
liable in every instance and his judg-
ment in pinches will be sought rather
than ignored. -,
He graduated from the local high
school in the spring of 1912 and made
his letter that fall asa freshman on
the university t%cam9DlIn high school
he was a star, aud continuing his
career he has for tw0tyears been the
sensation In every game that he has
taken part. Although hampered by
injuries all the seaSon-past, he played
a wonderful game and won tile ADM.
ration of not only his own teammates.
but the teams he played against.
There is no doubtsbut that he will
make a good captain and that lie will
finish his career as aplayer with the
same sensational playing that has
marked the past three seasons, and it
is also probable that he will lead one
of the few winning team of North
Dakota.
schlosser Out.
Captain Schlosser's last year OF
football was somewhat disastrous.
Barred from playing In n OF the
two games OF the schedule that the
team won, he saw his eleven through
losses that would have discouraged
almost any other leader. Quite the
contrary, however, he kept the spir
its Of the men up with his W Opt
mism and kept them fighting. Schlos
ser has been one of the ssteadiest men
Of the team and for Tour seasons has
held down the position on left end
with success. He was never a flashy
player, but he could always be. de
pended on in the tight places and hat
the confidence OF the men and thei1
IGaeDeSt resnecf