New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-11-06
Tie with Princeton Eleven
Has Its Effect on the
Williams Students.
TEAM BUBBLlNG OVER
WITH WINNING SPIRIT
Eleven Not Heavy One, but
Coach Is Rarely Blessed with
More Aggressive Men.
RN HERBERT.

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Wi6amstown. Mass. Nov. ;. Fred
DAILY is % Williamstown what Johnny
Evcrs is 20 Troy. The undergraduates
look up TO him with the respect de
serving Of a man who so equipped the
football eleven that It played Prince
ton 10 a Z 10 : tie last Saturday.
The eNhilarstion induced by the
showing in that game has not worn
or. one is reminded Of by the way
the fellows walk about with their
heads in the air and the general at
mospherc Of satisfied contentmcnt.
The college bell has stopped ring
ing Even freshmen are human, and
anyway. the bell was needed for other
purposes. That's what the dean says
Ring Lsrdner said last week in The
Tribune that nobody met him when he
arrived in Ann Arbor. was more
fortunate when wheezy train landed
mo here at noon to-day. thirty-five
minutes late A man met me in
motor bus and charged only % cents
10 drive me a mile and half from the
station 20 the heart of this college
town.
Once there most everybody wanted
me TO eat or sleep in about eighteen
different places. and. of course. a whole
lot of people had 10 be disappointed.
] only wanted three meals and one bed.
About the first man l met was Jimmy
Rogerson, quarterback on the football
team one day way back when came
over here for the first time from Scho-
nectsdy with the Union College eleven.
RogerSon insisted upon talking about
the score. but that struck me as purely
immaterisl. Anyway. he was here, TO
meet me, he said. but | guess, if the
truth was known. 10 get little rest
from the rush and excitement Of Wall
Street these days.
Among others who tried 10 make me
feel that Williamstown was the most
hospitsble place in all this wide world
was Alfred Shriver. q neighbOr of
mine on Staten Island when he isn't
running cross country or getting ads
for The Williams Record most
progressive little paper, which comes
out three times week, without much
fuss either.
Meets Old Friends
Then there were J. W. Gilchrist. the
mouthpiece Of Williams undergradu-
ates TO the readers of The Tribune;
q. G.. Ernst. managing editor. and Fred .
Winston, editor in chief Of The Rec
ord; Fred Daily. the former Yale cap
tain. who can build football teams al
most as easily as Grantland Rice builds
verse: doc" Barrett. who trains the
New York Yankees when he isn't busy
with Williams men up here in the
Berkshres; Dr. OldS who divides his
time between the Coming Tower and
fulfilling his duties a. chairman of the
athletic advisory committee; Charlie
Hall. who thinks he's pretty lucky to be
manager Of such good football team,
and Eddie Dempsey. who sells milk
shakes and proudly exposes IN the win
dow Of his shop that rather new look
ing football which Princeton turned
over TO Williams last Saturday.
This Is quite a mutton country.
saw six or eight Aocks Of sheep as we
came winding up the valley this morn
ing and only two cows. still. we had
milk TO wash down our mutton at the
AlDha Delta Phi House, where ! en-
joyed q most excellent luncheon and
also plenty TO wash down more mutton
~ the football training table where
Fred Daily insisted on taking me TO
dinner | wish ! could have dinner at
training table every night, If they
are all like those at Union and Will
Jams.
Getting down to football. because
that's why came here. IL is important
10 emphasize that the realization OF
why Williams played Princeton TO q
tie last Saturday came 70 me strongly
this afternoon. 4 lot of good fellow
Hre just bubbling over with the con
centrated essence OF the kind OF fight
ing spirit which helped the Braves beat
tho Athletics.
The team is not a heavy one in fact.
IL is on the light side. with an average
L. Lov Ie hut
rarely blessed with faster or more .
aggressive lot of men. After watching
the players put on their toys, go
through their work and take their
showers and rub under the direction
Of doc" Barrett. ] was impressed with
the feeling that much Of this spirit
was due 10 the way they were handled.
trained and coached.
Fred Daily Enthusiastic.
Il was almost dark when word was
given 10 run TO the gymnas um, and
ono Of the freshmen was heard 10 re-
mark: as that al ~ When this play
spirit can be injected only good can
come, even from such strenuous sport
as football.
Babe" Driscoll insisted on singing
when the water was running coolest
and when the waiter told him that q
third dish Of ice cream was absolutely
out Of the question. The same high
spirits ran through the whole squad.
I'm speaking Of the team Fred DAILY
said:
you couldn't asl, for better lot OF
men 10 work with It's easy for a
coach TO handle players who have got
the lighting spirit so we'll deyelopet
that they never know when they are
beaten. We have come from behind iu