Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-07-10
4. & N. COLLEGE
1876 ATHLETICS


the United States to direct athletic
activities 1t the A. 4 N. Collees dur
Ing the next scholastic yeas begin
ming In September. was made today
By Dr.. W. b. Bizzsll. president Of
the college. The program for ath-
lstics for next year at A. 4 N. 10 the
most ambitious ever adopted By a
Southern institution and the three
men who already are under contract
for this work are leaders In collegiate
athletics.
Here are the men appointed: w.
l.. Driver. coach at the University Of
Mississippi. All-Mlssouri Valley end
and baseball man. general director
and manager Of athletics: y. II. w.
Harlan. All-American quarterback.
Princeton University. assistant coach
At Princeton. coach At Johns Hopkins
and coach at the University OF Pitts
burg. Pa. head football coach: ID. ".
Graves. Missouri All-state end and
tackle. professional baseball man.
head coach at the University Of Ala
bama. assistant football coach. bss'
ketball coach and baseball coach.
Driver viii have charge Of the track
work.
All three men are graduates from
the university which they attended.
and in addition to their coaching ex'
perience have done work with boys
organizations.
Driver will report at College about
August Is. while Harlan and Graves
will arrive September !. Harlan and
Graves Immediately will begin prep
arations for the years football sched'
ule. Captain Clarity Of corsricans
has a line on a number Of new men
and training camp will be opened a
College about September u. Here
Is the schedule which the A. 4 NJ
men viii face:
Austin College at. College Station
October I.
Trinity University. at College Sta
ton. October 8.
Texas Christian University. at For'
Worth. October i6.
Rolls School OF Mines tSt. Louis)
a College Station. October %.
Haskell Indians. at the Dallas Fair
October 81.
Rice Institute. at Houston. Novem
Der 8.
Texas University (place and dat
to be determined).
Mississippi A. 4 NJ. College. at Col
lege Station. Thanksgiving.
I'VE ar eprovidIng next year at tn
A. a NJ. College what Ii undoubtedl,
the strongest physical department Il
the South" said President Bizzell Il
announcing the appointments. "Thi
means that we realize the importance
Of athletics in college life and tn
development Of the physical mai
along with the moral and intellectual
man. or course we want to be sue
cessful. I would like to see on
teams win every contest. but the,
must be won In . fair and sportsman
like manner. The winning Of tn
game IL not the prime thing either
We want athletics at the college b
benefit every boy enrolled. and on
work will be organized 90 as to max
every boy benefit from athleti
games OF some kind.
W. L. Driver. the general manager
also will be professor OF physics
hygiene. giving lectures to student
on the care and development Of thei
bodies. Driver will manage all team
will coach the track team. and VII
have general direction over athletics
Driver IL 30 years OF age. weighs 10
pounds. IL i've feet eight inches !
height. He graduated from III
Pierce City MOL high school. tn
Springfield Normal School and tn
University OF Missouri. A. B. degree
He attended the summer school
Harvard. specializing In physics
training work. and took specii
courses in medicine at the Universit
OF Mississippi. He was member
teams In all four sports at the I'm
versity OF Missouri and was All.Mi
souri, Valley end In lso7-os. He wa
member Of the Harvard baseba
team.
Following his graduation he b
came track coach In extension wor
and In charge Of games for farm boy
at Missouri University: was directs
Of athletics at the Central his
school. Kansas City. 1sos-lo; directs
Of athletics handling all athletic 4
struction and assistant professor ,
physical education at washburn Co
lege. Topeka. Kan. 1901; speci
playground visitor Buffalo. Detro
and Chicago In the summer Of 1911
superintendent Of summer camp 4