The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-28
COLUMBIA MAY Be
STRONGER IN 1915
SimOnd>. Calder. Cleveland,
Bucrmeyer Only Regulars
Sure to BE- Lost.

SURF " De LOSt.
When Columbia einbarks on ats second
football season next fall the material
Will hc far more promising than 1t was
when Coach 7. Nelson Metcalf made his
hrs; call last September. Although
Capt. Francis Siinonds. Eckcy Calder,
Jimmy Cleveland and Harry Bucrmeyer
Will be sure losses. the veteran material
that will lie available points oward u
season a. successful If not as surprising
as was the one ended Thursday. The
biggest loss will he the ends. Calder.
Buermeyer and Rex I,eeder. a first
string substitute. beirg graduated IN
June.
NANNY Littau.r. the powerful fullLack
Il made possible the early victories,
and Bud Wilbur. the regular right tackle.
said yesterday that they intend enter
ing the College Of Physicians and Sur
st-oEs, a professional school,. next fall.
Percy Maisbach, the regular left half
back. may follow the lead of Littauer
and Wilbur. According to the rules laid
down by the committee on student or
ganizations. any student matriculating
In one OF the professional schools or
even exercising a professional option
automatically becomes ineligible to play
on the varsity. : hat out of more
than $4,000 students attending the uni
versity less than 600 are eligible to rep
resent the Blue and White on the grid
| iron. since freshmen are barred and most
seniors pick their professional courses
before getting their frst degtees.
The problem that Coach Metcalf faces
Is perhaps more difficult than that at
any other college. lie is sure of his ma
terial In the sophomore and Junior years
1 alone. There IL much d~issensiOn among
tho other undergraduate schools because
OF this arrangement. Students In four
falisin hold that tho sport ought To be
limited 10 those who are not holding any
degrees. II IL alright. they say. to bar
: men who have" a their undergraduate
days. but Il H. unfair to bar those who
are Undergraduates eve though in a
professional school. The arrangement.
however. will be carried along through
out the trial period of five. years. II IL
proves n success. there IS reason to br-
lievc that football eligibility viii he the
same As those obtaining IN other varsity
sports. wher" an athlete can compete
until he receives n degree from tho uni
versity or has represented Columbia for
four years In the sport.
The case of Howard Miller and JEFF
I Healy. tho captain candidates., will ~
settled this week. Ilcaly can be grail
uatcd in June IL he takes Il heavy sche,l-
ul". Miller. although socially OF the
class Of 1917, will not he graduated until
1918. because he quit college last fall
and lost a half year OF work. Miller a.
using his influence 20 keep Jcm in col
l"gr ~ that he car captain next years
team. II was Miller who suggested that
n" election bo deferred, knowing that
his brilliant work in the y. Y. L. ana
Wesleyan game would draw votes 10
him that would have gone to Healy.
His communicable stand almost assures
his election for 1917. II il doubtful
though II Healy will stay.
Although the freshman material ia
meagrc, the return OF six sterling var
sity regulars has done much to allay the
feeling or next years team which will not
he up to the standard set by the revival
eleven. Brown at centre. and two sub
sti'utes. Nobl" and Bulwinkel, will he
back, Howard Miller and his under
study at quarterback. Elmer. are eligible
stu. Kennedy. Donaldson. Van de
Water m Eavcs in the line will he on
hand next fall. Will. In the ~backfcld,
Donoho and Monroe will he ayailab bic.
II Mansbach and Littauer decid. To-
stick to Columbia College. Metcalf need
nave ia fear about his backtleld.
The schedule will lie stiffrned a tribe
next year. The mention OF such teams
as Brown and West Poiut caused /,
's'N'h 'AE't tAiS N'lul1lblt lUlltfk Ill
ates. hut on the strength OF this year.
showing neither OF these teams, in the
opinion of the coaching stan. is much
stronger than Stevens. New York Uni.
versity or Wesleyan, Brown probably
Will be played on South Field on
thanksgiving Day. y, Y. L.. is anxious
to play It's game OF election DAY. but
Judging from the crowd which attended
the game on November 20 the day has
little 10 do with the attendance. The
Army, II met. will be PLAYED early i'm
the season. Some of the other teams
under consideration are Union, Ford
ham, Stevens. Williams. Wesleyan and
Amherst, Cornell, Harvard. Yale. Penn
sylvania and Princeton cannot be PLAYED
during the Ave year probationary pe-
Rod. The undergraduates had to prom.
ise tho faculty not TO schedule any of
these nve teams during that time.
Harry A. Fisher. coach Of the Column.
bIR basketball team. announced yester-
day that the Blue and White I'VE will
start after Its seventh championship in
the Intercollegiate basketball Lravue
when the squad Is called together Thurs
day. The plan TO do away with the
prc-lcague season games has been given
M and the team will meet the alumni,
Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute and pos
sibly Rutgers, The New York Un!ver-
s!ty game. a feature OF the last three
years. Will not be played this year,
The league season will start with Dart
mouth at Columbia January 8,
The committee on athletics and the
intercollegiate Basketball League de-
cided to suspend the new eligibility code
until next year so AZ to give the coaches
time to readjust themselves. So Cant
Walter Dwyer, who received his degree
In June. and Eckey Calder. who played
AZ 81. Lawrence, will he eligible. JEFF
liealy, bud Wilbur. both ri the war
s!ty football team, and Ed kornsand
will he among the veterans to report
Reynolds Benson, Charley Lee and I'D
Eurghard. although st'll in college. will
Ia. ht rrcd lGnaNaN If lha rnur ..un.