New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-26

! rarely, if ever, had more capable and
/ inspiring leader. He is president Of the
student council, the highest honor that
can fall to the lot OF an undergraduate,
and has been twice president of his
class. In truth, he was urged, almost
begged. to accept a third term, but re-
fused rather than institute a monopoly.
lie is so popular and well liked that his
men are willing 10 fairly work their
heads off for him.
4 Eddie Goodridge, captain Of the base
ball team, at left end, is another man
for whom everybody has a good word.
+ He reported for football this year only
because the need was great, after an i'll
ness part of the summer, and his fell
lows appreciate the sacrifice he made
for the good of the team. lie is one Of
those quck-thinking players who move
about the gridiron almost by instinct,
and his play has been uniformly strong.
Getting away from football for mo-
ment, Professor Michigan seems 10 be
the right man in the right place. He is
o stanch supporter of the system which
Amherst has introduced, so that too
much emphasis should not be placed on
the varsity teams. and to the end that
every man in college should be devel-
Oped physically, even as he IS developed
mentally.
Hitchcock Field, 40-acre tract just
back Of the gymnasium. which slowly
but surely is being converted TO supply
the need for all forms of athletic activ
ity, is his particular hobby, and the
work he is doing is bound to make for
good.
Members Of the Amherst eleven speak
in glowing terms of Deetjen, the Yves
leyan halfback, who played such q brill
liant game here last Saturday. Tow says
he is the fastest and most slippery man
he has ever faced on the gridiron and
lust about the hardest to stop. while he
could not say enough about MS punt
ing. Peck, at quarterback, from the
High School Of Commerce, was another
Wesleyan player who made a deep i'm
preston up here.
At the training table the players ap-
pear TO be about evenly divided over
the recent action Of Williams in break
ing athletic relations with Trinity be
cause of using players not considered
eligible. including George Brickley,
who was with the Philadelphia Ath-
letics for a time.
Before leaving Harvard this morning
a Harvard man told me that Gilman,
the dashing tackle, might be lost to
the Crimson eleven, as the injury he
suffered on Saturday was to his sound
ankle. IL is hoped that such may not
be the case, as in my opinion Gilman
is a leading candidate for All-Amerca
honors.
Coming over on the train to Spring
field | happened TO run into a Colgate
man, who expressed the utmost conf
dence, but in no boastful way, that the
eleven from Hamilton, n. Y, would
beat Yale, as il beat West Point. Col
gate is now the high scoring team Of
the East, with POS points to 0 for op-
ponents.
The same man expressed the opinion
that Cornells defence for punting WAS
an outstanding weakness and should be
changed. II is true that Harvard
blocked two or three punts last Satur-
day, but il struck me that this was due
more TO slight slowness in getting OFF
the kick rather than to any structural
weakness in defensive organization.
Just at this time there seems to be
no way by which | can get to Hanover
tomorrow and out again the same day.
and unless some kind soul can interpre.
the timetable better than myself il may
be necessary to go on to William stown
tomorrow to see what Fred Daily has
TO say about his eleven.