Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-12-16
ATHLETICS At UNIVERSITY
Students and Faculty Attend
Annual Football Banquet.
Speakers Praise Coach Robins"" IN"
Talk alphabetically Of the Future
Tentative Football. Basebaii
and Track Schedules.

| ing. plenuful repaSt was =,
terspersed by much wit ana repar'ee tI""
about $50 O'Clock the speeches. oes"n'
President Benton acted as POSTMASTER
,rho arst sneaker scheduled on the pro-
gram was colonel Reeves. who, however
was unable to he present, on account OIL
tho Y NJ. C. A. conference in session at
| Mortified. Coach Robinson was intro
duced. and the applause given him before
and after his speech was sign or the
high esteem in which he is held by stu
dents and faculty lie thanked the stu
dents for standing behind the team and
himself even while they were losing 1t Is
easy enough to stand behind winning
team but to cheer on losing team Is
different matter. He praised the team,
who were ready to take their medicine
any day in the week at practice, and come
up smiling every weekend. when theywere
sure of defeat AS to the future. Coach
| Robinson said that he had heard rumors
of football being dropped for five years at
Vermont. TO his mind, he said, it
appeared that football was the college
game, and should be our college game
We should not abolish it, just because we
are losing The "If I can't VIM / won't
play" idea should not be our ideal Two
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son: material in men and material in the
student body. All who can play football
should come out, and when the students
go home for vacations they should talk
Vermont to every man they see and make
them want to come here.
Professor Burns. chairman Of the ath-
lethic committee was the next speaker.
He said that much was being said against
to- p;,1l
baseball, on account of the playing of
summer baseball ny many college men.
If we gave up things just because there
was something bad in them. we would not
have much left The GOOD features IN
football, as we'll in other sports, out
weigh the bad. We should keep the team,
eligible and play fair Next year the plan
is to have every man report to Coach
Robinson. and after he gets through with
them, to make up the class teams, in
stead of making up the class teams first
We are going to have uniform rules with
; Niddebury and Norwich in regard to
: eligibility. etc The only change probable
, is that the one-Near rule will be change
to semester.
ELIGIBILITY RULES
Professor Donahue of the eligibility
committee was next presented. He out
) lined in short the eligibility rules. saying
that one must be regularly enrolled as
student should have a faint idea of wha
the college looked like, be able to pas:
a few tests in some subjects, and ther
be turned over to Coach Robinson, whC
has the proper system and is sure to ge
results Men should not work for the
; 'N," but for the university. The "V'
is given them as mark of esteem 70
1 their work. Work for ideas and prn
i ciples
1 Doc" Stone, when called upon, ex
l pressed admiration for he team, and TO
Coach Robinson's work, who, he said
had made something out of almost moth
ing. He said that in his mind a coileg
without a football team would be Xix
5 a train of cars without an engine Speak
ing of college spirit. he said, We SHOULD
1 give all sports the same support w
' did this football team, which fought ever.
, minute, whether they were winning o
/ losing. The doc" closed by saying tina
= he had no use for anyone who talked o
: abolishng football at Vermont.
DR. Towne, who was to speak 70
s the medical faculty. unable to at
. tend the banquet on account of illness
s and Or. Clark was called upon in hi
. place. DR.. Clark said that he had n
. use for the man who was always kick
n ing, who talked but did not think. He sal
i that he did not come to the banquet I
make Il speech, but because it mad
| him younger to hear the songs and yells
t He said that he was sorry anyone shout
suggest giving up football here Their
y is something to the game besides win
. ming. y team cannot be built up to b
n Il marvel in one year. but if Coac
u Robinson remains we will get the desire
e results. We should stand behind GU
S teams and be proud of our Alma Mater
n Tom Hayes, when called upon. talke
d about the Middlebury game. he say
it, lie said that on the offensc. the tear
e did not get the jump as they should at a
= times on the defense. however. Middle
II bury was prevented from getting started
:. The Middlebury team was heavier an
y We're playing on their own field. The flel
e was wet which was to their advantage
but, nevertheless, Vermont held then
r In closing, he urged every student to tai
n Vermont to the men in their home town.
IS and show them thai this is the place
: come.
Manager Mack was the next speaker
He expressed n regret that more game
=, were not won this season, but that
ID was better to deserve to win than to vii
This team deserved to win. going II
against odds and fighting every minute
The support OF the student body was
great help. especially at the Middlebur
game. He thanked the team and I'll
l. coach for their cooperation. and said ths
his work with them would always be or
Of the happiest memories OF his colee
" life
+. FOOTBALL SCHEDULE
~ Sanders. next years manager, divide
is his topic into three parts; the schedul
g. the men and Coach Robinson. 1t is gel
n really agreed that lighter teams should
re played. and, with that end in view, game
IT are being arranged with the followr
Il. teams: September 30, r. p. I at BurlinJ
o ton; October T. Clarkson Tech. at Burlin
A. ton; October "A, Columbia at New Yor
A. october q, Union at Schenectady, y. y
n. October 2S, Norwich at Northield y
ma vember 4, Brown at Providence. II. l.; n
vember II, New hampshire State at Blu
s. lngton; November IS, Middlebury
lie Burlington. Games may be arranged all
ur with Williams, Worcester Tech. New YoI
c. University and Hobart. Two men will
ak lost by graduation, and will be misse
~ Bloomcr and Weeks. These two mi
l6; have been out on the field working for 70
~ years, and did not make their 'V'' un
~, this year. All the rest of the men will
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