The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-19
COLUMBIA TO START
PRACTICE THURSDAY
Over seventy Told to Report
70 Coach Mrtcalf-Schcdulc
Vow Nearly Complete.
FIRST GAME OCTOBER 90

manager Of columbia athletics. an
ro,nc,d Yesterday that the first prac-
,,. Of the revived Bluc and White
football team would begin on South
FIELD next Thursday morning. The
baseball inheld has been sodded over
and the grass put In good condition.
stands running the entire length OF the
seld flank the gridiron on either side.
They will scat 1000. Over seventy
men have been notified to report TO
Head Coach r. Nelson M~ctcalf. the for
mer Obrrlin play r coach. While
s06 signed agreeing to play last win
tel. restrictions imposed by the various
committees have narrowed the list Of
ellglblcs down to less than u hundred.
Even with the candidates available, this
I. a record number for an athletic team
AT MorninRside Heights.
According to ono of the restrictions
which the Columbia College faculty put
forth when the ban was lifted on April
20, practice was not to begin until the
university entered pon its i62d year.
September 90. But Coach Mct,alf
pleaded for an earlier start. in view Of
the fact that the other colleges would
be working a month by then. that there
was no veteran material. that the men
would have to he drilled thoroughly in
the fundamentals and that the time was
insufficient in view Of the proximity
Of the first game. possibly October 10.
His request was granted.
The only thing still to be settled is
the selection of n freshman coach. One
Of the s%tipulations is that such a team
shall exist independents of the varsity.
Several men are under consideration,
but in order to give unity to the system
Of play which Coach Metcalf will teach,
Il Is believed hat ar Oberlin man will
get the position. Frank Fisher, who
played under Metcalf when the latter
WAS head coach in the Ohio institution
In 1918, probably will receive the APP
pointment.
Though as yet no announcement has
been made with regard to the games to
be played the schedule il practically
completed. Harry Fisher said IL will be
announced about the opening OF college.
only the minor details Of signing formal
contracts for two games need
10 be settled before the be-
lated card will be made public. While
the season may start October l6, as
far AS the faculty is concerned, It is
almost certain that the opening game
will he on October 90 with ST. Lawrence
University at South Field. The Anal
game will be on Thanksgiving Day with
Wesleyan.
Two other games which seem settled
are Amherst on November 20 and
Stevens on November 8. Amherst wanted
TO help Columbia celebrate its return
TO the gridiron after ten years in exile
but such "A strong opponent for an open.
ing game in all probability would Civ
the Blue and White adherents nothing
but "A defeat on which to start the re.
vval. While the faculty has barred
games with Yale, Harvard. Cornell
Pennsylvania II Princeton for a period
Of five years. there are enough Other
strong teams to make it interesting fol
Columbia In three years. with Army
Navy. Dartmouth, Syracuse, Washing,
ton and Jefferson and Colgate still play.
ing football. These teams no doubt will
be taken on in two or three years. But
for the present the smaller colleges will
prove tough enough nuts to crack.
AL of the coaches OF the different
sports are indorsing heartily the return
II football n urging their candidates
10 take "A whack at the game. Coach
Jim Rice told his crew of men last
spring to offer themselves az candidates
Considering the fact that the crew sup
Piled o~ne-third of the material which
eventually made the class teams las
fail, contributions from that branch oi
port are expected to prove valuable
The basketball team will contribute vii
bur, Hcaly and Calder. Wilbur playet
at Cornell, Healy at prep school ant
Calder at st. Lawrence. Because OF
the open game which Coach Metcalf wi
teach, this trio with its basketball eX
utrlHntp ought In pnma in handy
W are going to be hard pressed
for room, with over one hundred can
didates, including freshmen, on the field.
said Fisher yesterday. South Fielt
track just encloses one gridiron with
little space at either end. We will have
10 break the squad up into four parts
and give each part n corner OF the field
1t Ia possible that the freshmen may b.
sent up to Columbia oval. The soccer
team, however, wants that field to pla,
its games on. As the intercollegiate,
Soccer Leagues tournament is a iXtur,
now IN the fall, it seems almost certain
that W. will have to concede the V
to that team.
our financial condition is not so bad
The university loaned the athletic as
ISOLATION enough money to build tn,
temporary stands and put the field int
playing condition. This, coupled witt
the $4,000 student contribution, mad
things easier. liza football been re
vyed by 1910 we would have had $40,
600, Il was agreed in 1905 that thi
money be turned over to the universit.
On tho event that the game did not re
turn IN five years. There IL 500, 00I
stored away which will not be available
until The stadium is built on Riversid
Drive. That may be within the mex
ten years. We certainly need it,"