Evening journal., 1916-05-30
Delaware Will lose
noted Athletes
Fourteen Blue and Gold Men
Prominent in Sport
Graduate Next Month
HAVE STARRED ON
TEAMS FOUR YEARS

Special 10 THE EVENING JOURNAL. !
NEWARK, May 30-with the gradu-
alton class this year Delaware College |
will lose some OF the best all around
athletes that have ever represented |
the blue and gold on the gridiron. !
the baseball diamond, in the cage and |
on the track Out Of a class of thirty
students to graduate in two weeks. !
fourteen Of that number have been
prominent in one way or another In
Delaware College sports during the
past four years.
Heading this list is doc" DOherty.
who, before entering Delaware. was
prominent in Wilmington High. School
sports for several years. Doherty
made the baseball team his freshman
year, the basketball team his sopho-
more year and would have made the
football eleven his sophomore year
but for parental objections 10 him
playing the game. In the opening
game Of the 1913 season. which was
the first game ever played on Joe
Frazer Field. and which was with
Haverford. DOC" played half-back,
and put up a strong game. He played
one or two other games that season.
and there seemed no doubt about him
making the varsity. but his parents
objected 10 him playing and he handed
in his uniform. In baseball he made
the shortstop position his freshman
year and during the first three years
IN college. played some brilliant games
a.. HU
been covering first base, as Coach
MeAvoy could not find another man
who can cover the bag as we'll he
has played a fine guard game on the
basketball team for three years, and
for the past two years has captained
both the baseball and basketball
teams. Doherty has proved himself a
clean and hard working athlete, and
that he was elected by his fellow
classmen a member Of the Athletic
Council. which has jurisdiction over
all the college athletic activities
shows that he is also popular
Alec Crothers is another graduate
who will he greatly missed IN sports
next wear. Crothers, who Is from North
East. Md, did not attract much atteh-
tion his freshman year. In his s"pho-
mere wear he substituted at center on
the football team and got chance to
get in several games. In his junior year
and this college year Just closing he was
the varsity center and his work last tall
demonstrated that he is one of II not
the hest centers the blue and gold mas
ever had. Tn his sophomore year Ofoth-
ers came out for the long distance run
ming events. He made the track team
and some of the victories that he won
In tho mile runs that year and his
;nnior year are still often talked ot
among the students. He won practi-
callx All his starts in the dual meets
and established a new one mile recoiu
for Delaware. This year Crothers also
rame out for the one mile again, nut
4be late sprinr and the fact that he took
ON so much surplus flesh after the close
Of the football season made II impos-
sible for him to get in proper shape
and he had 10 give up track. tie mas
contained the track team during the
present season. and is also president oi
The Students Athletic Association, an
honor which is highly priced m the SUI
dent body. He was also made the hrs'
nresident last winter Of the new SELL
t;overnment Students Association.
George Oscar Smith, OF Narberth.
pa leaves Delaware with the honor
NJ being the second student in me
history OF the college TO run the 100
yard dash in ten seconds nat ms
was done in his sophomore year 1914
and that year he won all MS starts
IN the 1O0-yard dash in dual meets
He started in 10 burn the cinder pain
up again last year, but under instruc-
tlons of his physician he had 10 give
the snort up owing TO a weak heart.
smith has managed the present track
team and has been OF valuable as
sistance 10 Coach Keyes in training
The short-distance runners. He also
served one year on the athletic coun-
Gil.
Harry V. Taylor, OF Dover. brother
OF Bake" Taylor, who was crack
football player on the Blue and Gold
leans of some years ago. made the
varsity eleven his freshman year. and
has played halfback his four years In
college Taylor also made the var
sity baseball team his freshman year
and played his second year, but gave
baseball up after that.
Connie" Wills, OF Wilmington. and
bob" Weimer. OF New York. have
both been star basketball players, but
took no active part in any other line
Of sports except in class games. Will:
has played a star game at center fol
three years. while Weimer made the
FIVE his freshman year. and has play.
ed every position during the -four
years he has been az Delaware, cap
fafninP the 1914 faann
Warren c. Newton son OF State
Senator Newton. OF Bridgeville. made
good in football his last two years
In college. largely through hard
work strict training rules and close
attention to all instructions given by
the coach. Newton. who stands con.
siderable over six feet. was out fol
the football team his freshman year
and there were few who believed hs
would ever make the varsity. His
case. however demonstrates whai
hard work and a will to do can ac-
complish. He came out again his
sophomore year. and no candidate OF
varsity or scrub was more faithful IN
his work and training. He failed
again. but was rewarded his junior
year when Coach McAvoy placed hin
At guard and he made good. playinl
out that year and the present college
year on the varsity. making one o
The best guards that Delaware has haS
Tor years. Newton has also done som'
creditable work on the track team n
weight events