The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-09
COLUMBIA MEN ALL
SWEAR BY METCALF
Football Coach Is Popular
Among the Students on
Morning>ide Heights.
NEW SCHEDULE HARD

cc,,r,Aii is well satisfied with It's
,,,.b,ll coach. I. Nelson Metcalf. the
ma, from Oberlin, Ohio. II was pointed
MI, when the faculty committee on stu
den, ORGANIZATIONS insisted that tho
zach he a university officer that II
~oll1 be- hard to get a good man to
.o,,h. and the authorities think them
,s'ys fortunate in getting "a man Of Met
oalfs cslihre under the circumstances,
ubo Judging from the talk of alumni
ard faculty members. has proved himself
IDEAL
II he iocs not repeat his success OF
las, season. when every opponent fell by
m. easS.ic. he will not be condemned
Coz II. TIE 1916 schedule IL much harder
,hsr a comparatively green team gen
s-,ilv has to meet. Although only three
regulars viii rot Dee available. Columbia
men do not forget that The regulars have
seen only ono year OF service. For n
university which limits its students who
NAV be candidates to about go out Of
a total REGISTRATION OF moro than $4,000.
teams '.kc Vermont. williams. New York
In ,ers fy. W sleyan. Union. Stevens
and Hamilton seem like strong oppo-
nents. Coach Metcalf has said that
under the present restriction Columbia
,annot hope TO compete with Its old time
rivals ,i the gridiron. None Of the
alumni MI admit the grim truth OF
hs statement. but all agree that should
m win ,h- maiorit, Of the eiclt games
J m the 1915 schedule there will be no
cause for adverse criticism.
with the reappointment OF Andrew
= roak1ar aa baseball coach tEntp,phf.
hopes 10 have a big year in baseball.
The biggest schedule in years is nearly
complete. 1t will include about thirty
games and two trips. something 20
lumoia teams have not INDUCED in for
several years. The second trip will
be through New England during the
north Of June after Columbia has
closed it's academic year. After its
commencement day game with pennsyl-
vania. the Blue and White nine will
play commencement day anne with
Dartmouth. Amherst. Williams. Tufts
and others on their New England dia-
no-ds.
CAPT. Watt ard Coach CoaLn" will
call the men together about february
IS for practice indoors. Because OF the
long schedule. no indoor series with lo-
cal arrrory mines will be attempted 'hi-
winter. In view of the return ~ GEORGE
Smith. Eddie shea and Reals R,ck. II
q. thought that the heavy schedule will
not be too much of a drain on the pitch
Ing stan Lester Lane and Al Roser,
veteran catch.rs. will he available
srlia. The declaration that Jack Laird,
formerly of Princeton. is eligible for
the Columbia team Will be "A big boom.
Co,umbias swimming team will re-
rev yousetit.on after a rest of a month
when Penn com = TO the Morningside
Heights Friday night. Penn. columbia
and Vale. share the intercollegiate
SWIMMING League title and d bitter bat
u. j. expected despit- the obvious ad-
y,ntasrs of Columbia in the sprints
Ro'h defeated city College by about
the same score. and appear evenly
Matched. Mills. u promising diver, has
e,I-n,d to the Columbia team and has
hrl..d b., In its weakest department
TH- pool has been repaired and re-
i.ilicd ~ light blue ard whit" foi
'e iuj-r'uiiegiate which viii l.. held
there on March I.