The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-02
LONGNELL NAMED
 COACH AT HOWARD
 10 SUCCEED CATION
New Coach Will Take Up Duties at End of the Present College
 Session

Dr. J. E. LonEwcII, former Uni
 versity of Pennsylvania football, base
 ball and track man and football coach
 at Howard college in 1909 and in 1911.
 has been named director of athletics
 at Howard, succeeding Eugene l.. Ca-
 ton, resigned. Prof. T. R. Eagles, chair
 man of the faculty athletic committee.
 announced last night that the faculty
 and alumni committees had voted
 unanimously to ask the board of trus-
 tees to name Dr. LongweI to the po- sitiOn.
 Definite assurances of Dr. Longwelr S acceptance of the position have been re- ceived informally by members of the committee. pr. Longwell is to take up his work with the end of the present college session at which time MT. Ca toms resignation is effective Dr. Long well is to rank as a regular faculty mem Der and is expected to be permanently identified with the college, having full supervision of all athlethic matters.
 Selection of Dr. Longwell as the sue cessor of Mir. Caton is expected to prove wholly acceptable to the student body, alumni and friends of Howard, since Dr. Longwell is rated as one of the best football coaches who has ever worked in Alabama and as one of the most popular men ever connected with Howard ath- letics.
 Dr. Longwell began his athletic career at Ohio university in 1900, and after play ing football there two years he entered Washington and Jefferson college He played on Washington and Jefferson col lege's team a year, then entered the University of Pennsylvania. At Pennsyl- vania Dr. Longwell was rated as star of the first magnitude, playing football and baseball and making the track team under the famous trainer. Mike Murphy.
 WAS ON ALL AMERICAN
 While playing at Pennsylvania pr. Longwell was placed on the mythical All-American, playing at left halfback Following his graduation from Pennsyl- vania in 1907. Dr. Longwell coached at the Manual Training school of Philadel- phia, winning the prep" football cham pionship. The following year he was coach. of the varsity freshman football team of the University of Pennsylvania
 In 1909 Dr. Longwell came to Howard college as football coach and put out what has been rated as the best football team Howard ever had and one of the best ever turned out by southern col lege. Dr. Longwell was football coach at Nittenburg college, Springfield, O., i'll 1910, returning to Howard again in 1911, where he put out good team con- sidering the unfavorable conditions then before him. Since 1911 Dr. LongwelI has been devotlng spare time from his den tistry practice in New York to coaching. at high schools and small colleges of the east
 Howard men generally agree that Dr. Longwell is the best man for the place as dlrector of our athletic york; said Professor Eagles. He was unusually popular among the college men and the people as whole when he was at How ard, notwithstanding his connection of only few weeks at a time. We feel that Tn returning pr. Longwell to How ara as all-the-year coach and director or athletics we will be giving students ana alumni man equal to any in the south. o
 It is not expected that pr. Longwell Will be able to revolutionize athletics within bare year or two. and we are bringing Dr. Longwel down to take hold M ol the situation and build substantially. | J. nose who know him believe in him. and It can be said that he will have the fullest support of every faculty member or every student and of every aIumn1s and friend of the college