Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-09-10
V.P.|. GETTING READY
HEAD COACH lNGERSOLL
CALLS FOR CANDIDATES
Techs Face Hard Schedule at start OF
Season. and Cali for Mcn
TX Urgent.

Head Coach j. T.. Ingcrsoll. better
known throughout the North as "Eoh
1ngcrsoll, Of the Virginia Polytcchnic
institute. has sent out call for the
assembling on Milcss Field or son
TENDER ]. OF the old and now aspirants
Tor the Orange and Maroon 1916 foot
ball machine Coach Ingcrsol OF
Dartmouth, and formerly head coach
of Colgate University. succeeds Ernnch
Bocock. and with his coming tho Viz
Einia polytcchnc Institute enters it's
1916 football season under new
system as instituted by tho
l'l"-l"lh athletic council. Coach In
gcrsors staff will consist of n. H.
Sanborn. OF Dartmouth, with the alum
nj coaches C. i. Miles, sally; Emory
r. HodgSOn. Horse: Vivian ETodr-
son. "Eubhles': Berry IIodgsou; Billy
EurrusS. clayton Campbell. Hunter
Carpenter L. W. Lewis and j. e. Stiles
Under tho tutclaSc OF Coach Ingcr-
soil and his staff. the institute should
develop ono Of the greatest football
machines in the south The alumni.
the student body aud friends OF Tech
are looking forward with great inter
est and enthusiasm to this wears grid
iron battles. With hopes that Orange
and Maroon viii once more acquire the
prestige in football which it once en-
joycd
Coach IuIersol, Is said to he great
developer OF raw material. and he is
particularly anxious to have all the
new men report on September 10 with
the old letter men. in order that they
may get settled and acclimatcd before
the majority OF the students arrive.
thus allowing him time in giving them
individual instruction.
The Techs have an exceedingly hard
schedule this fall. in that its biggest
games come early The first two samea
will be with Richmond College and
lGamrden Sidney, but with the third
game begins Il series of hard battles
with the following opponents: the
University Of West Virginia, at Char
lesion. W. Va: Yale. at New Haven.
Of North Carolina, at Norfolk Urivcr-
sity OF North Carolina, at Roanoke;
Virginia polytechnic Institute. at Roa-
nokc. ana others. II is evident thai
the men must be rounded into Shape
early in order that winning machine
may be realized.
Kline letter men will return to form
the nucleus for tho eleven. Among
those returning arc i'unkhouscr, at
half back. who was shifted 10 quarter
| back for tho V. NJ. !. game last fall,
and from that position SO ably direct
cd the attack against the V. NJ. I.
cadets Rcdd. at full hack, is II power
ful plungcr: t;niucs and i:urlchy, who
are speedy. broken field runners. In
tho first line OF attack VIII he
"llackic" Gregory. Richmond hoy.
formerly OF llampdcn Sidney. hut for
Tho past two years the Techs star
end: Polly" Hall. formerly OF RAN
dolph Macon, who played "a great game
at end last year: SOL Parrish tho
powerful tackle, and brother 10 paNe
Parrish: Rusty" Moore. the agrees
Sivc center; "llOokcS' .ioorc, conceded
rs ono Of tho best guards in the South.
will don his football toys for his last
year "liootcs." many admirers proph-
ccy will land AN all-Southcrn berth
this year. Doug" Rodcn. another
Richmond lad. who played such
strong end last fall. is expected TO be
n fuilncdgcd regular this fall.
John Caffcc, Of Norfolk, viii be the
loader of Tho Techs this year. Caf-
fee is II big. aggressive man. and dur
ing his three years experience as
tackle on the Y. +. I. team has proved
that he posscssc" all the qualities Of
a successful captain