Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-02-10
GORTON GETS ASSISTANT
VIRGINIA CADETS SECURE
NOTED FOOTBALL PLAYER
Abcii. All-Amcricnn Tackle. VIII As
hist Athletic Director. who fIns
Made Enriabic Record.

I
into history and the basketball schedule
| has been more than half played. those
who have charge of tho direction OF
athletics at the Virginia Military In
stitutc are beginning to look forward
to the coming year as Il whole. and par
iicularly to the football season or 1916.
IN" schedule for the team. which will
represent the institute next fall has,
OF course. long since been completed.
and includes such important contests
rs those with North Carolina At Chapel
mn, with Clemson College in K!ch-
mond on November IL Founders Day:
With the Cadets old and friendly rivals,
the University OF Virginia, in Char
lottcsvillc. ana finally with the Viz
-nia folytcchuic Institute on Thanks
giving Day III Roanoke.
KS important Il matter as the schcd-
uIc Is. there are other matters, such
"s questions OF policy. OF finances and
~ the composition OF tie coaching
eis,ii. which affect even more vitality
t,c success of the season and which
nave only within thc past Tow weeks
been settled upon OF all of these uUcS-
tons, that bearing upon the compost
. ZION of the coaching stan has been fore
most III the minds OF all interested in
athletics at the institute. For. after
all, the coaches are the men behind
the guns"
1t was. of course. n forogonc conclu-
sion that Frank VI. Gorton. whose
splendid efficiency not only as coach
OF football, baseball. basketball and
track. but also as general director OF
athletics at the institute FOR the past
two years. should again Too retained
as head coach In all branches of sport
FOR l"lG-l7 Arriving at V, NJ. |. in
the fall OF 1919. after an cnviablc
record as head coach Of Peddlc Insti-
tute, Rutgers College and Occidental
College. in California, where out Of
sixty -scvcu games played under his
direction, lie had won nifty. tied three
and lost only fourteen, he Immediately
began to whip into shape the very lin
tied material which he found here TO
work with. Few of the varsity of tho
previous year had returned that season
and most OF the string was composed
OF absolutely green men. But in spite
OF THIS handicap, as we'll az the bur
den OF an unusually large squad with
few assistants to help him handle il.
tho showing made by V. NJ. l. In ali
braiAchcs OF sport in 19l+-l5 was very
crctiitable.
In football the Cadets played eight
games and lost four; in basketball they
won seven out OF ten, and in baseball
I'VE out of eleven. In the fan OF 1919.
however. tho material with which
Coach Gorton had to work was OF n
very much higher order More OF the
varsity men were on hand to answer
roll call. Ind the material among the
Il''W men WIS UcClGC1lE superior
what II had been the year before In
addition to tho fact that there was a
general suScriority In material, there
was the additional advantage that moro
already had one seasons training un-
der the coach's leadership. Tho re-
suit was that tho Cadets lost only two
games during the season, one TO Vir-
with North Carolina. Not only in foot
ball but In basketball as we'll, the
record made by the teams which have
represented the institute, has been
most satisfactory. To date the var
Slty has won four out OF five games.
tho scrubs. two out OF two: ana al
though II is dangerous to prophcsv in
the middle of season, IL is safe to
say that the percentage of wins will
probably be as high for tho rest OF the
season as for the first part.
GoRToN AR0rsES CADETS
TO co INTO ATHLETICS
| As Interested as the head coach is
IN winning games, victory is by no
means his sole ambition. nor the only
aim and object OF his unceasing labors
IN the interests OF athletics at V. VI. l..
IN his dual capacity as head coach and
director of athletics his interests are
( tWo-ioid; as coach, primarily 10 de-
Neiop and train a varsity team in each
! hranch OF sport which will worth!ly
acg"it itself in the various contests Of
! the year: rs director Of athletics, to
create an interest in all manly sports
for tho love OF the contest itself and
! Tor the physical development which
they afford. In this latter field Of
activity, fostering Of general athletics
ana the carrying out of Il definite attn
lctic policy from year to year. Coach
I"rton has filed long felt ana vital
need at tho institute. AS q result of
his work in this field more men are
today taking part in some form OF ath-
i"ticS than ever before in the history OF
the institute. Last fan for instance
= = q -,
the corps was out for football, cXclu-
SIVe Of tho men who played on the class
teams. During the present basketball
season, In addition TO the varsity squad
ana - long string OF scrubs. large
number or other cadets are out for
class teams. Track, rs an Officially
recognized branch or sport. will make
its first appearance this spring, when
men to compete in ole of the larger
meets to be held In baltimore or Wash
ngton. In baseball the coach hopes
to have more men ont than ever before
line and backs of the varsity, as well
ms taking general supervision of all
OF the other squads. has been SO heavy
that Coach GOrton applied to the grad
uatc manager Colonel Henry G. Ford,
for an assistant coach to help him
with the line After an extended cor
rcSpondcnce on the part of the grad
nat" manager and the coach. the name
Of Earl G. Ahcll. captain and tackle on
COLGATE ana Walter Camps choice for
il-Amcrican tackle. was decided upon
and approved by unanimous vote of
rnc athletic council.
AHELL HAS BRILLIANT
RECORD on GRIDIRON
Everybody, especially Coach Gorton
is much pleased over the prospect OF
having Abel here next season TO help
whip the team into shape. or Abelrs
ability both as a coach and as a play
or, every ono who has followed his rec
ord through four years OF college foot
hall speaks in the highest terms. Camp
says that he is one of the very best
men who has played that position in
years, and makes the statement that
he practically upheld the whole side
OF his line In tho game with Syracuse
Winning his &C. In four consecutive
seasons and captaining his team in his
senior year, wcarcr of the "C' in
baseball during his first two years at
Colgate and basketball player OF
great ability, Abt1l easily takes rank
with any Of the prominent athletes of
recent years. AS 81 coach. Il leader OF
| men and as an organizer he has al
ready won his spurs. and will max O
an invaluable addition to the coach
| ing staff nj V. NJ l. during the coming