Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-01-03


cult 70 convince the followers Of foot
ball that not all good football IL cons
fined to four or five leading Eastern
universities. Time was when the ek-
planaticai, rOh, We were only pfepar<
ing for our big game; we don't care
Tor these little scrfmmages. and sim
liar sarcastic alibis would suffice for
unusual scores against the big eleg.
ems. but nowadays the smaller schools
have caused students OF the game 20
overlook any begging Of the question.
and TO consider the merits OF the
teams In question.
Such schools as .Pittsburg, Coleate,
Penn State and Brown have. played
such good bah FOR years that Il ID
certain that the elements that con-,
tribute to successful teams abide IN
those schools,
Colgate Strong
Take Colgate, for example. Colgate
lacks only in the number OF Students.
The school Is almost limited to It's
500. But no school can select any
500 students who will show such IN.
terest IN intercollegiate activities as
can Colgate. Furthermore, among
these 600 men will be found surpfis-
letes from the Eastern high schools,
as well asa fine lot OF healthful and
husky young men who are chock full
Of undiscovered football quality.
In Larry Bankhart. Colgate has one
OF the first i've or six coaches Of the
country. Bankhart has the system
and the enthusiasm. He Is at once q
driver and favorite. The student
body, without q single dissenting spir-
1t, believe Bankhart Is the little god Of
football, and that no defeat Is his
fault. Every fraternity. every club.
every organization in the school does
not a little bit, but vies with every
other organization In boosting the
schools team and in keeping current
the. spirit that gets the Victories.
Many Of Bankhartss men feed into
Colgate q lot Of players already IA
miliar with Colgate style Of play. In
this way time, & coach's greatest han
dieap Is largely overcome.
Ciean Sportsmanshjp
II Colgate put put good team only
in rare years the case would be dif.
fefent; but 4 study of Tie records Of
i number Of years VIII show that Cox
gate always has very heavy schedules
In football. basketball, baseball and
track, and that the Eastern colleges
recognize Colgate az an unvarying,
classy opponent The record Of this
college is as clean and sportsmanlike
as Il Is successful. !.
in the past season Colgate earned
decisive victories over all her oppUn-
ents except Yale. Had she beaten
Yale. no one would have questioned
Colgate's right to the 1916 champion
ship. The Eastern newspapers we're
unanimous IN such statements as the
following from the New York Times:
THE most rabid Yale partisan ad.
mits that Colgate outplayed Yale.
Most OF the time the ball was III pos
session Of the lads from Hamilton.
Colgate played q far better brand Of
football than did Yale Col.
gates oyer-anxiety cost many offside
penalties which placed Yale IN posi-
ton To score. Near the end Of the
third period Neville. kicking for Yale.
booted the bali over to the corner Of
the field, where It rolled out OF bounds
on the seven-yard line. Hubbel tried
to punt out OF danger. The Yale rush
line was on him and he had to hurry
his kick. The ball turned off his toe
and went out OF bounds on the 10
yard line, but Colgate recovered It.
outpIayed Yale
AT this point Colgate lost 10 yards