Norwich bulletin., 1917-02-13
BY SOL METzeER
Coach Washington & Jefferson Foot
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 When Home Run Andy'' Wilson had graduated from Both Princeton and Pennsylvania it became necessary to earn a living. At each of these in StitutionS he had been known by this sobriquet because he was, in his baseball bat in college circles as is Ty Cobb in the big leagues today Having stood at the head of the col lege swatters for more years than IS eligibility and having made some sim liar record as a student of various sciences and philosophies, Home Kun Andy refused to follow the beaten trail of starting in at the bottom. In deed, almost instantly he became the founder and head of a preparatory school. Thus. reader. you meet pr. A. w. Wilson, Jr.. president of the burg, Pa. And let us advise you in advance that you meet a live wire. If you don't agree just talk with the head of any educational instaitution in the good old U. S. A. and ask him if it is a simple task to make a pri- vate preparatory school pay and at the same. time, keep right up with present day competition in turning out boys who can pass both college entrance requirements and make a success of life.
 One of the biggest arguments in fla vor of intercollegiate athletics is the preparatory schools, the leading and oldest preparatory schools in America Wherever you goyea find that the head masters, principals and presl- dents have either been star college athletes in their day or men who are sorry they were not. Dr. StearnS, of Andover, and Dr. Irvine. of Mercers- burg, were great college athletes Dr. Perry, of Exeter, and Dr. McPherSon, of Lawrenceville. were not. although both of them have athletic leanings a4I hoo rfc nF1n " Cn term the heart of a man who loves athletics. And there is Dr. Wilson. of Kiski. who is pretty nearly able to enter the box today. as he did at Princeton years ago when Harvard led 5-1 and pull. such a game out of the fire 7-6 after 16 inning struggle It was just this sort of grit developed on the athletic field that enabled Dr. Wilson to found and establish one of the leading preparatory schools in the east It is not strange. when all the facts are looked into. to find the rec ord Of 'Kiski' (which is as far as anyone ever got with the spelling) in interscholastic athletics long list of triumphs. Home Run Andy was an example of what college sports woulu do for a man and he gave every at- tention to their proper promotion at his school.
 There are many larger and older and better known preparatory schools than Kisd, but all things considered, none have made more flattering athletic record. In the matter of pro- ducing future college stars Kiski is today in the position of Andover and Exeter in the nineties when graduates of these two academies lined up against each other in the Yale-Har- yard games. Last fall it's 1913 back field players were pited against each other in the Pitt-W. & J. football game-Hastings and DeHart vs. Mo Creight and Crawford-and of that al a whitehilI, at W. & J.
 Kiski has had graduates play on various major sport teams at about every college and university in Penn sylvania, including the University and the State College. Outside it's home state it's alumni have been varsity men at Princeton, Yale, Brown Ann college-and Cornell, among the more important institutions. athletically speaking.
 It began turning out good athletes in it's very beginnings for one of its first products was Herman Suter, of Princeton's star quarter of 20 years ago. who had an annual habit of beating Harvard single handed in football and who had a batting ave- rage of .750 in the Yale Harvard Princeton series of baseball games. Suter was somewhat of a marvel and wizard in athletics. Afterward, when
 
 this eleven broke a worlds record by winning six games in six consecutive days. And Kiski has kept up the good work down to the present day of McCreights Hastings. DeHart and Braden.
 Kisk announced it's arrival as an athletic institution in its first year when "Tub' Spencer, afterwards with Detroit, who was captain of its four athletic teams lead the nine to a vic- tory over what is now the University of PittSburg, 17-1. Its '93 team was the best it ever had. Owen Altman, the pitcher, afterwards the Princeton star, was unbeatable and the season was completed withou the loss of game, W. 6 J. going down to three overwhelming defeats, in one of which Kiski made triple play and three doubles.
 Those who attack intercollegiate athletics claim that the harm and trouble is at the start. This means the high and Dreparatory schools. And. among othersS Kiski is thus in directly attacked. The more one studies such prog1ems by contact and investigation ratHer than by a wish is-father- to- -the-thought theory the more one is impressed with the fact that most of our college athletic prob lems, so called. are products of un- athletic minds.
 Home Run Andy'' Wilson has an athletic mind. as well as body. He has been through the whole gamut of