The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1912-1984, 1917-01-19
COLEMAN is
HEAD COACH
Stanford Boy Wins Another Great
Honor In Football at the Un-
versity of Virginia.


that Harris Coleman, of this city,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. c. r. Coleman,
has been chosen chief coach of the
University of Virginia football team
for next season. This comes as re-
markable tribute to this young man,
who has already distinguished him
self every year he has played upon
the University of Virginia eleven.
He served as captain year before
last at which time his team defeated
Yale, rare honor. The college paper
called College Topics, had this to
the selections: ID
"Virginia is fortunate this year in
securing the services of Harris Cole
man, as he has played on the football
team for the past four seasons and
was captain of the famous team of
1915 which defeated Yale. He has
been frequently mentioned for the
All-Southern team and for two years
has been on the Football Roll of
Honor of Outing Magazine. He is q
hard and consistent tackler and a
close student of the game. AL
though he played at guard and tao
kle last fall, it was often evident
that he did the thinking for the team
and consequently developed a broad
knowledge of the game. From the
present and rather early outlook he
will have a good field of material on
which to work since there are a num-
Der of good men in College who were
ineligible for the team last fall on ac-
count of the first-ye:r rule. Coleman
is % years of age and is student in
the law school where he will be a
candidate for degree in 1918.
The same paper also said editorials
ly: q
Harris Coleman, head coach of
football for 1917, is admittedly one
of the best football players who has.
ever worn the Orange and Blue. In
addition to his undisputed merit as
football player, he has faculty for
putting fight and enthusiasm into a
team which few men possess.
"Topics" also contains the follow
ing item of interest:
For the seventh successive year,
"Outing Magazine" has picked
Football Roll of Honor. A canvass
is made of all the prominent foot
ball coaches in the country, and be-
fore man is placed on this roll of
honor he must be recommended by at
least two coaches who have seen him
play. The 100 men who have been
chosen this year representing so diff
ferent institutions. The University
of Virginia has two men on this
Honor Roll-Harold Spar and Har-
ris Coleman. The latter was also on
this list last year.
For the first time in a number of
years the University of Virginia
football team will come to Kentucky
for game this fall. Much interest
will attach to this game on account
of the fact that Coleman will be the
head coach of the visitors, is a Ken
tuci,y boy himself and played on the
Lexington gridirons as a member of
the famous Stanford High School
football team of several years ago.
The Virginians have arranged to play
Pennsylvania at Lexington Nov. 8.
The last appearance of the Virginia
team in Lexington was in 1902,
when they defeated Pennsylvania,
then Kentucky University, IL to 0.
John STICKY and Hugh Bronston
were members of the Virginia squad
that year The Yancey brothers,
Cantrill, Thompson, George Pyle
and other old Transylvania stars
We're in the lineup. The only other
game between the two schools was
in 1903, when, playing on Lambeth
field, Charlottesville, the Kentuckians
were defeated.