Norwich bulletin., 1917-01-17

ly by voluntary contribution from
alumni and undergraduate If, for the
! sake of comparisons, these names may
| be used for officers and cadets. Nc
| college athletic association can thus
raise annually $4,000 and show thai
| 100 per cent of it's graduates contrib
uted. This is West Points record
Until this year not one cent has been
received from gate receipts. Then il
was felt that surplus was needed fo1
the conduct of athletics so the money
obtained for the sale of some of the
Army Navy tickets-the Army Athle-
ticassociation's Share-was used in
stead of turning it over to the Army
Relief Society, which had been done
for many years.
This voluntary subscription list
which embraces all graduates of the
Academy and all officers who enter
civil life, some rs per cent of whom
send checks, was formerly open to the
public Now. only such civilians as
are properly recommended are permit
ted to subscribe. All subscribers are
Navy game, approximately on a basis
of two seats for each $500 subscrip-
ton.
Whenever possible all teams are
coached by officers. In football this
has been done for many years. For
the past four Captain Daily, the fam
Gus Charley Daily of Harvard and West
Point, has been in charge assisted by
Captains Graves and Pullen, and Lieu
tenants Hoge, Wood Merriilat Keyes
Hays and Prichard. These men have
inherited and added to a system which
gets tremendous results when it is
recalled that they have but an average
of twenty hours a month to coach the
men, There is proof of this being the
case not only in the record of the
eleven but in the fact that when Har-
ward began its upward stride in foot
ball it got it's line play from Captain
Graves. 80
Naturally, the demand for Daily to
return is strong. No one coach has
ever met with like success all else
considered. Daily has gone far be-
yond the Harvard system although
Handicapped by both time and ma ter
me two reasons are that he feels it
will hurt his Army work and that
there is not much use taking a chance
with his great record. DAILY was not
given public credit for his. first great
team. Hurry up" Yost, of Michigan,
was hailed as the man who perfected
the forward passing attack that whip
ped the Navy in 1913, the writer be-
story Yet events have since proven
that Yost was not even on the field
Daily was the man.
Athletics at the Point go with a
rush. Two hundred and fifty three
cadets came out for football last fall
After the cut the majority of the left
overs formed a team, as they always
do, to play the Hudson River valley
elevens. In those games every man
gets a chance and the play is quite
fast and furious In other sports much
the same spirit exists.
The Army 'tA'' is cherished letter
1t is given. to football and baseball
teams, to winning basketball fves and
to cadets who break the Academy
track records. Oliphant is the only
cadet to win an "a" in all four sports.
He holds the low hurdle mark
Eligibility, the rock which wrecks
so many college athletic ships, is not
4 problem at West Point Indeed, our
colleges could well give heed to the
code Of the Army and Navy in their
athletic relations. Until they do un-
satisfactory results are bound to fol-
ow their present alien standards A
cadet at West Point is eligible for a
-eam as long as his standing is salts
factory, regardless of former connec-
ions or future hopes in athletics. 1t
s a mighty fine scheme and one which
s most democratic and fitting.
copyrighted, 1917, by Sol Metzger).