Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-11-03
many GR|D|RON STARS
SERVING IN FRANCE
Many OF Best Players Game Eve,
Saw Arc With COlors
"Ovcr There"
SOLDIER PLAYERS FULL OF PEP
Army Teams Frequently Include Men
From Half-Dozen Different Ameri-
!. can Collcgcs-Y. NJ. G.. A. Doing
Fine Work in Fostering Sports.
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tercollegiate football promises to have
haps the quality OF play will not be
up to the peacc-time standards of the
big colleges back home, for the simple
diers will have time enough for, the
practice required 10 develop Sridiron
science TO feather edge. II takes
lons weeks OF constan, application for
football team TO reach the pink OF
perfection" and the members Of the
~ L. F., are fairly busy trying to win
played on the chalk Lined field.
What the ARMY cicvcns may lack in
science nd they wii make up IL s,amina
France is always in training. II he
belongs to- fighting unit: the charac-
,, ,err.iG,t his work is such that he abso-
tached TO ono OF the equally important
a a organizations that back up
keep up with his. daily program tina t
he must safeguard his health This is
strictly a high pressure war and good
physical condition is one OF its re-
football just as it is fos,erine ali
Sa!a thous pG' of which f have be see
ordered. Where possible It will lend
It's physical directors as advisory
coaches and it also viii assist the army
in preparing suitable grounds. The
matter of getting uniforms. pads. head
harnesses AND things of that kind. the
selves, as the association is not now
in position to furnish them. though
1T hopes TO be some day
ALL ORGANIZATIONS
ARE DOING THEIR PART
In this work. OF course, the knights
Of Columbus, the Salvation Army and
all Of the welfare organizations in the
field will do their part.
hl lea a rvn mn hat as,tt 10 isa
the hghtinE men. He wants his sports
With bark on The kcencr the compc-
l LILO an, and INC more strenuous the
particularly true of troops In the sup
port positions. waiting the command
TO go into tho front line. These. men
are trained to the minute physically
and they need something to keep them
on edge. The intercollegiate game has
ase mep' 81 pGsses5inF Wsntal as We'll
Is expecting orders TO SO into action.
ne wants something that will occupy
his mind. Football. because II liz a
game that requires concentration. just
nils the bill.
In the service OF supply areas hack
OF the line the game also will be popu-
lar. Here the program OF hard work
becomes monptonous and the men want
something exciting 10 keep them busy
when they have few hours leisure.
Most of them get plenty of exercise
in the natural course of duty. but they
. are are MEYER .wS too tired TO play a game
competition and healthy interunit
rivalry.
For obvious reasons. i, is not pos
siblo to play ¬ball when the men
are actually In the front line. The
same REQUIRES space in the open and
the assembling of considerable number
OF men. These things invite the at
tentions OF he hostile airmen and
disclose the positions OF troops with
results APT to be disastrous. Il will be
within a few hundred yards OF the en-
cmy's positions this fall, however. SO
rival aggregation as soon as they are
ordered out OF the lines for a rest
MANY STAR PLAYERS
SERVING IN FRANCE
II it were possible to gather, in one
place all the great football players
now serving in France. the strongest
team that ever stepped on field would
he organized There are enough All
America men OF comparatively recent
vintage for that matter in the a. r. -.
TO form three or four eievens. But the
stars Of yesterday are scattered and no
such asgregation viii appear The
team that has more than one man who
ONCE was mentioned by Walter Camp
VIII consider itself lucky.
Not only are there many fine players
in the American army, out there are
also also, numerous , successful coaches that
able If the commande-in chief want ed
TO give them authority to select any
body desired The Y. NJ. e. A. has
several physical directors VINO have
coached strong college and club teams.
some of them famous in their day as
players. Several OF the big colleges
arc represented under the Red Triangle
banner by men whose achievements on
the gridiron used to be familiar to all
readers OF the sport pages.
Because of the Y. 81. c. AS desire
to reach as many soldiers as possible
with it's athletic program, none OF
these former summaries of the grid
iron will be able to give all his time
to coaching football teams, no matter
how much the players may want him
to do SO. But all of them will stand
ready to help cut when possible in a
very <atural desire to see the team
representing his station become the
best In France,
One of the things that will help to
make these army clevens formidable
is that some OF them will be able to
combine the best things known TO the
Eridirons Of various sections OF the
country.
1t Will be nothing unusual to see
players from half dozen colleges on
the same team and perhaps in some
. cases. every man In the lineup will
, represent different educational in
stitution. The result of the inter-
change Of ideas on football subjects
VIII be very beneficial not only in
France at the present time. but after
the war when these men return home
and resume the game either as play
crs or coaches.