The sun., 1918-09-27
COLUMBIA MAY DO
WITHOUT FOOTBALL
Col. Finley Fears Military
Work Will Permit of Little q.
Time for GridirOn.
n, GEORGE n. UNDERWOOD.

There will be little or no football here
Finley, commander OF the Columbia
University Student Army Training
Corps. yesterday,
Col. Finley sat at his desk in his Of
Ace in the School OF Journalism Build
,ng. the entire fourth floor Of which Is
Rireu up to the S. A. T. c. All was
hustle and hustle and scenes of unusual
activity There was not n member OF
tho clerical force who was not working
away industriously. Typewriters clicked
n merry accompaniment to the ever pres
ent sound OF hurrying footsteps outside.
shoulder strapped aids came and went
Khaki clad orderlies hustled hither and
thither. 1t was plain the mobilizing OF
q stu lent army corps OF 10000. the
largest college military force in the
country was a mansized Job and that
Col Finley and his assistants were right
In the thick of 1t. Col. Finley continued /:
Football is a fine sport. 1t makes for
a better physique and is a good char
acter builder. II jlbes well with the
military and helps bring out and develop
certain soldierly qualities. But we
haven't time for IT, There are stronger
and more crying needs. The time will
be so completely occupied with other
and more necessary things that football
will be out of the question"
The reporter was aware Of the value
Of Col. Ftnley's time, and that he had
dismissed the subject of football. but
sill he ventured:
Physical training win have an i'm
Of the colleges Is not football q neces-
.erx mart NJ a,,cn TRAININGS"
The physical training IL being ar
ranged for and mapped out" replied
Col Finley. THE military drills in
themselves carry a certain amount of
physical work. Calisthenics and bayo-
net exercise win serve as the special
ties Mr. Dawson just now is away on
a trip among the army environments
studying the various physical training
systems"
Students stiIl Hope.
Despite Col. Finley.s utterAnces they
still hope for football at Columbia. The
same sentry that hailed the reporter with
brusque, We'll. what do you want? 30
when he clambered out Of the elevator
forgot his military scowl as he escorted
hmi down the corridor after interviewing
Col. Finley.
doesn't it," he queried. Fred Dawson,
the football coach. talked himself blue
trying to convince Col. Finley OF the
necessity OF football as a part of our
training But he didn't move the Old
Man (the students already have i'm
bbed enough OF the military atmosphere
TO refer to their commander by the
beloved army sobriquet) an iota. The
Old Man likes football. He played It
himself down at Johns Hopkius-and a
great player he was too. But the rub
Is, he doesn't think we'll have any time
for it. Lordy, you don't knows how
much work we will have to crowd in!
But things are sort of up in the air
now" he concluded. You see this is
a whale OF a proposition getting things
started We all think, that when things
get settled down and AFFAIRS get running
smoothly Col Finley will find we can
sneak in little time for football We
expect Ia be able TO meet few OF our
old rivals On the gridiron, but we may
have TO content ourselves with games
between the different companies and
hattalions. Half a loaf Is better than
rome anyway"