The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-04-13
Most of the Younger Ones Wear Uncle
Sans Uniform, While Real Old
Timers Have Done Their Bit,
Too-Many High on the
Ladder of Success

lam H. (Big BilD Edwards, who was
New York's boss OF street cleaners in
Mayor Gaynor's time. and pluckily
collared the crank who shot and
wounded the Mayor on shipboard, Is
OF all the sometime football stars now
in public life the one whose football
| record is most frequently remembered
Mr.. Edwards-may his shadow never
grow less, and 1t probably won't
was Princeton's captain in her great
season of 1899. graduating the follow
ing June. He played guard. He is
the author Of Football Days." the
standard book Of personal reminis-
cences OF famous games and players.
Associated with him in the Col
lector's office is House H. Janeway,
Princeton go, varsity guard of
, another victorious season. Mr.. Ed
| wards has done quite lot of volun-
teer assistant coaching for Prince
| ton, and has acted as an official at
many big game.
G. Foster Sanford, a Yale varsity
man two or three less than thirty
years ago and team mate OF
Fudge" Heffelnnger, is a partner in
the insurance firm Of Smyth, Sanford
& Gerard, but finds time every fall
to coach team at one college or
another. He began, after his grndua-
ton, helping to groom the squads OF
his Alma Mater. Later he was Co.
lumia's coach. before the non-football
interregnum on Morningside Heights.
| These last few years he has been
making the teams Of Rutgers formi-
dable to all opponents.
| Mr.. Sanford says that with one or
two exceptions all the former football
men he knows, and he knows hun
dreds, have gone ahead and made a
success In life. His definition OF sue
cess Is material one and his standard
is fairly high--a man on salary is not
a success to him. He thinks football
experience has often made the differ
ence between a success and q failure,
giving the boy the necessary drive as
a feature of his character. And he
takes issue with the educators who
think the old training system and
glorification OF the varsity eleven hos
set up a false ideal for the student
body.
In Vance McCormick's Day.
Major Percy Haughton, a Harvard
bachelor Of arts of the vintage of 1892
is Just out Of the army and is under
stood to contemplate entering bust
ness In New York. His record as a
Harvard football coach is we'll known.
In 1915 he bought the Boston Braves,
the National League baseball team,
which he has recently sold.
Among football stars of years ago
now eminent in public life Vance Nc
Cormick. Yale '93. is conspicuous.
With Heffelfinger and Sanford. Hugh
A. Bayne, '92. DIR. John A. Hartwell
and the late Lee McClung among
others, he played on Yale's unbeatable
eleven of the football season of 1891.
Mr.. Mccormick publishes newspapers in
Harrisburg, has been Mayor Of that city
and was chairman OF the Democratic
National Committee In 1916. In 1917
he was made chairman OF the War
Trade Board and a member of the
American War Mission to Great Brit
ain and France.
That 81 team OF Yale has since
done things in the world Mr.. Nc
Chung. who died in 1914. was United
States Treasurer. The team is still
spoken OF by Yale men as his team.
4 He was famous running and plung-
ing halfback, and Is credited with hav-
ing introduced the turning run off
tackle. Mr.. Bayne. born and bred in
New Orleans, where he first practised
law. is in peace time a member OF
the New York law firm OF Bayne &
McGrath. In France he was a mem
. Der Of the A. e. r. Headquarters STAR.
DR.. Hartwell--"Josh" to his class
mates--is distinguished New York
, surgeon.
Walter W. CPudge") Heffelfnger
is one OF the most famous of all grid
: iron names. Consensus Of expert opin-
ion rates him as the greatest guard
who ever played; Walter Camp on
1.-THE all American eleven OF all time.