Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-09-16
YALE HASNOVEL
TRAINING PLAN
All Athletes Trying For Teams
Will Live at the New
''Y" Club

New Haven, Conn, Sept. 16. =
The "Y" club, a new organization
designed mainly for Yale athletes,
was formally opened yesterday
morning with breakfast for the footr
ball candidates for this autumn's
eleven; DR.. Albert L. Sharpe, the
new head coach. his assistants and
Johnny" Mack, the trainer, who
is now privileged to wear the "Y" on
his sweater.
The club rooms are located close
to the gymnasium and other college
buildings at Elm and High streets
and are well fitted up. Workmen
have been engaged for three months
in making over the old Roxbury Tu-
toring School quarters into club
rooms and now everything is in
readiness for the formal house
warming. Men who have won their
letter will be the active members
OF the club and undergraduates and
graduates who have not won the
"" will be associate members.
Popular Manager
Edward ]. Moriarty has been
chosen as manager of the club and
he will also be the maitre d'hotel,
regulating the menu of the train
ing table. All the chefs are home
bred and the walters will be students
engaged by the Yale employment
bureau. When all athletic training
ceases for the college year, the
kitchen will be closed. The din
ingroom is for the exclusive use
of students in training for compe-
tition.
Separate rooms. handsomely fitted
up, are furnished for football, base
nd T.,
room there is a banner that Yale
won from Harvard at the last dual
track meet. Oars and other para
phernalia from the Adee boat house
are in the crew room. There are
souvenir footballs in the football
room and baseballs won by Yale in
the baseball room. And in the
room for newspaper writer's there
is a typewriter that has not been
won by anyone so far. The room
is set aside for sport writer's and is
an innovation in college clubs. 1t
Will be great convenience for
writer's from other cities. They can
press a button and a football coach
VIII Immediately appear to be inter-
viewed. 1t is certain that Percy d.
Haughton, of Harvard, would not
approve of this.
Many Pictures
All the rooms are fitted up with
pictures of Yale athletes donated by
graduates.
The large and small lounging
rooms contain pictures of Eli ath.
ietes from the collection of Frank S.
Butterworth, one of the greatest of
fale fullbacks. Butterworth was
graduated in 1895 and later became
influential in Connecticut politics.
out did not rise to be a Congressman
as did his father, who was a notable
hgure in Ohio politics years ago.
The "" club has been discussed
et yale for the last ten years. but
no decision was reached to 60 ahead
with 1t until near the close of the
last college year, when "Jjm"
Braden, captain of the track team
and one Of the leading candidates
Tor the backfield on Tim" Gala
mans eleven, was largely instru-
mental In getting a good start for
the club, one of the most UNIQUE in
any American university or college.
The clubs officials are: President
James M. Braden; vice-president
=, Callahan; secretary, c. w. r.
smith; treasurer, F. P. Heffelfinger:
executive committee, the officers and
russell Boyd, Chester A. La Roche