The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-09-07
FOOTBALL Is READY
FOR GREAT REVIVAL
Sport Stands on the Threshold
of Biggest Season in Its
History.
MANU- COACHING CHANGES
Sharpe Goes to Yale and Rush
to Cornell-Service Men
Back on Job.
MANU- COACHING CHANGES
By DANIEL.

By DANIEL.
Preliminary reports from colleges
throughout the country justify the pre-
diction that the coming football season
win be n record breaker in every way.
1t is true that the war created no hiatus
In the game at many Of our leading
institutions, and that In spite Of the loss
Of practically all OF the star players the
game was carried on. But It Is equally
true that at many colleges football was
either stopped by the war or played in
a haphazard and desultory way.
AS result we are on the Threshold
OF n tremendous revival all along the
line, for everywhere there is greater
demand and a bigger desire than ever
for the best kind Of football The old
rivairies, the old classics and the old
nest of competition once more will drive
the big teams to their greatest efforts.
In order to meet this new demand and
In order to push the revival to its
greatest results many colleges have
made changes IN their coaching STATS.
A large number OF colleges went through
last season without any coach, and
some of the old coaches have left that
sort of work. In some instances. par
ticularly in the major company, colleges
have exchanged coaches
sharpe Goes to Yale.
Dr. Al Sharpe went from Cornell to
Yale, while SPEEDY" Rush went from
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coach at Princeton and then at Swarth-
more, will be back at Old Nassau. He
did some coaching there last season,
when the Tigers stole march on the
Ellis and the Crimson, and developed an
eleven which was said to be one OF the
most powerful the Tigers yet had turned
out.
The showing of that team encouraged
the Princeton football committee to ask
Roper to return for another attempt to
lift the Orange and Black back into the
championship. Roper has some fine ma
terial, but 1t is going to prove hard
task.
Percy Haughton having decided to re-
tire from the coaching position at Har
ward, Bob Fisher has been named In
his stead. Fisher already has started
work with his men, among whom are
Casey and the two Horween brothers.
ana he is being ably assisted by many
of Haughton's old stars who are well
versed in the Haughton system
Colgate. which before the war was
making lots Of trouble for the big fell
lows, has called Larry Bankart back as
coach and 1t is mighty lucky to have him
Bankart put Colgate on the football man
and he is likely to keep it there, for he
Is a most capable coach.
Spears mt Dartmouth.
There was some talk Of Dartmouth's
calling Frank Cavanaugh hack, but this
was stopped some days ago when 1t was
announced that Clarence Spears again
would have charge OF the Green eleven,
with ]. Hawley and Llewellyn, former
stars, as his assistants. Cavanaugh has
been sig17ed to three year contract by
Boston College, which had cent out the
report that 1t had obtained the services
Of Eddie Mahan. Charley Brickley
coached at Boston College two years
ago. Holy Cross, which signed Cav
anaugh before he went to war, has called
Cleo ODonnell, a graduate who has
enjoyed great success as coach or the
high school eleven at Somerville, Mass.
Pennsylvania once more will rely Oh
Bob Folwell. who will have a most
capable assistant in Buck Wharton.
into the aviation service. Pittsburg has
the old reliable Glenn Warner, who with
the aid Of some of his old luminaries
like Hastings and De Hart threatens
to develop another championship eleven.
Georgia Tech, the Dixie leader. will be
coached by John Heisman-the same old
Heisman who made Tech what II Is in
football. The Atlantans will take the
field with several of the men who won
for them the sobriquet of the Golden
Tornado two years ago.
DAILY Back mt West Point.
In the service this is going to be a
hummer of a year. The Army, anxious
TO retain the supremacy 1t has estab-
lished over the Navy in recent years
has called back Col Charley DAILY. who
was away in the service for two years
DAILY has taken charge with four first
class assistants to help him with one of
the biggest and best looking squads a
West Point coach has been blessed with.
As for the Navy, It has been working
quietly for some time under the guild
ance OF GIL Dobie, the coach who earned
a great reputation at the University of
Washington beioTo the war. Dobie's
real test as a coach will come this year.
for after a two-year hiatus the Army
Navy game will be played at the Polo
Grounds on November 90
Another coach who has come back
from the service to his old stand Is Joe
Brookes at Williams. Ed Robinson
still is on the Job at Brown. Amherst
has called Prof. Gettel again. while
Liston once more will coach at Yves
leyan.
Columbia Has Dawson.
Columbia, which obtained Fred Daw-
son as coach last season. once more
will have the benefit of that able ex-
pert's guidance. Dawson revolutionized