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...further result of Head Coach Jones' policy of securing as his lieutenant Yale's most distinguished gridiron strategists, comes the announcement that Jack Cates, formerly coach at Annapolis; will become a regular member of the coaching staff. He has not coached for two years on account of business, but will devote his spare time to helping mould the Eli eleven. In addition to Cates, Clarence Alcott and Douglas Bomeisler are also helping with the ends, and it is expected that John Kilpatrick, a former star at the extremity of the line will put in a lot of work with...
...wish when you come to publishing any news or comments on the experiments that the Edison Company are trying at Soldiers Field for lighting the Stadium gridiron, that you would correct a false impression which the articles in the newspapers have given, that the purpose of this lighting, if installed, is to have evening practice in addition to the practice we already have...
Only two of Columbia's sports have been paying propositions so far this year, according to a partial report submitted by the graduate manager to the athletic association. In spite of a very heavy initial expense accompanying the return of football to Columbia last year, the gridiron game proved profitable, although the entire cost of erecting stands, fences, and of altering the playing field, were charged against the season's account. The other profitable sport is rifle shooting, adopted again this year after two years of suspension...
...name appears on no University record besides this list and the Directory, may have varied tastes; the drama, or music, or attempting to create literature may be his humanizing hobbies. And the football player may be a grind as well as the scholar,--if he cannot see beyond the gridiron. But what shall be said of the remaining class, those who are neither "active" nor studious,--and that from their own choice or inertia...
Despite the general improvement in the playing of intercollegiate football, gridiron fatalities for this season approached the average casualty list for the last 15 years. The total this year is 15, as against 13 last year...