Page 80 - 1915 Mossoks

II I9:::t@j(BOS.50K~ 1s ll

i!\ruirttt nf tqr 1J1 nthull rasnu, 191

EF< )R I the call for candidatl'..., for the football elt\ en "a. gn·en, the old
football men ot 'olumhia, and the ne\\ men in college, who '' i hed to
become gridiron ...,tar .... , ''ere in a . tate of unu ual e,citement and en-
thu-.;ia m. There ''a a nn\ coach at college, who had pia) ed :tellar hall
on the team of hi~ Alma \later. The que tion uppermost in the mind" of
ever) one ,,-a "\Viii he give u a team ot \\ hich '' e ma) he proud?" That que-.
tion ha-. an \\ ered a .... elt time and again. 'oach :ams came to u from :\Iercer-
he came; he saw; he conquered-not on I) those per on on hi..., teams, but the entire
student both. At the first practice, marn candidate \\ere out \\ho \\ere new to the
game. 'llu: onh men \dlO had pltned <;n our team of 1913, \\ere Blitch and Cor-
bett. Hayden c~me to u from :tone \ Iountain, his abiliq a a pia) er h<l\'ing been
told us before hi arri\al. \{cLean, Henderson, and ~'tonebraker had been -.tar
for their high ·hool teanh. The other men '' ho made the team had neH'r pia) d
much football but their \ im, determination and "old pep" were winner-..
The line \\as heav) -on the offen .... i\ e, a battering-ram; on the defensi\ e, a tone
wall. To get through, \\a impo sihle. 'orhett, at center, played the arne teady
game, from '' hich he had \\on fame tor hinbelt in the previou~ ·cason. Hi pa ing
\\a~ e eel lent, and ah\ a) · to the right "Pot. Hi..., ( ab) use of the Engli h language,
during a game, arou ed the env) of all hi. team-mate...,, a. \\ell a of hi · opponent·.
Brant, at right guard, proved to he the find ot the .... ea on. He de\ eloped, under
oach am. ' diret.:tion, a ·pirit of fight, '' hich made him '' i h to down the other
fell<)\\, re rardle ~ of comequence to either. fter each game his u ual remark \\a-
" \ Vell, I didn't hurt but one man todar."

76