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jfoot :!Ball in 1Rinet~",1Rfne. " " .. N order to obtain any degree of success whatever on I the foot ball field of to-day, two things are absolutely essential-good coaching and faithful training. With. out these two requisites, no matter how good the material may be, the team obtained therefrom will never amount to much. This fact has been illustrated numberless times at other colleges, and the record of the W. M. C. team of the season just past is no exception. The material which re- sponded to Capt. Wells' first call for candidates was, indeed, very ordinary to say the least, but they were taken in hand and by the united efforts of Coach Burlingame and Capt. Wells,together with faithful training on the part of the men themselves, the best team the college bas ever been repre- sented by was turned out. This year has marked the begin- ning of a new epoch in the history of foot ball in the college. At the beginning of this season the services of Mr. George Burlingame, an old University of Virginia player, were ob- tained as head coach and he took entire charge of the team. After a careful drilling in the rudiments of foot ball, and a practice game to show up the weakest spots, the league scheduleopened up with a victory over Maryland Agricul- tural College. All the men showed up very well in this game and played like fiends, consequently, when a few weeks later they met their ancient rivals, St. Johns, it was a feel- ing of" do or die" in their hearts. This was the most ex- citing game ever witnessed on our gridiron and resulted in a tie, neither side being able to score. Allthe men played like veterans in this game, and it was with the anticipation of winning the championship that we met Johns Hopkins on the following Saturday. But we were doomed to disap- -1-130 -I-