I\SPIRIXG A TEAM.
Broicn's Farmer 'Alum Does
Much fur Football.
1} One of the chief features of the New England
football season Jest ended was the notable rec
ord of Brown University. Beaten by Harvard
'-hrough an unlocked for goal from the field,
deprived of a tie game with Yale in the last
few moments of play, the Rhode Island institu
tion realized its full possibilities by crushing
Dartmouth by 23 to 0 in what to each was the
great game of the season.
One or the chief reasons, many declare, why
Brown was able to do so much was that it pos
sesses in Charles S. Weaver. '82. a farmer of
Brooklyn. Conn., an alumnus of exceptional
power in inspiring the students, coaches and
players of his alma mater with a spirit of com
bined determination and confidence to a high
degree. Mr. Weaver is a retired Chicago law
y« r. who has a great fondness for the country.
Upon his upland farm, about six or eight miles
across the Western Rhode Island border, he lives
the normal New England farmer's life, except
that in the early fall he invites the candidates
for the Brown football loom to visit him for ten
d^;.s or two weeks.
They always greatly pleased to accept his
invitation, for. besides looking forward to a de
lightful season of country fare and amusements,
th- y invariably have the feeling that this hos
pitable fanner-alumnus never comes near them
without transferring to them by some secret
pr; < i ss a store of fighting: spirit that they will
sorely r:---ed in some big crisis later in the sea-
Eon. The words -'Weaver's farm- fall on a
Brown athlete's ears to much the same purpose
as does the college song or the college yell.
A srr_a!l cottage back of the farmhouse is made
CHARLES S WEAVER seated
Enterta.r;ng Brown footna men on his fsrm
Into a dormitory, tents are put up near by and
the Weaver gu-»st rooms are placed at the dis
posal of the coaches and the alumni who visit
tht- farmer for a night or two. The piazza out
side the kitchen is screened in. and there at one
long table sit the twenty or twenty-five young
giants whenever mealtime comes. The exercise
and th« country air combine to saddle these ath
letes Tvith appetities that it takes a large part
of the day and about all the provisions on the
farm to get rid of.
It is while the members of the squad are at
table, and just after they have succeeded ir.
vraring off the keen edge of their ....
Zlr. Weaver talks to them. It is always some
thing in favor of nerve, courage, Oghting blood.
Ile mentions the nume-s of famous football men
of former years who -were noted for their dash
j.r;ii grit. Two or three letters from president,
faculty or alumni re read to the squad and
commented upon, with particular attention paid
to passages that inspire determination anil per
severance. Guests are introduced, and a word
or two of ■:..'—■ drawn out of them.
Then the football aspirants are turned loose in
ti.e open.
SOLDIERS IN A SUNDAY TUG-OF-WAR.
-i N«»u* p.. - nc Sabbath Protective Leacue ha« said that such sport on the first day cf the week should be prohibited, nd it m-d: a re=cnt
,l.c i\e* ej*b ■ a - - attempt to t.ave it stopped, but without result.
NEW-YORK DAILY TIUEFXR SUNDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1908.
There is a regular period for practice, but it is
very light, for the men are not yet hard enough
to attempt serious work. Some of their neces
sary exercise they get in helping Mr. Weaver
shock hia corn and in running or walking across
country. But the real business they perform on
the farm Is making the intimate acquaintance
of one another and of Mr. Weaver and his wife,
who has quite as much football enthusiasm as
her husband.
In the atmosphere that Mr. and Mrs. Weaver
thus create, with the help of the coaches, who
revel in this assistance, Thar Is worth at least
three star men to them, it would be a team of
surprisingly weak material and craven spirit
that would not give a good account of itself
when it approached the top of its form.
77//; NEW LOBBYIST.
He Works for the People Instead
of for the Corporations.
Conservative little Rhode Island, which has at
least partly shaken off the grip of its blind old
boss, General Charles R. Brayton, who has
ruled it with an iron hand for over a gent-ra
tion, has just taken the first step toward comp
lete self-government by establishing a bureau
for collecting information for the legislators.
Up to this time all the data needed for carry -
Ing on the government of that snug bit of a
commonweaJth has reposed in the active brain,
of the commanding general who has always
been liberal in dispensing facts to those v.ho
came to him for them. As he had an office in
the High Sheriff's room in the State House dur
ing the sessions of the General Assembly and
in the largest office building ii Providence for
the remainder of the ear there has been no
excuse for any ignorance in either the House or
the Senate.
Now, however, a strangely radical move has
been made on the part of the State Librarian.
Herbert O. Brigham, who has recently an
nounced that his once almost deserted depart
ment will attempt to offer aid and assistance to
Senators and Representatives. He will try to
inform them about laws in other states, about
public comment In the newspapers and maga
zines, bout old Rhode Island legislation, and
give them references to standard works on
economic, sociological and political subjects, be
sides collecting desired material before th con
vening of the Legislature.
I rathei
r states who ! i . hat it
. |
ter mind ■ .
nailing with
to arii aing of the n
. . bly A legisl
■ ■
:
I ton ■ friends
and f< ' politics v ■
ire.
And this wild scheme, at least for Rhode
Island, is largely due to the influence, direct and
indirect, of Charies McCarthy, one of Brown
University's most famous fullback?, a member of
the cIaCT of "JO.
"Mac." as everybody who knttw him in thu old
A BROWN UNIVERSITY FOOTBALL TEAM JUST AFTER DINNER AT WEAVER'S FARM.
(Jay? still i\'i!ls him. was about as unpmmisinjr
a freshman as over entered Brown. His ill
fitting L.-id his heavy features went well
with his brogue, but rather inharmonioualy
with ■■ nt buildings and New England
■ • ■ - : . ■ •
■ ' • • . mpres us upon his in
partii ularly deficient,
1 as to ta asly to
I to infon ; >ung !r
- . he should
■
had faith in him
shifter ar..i
■-•-■■ : p odd
in the i Held it the mpu
■ : ■ :•
n !•• help tl
tof 1 . • ■ took
• . In that
• ■ ' • v he was
' ■ ■• ■ tudies. ]
_..
way, bu -
I | .
on of having the ma :. him
■ ■ ■ uniform of bonor.
I'.y means known only to men of hia st
- persistency "Mac" got that si;;r bach i I
in h;.s !;ust two years he was the most
- k ..i the .•!«■■ n. One vict
Dartmouth was almost wholly duo • ■
• ii n ! ■ bucking.
A. !.: ■ v. .n out '>n tb
■ • classroom, though to I ■ :
uld do nothing with abstract :.
■-. but in history he reai !. -.1 P n
irthar stu ly of
' . tciology • .
Brown • . ■ aduation to * v r
W< t :i:,-: n , • ..t n; . si
post-gradu; • -.: the University of WLs
consin, vrhi re h tred a doctor - nd
taught h;<: . ere his tal nt for studying
■■
when 1 ■ • .;.■,; in the
f it . Scials a mist
■ . ■ : - ■ t to offset
the ex the lobl
I pi :
...
! ■---
■ ■ : rtment t hat i.< • :.
itions of the sort now in ex
■ in T'iu.- ■ :. La tea The ';■
■ the ] Lof i nt in Wan
■ . :.*.
A( th< :• 'iTiion of his i hiss. :
.■ ' diversity i"!uL In Pr . i ■ last June,
"M ■- " was induced to d Ms n<'\v v\.»rk in
■*■ ■" Su .. . res ■ .ma enthusiasm were
ltou d that a it was appointed to see if
ipproaching th< rder C a ;
lobby" iou . Rh< d L land. The
Ccaliauetl an tiftb page.
SOLDIERS' SUNDAY BALI*
Laze fid if the Arm// Officers Allor\
It, Say Court*.
A ording to arm: ■ ■:: • . (
i chance to : . 5u tya or he
tgs." Sui-: . . man is • ■ i
bas said th;u :.
id . Sunday '•neces
sary in the train ■ ers."
rdingiy, many milit . -.
heard with ti Uon that th
CHARLES M'CARTHY.
A legislative expert and a prime mover in th*
••People's Lobby" idea. Brown "96.
of the New England Sabbath Protective Leagu(
to prevent Sunday baseba games at army r»*s«
eryations have met with a setback in the th-i*
sion of Acting Judge Advocate General Porter,
U. S. A. According to General Porter, the sol
diers of the coast artillery :it Fcrts Strong and
Rodman, of who . complaint had been made,
can play ball on Sunday if the army officers
will permit them to do so. He points out that
the reservations became ihe property of tha
federal government before the passage of the
Massachusetts antl-basefcall statute, which th*
soldiers were charged i!.. violating. The Sab
bath society then wrote to General Grant to
stop the baseball g;arnt3, but h'- declined to
do so.
On the other hand, the Sabbath observing
people living near the forts are much perturbed
over the decision. They say that the soldiora
make so much racket at t!:eir games that tha
Sunday quiet of the neighborhood is broken.
Worse still, tl!'> games are said to b<> demoraliz
ing •:•"■■•-;; hoys and girls going to
see the soldiers at their sport s instead of at
tending charch and Sunday school.
ALLHAIRON FACE AND ARMS
■
• ■
-. : I
who coi ■ . :
MM. M II w
THE HELBURN BINDERY*,
106-10 X SJXTII .WE.. NEW YORK.
Fine Library Bin-iing Special .-itt^nti.m gitm to Art.
Architectural. Uedlea] and I..i\v Bookj :irui IV-iiulieal*.
Special Flexible Ellr..lintr for ilu.sic. Makers "f -iii kir.ilj
of Portfolios and .Scrip-!!o.ikt Corre3por.Uel.ee so
il -iT-.l Telephone 4552 Gramercy.
mXTMJk I.VKI.K >!«U NTKI)
MOOSE HEADS
• ta \v worn c v-»ii
Also :-. ■ tec AFRICAN MJ . ! : .
mail. ■:
v : . " W ■•■.:•- :
ACD WEIGHT rßODCCKß.— Rrvatest K-in-.-oan
Ao r A dUcovery In medicine. Mak*-i rl-sh and fat
\*ti»n ov.-rythtns fail*. For particulars an.l f.-.-»- Ijou&lol
.iddresa ASP A ■.:...: .... New York.
If