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Carleton's New Coach. A. J. Baird Has a Wide Reputation as Football Player and All Around Athlete. Special to The Journal. Northfield, Minnesota; September 12, 1903. J. Arthur Baird, who has been secured by the alumni to coach the Carleton college football team, is an all-around athlete, as the following following records of his will show: .Broad jump, 21 feet high jump, 5 feet 7 inches pole vault, 10 feet 6 inches shotput, 39 feet 9 inches hammer, 126 feet 1 inch discus, 121 feet 8 inches 100 yards, 10 2-5 seconds. For the last three years Baird has been a member of the Northwestern eleven and his brilliant work won for him a place on the all-western team. He is thoroughly familiar with the game, having played center guard, tackle, end and halfback during his university career. He arrived in Northfield Wednesday and began practice immediately. Many of the team are already here and the full squad will be at work by Monday. Football prospects are unusually bright. Nearly all of last year's team will again don the moleskin and promising new material material is already on the ground. The new and perfectly equipped Laird athletic field is now In splendid condition, having a firm sod instead of the loose soil of last year, and this, together with an able coach, will make the Carleton team a formidable formidable competitor for the championship.

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