Outing . big man—he was one of the best players ever devel-oped at Cornell—and he always keepshimself in condition good enough to beable to demonstrate a point himself. From the start of a recent season, itwas apparent that therewas something wrong withthe candidate at Carlislewho was best equippedphysically for a certainposition. He quickly mas-tered the theory of cor-rectly handling his posi-tion, but in actual compe-tition he couldnt put itinto effect. Finally War-ner came to the conclusionthat the young man wassimply dodging the issue—that his failure was oneof courage rather thanlack of f
Outing . big man—he was one of the best players ever devel-oped at Cornell—and he always keepshimself in condition good enough to beable to demonstrate a point himself. From the start of a recent season, itwas apparent that therewas something wrong withthe candidate at Carlislewho was best equippedphysically for a certainposition. He quickly mas-tered the theory of cor-rectly handling his posi-tion, but in actual compe-tition he couldnt put itinto effect. Finally War-ner came to the conclusionthat the young man wassimply dodging the issue—that his failure was oneof courage rather thanlack of football afternoon he donnedplaying uniform and tookthe opposing line positionfor the scrub eleven. The battle of the tackleswas the feature of theweeks scrimmage. TheIndian was forced to fighthis hardest for sheer self-preservation. Finding him-self still alive after severaldays of the program, heconcluded that any playerwho could stand upagainst such an assault ashad been inflicted upon. FRED DALY, WILLIAMS Available material considered,one of the most successfulcoaches of the tactful school. him could afford to take the aggressiveagainst anyone. For the rest of the sea-son he was one of the main sources ofCarlisle strength. The incident is typicalof Warners attitude toward his critically surveys a candidate, makesa mental estimate of what his efficiencyshould be, and then proceeds to makehim into the playing unit, supplying allessentials, even a fighting spirit, if that isneeded. The absolute discipline possible atCarlisle, which, being a Governmentschool, enables the coach to keep hissquad under observation at all times,is not attainable at most Brooke, who is coaching the Uni-versity of Penns3dvania team this season,is a driver, but not to so pronounced anextent as Warner. Steihm, of the Uni-versity of Nebraska; Graves, whocoached West Point for two years; Yostof Michigan, Edwards of Princeton,Stagg of Chicago, Mc-Guigan of Vande
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