Outing . ndbears the distinction of scoring twicefrom almost midfield in the same biggame, and on plunges straight into theline. It is true that he had good open-ings, but his cleverness in avoiding thesecondary defense has seldom beenequaled. There was nothing particu-larly impress-i v e aboutChadwick, buthe had aneerie w a y offinding open-ings and ofbreaking thetackles ofsome of thebiggest andmost powerfulforwards. Jim Cooney,of Princeton,was one ofthose playerswhose couragewas writtenlarge acrossh i s counte-nance. Onelook at Cooneyand you knewthe o o n e y sbrains and thecourage of
Outing . ndbears the distinction of scoring twicefrom almost midfield in the same biggame, and on plunges straight into theline. It is true that he had good open-ings, but his cleverness in avoiding thesecondary defense has seldom beenequaled. There was nothing particu-larly impress-i v e aboutChadwick, buthe had aneerie w a y offinding open-ings and ofbreaking thetackles ofsome of thebiggest andmost powerfulforwards. Jim Cooney,of Princeton,was one ofthose playerswhose couragewas writtenlarge acrossh i s counte-nance. Onelook at Cooneyand you knewthe o o n e y sbrains and thecourage of hisconviction went far toward defeating oneof the best teams Cornell ever turnedout. The game was played at the PoloGrounds in New York, in the first yearof the forward pass, when the expertswere not quite sure just how the newrules would work out. Cornell had abewildering tackle play that swept themover the line for a touchdown in shortorder. Many of the best gains weremade through Cooney, but the sturdy. WW ECKERSALL, CHICAGO One of the best examplesfrom the West WHAT MAKES A FOOTBALL PLAYER? 11 Princetonian, beaten back though he was,diagnosed that play, and after the touch-down he had a defense for it. Thisconsisted in playing very wide and tak-ing his guard out with him a distancethat would have shocked the was taking chances with a vengeance,but Cooney was right, and he clung tohis plan to such purpose that one of themost effective assaults disclosed underthe new rules was stopped, and Prince-ton won the game. At another timeCooney fought, through an entire Yalegame, what amounted to a duel withJim Hogan, although only two or threedays before, because of injuries, he couldnot bend over. With the cour-• age of ArthurPoe, one of thesmallest men whoever played thegame, every fol-lower of football isfamiliar. It wasPoe whose fieldgoal, with only sec-onds left to play,won for Princetonthe game againstYale in 1899, andby the score of 11to 10. Poe had noreputation a
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