Omaha daily bee., 1895-11-24
"As MERwIN HoBBLED OUT"

since Saturday, and is going to give YOU al
J the coaching he can this week. Whateve!
| you do don't try to explain when you MAKE
a mistake or miss the man.. I've never seer
| you do it yet, but just as matter of pre-
| caution l say don't It's just q waste o
! time and We don't do it here at Hallock."
| II certainly shall not" / FASTENED to say.
| BY that time the whole college was alive
| had flown like wildfre that Willis had been
sver on the track ard was going to play, and
| In spite of the fact that the majority had
little confidence in any harness arrangement
| that should take the place of collar bone
| for him, the very fact of their old reliance on
| him made them feel better to think that he
might after all be the Willis of old. That
| trying time in the Chatham game had made
| the general public opinion turn to the be-
lief that Hallock was not up to championship
| form. triton, too, had put up strong game
against .he Utley Athletic association on the
Wednesday before We played Chatham, and
according TO all accounts their interference
was far ahead of that Of former years. Be
sides, there were rumors Of some wonderful
| tricks developed in secret practice under the
| tutelage of such experts as Lawton, who had
brought out the flying opening wedge a year
or two ago, and Bradshaw, who was every
where respected as one of the best practical
coachers.
Some Of our fellows who had seen the Irton
men just after our Chatham game said that
they seemed well pleased and confident, and
the entlre community WITH us cOulu see tHat
Fairfax and Hartley ware decidedly worried
over affairs. Yet there was an undercurrent
of belief among our non-payers generally
that "Halloci couldn't lose," and the man
who had not planned to go to Brockton was
the exception.
On Monday Fairfax had told me to come
to the training table Tuesday morning, so
presented myself in good season there Willis
had also returned but he had his arm
strapped to his side as far as the elbow and
looked like anything but a man who was to
play hard match on Saturday.
"Come over to the gym let and practice
signals after morning recitation" ordered
Langton.
At 10 o'clock we were all on hand and
found Greene, Miller and Warner describing
plays on the sand to Fairfax and Hartley.
Langton was listening, with an incredulous
look on his face which evidently irrtated
Greene. 81 Fnow that's the way they did
it," Greene was reiterating.
"All right" Yaid Hartley, "et's have the
scrubs go through it that way this afternoon
and see II we can stop it,.
"Have 'em go through 1t now," said Fair
fax. We've got half of them here, and can
get the rest in ten minutes"
So men were dispatched to get the rest
OF the second eleven, and meanwhile we
went through the signals. When the second
eleven were assembled Hartley and Greene
arranged them as they had figured out the
Chatham wedge had bsen played They
PLAYED the center and guard at the front
with the two ends behind and holding on to
them. Then they brought In the halves and
placed them behind the ends, making sort
Of aleyway, the sides OF which were formed
by three men each. The quarter took up his
usual position behind center and the full
back came in between the two halves. The
first few times they tried 1t 1t looked alto
gether too loose to be effective and not at all
like the Chatham wedge. which impressed
one from the moment OF its formation with
sense OF its solidly, even before 1t started
and tumbled the opponents over and out OF
the way.
ought to grasp each other by the hips and
bend forward at the hips, thus both ex-
tending and yet making more firm the sides
of the wedge. When the BAH was snapped
the quarter handed ii to the full back, who
went between center and guard, they trying
to clear way far as they could push
and then opening up hole for him. The
quarter was to push or drag the runner
through, as circumstances dictated. After
Hartley and Greene had drilled the second
eleven thoroughly on this they tried di-
rectlng 1t out to the tackle. and here they
found 1t much more difficult. for all dis |
agreed about the method. Finally 1t was
decided to try the formation on the guard
first and then. II that worked, to figure on |
the tackle wedge.
That afternoon Willis tried playing for
about five minutes. He had on a sweater, |
through which showed the outlines Of a |
huge leather cap that covered his shoulder
from a few inches beyond his arm up to his |
neck, where pad was placed TO
prevent its chafing him. He told me
Il was strapped under his arm and
around his neck and that an elastic band
went from the edge clear around his chest
His upper arm was also strapped to
his side SO that II seemed impossible for
him to do anything against whole
nan. For all that, during the Ave minutes