Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-09-22
FOOTBALL.

Harry Hadden, the old Michigan tack
le and football official, believes there
Will be much better football played
the west this year than last. He believes
this will particularly be true of Ann Ar
Dor. MADDEN put in q couple Of weeks at
Ann Arbor last year working with the
olverines for their big games and was
much disappointed at their showing. He
lai dtheir bad showing to lack of hard
work.
This year I believe we will have a
great team in Michigan" he said. They
didn't get work enough of the right sort
last year. l went up there and went to
hustling the players around the way they
used to hustle me and the way l have al
ways seen coaching done, but the men
didn't take kindly to it. They weren't
used to such vigorous work, and l think
that lack of vigorous work had a great
deal to do with Michigan's weakness last
fall. In coaching a football team it is
work, vigorous work, aggressive work,
all the time. Football has to be pounded
into the players to a certain extent. l
know that was the way they made foot
ball player out of me, and l believe it
necessary. With Lee as head coach up
there, / think the work will be vigorous
and Michigan will have it's old time dash
and fighting spirit when it takes the field.
Lee, as / understand it, directed the
coaching at Princeton last year. l know
him to be a great player. When l played
on the pittsburg Athletic club team at
n tackle, Lee played the other II he
came through the game without having
his hair mussed, so you see what a Vigor-
Gus player he is. Illinois has two ex-
ceilent coaches in Smith and Holt. They
did a great deal of work at Princeton
last year. 1t is a Princeton layout all
arouna this fall. Illinois has two Prince
ton men, Michigan has Princeton's head
rnnrh and NNiQanr ha0 phil kinD
There will naturally be great rivalry
anon them.
"Notre Dame ought to have a good
team if the officials and coaches agree
among themselves. l was down there
some time ago and 1 found hat the great
trouble was this disagreement, and l I'M
derstand it has continued more or less
to the detriInent of the team
Hadden does not know whether he will
spend any time at Ann Arbor this fall or
not. The, Michigan seemed to
resent his criticisms of the work of the
team last fall, although they proved to
be correct. William c. Malley, another
great tackle of Michigan, is beginning to
think about the team. He hopes to see a
big Improvement this year, but does not
believe he will be able to go to Ann Ar
Dor owing to his business engagements.
The Michigan squad will not assemble
until the last of the month, and 1t Is said
will then go to Whitmore Lake for a
brief stay.
George Maths, substitute full back Of
Princeton last year. will begin work with
a few of the University of Illinois foot
ball candidates this week at Champaign
and endeavor to initiate them into the
mysteries of kicking. Maths home is in
Champaign and he learned the rudiments
of the game at the Champaign High
School. He developed into Il good pun
ter last year and in the Yale-PrincetOn
game had an opportunity for one or two
good long punts. He went into the game
during the last few minutes of play. The
Illinois believe he will be of great assist
ance, as they have never had a coach for
the punters before. This year, for the
first time in many seasons, there Is no
star kicker in the west. All the teams
seem to be on even terms in the kick
ing DEPARTMENT. Fell of Chicago is a
competent punter. but not a star by n
means. He. however. seems at present
to be the best nan in the kicking depart-
ment.