New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-10-25

vee football history who never would have
nssr heard t-cu had Il not been that they were
rs-re-ed So hard that they finally got up
tive s1u-b cough 10 play. Some big. men are
Ike that They have the physical strength and
Sc and weight that are necessary. but they lack
,rs- thar quality q fight that makes a foot
al rlsye- u is 70 bring out that quality that
every days practice Is made as hard as possible
s---s.in,es "a is very hard indeed. Il goes like
ms TIE 'E.-s.ty first Qractises its signals with
.rs coaches .Ec gallery Of first substitutes
following behind during the play. The trainer
--sr walks -. tae bench and calls out the second
team fc- -ra daily scriumage. A long row Of
s-re forty -.- SIT under the fence waiting TO be
rue5 .J.--- you play centre on the scrubs
Jones' a. g.- feel Ike playing to-day? That
Strained -.s-a nearly weue You take guard
smith zc- Eu-t know the signals but you've
81 20 Learn .a-a. play the other guard. You fei-
lows have -.- 90 fight to-day. ! want TWO
tackles v-a e-it- Here. Thomas you go in at
taSbaok. ,- need 10 Je hammered a little
and So or Every man q the forty il anxious 10
have -te trainer pick him out There are
.us--y--.-e disappointed ones They go of Toy
themselves and make W the third and fourth
esye-s Then the first and second lire Up. The
zen OF The second team ale not the equals Of
those Oh The G-st man for man, else they would
them hope they viii lie some time 50 they take
re Ea----e-l1g The varsity gives them. and
read about their mistakes the next morning in
TIE papers The bah is kicked OF. and then be-
g.zs Lt,=el minutes Of The hardest kind Of tus-
sing young man can ask FOR. The varsity is
T-a---s.-g some new attack formations. The
timer and The second team coaches line Up
IT, scrubs as they ought 10 play Get ia there,
cc-.c1und you-geJ down low a coach says TO
Ter rs guard Jump in there. Jones. and get
t--t man another coach gels Whackng
I.z.-- ca the leg Ana q minute later Jones
81 L. - The bottom Of some Leayi-g sweating,
swearing L=ap. with his arms around q runners
,1i--s. YOU didn't do that quick enough is
g. The .--=--at'ur be gets when be Erps back
r. bis r.=-, ID. Then the TWO lines crouch once
r-l.- J-a- il given sons more instructions.
- 81. his =-----=l ankle he can DO no more than
.-.- ---- each ---y. but that doesn't make any
Gr=-rae Ills ankle isn't sprained badly
enough 10 make him stay on The bench. And.
besides. that varsity guard opposite him needs
= 5e V-a-5 Up. The varsity guard is q good
Co. 5e--e- than Jones is, and VIII keep his
I-1s l15 al Jones viii set during the season
W. - more spralue5 joints and bruised thighs
e-5 BIO. e. faces. But he VIII be al the dinner
q The s-E Il the season. and hear the head
coach. ---e- be has cCuplime-te6 al the regular
varsity -.--. personally say something nice IN
ven general terms about the second team who
have s4.--.-eE themselves during the season for
- Varsity.
Tbs goes cr for half an hour. and Jones as
v=- Is everybody else On the scrub eleven,
e--s pushed back down the field 10y yards TO his
su- go. -.-e making q last stand every foot OF
IL way SIKH The varsity coaches behind the
-e--.-r -.--. La-----erirg them OF the back and
t-rg -.=r WIKI enthusiasm. and his OWL
coaches behind his hack Shaping him, goading
t--. r-s 3 him bodily into the scrimuage.
y=-rg g. lio al the r-1e things he doesn't
g----y-a-- and making remarks about his
la-rr E.=-. yard that the varsity gains
ra.-s ---.-=-t o. him. and this often makes
l- -- e. -aat BE- VIII rise ~ On his hind
.-Es- -.- engage in fs-icufs with his oQIo-
1=-- es.. --e l-eachere laueh and the trainer
cones a..-.- and yarhs him back by the col
a- Ard .t--r -le half hours scrimuage ne
COS l-.. -. The bench sore and tired in every
r---= -..- CRIME and dirt or his face, some
blood 1-1 CA. ache in every Joint in his BODY
AH5 -..asr tells him he played as vel as he
KEW te - play. The next afternoon he has 10
g t1-o1e- The same thing again, and get more
bruises a-- hurts and sores. and at the end OF
Ire season Nobody has ever heard OF him But
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