The San Francisco call., 1905-02-07
SAYS COACHES
IMBIBE FREELY
Editor of "Occident" Grills
Stars Who Come Here to
Train Football Players
THEY SET BAD EXAMPLE
Editorial i'm the Student
Publication Causes Mild
Sensation i'm Berkeley
Berkeley Office San Francisco Call.

Berkeley Office San Francisco Call.
214S Center Street, Feb. 6.
The starting allegation is made off,
cially to-day/by Leo ID. Bishop In the
editorial columns of the university
magazine called the Occident that the
professional coaches who were utilized
by California up to three years ago
failed largely because they were wine
drinkers and so unable to keep their
men in line.
Bishop is assistant manager OF the
university football team. Ezra Decoto
being his chief. The Occident is edit
ed by Bishop, and his editorial to-day
on the subject of graduate coaches.
perhaps the livest topic at the uni
versity, has created a sensation. Never
before has 1t been definitely stated that
the high-priced, exclusive and fashion
able university men of the East who
came to California to train gridiron
players were too fond of wine, but
Bishop, who is supposed to be quail
fled to speak, makes the charge with
out eQuivOcatiOn.
The editorial which has caused such
sensation is apropos of the decision
of the intercollegiate agreement COM
nlittee, representing Stanford and CAL
fornia, to give up the 'graduate-coach-
exclusively" feature of the agreement.
Bishop is one of the three representa-
tives of the University of California
who procured a fortnight ago the
change in policy. The action Of the
hcen ratified by the executive commit
tee OF the associated students of the
university, and cannot become a reg
ulation until 1t is thus ratified The
committee meets tomorrow night. Last
week it met, but failed to approve the
action of its representatives who had
conferred with Stanford.
At this juncture comes Bishop with
his editorial, which lifts the cover from
the situation as it existed a few years
ago, when professional coaches were
used. Bishop says:
Tho intercollegiate agreement committees
have met and agreed on certain rules regard
ing athletics. The most important thing that
was done is the omission OF article 5, elating
to the employment of graduate coaches. A
good many people are dissatisfied because some
provision was not made whereby the system
petuated. 1t is said that the graduate rule
was put In force because we had such poor
out here on a lark from the East and spent
a good part of their time over the bottle Their
conduct was such that 1t set a bad example
spirit into the men-the spirit that all the
colleges In America have been fighting against.
No Doubt the change made at that time as
beneficial. But we must analyZe the conditions
under which we are now laborfng. California
has no man that can be pointed TO as the coach
for the coming year. The football players al
most to man are in favor OF change. More
over the feeling is 80 intense over the Ques-
tion that a graduate coach, 1t seems to US,
would fail Utterly to bring out the best there is
in the men,
Professor George c. Edwards, chair
man of the faculty committee on ath-
letics, which operates with the execu-
tive committee of the students In reg
ulating athletic affairs, is strongly op-
posed to a return to professional
coaches. 1t is his opposition which Is
believed to stand in the way of ratifi-
cation of the intercollegiate agreement
committees work.