The Washington times., 1905-08-27
COACHING SYSTEM
IS ALL IMPORT ANT
Success of Football Team
Depends Upon 1t.
so SAYS HURRY UP Y0ST
Michigan Coach Has Bright Hopes for
Gridiron Sport in the
South.

ANN ARBOR. Mich. Aug. 26--"What,
more than anything else, contributes to
success on the football field?'' Coach T.
II. Yost was asked point blank
System he replied instantly.
"As it is in frenzied finance. system
is the thing in football. We~have had
our share of frenzied football just as
We have had frenzied finance, he added
Take the Eastern universities, and
you can readily see where lack Of 'sys-
tenn or stick-to-it-iveness has been the
factor in lost championships. It IS
easy to understand why some Eastern
universities play in-and-out football The
majority are handicapped by the grad
uate-coach scheme. which usually means
a different head coach every season,
with half a dozen under coaches.
East Coming Round.
THAT this is wrong the West and
South>learned to their satisfaction long
since. The East is beginning to see it in
the same light and sooner or later the
graduate coach viii be a thing OF the
past.
"In the West and South the high and
prep schools as well as the universities,
contract with professional coach II
fered a long-term contract, and given
a chance to show what he can accom-
plish. Thus, he gets a chance to put
he loses men by graduation, he is able
to i'll their shoes with men he has had
in hand for some time
Follow System.
''It does not follow that every college
with a professional coach will win
championships. All good players do not
make successful coaches. but i believe
that IL a coach's system is sound and
is closely followed his team will play
better football than If coached by diff
ferent men every year.
Great weight is not football neces-
sity. My best team at Michigan did
not average over 100 pounds. Last year
we had our heaviest eleven. This years
team will not be 'beefy' one.
Courage, dash, fieetness of foot and
football instinct. which means know
ing what to do at the right time, are
essentials of a great player.
Football can't be played like a game
of chess. The men don't have half an
hour to consider. They must see, think
and act simultaneously.
Outlook In South.
Keep your eye upon the South The
country had grand season last year.
This year viii be better. And for the
reasons l have enumerated. Vanderbilt.
coached by Dan McGuigan. rolled up a
score of 452 to last season. This year
we play Vanderbilt. This will make the
first important entry of the South into
Western football.
Michigan lost last year the greatest
football player that ever wore moleskins
in Heston. He coaches Drake this year,
and we play his team.
Heston's Great Work.
"Heston. during the four years he
played with Michigan, scored more
touchdowns. gained more yards. played
more minutes OF actual football and
stopped more probable gains than any
player in the game. He played in every
important game Michigan participated
in. was never taken out for injury. never
shirked the simplest practice, and was In
every play
I'VE also lose Carter, and, 1 fear,
Tom Hammond. The loss of Hammond
and Heston is a severe blow. There is
a possibility Hammond may return 10
Michigan, but / am not counting too
much upon it.
zone of the best things the Western
conference has ever done was the adop-
tion Of the six-month eligibility rule,
which prevents MEN who matriculate
this fall, playing football this season.
The rule will stop hurrying high school
athletes into intercollegiate football.
II have the name and address of every
high and prep school and college, in the
country and intend to see that the foot
ball captain OF each gets in touch With
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