The Washington herald., 1907-12-02
PENN LOSES CARL WILLIAMS
Coach Who Has Put Quakers to the
Front Will Retire.
Football StrateEist Decides 10 Give
Up Football to Devote All of His
Time 10 Practice of Medicine.

( Philadelphia, Dec. L-Dr Carl s. Will
Jams. who since 1902 has borne the lions
share of the burden Of coaching the
University of Pennsylvania eleven. will
sever his connection with the coaching
staff. For several years Dr. Williams has
been anxious 10 give up active coaching
and devote his dine to his medicaL prac-
| tice. DIR. Williams took charge of the
football situation in the fan of 1902. the
| year after George Woodruff gave up the
work. When DIR. Williams assumed COM
mand everything was chaos on Frank
lin Field. In 1901 the team had suffered
overwhelming defeats, SO 10 by Harvard
and q TO by Cornell Graduates and
undergraduates were clamoring for a
change. and. although Dc Williams had
confined his coaching experience 10
scholastic football. he was given the DO
sitiOn
In the frst year Dr. Williams turned
out fairly strong team from mediocre
material The team surprised the col
lese world by holding the powerful Har-
ward eleven 10 two touchdowns. and then
against tremendous odds defeated Cor
nell i 10 II in the most sensational game
of the series between these two llniversi-
ties During this time Or. Williams was
gradually placing football at Pennsvl-
/ Nanld on new and solid basis His
greatest achievement during these first
two years was the development of the
secondary defense" which made Penn
sylVania's teams famous as the last-ditch
fighters and has since been copied else
where When the Pennsylvania team lost
20 Columbla that year, and likewise to
Harvard. though overwhelming Cornell
50 TO 0, some criticism was made of the
coaching system at the annual meeting
of the athletic association. This was an
impressive moment and finally DR.. Will
Jams arose and made a speech. in which
he explained the situation at PennsvI-
vania and boldly predicted that with the
next year Pennsylvania would have a
championship team.
Dr. Williams more than made good his
prophecy, for the 1904 eleven. which beat
Harvard IL TO 0 and Cornell "a 10 0. did
not have its goal line crossed that year.
Football critics We're quite unanimous in
concedinG this team a higher rank than
that of Yale. The next year DR.. Will
Jams was relieved Of some of the coach
ing burdens and became chairman of the
advisory board. but still kept his hand
on the helm. The 1905 team duplicated
won its three championship games with
Harvard, i 70 6; Columbia. . to 0. and
Cornell. 10 .. Since that time DIR. Will
Jams has endeavOred to have others take
up the principal burden of the coaching
on account of the heavy demands OF his
medical work. But DR. Williams stiH
served on the advisory board. and last
year, as this year, was one of the most
important factors in rounding the team
into winning form for its championship
games with Michigan and Cornell. an of
which were won with the exception OF
the 1906 Cornell game. which resulted in
a 10 0 tie.
II was due 10 DR.. Williams foresight
that the present ideal coaching system
was inaugurated at Pennsylvania The
system is now firmly fixed, and DR.. Tor
rey, the captain of the 1901 and 1903 teams.
has performed his part as field coach
in a mastery manner. Although Dr.
Williams Will be out of active coaching.
his system will be followed at Penn
sylvania by the men who have been de-
veloped under him, for it no longer de-
pends upon a single individual