The Washington herald., 1908-09-06


With the football coaches OF the vari-
Gus colleges and universities brushing up
their plans for the approaching season it
is rather interesting 70 note what effect
the distinctly football colleges Of the East
and Middle West have had upon the
ranks Of these gridiron instructors In
looking over the list Of coaches al the
principal colleges Of the country each
seems to have been shufied up with the
pack and then dealt out regardless OF his
former varsity affiliations. but closer
scrutiny shows that certain institutions
noted for prowess on the football field
have provided the majority Of coaches
For this purpose consider Yale. Penn
sylvania Cornell. Dartmouth. Princeton.
and Harvard in the East and Chicago.
Wisconsin. Minnesota. and Michigan IN
the West as representative football col
leges. Of this group Yale leads with ten.
and the University Of Chicago has fur
nished nine Of this seasons list. not in
cIuding former players coaching their own
college eIevens. Il is significant. too
that Alonzo Stagg- the coach of Chicago,
who has had a hand in the instruction of
the majority Of the Maroon graduates
now coaching. is a Yale man. for that
seems in a wav 70 bring the matter back
10 first principles. although il cannot be
said that Stagg follows Yale methods
entirely. Possibly he does Fundamentally,
but he is too original 70 follow Eli
methods bIindly without an attempt 20
improve upon them. and his teachings
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football fields of the Middle West
Yale Men in Charge.
Al the present time Yale Is represented
in the coaching field by the following men
Alonzo A Stagg. University O Chicago;
Robert Forbes, University of Chicago
Howard Jones Syracuse University; H p.
Olcott. c. c y Y. Graham Foster. Be
lott: r T Hinton. Georgetoan CKy); w
Knox Carnegie Tech. ". l. Anderson.
Poly. Prep. Brooklyn, and J a Moore
head. Western University Of PennsyI-
vania- Following precedent Yale slsc
has one Of her own graduates for tEe
head coach Of the Blue eleven. L Il.
Bigelow holding the position this fall, an6
others VIII help at West Point and An
napolis later IN the season
Next in point Of numbers IN the East
are the University Of Pennsylvsnia anC
Dartmouth College. each Of which has
/ sent out seven coaches for this fall. not
/ including their graduates. who are coach
ing al their respective alma matters
/ Pennsylvania men are George Leve1e,
I University Of Tennessee z Green Crf-
versitv OF North Carolina. z P Win
gard. LOUISIANA State b " Dickson.
I LehiEh. J. c. E0llenback Franklin aud
I Fred C. VaI Earlham. Ind
DartmouJh's Representatives are W H
Bullock. Howard. District Of Columbia;
I " W Bullock Massachusetts, Agricul-
tural. D. s Austin. MiddIsbury- Vt.
{ John Glaze. Phillips Exeter Academy,
E A Herr. University Of Vermont; r
[ r Brown. Washington and Lee, and C
/ y. Bank5art- Colby
Cornell Has Three.
The other three Eastern colleges. al
+ though vel Up IN playing the game Il
/ self. have not done so well for the coach
! supply Cornell has sent out but three
3 men. E R Sweetland- az Colgate W 6
} Newman. Georgetown University. and T.
/ J. Farman. Mississippi Agricultural and
I Mechanical Princeton. strange 70 say,
I has but one graduate among outside
! coaches. Fred smith. al Fordham Uni
versity. and Harvard has H Snyder, al
I Oberliu-
/ Shifting 10 the three leaders Of tbs
/ sport iu the West. Chicago tops the list
I Mark Catlin is at the University OF Iowa
! Hugo Bezdek at the University Of Arkan-
I sas. Fred NJ Walker. Utah Agricultural
I J. N Sheldon. University Of Indiana L
/ /. Larson Agricultural and AIeChan-ca
[ Of Texas. Jesse G. Harper. Alma ! 3
4 Craig Geneva. Pa. and John T Iob-1
/ AN-HaHovvs. Utah The University Of
{ Wisconsin has the next best representa-
ton. with SIX men out On the field J
! G. Fozg. Cass school. J. r Richards
I University OF Colorado. A G Findlay
i University Of Montana; E. B Cochems
s.. Louis University: C L Brewer. Mich
I ican Agricultural. and William Juneau
. NfaroueIte- The University OF Michigan
has its most important graduate coaci
/ AT Vanderbilt University, il the person
OF Dan McGuEfn- The others are = z
Herrnstein. Ohio state; F. : Norcross
/ oregon Agricultural and F c Longman
[ University Of Wooster.