The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-11-16


been said last year with just as little
fear OF contradiction He proved it
AZ West Point. Only few days away
from tho surgeons knife this young
Hercules gaw his team weakening In
the game With the army. Tearing
away from the coaches he lcaped into
the fray and within .ep minutes had
completely changed the situation
West Point was torn into shrcds and
Yale came out an easy winner. Seeing
that his work was we'll done Coy retir
ed from the game and repaired to the
side lines. where he took a little
more time 10 recover from his Illness.
Ted Coy, as timid as school girl
when off the ground, is q terror in ac-
ton He forgets everything but the
fact that Yale must win. and the Prin-
ceton line remembers to It's sorrow
how an attempt was made TO stop his
vicious rushes year ago.
Experts say that Coys great power
is in his legs He weighs less than
100 pounds and he is only feet 10 ID
inches high The proof that his Won
derful power Is in his legs is shown by
his marvellous punts. He is the great
est kicker In the world. II Is on Coy
that Yale depends for q complete
string OF victories this season.
Camp Discovers Coy.
The wonderful career of Ted Coy
as a football hero began four years
ago. when. as n freshman. he stood
in the middle of the Yale field and
sent a drop kick whirling between the
goal posts. SO yards away. This oce
CURED when the varsity team was
taking a rest and the freshman was
being permitted TO romp over tho
Gridlron for exercise.
who is that boy?" one OF tho
coaches asked of Walter Camp.
Wait a minute" replied Camp.
Watch him. He is about to try
punt"
With a piston-like drive of his leg
the youngster stuck his toe into the
ball and II went spinning across the
field for seventy yards.
why, that kid is a marvel" OBJ
served the coach. WHO is he?"
That is Ted Coy freshman" re-
piled Mr.. Camp. HE Is son OF
Professor Coy, principal of the school
at Hotchliss, Conn, an old Yale man.
Don't you remember his brother,
Sherk' Coy, who played on the var
Sity some years ago.
Totally unconscious OF the fact that
he was attracting attention from the
varsity coaches, Coy continued to
make those wonderful punts His leg
apparently had the force Of a pile driv-
er No matter how he kicked the
ball. the terrible force behind 1t
would send 1t skimming over space.
The coach walked out and tapped Coy
on the shoulder.
TRY and kick a high one straight
toward the post" suggested tho
coach.
why, =" stammered Coy. wasn't
| doing 1t right"
He tried again and again. but he
was so covered with embarrassment
that his kicks fell shorter and shorter
As soon as he got good opportunity
the freshman quietly slipped of the
field and nobody saw him for two or
three days. After being noticed by
varsity coach he was too timid to
oven don uniform.
The freshmen were not long in
learning of Coy's ability, however, and
two weeks later he appeared in tho
lineup OF the lower class team. To
this day they talk In Yale of how he
ripped up that opposing line as If 1T
was made of cardboard,
The next year Coy reached the
height Of his ambition and appeared
with the big "Y" on his shirt front
That fall he tore the Princeton line
into ribbons and turned defeat into
victory. Last year he did the same
thing, carrying the whole Princeton
rush line on his shoulders.
1T is pretty hard to figure how
Coy could not be a great player" says
James Hogan, the former Yale cap.
tain, but his failure to be looked up
on as a world wonder his first year
was due 10 his own shyncss. Coy Is
a natural punter. He could kick JUST
as well when he started as he can
now Coaching has been OF little
avail TO him
Yes" said Hogan, Coy is to foot
ball what Wagner Is to baseball
They are natural born players. You
Will notice that Wagner swings q bat
loosely and different from every other
batter He hits at the ball as he
pleaseS and he always drives it hard
He bats his own way. IT Is the same
with Coy. Nobody ever taught him
how TO kick. He simply takes loose
swing at the ball with that powerful
foot of his. and no matter how he
strikes 1t. the ball goes and goes hard.
He can hit it on the top. on the bot.
tom or In the middle. 1t shoots for
fard just the same, II is the great
power behind it. That is his own
way of kicking. and as he is the best
kicker Yale ever had nobody can as
sumo to himself the duty OF trying
TO teach Coy anything about his pecul- /,
lar art