The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-09-10
.EX-AGGY COACH
now AT SEATTLE

The Seattle Times had the following
article-with a color photo--of Gil
mour Dobie, formerly football coach
at the North Dakota Agricultural
college:
Gilmour Dobie is probably the long
est, Iankiest and most successful foot
ball coach in the collegiate world to-
day The mere fact that he happens
to be located in Seattle tutoring the
football eleven of the University of
Washington does not bias the facts.
Scored on twice in his collegiate his
tory with eight yeaTs Of coaching
without having lost game, Dobie
can challenge the record of any other
coach on the continent.
Furthermore, Dobie Is an all-round
good fellow, well educated, thoroughly
businesslike and master of men.
That lis the secret of his success.
There have been those on the Uni
versity faculty who have claimed that
he was noisy on the football field when
his team was at work. He has even
been accused Of mentioning the torrid
underworld with the sacred precincts
of the campus, but these are the worst
things that can be said about the tall
Scotchman.
Those who have studied Dobie and
his work, who have come into intimate
acquaintance with him and have striv-
en- to understand the masterful mind
behind the earnest gray eyes, who
have watched him on the football field
d., a e.
the moment of greatest success, know
that Dobie is man who is type dis
tinct by himself, and of grit and per-
secerance bred in the very marrow
of his extensive skeleton,
To beard the lion In his den, one
must traverse the inner Railways of
the lower floor of an apartment house
at Tenth avenue northeast and Forty
fifth street. Coming at length to the
door, the knock is swered by a
hearty Come in" Within one finds
"a loom fitted up with every indication
of education and refinement. There
are works on philosophy, economics
and sundry law books, for Dobie,
time or other, longs to tackle the bar.
The man himself, when he has uncoil-
ed his long legs and risen to his full
height needs must stoop because of
the near proximity of the ceiling. He
reminds one of Conan Doyle's Sher-
lock Holmes.
Maybe, he has been working at his
desk. If SO, it is Uttered with count
less diagrams and strange plays. Close
by is well-thumped 1910 rule book,
for Dobie, first of all, demands that he
know the rules from beginning to end
by is a well-thumbed 1910 rule book,
Outstanding.
On the Field.
On the football field it is another
Dobie that presents itself. He is an
absolute monarch with no favorites,
ruling with rod of iron. There is no
respite nor rest from the moment he
issues his first order until long after
dusk he allows his wearied men to trot
back to quarters. His commands and
rebukes fall here and there like whip
lashes, and there is no sluffing. Dobie
believes in earnest, persistent work,
and his men, bearing 1t cheerfully,
idolize him for it..
For the third time he presides this
year over the football destinies of the
state university. His name is feared
in every institution throughout the
section, and every coach outside of Sc
attic is working tooth and nail to
beat Dobie" BY his efforts he has
given Washington a championship in
two successive years. and he declares
that he finds prospects this year fully
as good as they have been in the past,
which is a good deal, for Dobie to
say.
His methods as coach are based on
deep knowledge and study of the
great game. While he realizes the i'm
portanee of individual stars, his great
forte is the development of machine
that will hang together, work together,
and win together. He does not believe
in taking the slightest risk that will
endanger the chances of winning a
game. Greater than anything else,
perhaps, he looks after his proteges
and the few injuries, none serious,
that Washington players have suffer-
ed since he took charge are eloquent
testimonials of this fact.
Dobie has always counselled his men
to play fair, square and clean football
He has set standard that has chal-
lenged the admiration OF the univer-
sity faculty, and has given pointers
to sister institutions.
When he first came to Washington
there was big hubbub about crooked