The Washington herald., 1911-12-24
Warner, Carlisle Coach,
-. Jumped Into Fame
Entered Cornell a Green Country Boy-Canre Out
a Star of the First Mdgnitude-Caree
Has Been Most Auspicious. -. u.
by GORDON MACKAY.

| Phllaoelpnla, "a, Dec. ZS-1eTOeS -OtoS-
4 som among the soil of the American
gridiron as readily as daisies grow in
dell and secluded nook. Each season
brings forth~its harvest of heroic grain
and each season also brings forth one gi-
gantic figure who looms large on the
horizon of things footballic.
This season the seat of the mighty
found Sammy White, of Princeton, the
ttenant; last year it was Arthur Howe,
of Yale, and Earl Sprackling; previous
years as occupants saw the Hinkey, the
Cozens, Ithe Torrey, the Scarlett, the
lHollenback, and others whose names
are the illustrous of football.
| But of all the historic characters of
which the autumn sport of America can
boast none has had more luminous
career than that man who yearly coaches
the Indians at Carlisle, who develops
the latent and inherent ability OF the
redskin till he completes on even terms
with his white brother on the chalk
marked field
The career of Glenn S. Warner shines
with an effulgence peculiarly its own.
Nineteen years ago rugged country chap'
who wanted an education and was going
to wiring it out of Cornell If he could, went
! to Ithaca. He was Warner, and as green
as the grass that bedecks the hillside
|
Never Saw n Football.
When Glenn became a unit of the stu
dent body at Cornell he heard about foot
! ball He had never seen that oval pig
skin, did not even know the conformation
of the gridiron utensil. But when the
time came for candidates to report War
ner went along with the rest He had
been importunted to try for the varsity
When the man appeared a coach ap-
praised him with expert eye. Stick in
there at left guard the head coach. the
autocrat of the college said to him, let's
get peek at your stun. warner
| stuck in there as left guard on the
| first practice day. He never left that
position from the first moment he bent
over on the line of scrmmage until he
was graduated as one of Cornelfs mas
terIy contributions to the history OF
American football.
Warmers last year at Cornell saw him
captain and he left another donation as
leader to embellish his record Upon
graduation such was his knowledge OF
/ football that he was invited to coach
the University of Georgia. To one who
! has been at that institution at Athens,
one realizes that the material provided
| a coach is not such as to arouse the
! jea lousy of Smith. HaughtOn, or Roper.
But Glenn whipped a team into shape
| among the Crackers that was defeated
| but once during his first year as coach.
and was unbeaten the following year.
Warner achieved such a reputation in
! the South that his alma mater asked
! him to. coach the Cornell eleven. This
was in 1897 He accepted the offer and
remained at the Ithacan institution for
two years. producing the best teams
which. the Red and White has known.
! HE-L- Damn Hustle.
| Indeed, it is historical. Warmers ten
ure of office. For his teams gave Penn
the stiffest sort of argument which the
Comedians has handed the Red and
Blue since the establishment Of foot
ball relations between the universities.
Carlisle the following year. began to
! loom on the armament of things ath-
letiC The Indian, naturally an athlete.
! possessed of physical strength. agile
mentality. cunning and courage. wanted
to dabble in the sports of the Caucasian
Uncle Sam looked about for a man to
place in charge of athletics at the In
dian school Warner was chosen.
Glenn was given carte blanche in mat
ters of discipline. training. and coaching
the atheletic teams. Carlisle came through
with a rush. His first year in charge
of football at Carlisle saw him develop
that wonderful team of which Bemus
I
BALL was captain.
Warner remained at Carlisle until 1904,
when he responded again to an appeal
from Cornell to take charge of football
matters at the university. He remained
at his old university for three seasons,
and then. in response to the insistent
demand from the aboriginal wards of the
white father at Washington, returned to
Carlisle.
At the Indian institution he has re-
mained since. His record has been ca
pable and thorough. He has developed
as many gridiron stars as any man in
the history of the game. Warmers per-
Sonal record OF achievement is dotted
with the discovery of Pierce. a Hudson,
a Seneca. Mount Pleasant, a johnson,
and Thorpe.
Believes I'm Clean Athletics.
Warner believes in clean athletics. He
stands for no dirty work. He is in
favor of anything that will tend to de-
velop the sport Glenn has been called
a great defensive coach. while his meth
DDS for offensive training have often been
criticised. But this due to the narrow
and restricted view that outsiders have
taken of conditions at Carlisle
The Indian is naturally a strong Of
fensive football player. He has the cum
ming that can contrive football forma-
tiOns and carry them into splendid execu-
ton. His natural speed and strength to-
gether make for strong football offense |
But he is careless against opponents !
The brave is likely to have a trace of |
that racial contempt for the white man
still lingering in his mind, and he grows
correspondingly careless. This occasions !