The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1911-11-21
GRIDIRON STORIES
Football Games That Were Won
by a Tongue Lashing.
A TALK THAT BEAT HARVARD,

fS3 ~ 1HHs NHu tHe REQ ana Blue
REESE to the Occasion and to Victory.
4 Dog Won Game For Columbia.
Writing on football In the American
Magazine, Edward Lyell Fox tells of
football defeats that were turned into
victories by tongue lashing. He says:
There are instances whereby coach
the public. These are crises that have
been faced in the dressing room be-
tween the halves, with the team
stretched out dirty and bruised Lash
ed by coaches tongues or stirred by
the appeal personal, an apparently dis
organized and defeated rabble often
becomes steady but furious fighting
unit.
in 1905 Pennsylvania went to their
dressing room after playing a 6 to 6
nrst half with Harvard. The de score
was misleading. Harvard had played
the better football They had ripped
the red and blue line to tatters And
Harvard would have crushed Pennsyl
vania II Mike Murphy, the veteran
trainer, had not jumped upon table
and talked three minutes to the team.
Murphy, like Antony, was no orator.
DO you want a lot Of bean eaters
up there In Boston to crow over the
hash their team made Of your cried
be. They'll turn that city inside out
and on good Penn money at that!
Your friends II be courtin' free lunch
counters for weeks II you let those
dubs get away with this! Myself-it
almost made me cry to see those big
stiffs walk all over you Gle guiped
noticeably.) Because know how
good you are. You weren't right that
half. You'll kill 'em now. You've got
TO- Think Of the crowd. And say. feI-
lows, If there's no mother. father. sis
ter or girl up there watohin', just
think Of me. fellows. Think of me,
that takes care Of you all. For I've
got the con-" boys
He coughed. brushed his eyes with
the back Of his hand and faltered on:
Il won't be with you very much
longer, and want you to win this
game
aye t,n,shad snoa hing end stole awav
w,tho,t . word There was NO cheer
Inc. tha mon vore think,ng too hard
mo nart ba,f T4arvard found a differ
art parrsvIvor;o taam ! taep, whose
emotions were keyed up to such pitch
that their fierce football has never
since been seen on Franklin field Har-
var1 vas dazad swent awav and heat
an-baeansa . man smoke
4xnotbar ramarkahla turnino NJ q
vau,a ha+vean the halves occurred a.
Ttbaca n 1o05 r,ornel, led Columbia
hv q n {, when the teams returned 10
fhe drasa;ne rooms Columbia had nor
recovered from ! wearing game with
pr,ncator the xvaok hafora Manv Of
the men wore overtra,nad Thara was
dist,nct faa,inc az the bonaIassnass
81 Il ali when the nlavers lav down
,,non tbo foor ana hancbas nnlv pin
4 white buIl terrier mascot showed
signs Of liveIiness II was cold in the
dressing room and a trainer shook the
ashes in tbe stove He used a noker
the end Of which became red hot
when finally he laid down the metal
rod the red whitened. but the heat re-
manned. Bill. deciding that the poker
was TO be PLAYED with Ike q stick
caught the heated end in his month
Instantly his lips scared and turned
lblack. Rill only shook fhe no,rer hard
ar. Two men grabbed him and tried
TO force him TO omen his mouth. But
Bill fought back. and finally they had
to choke him before he would loosen
his grip. It was then that Coach Nor
ley nudged Captain Fisher ana point
ed to the dog. Catching the idea. Fish
er sprang to his feet and built mn a
speech around Bill. He compared Bill's
nerve to the teams and asked the
men il they were not ashamed of them
selves. His closing sentence was.
Just play for Bill, Bill. Billr
when Columbia returned to the field.
Bill, yelping furiousIy. led the way.
All through the half the team heard
him barking from the side lines. Said
Won Saltza, the big tackle. after the
game. We heard every vein. and IT
simply drove us
ALSO Bills yelping was so good that
Columbia won ont. 10 to az
Very often. Mr.. Fox declares the
ability of one man to kick has deter
mined the outcome of the game. He