Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-19
By Innis Brown.
'AHOO has signed.


wv No kidding this time. The
trick has been turned and the
Big Chief has already decorated a
parchment the main purport OF
which is to assure that, beginning
March 1, he will devote his efforts
to turning out winners on the dia-
mond and gridiron for the Red and
Black squad, of Athens.
According to the terms of the
agreement, he goes to help take
charge Of the baseball candidates
March l, as stated above. However,
his real contract does not become
effective until September 1, to run
for two years, a special arrange
ment having been made for base
ball work the coming season.
Since the announcement that ne
gotiatiOns were pending was made
several days ago, speculation has
run wild among football enthusiasts
in this section generally, and more
particularly among Georgia alumni.
For this reason, the announce
ment that all details have been
completed will no doubt be enthu-
siastically received.
Wahoo Should Succeed.
The ex-Carlisle star will take up
this work with every indication
that success will attend his efforts.
While he has never held down a
job as head coach of a football
team, he has served in an advisory
capacity for a number Of teams,
and in many cases enviable records
hung up by teams in this section
have been due, in a considerable
measure, to his help in this respect. ,
Further than that, he has played
football under some of the best In
structors in the game. His early
training was received at the hands
of Al Hernstein, a Michigan star
halfback Of the early Yost regime,
when the Wolverines were the ter
rors of the gridiron. This was dur
ing the years Wahoo spent at the
Haskell Indian school. Later he
went to Carlisle and played under
Glen Warner. Numerous experts
are prepared to make and defend
the statement that Warner is one
of the very best to be found.
So much for his opportunities to
learn the game. In addition to this,
he has all the requirements that go
to make up a successful coach, so
far as can be predicted before
hand.
He's Some Diseiplinarian.
It is an accepted fact that dis
cipline is one Of the strongest es-
sentials in developing a winning
combination among college ath-
letes. This Wahoo may be counted
on to maintain. Those who have
watched him officiate in a football
or basket ball game can vOuch for
the fact that little byplay is al
lowed when he has matters in
charge. And the player who dares
to take the liberty Of pulling off
anything funny under him is sure
to be in an elegant position in short
time thereafter to add his apprecia-
ton to the foregoing.
Furthermore, Wahoo believes
firmly that a football team or any
other organization will realize re-
suits in proportion to the efforts
that are exerted to attain success.
Which means nothing more nor
less than that the young athletes
who trot out on Sanford field for
either football or baseball practice
may understand in advance that no
picnic nor pink tea will be included
on the schedule FOR the afternoon.
From the foregoing, It would APP
pear that Wahoo has all that should
be required in the way of knowl-
edge Of the game. ideas of disci-
pline and theories as to the amount
of application needed to travel the
high road 10 success. 1t remains to
be seen how well he will be able
10 handle his players. but those who