The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-11-12
Frank Cavanagh Has Developed
q Team at Hanover That Is
Second to None
PROSPECTS EARLY IN THE
SEASON WERE VERY DARK
Lawyer by Profession. Cavanagh
Has Put Strategy Into the
Green Football

Frank Cavanaugh, head coach OF
the Dartmouth football eleven, an a
result of the teams which he has de-
veloped, this year and In the two
years preceding, has won for himself
place among the really big coaches
OF the day.
The present Green team Is the third
which Cavanaugh has developed,
teams which have in succession all
but matched the great machines OF
Harvard during the past two years,
and defeated Princeton this year. The
fact that In no case has Cavanaugh
had unusual material proves his abif-
ity as q coach.
Cavanaugh Is by profession a law.
yer. but three years ago the Dart.
mouth athletic council called him
back TO Hanover to take charge OF
the team on one-year trial From
the time when, as member OF the
class OF 80. he left Dartmouth, where
he had established for himself q rep
utation as one of the greatest ends in
the game. he is said to have been
filed with one great ambition--to
coach Dartmouth team which should
win the big games on It's schedule.
II was well understood that IL he
made good he could close contract
with the athletic council for q period
Of years. which would give the con.
tinuous policy necessary to the sue.
cess Of any coaching system, and
which would likewise enable him To
try to realize his ambition.
His first team lost to Harvard by
the close score of to 3, and to
Princeton by the score Of 8 to o by q
break Of fortune when the ball bound
ed over the bar. There was no doubt
at the close OF his first season that
Cavanaugh was the one man then
available who could bring the Green
team up to the standard which alumni
and undergraduates alike were de-
handing, and he was retained for the
next three years.
Few seasons have presented
worse outlook for victory over Prince
ton than the present. Well into the
opening weeks the college was In IT.
most apprehensive mood In many
years. The usual confidence that bys
some hook or crook the team would
come" was largely nissinse ter the
squad lacked the material from which
the Green team Is accustomed to be
developed. 8r ~.
The feeling grew that this was to,
be an "off" year. Graduation and In
eligibility complications had riddled'
the line which had been the glory Of
the preceding season. and neither the
remainder Of the squad nor the In.
coming sophomore class seemed to
have the semblance OF promise.
The early games seemed to justify
this general pessimism. The Massas
chusetts State Aggies. never taken
seriously In Hanover, had the Green
team defeated until q few minutes
from the end Of the game, when Dart.
mouth came to life and rushed two
touchdowns across by way Of the fog.
ward pass. But Cavanaugh needed
only time to shift and develop Hid
men, and what has been accomplished
! shows what he can do under hard cift
cumstances. M y
As q strategist he 10 PROBABLY I'm.
surpassed today. Some OF his teams
have not been perfect machines. but
none Of them has been surpassed by
their opponents In strategy. His
team, last year. uncovered bewilder-
ing attack against Harvard, a. It did
the year before against Harvard ana
Princeton. What the team has this
year in strategy Is, OF course, IN.
known, for none but straight line
plays have been used beyond the lock.
ed gates Of the practice field. II IL
said. however, that Dartmouth. has
some plays in reserve by which Il
plans surprise for the Indians.
Although but few coaches are more
exacting that Cavanaugh, he II, never,
theless, very insistent upon scholar.
ship. One Of the first things he did
after his appointment as coach was
to appear before the student body,
with an appeal for scholarship, and IN.
season and out, It 10 said that he
watches his men to see that they
study. Although the Dartmouth fac
u1ty II very severe, cases Of disquAl-.
incation on account Of scholarship.
have been rare.