Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-08-31

bination is but a small portion of the
work The first and second teams
must be carefully drilled and trained
and IN the end. If defeat comes In the
final and big game Of the season, The
coach reaps all the blame. If the
reverse is true his share Of the glory
Is small and fleeting
Without the football coach, how
ever. football would fall far short of
the scientific game that II is today
Every college and university has
ei i,her an alumni coaching system or
an alumnus of some other institu-
ton teaching the young men how to
tackle, dodge, fall on the ball, and
the numberless other individual and
combination secrets that 20 TO COM
plete the grdiron education Of The
player. or the several hundred col
leges in various parts Of the United
States less than IL per cent try to
play football with the coach left out
Even the leading high schools and
preparato ory academies have their
paid coaches.
All the football mentors will nave
their charges at work within the next
two or three weeks and the land will
resound with the thud OF boot against
ball and body against turf Yale has
planned an early start, and Captain
Ketcham will take squad Of play
ers to Slasconset, Mass, on Monday
for preliminary practice before the
New Haven university formally opens
its doors for another scholastic year
Coach Houghton of Harvard Is more
deliberate as befits champion, and
he will not gather his charges about
him at Cambridge until Sep ember 10.
Captain Storer, however saw to II
that every promising player took at
least one football away with him at
the beginning Of the summer vacation
and the men doubtless were ms ruct-
ed to report In condition II they hoped
to make the eleven Of 1913.
Cornell will start Its second season
September I6 under the Coachinr of
Or. Al Sharpe. Under the new regime
at Ithaca, Cornell can be counted upon
as a factor In eastern football this
season. Princeton, too, plans for an
early start, while the advent OF
George Brooke at PENNSYLVANIA will
certainly liven up the Quaker cam
paign.
In the middle west Coach Stage
of Chicago hopes TO recapture the
conference championship; Coach
Yost Of Michigan is looking forward
to eastern triumphs. while Illinois
hopes for great Improvement under
its new football mentor. Bob Zuppke.
The recent national champ ionshlp
tennis tournament at Newport pro-
duced many interesting sldelights in
addition to title holders. The en-
trants ranged from youths to men Of
middle age. 1t was a question, In
many matches Of skill and finesse
of wrist and racquet pitted against
the smashing strokes and stamina OF
youth. Neither extreme came through
to the final rounds, but the efforts
of both classes were none the less
Interesting. Schoolboys OF l6 and II
faced gray haired players old enough
20 be their 70. hers, and neither asked
nor gave quarter A perfect spirit
OF sportsmanshlp marked every
match, and the way some Of the young
men welded wits and racquets IN
these court battles argues we'll for
the safety Of the Davis cup in years
TO come.
f. A. Drew Of ST. Louis, a youth Of
1G years. fought his way to the third
rounu: G. e. Gamer went one step
further while young w. L. McKim
was victorious until he faced Nat
Niles The boy wonders from the
? Pacific coast. Strachan and Johnston,
of course did far better II was the
remarkable playing of the general run
OF the lads that created favorable
comment The other extreme was
shown in the wizard-like play Of