Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-12-03
SPORTS
FABLE or FOOTBALL
IN MIDDLE WEST TOLD
How Coach Got Away With Goods AT
ter It Was Recommended That
Can Be Tied to Him.
(FrOm ohicagO Evening Postl

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also is A rooter.)
Once upon time there was far
northern state that had a university
SO thoroughly cached somewhere in the
midst Of a flock Of flour mills that the
youths who were Keen to do a grnbbing
stunt on the roots of knowledge had
to start at the postoffice and trail the
carrier to the registrars coop. Now
and then student would try toe
holdRn a barber mast in front Of some
HeuAepin avenue mattress packing
house or roll couple Of whoops into
sthe gijou theatre, and then the citizens
would recall that there was state in
stitution Of learning over on the other
side Of the river.
About the period when the popular
coaching stunt was to con the center
rush into falling for the belief that the
estlway to qualify for shaft on the
college campus was to slap himself
against the dirt just in front Of the
flying wedge, the inmates Of this state
institution went in for football. Let.
ter99fom tho old chums, who had eluded
the con men and reached the eastern
seats Of learning still wearing their
serges, tipped off the information that
the sport was heaping up classes and
the hicks at the university at the far
north wanted to trail, so they dug for
spalding Guide.
Take Pike at Said Guide.
There was large gob Of disappoint
mont floating around when the northern
rah.rahs got their first slant at tho
guide and learned that one was supposed
to lug the ball around under his arm;
and then i6c; tliis bunch had been steer
ed to thenE1tSNibat ball should be
round, and there was a helvuva time
doping out how one could pass hearty
kick to a pig skin draped oval.
But the rah-rah boys were bound to
follow the parade, and they packed
themselves into the padded pants and
laced up the canvas vests. BY working
hard and keeping good hours they soon
learned that the scorers failed to credit
them with any points whom they placed
the ball back Of tho side lines or posts
far in the rear. And then the North
Dakota Agricultural college sent down
eleven pioneers In the art OF miaing
phosphate with tho nassaged soil and
the bunch far northern university was
trimmed TO fare ye well.
Az the years rolled along the future
farmers from Grafton, Grand Forks,
Fargo ct OIL, found tho Annual Sham.
bles at the northern university great
training for their regular wheat stack.
ing work, but even the ucless hoop has
been known TO turn when stepped upon,
and the battered and manned eleven
finally got jerry to hitch in their team
york and beat IT out and hired coach
He Ran 10 Leapnes
The eonousus Of opinion when the
coach pulled into the Union station was
that they had coppod bloouer for
the gent that was to pass around the
wining plays ran considerable to lean.
ness and shaped UP like literary guy,
but the bunch remembered their fint
ideas about what football was and
played the waiting game
That year the farm team got a jolt
before II know that il had reached
the campus yard while tho loyal follow.
ing that had padded north with the
physicians and surgeons copped off
months Of training for their future call.
ing whic they meared around first aid
70 the injured IN the hospital train
that hauled those athletics back TO
Chicago,
While the long aud thin coach was
utmgy with talk and appeared ia suffor
pain whom forced 70 distribute few
mopeglobles TO tho graduates who
bieeled in TO hmy over tho practice,
he was loose with classy plays, and
Casper Whitney and Walter Camp got
ont their pocket maps and finally 10.
Gated the northern institution. Even
the sporting editors Of the east placed
ordcrs for nightly reports on tho prac.
tice The rahmh boys were there with
the statement that their coach was some
coach.
AM That ratefi Day
Then, after the coach had becn on
tho job long enough to have hiA resi-
.dence rcshinglcd twice, tho schedule
makers Of the university slipped a game
with bunch Of corn huakcrs into the
cdeehs time for steering his squul up
against Che practice teams aud the
cora huaken put one over
Tho coach could SEQ II coming, but
he wax singy with conversation and
did not yclp, But therc was no gagelne
the cla grad boys aud leaking inform
rtlon ps al yenir, the gathered IN NEE,
ing 81 town whore The perspective
has been aefonued by being compelled
20 exlet between Superior street nud