Arizona republican., 1913-11-30

play the game for all that is in, not only himself but in the game itself. It is the game which develops in the player a spirit of cleanliness in all ath- etics which will afterward be the spir- it predominating in his other activities. It is the spirit which makes life a game worth fighting, and which teaches the one fighting to take a defeat in the same gamemanner with which victory is greeted. It abOlishes senseless indi- viduality and promotes team work
 The activity of the brain is developed under the rules which Ceary lays down for his player. foundation is given that player upon which he is to work and at the same time a decent measure of individuality is brought out by compel ling him to think for himself Head work as it is called in the game quick thinking and brain activity, readiness to act on the spur of the moment and in the right direction are the final re- suits of such training as Geary has ad- ministered to his Coyotes. Such train ing is one Of the many essential cours- es in the high school curicuum It cannot be given too much prominence nor too much praise as it is one Of the assets of every man who is truly sue cessfu in this work-a-day world of hurly-bur activity.
 Geary took the men of the high school when they were the "greenest bunch of sticks. to use the words of the coach, that he had ever seen. and from them he developed the champions of the state. How he did it may be known only by those who were on the field night after night who watched him as he pounded the rudiments of the game into his awkward squad and later gently forced the finer points of the game into them. The hours he spent showing them how to tackle how to carry and recover a dropped ball. how to smash and at the same time to run interference. Were the hours that made the team. The means he devised for teaching these points Were the means employed for making his machine. The thought he gave to the subject. the days he planned plays and at t"ckS were the brains back Cf the eleven which finally turned out a polished article. The players know the work he did, and some of those who have been through the same mill know what he surmounted in constlucting the team he did. But the rest realize Ii''I' tII'uSH what mas been done Tn Phoenix for the Coyotes. outside of the fact that the result was a winning team.
 Most lasting of the tangible results. will be the team of the year to come and the year to follow that. A greater part of the men who were on the Co votes team this fall will be back with their team when the season opens in 1914 They will have. whether Geary Is with them or not, the making of a team which will be a winner. for the years training they have but complet- ed has been the foundation of at least two elevenS to come.
 The intangible results of this years work. the subtle results due to the vic tories of the team this fall. will make themselves felt all through the school organization. in enrolment. in spirit and in the bigger Friendship. the sportsmanlike conduct that athletics this fall have brought out between the members of the Phoenix school. and between the Coyotes and the teams met outside or from the outside.