Evening journal., 1915-11-20
WHO Heads coaches
OF 1915 FOOTBALL?
Cornell, Pitt, Yale and Har-
ward Men in the
Running
DOES SHEVLIN
GET ANY HONOR?

In another week All-American foot
ball teams will be occupying the at
tention OF the football fans and the
dopesters. But how about the ALI
American coach for 1915? Who would
take Eddie" Mahan,. of Harvard;
"Charlie" Barrett. OF Cornell; Peck, of
Pittsburgh. and other acknowledged
stars and weld them into a winning
combination?
Should "Al" Sharpe. Of Cornell. have
the henor? Has Glen Warner, out at
Pittsburgh. established himself as the
"Bnl" Carrigan of the football world
for I've year? Has Percy Haughton,
OF Harvard, continued to show him
self to be the premier coach OF the
country? Or has the great Yale come
back last Saturday given "Tom"
Shevlin the palm?
It is a neck-and-neck fight, and.
like Mack and McGraw. several great
coaches have fallen down hard this
season. Hurry Up" Yost hasn't a
look in with his Michigan record this
season, and Bob Folwell must step
aside for pop" Warner. after Pitt
trimmed the formed Red and Blue
stars Washington and Jefferson
eleven.
"Al" Sharpe, of Cornell, started the
season with only one real star from
his 1914 eleven-"Charlie" Barrett.
bis amazing quarterback. But Sharpe
wasn't discouraged He took the ma
terial at hand and built it up around
Barrett He tinkered with that ma
chine, he worked at It INCREASINGLY. AS
a result he has given Cornell the
greatest team it ever had, team that
beat Harvard decisiyely for the first
line in COrnell's history: swamped
Michigan under the largest total ever
scored against a Michigan eleven
since fost took charge, and swept
along. unbeaten, toward the cham
pionship goal. He has also instilled
light into his men. and on Saturday.
when Washington and Lee apparently
nad winning lead at p to z, Sharpe
men rallied and downed the Virgin
ans 40 to 81.
Glen Warner went to Pittsburgh thi,
iail and took under his wing a team n,
nad never handled before. Not only di,
he have TO teach football. but he frs
had to teach his men how TO absorb hi
teachings. Yet, despite this handicar
Warner has welded together a tean
that has look in for the Eastern cham
pionship. Not only did Pitt beat her an
cient rivals, Washington & jefferson
after that aggregation had defeate
Yale, but he has gone through the sea
son victorious in every contest playe,
without even tie to mar his record.
Haughton, of Harvard. who is cor
sistently one of the best coaches in tn
country, mas one blot on his record th
year, the defeat by Sharpe's Corne
team. But then Haughton got his con
bination working and managed to tril
Princeton Just when Princeton was cor
sidered to be the best team in the Eas
Haughton taught his men a lot of foot
ball in the two weeks that elapsed b'
tween the defeat by Cornell and III
victory over the Tigers, and he Shove
he was some ome-back
But to "Tomn Sheylin, of Yale. mu.
go the laurcls for the comeback coac
and if the last two weeks can be take
alvne. he must be picked for All-Amer
can honors. Not coach faced n
proposition Shevlin faced at Yale whC
he was called from the West to reset
not only a faltering but a disorganiz,
tenn. He hadn't a star to build aroun
lie had an eleven that has gone down
defest three times, all TO, in a mann
o5 srVaking, minor teams. He had
tenn from which several good men h'
been lost by faculty rulings.
Yet Shevlin went to work. He fired
every man on the regular eleven an
started to build up a new combination
He had two weeks to prepare for whit
was considered one OF the best team
in the country. Princeton. He had
teach elemental football, develop a d.
fence, work out an attack, and, La
out not least. instill a fighting spir
nto as disheartened a bunch OF pla,
ers as had ever worn the Blue.
But Shevlin did all this. He taugl
his men how TO tackle, block, fall {
the ball, and all the other early Sc
son stuff Then he strengthened Il
defense. strengthened it sufficiently
stop Pollard of Brown. one OF the a
mitted stars OF the year IN individu
attack. He couldn't beat Brown in
week but Brown was not his goi
several OF the Yale regulars we're di
placed. Captain Wilson. who h,
been playing sluggish game all ia
was awakened. And the Yale tea
hat faced Princeton fought as on
fale team can fight in the face
great odds. Shevlin instilled tb
spirit Harvard, next Saturday. W
De Shevlin's supreme test.
Every season sees freak formation
md the men who turn loose the foe
oall fantasies are General" Gl
warner of Pitt. late OF Carlisle. a
tleiding H. Jost. Of Michigan. Tn
ootn are firm adherents of "fannspIa,
n which they scatter their tea,
lcross the field and are ready 10 stri
u any one weakness they spot. OFT
ne Pitt and Michigan teams try /
pay once Just to get the line of
Tense offered against il. Then VIII
.hey attempt the play a second III
tney know what to expect and !
able TO strike with full force At /
weak line in their rivals defense.