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WARNER MIRACLE MAN, TOO
Like stallingI in Base Ball, Ia Glenn
Warner In the Gridiron
Sport.
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NEW YORK, Jan. so-The law business
wasn't very lucrative In New York. back
in 1895. and that's why Glenn s. Warner.
now coach Of the University OF Pittsburgh
eleven, busted into the foot ball coachins
business.
Warner today ranks as one OF the great
est foot ball coaches IN America. and
one OF the most famous athletic trainers
In the world. Warner IL a miracle man.
when It comes TO developing green ma
terial. as is shown by his work as coach
and trainer at the Carlisle Indian school
In Carlisle. Pa.
Warner has brought TO the fore many
wonderful athletes. including Louis
Tewanima. the great distance runner;
Jim Thorpe. who won the title of greatest
ali around athlete IN the world in 1919
olympics and Charles Albert (''chisf'')
Bender, one OF the greatest pitchers IN
major league history.
Bender was Just a boy when he en-
tered Carlisle" says Warner. He had
ambitions 20 become an outfielder I
recognized pitching skill In Bender and /
coached him IN the art Of pitching.
Bender proved an apt pupil. Bender
graduated from Carlisle In 1908 In 1905
he Joined the Philadelphia Athletics. The
rest is history.
Thorpe Hard 60 Handle.
Jim Thorpe was one Of the hardest
men over had to handle" continued
Warner. HE didn't believe he was an
athlete. I had TO keep drilling that into
him. Even when he was gaining local
fame he thought his accomplishments
were due more to fool luck than skill.
Thorpe was discovered IN an accidental
way. One day l had squad out trying
the high jumps. None of my men seemed
able TO clear the bar after J had shifted
II rather high. Just at this moment
Thorpe came along. He had been work
ing IN one OF the school shops. He was
wearing overails and carrying bucket.
Thorpe. seeing that the others couldn't
do tho jump, dropped his bucket stepped
back q few PAGES, and without n word
made flying leap and crossed that bar
with inches 20 spare.
Thorpe did that without training. /
hadn't seen him before. at least didn't
remember him, as he was a new man at
the school But you can bet that I
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him into an athletic suit and started him
on his career that finally led him TO the
crest Of the athletic world"
Always HAD Green Material.
Warner has been handling athletes fos
twenty years. but most OF his work wa
done at Carlisle. where he found nothing
each year but green" material. Indians
from the plains and mountains Of the far
west who didn't know the difference be-
tween a pole vault and q hockey stick.
How did you handle the Indiana7
Warner was asked
with patience" answered Warner.
"And with kindness. An Indian can be
made 70 do moro through kindness than
through any other method. They won't
stand for bullying tactics.
''In the training OF the athletes / ad-
hered to one set OF rules when teaching
the men the fundamentals of the sport
But after that humored the peculiaritiea
OF tina men. No two men do things ex.
actiy alike. If you try to force squad
OF athletes to train according TO fixet
rule you make an error. Whenever
found man who wanted to DO things
his own way instead OF in the generally
accepted way. whether II was In base bal
or track, let him do IL. unless wal
convinced that the way ne was doing q
was deiracting from his skill"
Warner was a famous foot ball player
IN the early eos. He played guard a
Cornell and he was q wonder at tn
position. He played on the base bal
team and won hts letter for track work
toe.
Warner graduated In 1896 and at once
trekked to New York. where he hired Al
office and hung out shingle. But bust
ness didn't do any poriking up Jus
about tho time when Warner was, begin
ming to figure out how he was going Il
purchase coal and other winter Injuries
the University OF Georgia. hunting arouns
for foot ball coach. discovered Warner
They offered him job-and Warner &C
cepted.
Made Hisnserf Fnmous.