The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-04-04

and LaWrenceville. Speedy's Is the
universe style OF coaching. His
proteges SO out into the larger
world of collegiate athletes and i'm
5mediatelS make good. Speaking Of
Rush the other day a wel1-known
coach who has ,been actively inter
ested in the Ohio Conference for
many years, told tn e writer:
There has not been q member of
q Rush1s football teams entering
member OF the Ohio Conf erence in
the past ten years who has not
made his college team. think
this is practically "a worlds record.
Another thing, my style OF coach
ing is perhaps one of the most diff
cult and Intricate in the world. it
usually takes an average candidate
at least a year before they catch
on to 81 { and yet have had many
OF SpeS!dy's boys come to me and In
their .irst year fit right into the.
system. i can think OF mo other
high school coach to whom as high
a tribute can be given
And Speedy has, done all these
things while contending against.
tremendous llandicaps When he
came to University School in 1902, !.
athletics there were practically a
joke. the boys who attended were
oft the pampered class who consider
ed lit better to know how to dress
faultlesslv than to know how to get
out and batter and ram and tear a
path to q touchdown. But this j IS.
-al1 changed now, University School
Is the leader. in scholastic athletics
in the city of Cleveland and has
been ever since Speedy came.
He is stern and texacting to the.
highest degree and vet the n onder-
full personality of the man has made
the students respect and even love
i him.
From material which other
coaches would spurn and look &upon5
derful disdRin, he has created won
derful athletes. Take the case of
Paul Kassnlker as a specific in
stance. When Kassu1ker entered
University his health was broken
and doctors despaired Of his case.
Yet Speedy took Paul kassulker and
made him a great foot ball player
one Of the most marvellous ends that
the middle west las ever seen
Kassulker ended up as end at Chi
cago university ins his senior year!
and in the same year he was chos-5
en- on the All-Western team AS.
he did lin this Instance, So has.
Speedy done in many other cases.
#re-created. as it We're. athletes from
that class OF American boys uni.
versal ~ known IS mol lycodd dies.
In addition to Barrett. Alcntt,
iogsett and Kassulker. Speedy has
also sdeyeloped many other athletes
who left their footprints on the
sridirons Of the East and West.
Malcolm Scovill. present Yale back
field man, al NVeatherhe lad, varsity
end at Harvard last year and Harry
lsels, Williams guard and kicker
are but three notable instances in
the long list that would cover sew
Y eral pages if printed in full
And yet, you Will probab bly, ask,
{ Il II oW is this man, a mere schools
!. boy teacher; in the middle west, go
ing to succeed at Primo ton The
answer to that query Viii be found
III the fact that during his year at
unir ersitS School. Speedy has al
ways 81 Tipped away to see at least
one Of the big games IN the East,
and boys who have trained under
him. when on college teams, send
back to him the newest plays and
formations which are tried out in
the East and West. In this manner
he hats been able to keep abreast OF
the times as exempl ified in the foot
ball world. \. .sss 5s II 4: &
Concerning Specdv's success. the
same couch quoted above said:
There can be no II doubt that
Speedy will be d success at Prince
ton, for he MoHid prove successful
4 anywhere. &c lie has anywhere near.
decent material. i look forward to
i the Princeton team OF next fall as
the champions of the East, lie not fof
the country.
SPEEDY. himself Is rather joy tul8
at the prospect OF helping his alma
mater on the sridiron. His sensk-
tfonal work at University has
brought many offers from colleges
in the middle west and Throughout
Ohio. but not until nov, has he
needed the call AS he puts 1T:
Though regret leaving Cleve-.
land and e. S.. for both have proven
more than kind to me, neverthel ess
there IS a slight feeling OF joy and
elation III my 81 stem when i think
that maybe next year, I viii be able
to make amends to Princeton Tor
the many things it has done for
me- as HI s5 l s
football is not the only line or
sport at which Speedy is a master.
however, he he1nr able It's coach 4
team, md seo1sach &c wei. Ia prSctf-
call every line gof sporting acttvi-