New Britain herald., 1915-11-09
YALE IS HOPELESS,
 SAYS OLD LEADER
Charley Daily, Captain in 1911,
 BlameS Wilson

Wllliamstown. Mass, Nov. 9.-"Yale
 is attempting to do something that no \ sane business man would think of. In
 Sailing back Tom Shevlin to New Ha-
 ven Yale is trying to bring order out
 or chaos, but unless Shevlin nas got
 something brand new. his work at New Haven won't amount to a thing"
 last night declared Fred Daly, athletic
 director at Williams College and cap- tain Of the famous Yale eleven of 1911
 which held Harvard's great team to a
 scoreless tie.
 . Daly asserted in no uncertain terms r that whatever hope Yale has in pull ing itself out of the rut, it should ex-
 pect little from Shevlin, the man who, Yale believes, will accomplish what
 IS regarded as practically impossible.
 Daly has been following the situa-
 ton at New Haven closely, has been
 in touch with the football authorities { there and hence does not give an opinion based on hearsay.
 Shevlin has not been in touch with
 football for four years," he declared.
 HOW Yale can expect man to come
 in and rejuvenate & team that has been going steadily from bad to worse IS more than I can see. Snev- lin helped us in 1911, but he wasn't the whole show by any means.
 We had the gamest team I ever saw and when all the men were in shape the fastest, barring none. There was a game bunch with me 1 mat year. Moreover, Shevlin brought along something brand-new, some thing that had not been heard of in 1 Eastern football. He had the equip- l ment to make good.
 This time he is hardly in the l same position as he was in 1911. He has been out of touch with the game 1 TOT TOUT years, and a coach cannot ] hope to succeed unless he has been Keeping in touch with his work every year. The same is true of Frank Hickey.
 NO business man with any sense would think of placing a man in charge of any branch of his business after twenty years of absence from it, That's what Yale is doing in Hinkey's case. Furthermore, just be- cause man was good player doesn't necessarily mean he will be a good coach. I believe that more good coaches come from men who never were good players or else never played the game.
 Haughton at Harvard Speedy l Rash at Princeton, Stagg at Chicago md Zuppe of Illinois are some of these men. They are students of the game J md their ability to handle men has \ ielped them to achieve wonderful suc- cess. Both Hinkey and Shevlin are 'ut of date. They are not up on mod ,rn football. T
 There is also the prevailing spirit q It New Haven to be reckoned with. A r 'ew days ago I was in Bridgeport and | alked with Talbott and other Yale ' nen concerning the situation. Captain \ Wilson is as much to blame as any one. The material is there, but it isn't pulling together. The men haven't got the old Yale spirit, which went in Q win every time. r If Yale men had the right spirit Y md if Shevlin by any chance has 'imething new, which I don't believe le has, Yale may close it's season bet ' CT than 1t started. As 1t looks now, don't think 1t will.''
 Daily expects to go to New Haven at the close of the football season at Williams to help out. This has been his custom ever since he was graduat- I ed, ,and he has been asked to come F again this fall. F