El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-02-01

local fame he thought his accomplish
ments were due more to fool luck thah
skill.
dental way One day / had squad out
trying the high jumps. None OF my
men seemed able to clear the par aIleI
7 had shifted it rather high Just az
this moment Thorpe came along. he
had been working in one or the school
shops He was wearing overalls ana
carrying a bucket.
Went Over Easily.
Thorpe. seeing that the others
couldn't do the jump, dropped his buck
ct stepped back a few pacel, and Win
out a word made a flying leap and
crossed that bar with inches TO spare.
Thorpe did that without training.
I hadn't seen him before. At least, 1
didn't remember him, as he was new
man at the school But you can bet
that I hustled him off to the gymna-
stun. pushed him into an athletic sun
and started him on his career tnal
finally led him to the crest OF the ath-
letic world
Warner has been handling athletes
for 20 years, but most of his work
was done at Carlisle where he found
nothing each year but green mate
rial Indians from the plains ana
mountains of the far west who dlun
know the difference between pole
vault and a hockey stick.
How did you handle the Indians
Warner was asked.
with patience answered warner
"and with kindness. An indian can be
made to do more through Kindness
than through any other method. Ihey
won't stand for bullying tactics.
HUNDRED the Boys.
I'm the training Of the athletes 1
adhered to one set of rules When
teaching the men the fundamentals of
the Deculiarities of the men. No Two
men do things exactly alike If you
/ try to force a squad of athletes to tram
! according to a fixed rule you make an
I error. Whenever 1 found man VINO
wanted TO do things his own way IN
stead of in the generally accepted way,
whether it was In baseball, football or
Z track. I let him do it, unless I was con-
( WINGED that the way he was doing II
was detractinE from his skill
! Used to Play Football.
] Warner was famous football player
! i'm the early COS. He played guard al
J Cornell and he was a wonder az the po-
sition lie played on the baseball team
7 and won his letter for track work, TOO:
] Warner graduated in 1899 ana az
/ once treked to New York, where he
/ hired an office and hung out shin
/ gle But business didn't do any perk-
/ ing up. Just about the time Wneu
/ Warner was beginning to figure oul
I and other winter Injuries the Un,-
versity of Georgia, hunting around fol
! n football coach. discovered warner
! They offered him job-and Warner
accepted.
First Coached in Georgia.
Warner coached the Georgia clever
[ in 1895 and 1895. His success was
/ phenomenal The news spread to al
/ parts Of the land. In due time Il
! reached Ithaca. n. Y. the home Of Cor
it wanted Warner 1t got him-at
fancy price.
Warner stayed at Cornell in 1897 ant
1898, repeating his coaching success
there. Then it was that the Carlisl
Indian school heard OF Warner and OF
fered him the Job of athletic super
visor. The school had considered man,
men but decided upon Warner as the
man for the job.
Made Carlisle Win.
Warner went to Carlisle in l8y,
! Carlisle was little known in the ath
lctic world before the advance Of War
J ner AfterWard-wel. the football his
Z tories show us that Carlisle, under tn
leadership Of Warner, has produce
! some of the most wonderful eleVenS ]
the history Of the gridiron game. Car
I Isle rose in year 20 JOp rank IN IN
football world, and with few exception
( always had q team that was feared a
much, if not MORE than any IN IN
country.
Cornell made a huge offer to War
ner in 1904 1t was too big to tur
! down, and Warner went back to lthac
i'm that year, remaining until 1870
when he once again switched to Can
Isle. He remained with Carlisle unit
the end of the 1914 season and the
signed a contract that landed him u
/ Job Of coaching the athletes at ~
University OF PittsburE.
Has Kindly Personality.
Warner is the type of coach WI
) I wins his men to him by his likeab
personality. Warner is kindly an