New-York tribune., 1915-12-30
Human Dynamo, Ill but
Few Days, Succumbs
TO Pneumonia.
HELD HIGH PLACE
IN ATHLETIC WORLD
Undergraduate Won Triple y
As Coach Led Hopeless
Teams to Victory.
py Telegraph TO TIE r.blae

,i,reapolis. Dec 90. Thomas Lee
sbovlin. thirtv-two yeas old, million
.ir, ,umbcrman. and 50 famous q. Yale
a, rugged. powerful football player
ard rack athlete. that he was called
.,be human dynamo" died here to-day
Of pneumonia after brief illness.
He was graduated from college with
the class Of 'O6. HAVING won tis 'N
in football. baseball and track; he wa
csp,ain Of the eleven in his senior year
and made the An-American team every
season he played.
lie leaves widow and Two small
children. Late to-day it was announced
that the funeral will be held Friday
afternoon.
IN Yale. Harvard and Princeton cir
eles yesterday there was much talk OF
aTor" Shcvl.n. who was responsible
for 10 many victories for his unIvors'-
-. and none could seem TO believe that
,bc wonderful end rush, who once
romped down the field like the "rd
md tackled his man like battering
ram could be conquered by death. In
cidents of his undergraduate days we're
recalled his entrance at Yale after
remarkable training under Nike
Sweeney az the Hill School, his four
xears Of football prowess. mis- coed na-
ture and Jolly wit. his escapades such
as racing his auto against express
trains.
After graduation ne took hold Of his
.sther's lumber interests, greatly IN
leasing their efficiency and proht.
After his fathers death he assumed
,unrenoe command. One day, 1t is re-
istsd a man came to him and tried 10
interest him in some enterprise the
.tr,osnbere of which Tom did not
Gkc He refused 10 consider 1t.
"Your father would not have object
cd 10 take part in this" said the man.
Next instant ne was lying fiat on his
back. , ..
rsturn 10 Yale Just before the cham
rionship games with Princeton and
Harvard He assisted in the coaching
and strategy, at which ne was past
master. and N 1910, when FRED D2ly :
eleven was down and out, ne took su-
nreme command, made DAILY, the cap
tain. 90 TO bed and sleep soundly =
which was quite an achleyement
taught the team new the Minnesota
sbift) offence. and so instllled them
y,i.b HE uncomfortable spirit and per-
sonalitv that they defeated Princeton q
week after being drubbed by Brown,
2l 70 0, and played one Of Harvard,s
greatest teams 10 a scoreless standstlll.
Fyerv man who was on the football
SQUAD that fa,l of 1910 considers
"Tom" Shevlin's sudden death almost
q personal loss. Many voiced this sen,
tir,ent last night at the Yale Club, All
had a queer rumor-formed impression
az "Tom." but TO see and hear hlm
work was revelation.
In all his coaching he knew when 70
scold severely, when 20 praise, and was
able NJ once to understand players
personality and temperament His ex-
citement during play and between
halves was so intense that his voice
trembled and he could hardly speak,
"Tom" Shevlin was insured for ST.
100000. Last August he took out
policy of s1,000,000, the largest ever
made at one time. Lie lnSui dHSe SV4h
panies, because Of Toms excellent
Condition. considered it one Of the best
deals ever made. They negotiated with
him for some time. but it was not till
a personal friend. Meade Robinson
Yale, II. Of Louisville. Ky, who had
iust entered the insurance business,
took hold that the business was com
pleted.
J. II. Rush, coach Of the Princeton
football team. wired The Tribune yes
terday from Ravenna, Ohio:
"When Yale wanted Tom Shevlin
he came, and his dynamic energy ana
boundless enthusiasm brought results y
"'Tom' shevlin was q wonderful
leader" said L. Horatio Bigelow, j.,
who played tackle beside him in 1905
and captained the Yale eleven In 1907
"i. seems impossible that he can be
dead"