The Detroit times., 1915-12-06
Bob Fowel Says He Will Coach Pennsy for Nothing if
He Given Chance Bring Quakers Out of Long Slump
Startling Offer Follows
Bitter Attack On
Present Regime

PHILADELPHIA. Pa. Dec. g.
Bob Folwell. the football coach who
has made Washington and Jefferson
famous on the gridiron and who de
veloped John Speigel. "Brlt" Patter
son and Reginald Roville, Of Detroit
into football players OF nationa
prominence, has thrown a monkey
wrench into the tangled athletic
machinery at the University o.
Pennaylvcnla that has stirred VI
things more thru two years OF quer
ulous criticism OF Quaker football
Affairs. Folwell has declared that
there is nothing wrong with foot
ball az Pennsy except the coaching
and has volunteered TO become head
coach at Pennsylvania without a
salary.
Folweil has only 300 students al
Wash and JEFF. yet he has made
that team a factor in American
football. In four years, he has won
two games from Yale. tied another
and lost one by low score. Pennsy
students believe that either Fol-
we'll or Bill Hollenbeck. who
coaches at Penn State. could bring
I the Quaker eleven back to its old
prestige. and Folwell's sensational
offer has given added impetus TO
the revolt against the present
regime.
Folwells offer followed a visit 10
the Pennsy campus last week. lie
WAS questioned regarding the rumor
that Re might be head coach here
, next year.
IN take the Job fer nothing II
they want me-" was Folweli's start
ling reply.
II have not been approached by
anyone In authority at Penn in re-
gard 10 the position and don't know
-..ether viii be. but am 2 loyal
Pennsylvania at heart, and Will
take the position for nothing II they
want me 10 bring Penn out OF the
rut.- continued Folvell. 81 don't
take any stock in the annual alibis
takt the material is poor and mex
perienced. because I know better.
There is something wrong with
the coaching system. Penn has
been falling back gradually. We
have not had a good team in years,
and know II IL no. the material.
I had green" eleven this season
with a 1l0-pound halfback and IL
year-old tackle, but we beat Yale
and lost oniv To Pitt
ANY college is likely To run into
a poor year, particularly after 1t
! has lost an entire team by gradua-
ton, but TO hand ont an alibi year
after year that the material IL not
there. is too much for me. ] have
seen enough 10 convince me that
the material Is as good at PENS a 9
any other place in the country. and
nothing would please me better
than to be given chance TO prove
II.
81 have not signed 4 contract with
Washington and Jefferson, but have
taken their offer to return under
consideration and will let them
hear from me shortly. will give
Penn a chance II she wants me and
won't argue about what kind OF "A
contract I will get, but want TO
run tho team according 10 my
ideas
Carl Williams made his reputa-
ton as coach or the penn teams
OF 1904 and 1905. wns a member
OF that team and know Just how
much football brains there was on
Il. As far as greenness was con
cerned there were several OF ne
who were as green as they make
EN-. / never had played much foot
ball. nor had Stevenson and others
The success OF that team made VII
liarus famous.
They have no. had real good
team here for years, and II Is be-
cause the coaching has not been up
TO the standard I am not boosting
myself for the Job. because they
want me to come 10 Washington
and jefferson. and that Is probably
what will do. but know that II
I am made head coach. will turn
out a winning team. Give me the
same material they had here this
Season-that's all I ask"