Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-04-08

Since Speedy Rush, a man who
never won his varsity letter on the
football team at his college, has been
named coach of the Princeton eleven
the wise men of the game have been
engaged in discussion. 1T cant be
DONE" say some. Coaching a prep
school team and one of the big elevens
of the country are far. different prop
ositions," insist others.
But it can be done, and the record
of Bob Zuppke, who coached the ILL.,
Reis football eleven SO we'll that the
team climbed to the crest of western
football, proves it. He never played
with regular football team.
Zuppke attended Wisconsin univer-
sity. He had football ambitions, but
the coaches there looked him over, pro-
nounced him too small for varsity pur-
poses and showed him off to the side
lines. Unable to help the varsity team
with Drawn, Zuppke decided to help
1t with his brain. From his position
on the sidelines or on the scrub eleven
he discovered errors in the coaching
system and he discovered ways in
which the teams efficiency might be
increased.
Did Not Get Letter.
Bolstering up courage one day
Zuppke told the head coach Of his
findings. He didn't spool at Zuppke's
suggestions. He accepted them be-
cause he saw at once they had weight
lots of weight. Zuppke in due course
of time graduated, but he left college
without wv" He had helped the
team with his brain, but not with
Drawn. And the Drawn assistants
were the ones who got the sweaters
and the coveted letters.
After graduation Zuppke went to
Muskegon and coached the team there
into championship. His work was so
good that Oak Park high school in
Chicago, offered him job as coach.
The salary was a stable one and
Zuppke accepted. He developed a joke.
looking team into a world beater
among high school elevens. Not only
that, but he. developed a flock of medi,
OGRE players into stars of the first
magnitude Zuppke taught Gee, the
great Dartmouth quarterback, the rudi.
ments of football. He taught Pete
Russell, the Chicago quarterback He
turned out Macomber, one of the best
halfbacks in the West, and he turned
out a score of others who since have
made their marks in college football
The success Zuppke scored at Oak
Park high influenced the University
of Illinois people to offer him job
there There were some among the
Illinois athletic authorities who were
against giving Zuppke the job. He'd
never played on a big college eleven,
so they didn't think he knew much
about coaching a college eleven. But
the majority favored Zuppke's appoint.
ment. 1t was a mighty lucky thing
for Illinois.
Zuppke went to Illinois when ILL
nois looked to have just as much
chance to win the Western conference
championship as the St Louis Browns
have of winning the 1915 world series
But Zuppke turned the trick.
Had a Motto.
In his first speech to his new
charges Zuppke said:
Boys, we WILL have motto, and
that motto shall be, We don't get
hurt And. in the second place, We
will play along the theory that there
isn't a football eleven in the world
that can beat us In the third place
boys, when you go against team that
outweighs you, don't worry Use your
brains Where Drawn and bulk are
lacking brains will turn the trick"
The Illinois crowd got the spirit of
the thing. They played with never
say-die" manner They fought and
fought and kept right on fighting
whether they were miles ahead or
miles behind and the result was that
they won every game they played
against the strongest, greatest teams
in the West.