The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-11-12
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 back to- Yale to try and pull a disor- dered football team together is the most talked of man in the football world. Tom was out in the wilds of Minnesota, taking life rather easy as lis his custom when the distress sig :nal from New Haven reached him and forthwith Tn omas packed up his grip and started for the east.
 As for Shevlin. he is one of the most interesting characters ever connected with football at Yale or any other uni Versity for that matter, and more stories are told of him than any other man ever connected with Yale myth loIogv Like the heroes of old the stor- les about Shevlin while in college and after his gradnation eff it was such) in 1905 undoubtedly contain much spurious nnatter much that is 1egen- Gary-
 However, Yale men will tell you that during his days at New Haven, Tom IShevlin kicked up an awful rumpus in fact raised merry huIlabaloo with a. canitaI H. On the football field in the aoI1p intories in the big cafes along Broadways S1evlin went into every thing with a. vim and vigorE and he got abouf everything that is supposed to be taken out of college life as view ] ed from the standpoint of the student He is credited with having spent more money in the course of a year than any other Yale gradus-te--t11e figures being. given as s4 z ooG- He bought about everything that could be pt1r- schased, flowers. autos, clothes, jewell ry canes, mora clothes. dinners. and their accorara aairnen tS-in fact there wasn't a thing that was untouched by Toms versatile and seemingly bot tonn1ess purse His father was wealthy lumber merchant of the mo . de west and from all appearance 1t tdfdnst make much difference how much Thornas econonized or spent
 But all Toms coin wasn't hurled about in pursuit of a gay life Many ! a poor str1dentss was helped along by ShevIinrs purse and the feat was ac- comp1fsaaed without the recipient Of came Not tin long aEter Shez1in left college did it come ort that many an l 3knfortrra4e fellow at1dent had been helped by the great football players generosity. Many tfnie with bills ! due a poor student ~ ezrt to his desk ] i'm the morning and found $10p. but who the donor was remained a rnSs-
 Long after it became known that none other than wild bt1r1y Tom ShevIin had been the little angel His charities were his only tTa1t that Shey- thing else his money hfsA football ability his nanaa his capacity Tom was some bFa@geE, bat not in an Objec4donazS5s wa51 It was simply g trait in a big gOOd-Hatured fellow and everyone accepted 1t as part Of Toms makeup.
 stNobody eyer made a run around my end during all my time in co11ege,ss Is one statement credited to ShevIfns and nome have been found who would ataestlon the assertion. Shev1fn would play football and play it as few others could or ever did-there is no doubt ing this fact. One look at ShevlIn and Aaa ear full of his chatter ont on the E grdd1ron was sufficient to cause an op- l posing ba,ekde1d man to keep shy Of the Shevlin end of t1@ line. Pranc- etng and sE1ort1ng asbosaE Slaevlin would turn loose vo11ey on the enemy <4Co1ne on you knoek<kneeds low murder ySus Has. tsa@ sort of stuff Thomas wound befa0W forth.
 That SheyAfA e0HEiA Bday is proven by his choice by Wa14eE Ca@D for three years aAd the fal5ow who can be named for tha1 A1l=S5tar outfit re- peatedTy must be s9naething unusual in the way of 2 gTi5inon performer.
 It was as a coachAr of ends that kShey1in made his reputation. He Brought back the Minnesota. shift in r191O and hew htpped Fred Daly's team into 3 smooth working machine.
  l11in,s standpoint is that he made Johnny Fitzpatrick a truly great end.
 Yes Tom is quoted with saying. I tHxi1p patrick is undoubtedly the great Fest end that ever played the game. But you must remember he had the ebeneht of nay coaching.%
 But on the field as a coach shey1in eiszrt much of taIIer. He aets, lthoughs and his players act, too. In a fheavy overcoat, his hat tipped to 3 Jrakish angle, a flashing diamond in his Etie and the inevitable cigarette, Sheviin will run down the field with the var sBity end under the kicks and beat the youngsters in their togs in the ma- E1qrity of starts. Then he'll get ex- EsCited and though logged out in the height of fashion he'll rush into the sscrimnage and show them how it should be done and 3 muddy field wont prevent such tacties. Practice over hetHs get hack ts his swell hotel and order another suit.
 Such is the man who has been call ed on to bring Yale back to the lofty pedestal she once occupied in the football world and that he is equal to the task is the belief of followers of the game everywhere. It isn't to be, expected Shevin can perform a mir ac1e this season but in the Princeton and HaFyard games to come, the Wearers of the Blue will be harder to lick than the Tigers or Crimson supp porters believe at this time. Shevlin has the spirit and the way to get the best results and he'll get them, or the football world will be handed even a greater surprise then. than was un- covered by the woeful failure of Frank Hinkey.
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