The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-11-22
ASSISTANT COACH
and Water BOY
Flashes Advice to Eleven
While Attending Injured
Players Of Team.
OTHER GRID COMMENT

Every one who undel stands the football
rules knows that aftft-u game has start
ed the coach is not permitted to openly.
direct operations. Likewise. as every
every game when the coach would sacri-
fee his left thumb to be able to get a
BIT of advice to his men.
Coaches have tried many schemes to
get words of advice to their men. but
the prise for scheming goes to those
who guide the destiny Of the Norristown
Pa) High School eleven.
During the recent Misunderstanding
game II was noticed that the Norristown
players seemed to have a fearful thirst.
They were almost constantly summoning
the water boy. and the thirstiest of the
whole team seemed to be the captain
Likewise, II was noticed that whenever
the water boy. a midget dressed In shah
by clothing. doled out water to the cap
tain. he always seemed to utter quite a
number OF words. occasionally accom-
panyfng his remarks with a wave OF his
digits.
This kept up until chap named DOC"
Bunting. q former Penn Charter Acad-
envy man. and now vitality interested IN
the Reading team. got a close look at
the water boy.
Hey. you. boy c'm'ere'' bespoke
doc"
The water boy" didn't. and Doc"
pursued him.
'oh-ho. it's you. Boots is it," articu-
lated Doc" after he had caught up with
the fleeing water boy II thought IL was
kinda funny that a water boy would be
having so much to say to the players
Say. you, Boots. you get offa this here
field In about two minutes or I'll bust
your water bucket-and a lotta other
things. Get meT'
Boots got him-and left
Yes, you've guessed It. Boots" who
wears the last name of Shoffner. was a
former quarter back for Norristown.
This year he grabbed the job as advisory
coach for Norristown. and bethought
himself Of the idea of posing as a water
boy so that he could hand out advice to
the players when Il was most needed
during the progress OF the game.
Princeton's Greatest Play.
Those who have seen every big game
in the East for the past ten years,
claim that the most wonderful defen-
stve playing ever exhibited by any
eleven was that shown by Princeton
In the second period of lis game with
Harvard.
The Crimson crew had rushed the
ball to the five-yard line and then
| decided to try to smash IL through
| for a touchdown. All the way down
the field the Tiger line had been I'M
able to hold back the Crimson PUSHES
and II seemed like a cinch that a
touchdown would be made.
On the first play. King. the Har-
ward half back. made a two-yard gain
| through center. King tried to gain
! through the same place on the next
play. but the Princeton line stiffened
| and King was held without a gain
Then Mahan dropped back as though
for a field goal attempt. but cross
| ed" Princeton by making a dash at
the line. He carried the ball to
Princeton's one-yard line before he
was thrown.
! Fourth down and vineyard to gain
| for a touchdown.
| Watson. the Crimson quarter back,
snapped his signal, and as the ball
| was passed to Mahan. the whole Grim
son team hurtled forward. Nearly a
! ton of flesh and bone crashed with
I terrific impact into the weary Tiger
| line. Mahan, in back of IL all. tried
to climb the struggling mass. but was
thrown down Then he tried to dive
through the solid mass OF bodies.
Somewhere in front of him a few
human forms dropped to the bottom
OF the mass. Some one in back Of
| Mahsn showed him with the full might
of his young. healthy body and
Mshan's $50 pounds plunged forward 1t
looked as II he had been pushed
through for a touchdown.
And then the whistle blew.
The officials burrowed under that
mass of humanity for the ball and
they found it-four inches from the
Princeton goal Harvard had tried to
make a fve-yard gain in four at
tempts-and Harvard had failed be-
cause of the magnificent defensive
work exhibited by Princeton in that
rrucial Ynomant of the game