The Washington herald., 1915-12-12
Bushnell Sees Baseball AS
College Sport in Danger

IN another year. or at least when condi.
tions become normal again.
The Indians' football glory departed
with the resignation Of Glenn Warner.
The man who Is now directAlg the ath-
letic destinies Of Pittsburgh has always
been q wizard OF a coach and he could
get more out Of the Indians than any
man they ever had.
Tired Of picking Ail-American teams.
the critics are now turning to picking
the greatest eleven men from particular
institutions. What wonderful All-Car-
Isle team one could pick: Thorpe, Mount
Pleasant, Exendine, wheelock, Hudson
and a dozen others who would be ALI
American material on any team ever
picked.
Yale and Penn lnvestlgating.
There is no taskmaster so merciless
as the average undergraduate or
alumni body of big university when
a football team goes wrong. And
when II goes wrong year after year
there is danger OF revolution. Yale
and Pennsylvania in the East are
facing just such conditions. Yale Is
already at work on an investigation.
while Pennsylvania is contemplating
one. The Ellis have appointed three
famous football captains to investi-
gate the whole football situation and
to propose a remedy which will put
Yale back in the front ranks. That
committee Is composed Of Vance Nc
Cormick, captain of the 1892 team: Brink
Thorne. of the 's3. "a and '95 elevens.
and John Fitzpatrick. OF the '0s. 10
and IL teams. All three men were
great football players in their day and
to analyze the situation.
What Yale will ultimately do will
not be known until after the new
year. But it is quite certain that
there will be new head coach in
charge next fall Who this man will
be is the question. The two men most
H. Sharpe and Foster Sanford. II
Sharpe were not tied up to a contract
with Cornell for four more years Yale
would take him in an instant. By es-
nell, where every other man had
failed. Sharpe has demonstrated his
peculiar fitness for the work neces-
sary to be done at Yale. He is a Yale |
man and could take up the work with |
Yale graduates and stu
dents. too. believe that he is the only |
man who can win from Harvard. II
Sharpe could beat the Haughton sys-
tenn with Cornell. he ought to be even |
moro successful with Yale teams. they
say.
But how to get Sharpe is the problem.
It Is a fact that Immediately after the |
Cornell game he was ap-
preached by certain Yale men. though
possibly not with authority. to see it
something could not be done to secure
his release from his Cornell contract
which will not expire until 1870 Sharpe
S reported to have told these smssaries
hat he was entirely satisfied with con-
litions at Cornell and that he would not
blink OF asking Cornell to release him.
But it Is understood that Sharpe let it
'e known that he would so to Yale pro-
'ided Yale and Cornell could come to
orne amicable agreement for his release.
rwo Factions After Power at Penn,
There are two elements seeking for
ootball control at Pennsylvania. One
s the set headed by DIR. Carl Williams,
hip teams in 1901 and 1896: the other
younger element which wants either
,pb Folwell. captain of the 1907 team,
nd now coach of Washington and JEFF
erson. OF W. NJ. Hollenback. captain
a 1905. and since then a successful coach
t State College, to take charge.
Tho two factions are now trying to
ecure control of the board Of directors
( the Athletic Association in order to
ominate the next football committee
Thich will appoint the new coach. The
lection Is now proceeding through the
nails. but the result will not be known
ntil December 13. The younger ele-
lcnt, with whom the students seem to
lde, contend that tho old regime has
cen in power since 1901 and has not
cen consistently successful Both Fol-
Tell. and Hollenback. who have made
ood as coaches for other teams have
cen candidates for the position Of coach
t different times. but have been turned
own. They are pearer a victory right
low than they have ever been before.
Copyright 1916 BY Edward r. Bushp.Jl