The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-04-20
NEW COACH SIAEE
FOR ED GRID men
Blue Eleven Expected to
Show Better During
Coming Season.

NEW YORK. April 20!--Final de:
fafisIof tie Yale}footba1I coaching sys:
tafff for fheSconing seasonEhayetb been
coinpietedS after some months Of
feFence characterization within re:
stif lthaf$ the Eliggridiron machineSWlll3
make s new startsnext fall under .
direction OF Inexperienced player:coachs
a.. What heSoutcome will be only
line can demonstrate New coaches
ind gystemss are no longer q novelty
II Yale and in recent years the
chankes have notified the play.of4 me
efeyens to the lheights reachedsb BY the
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
TheS PERSONNEL Of the newAcoaching
rfouu promises welltfor in Tad Jones,
MfSs Sweeney, Dr.. Billy Bull, Arthur
McBrdefandICl Clarence Olcutt, the Blue.
has brought together five men who
khow footbaTlabott from b playing
ana coaching standpoint. With Wal-
tef Meaningless $freshment coacn' the
circle ffsEwe1l rounded out and should
produce results from The very begin.
ming. Yale has theSmaterial for q rep,
fesentative8 eleven this autumn anu
with cooperation among the candi.
dates Undergraduates and alumni'
should proYesmore formidable tnrougn'
out the entire season than was the
casetafyear ago:
II mustSnot be forgotten, however,
4haf$ Haryardw will have Haughton back
% direct e coaching policy Wnich Is
now firmly established at Cambridge
4 that aspeedy"1 shsatfPrinceton.
isIWeIl5 advanced along the same lines.
Easfern college football has reached
fEe point where It Is little short OF.
o6inn1fcateds science and success
against well developed systems can
not he achieved in a Few months.
Many close observers hold to b
dobfnion fhatEtheS new group OF coaches
Wiif NOT attempt radical changes but
fafher reyeft38toFsome extent, tosthe.
system In Yoguegbefore the
lie past few years. While such
changes 8 are necessary to brtng
NAV upsto.date will, Of course, pc M
sstaiIeds heScoaches are likely to go.
Ebank over fhegpast few seasons and.
pick Up the broken threads. as Y Gas
iias ind aScoaching system since 1888.
Previous to that date there wa. no
coachinR polfcy! From 1883 to 1898
fhe Icantains8did the chief coaching.
advised byEW Camp, andsassisted
~ returning graduate players. Then
ansuedfaSperiodsofsup and downs, dur
fng which al1.season head coaches
WerefinS charge and no particular graf
nate wassat the, helm: But strong graf
nate support was given the captains:
sndS Brink Thorne' sahd@Jim Rodgers
eamsEwongstrfktng successes. third
neriod4 then came in, Of ten years, pc
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES 1899 team, U
iiie which the now traditional yale
football coaching system was develop
ed. ! III
Under this system the captain haa
fufI mower. Generally the preceed-
III captain was head or field. coach.
Camp was chief adviser, and each.
wear eyerybootdygcame back and was as
signed Special to do.
Diring fhisSperiodS Yale won both from
Harvard and Princeton eight times,
forfesStwoFties,fa and four defeats From
1910 rs 1913, theFold system waYered
a. was regained year by year. each.
captain making attempts to stem the
4fde3 81 disastersdue TO q diyerstty6of
causes mot the least Of which was tho
fisef of stronger competitorsl try
iiE out newScoaching systems: b
iii fwosyears have seen a still radi-
cal etfort madeEto re;organtze, but
without success.
NSifa9si,t1 a8Snnmher Of shoot.offs