New Britain herald., 1916-01-25
WORKS FOR YALE
 WITHOUT REWARD
0Sb0urn a Scrub for Three Years
 and Gets No Letter

1 thousands of people, hundreds Of young athletics have struggled to win a place on a Yale, Harvard or Prince ton team, but until Cleon Scott Os- bourn entered Yale no case is on rec ord of an athlete giving year after year of his time and yielding himself to the pounding of varsity attack, without hope of reward in the shape of the coveted "Y'' or of a place on { the regular eleven.
 For three years Osbourn has fought through the season as a mem Der of the down -trodden and battor- ed substitute eleven, the varsity chop ping block, as it is known in the i language of the gridiron. Himself a star, although ineligible for Yale : football honors. he has sacrificed his strength and taken the hazard of in- jury in facing the charge of the var sity artillery for three seasons and he said today that he proposed to con- tinue to do his humble although val uable part in developing the varsity by lining up on the scrub team an- other fall.
 Is Unique Case.
 The case of Osbourn is not only unique and picturesque but 1t has been taken by Eli football coaches as model of school spirit and devc- tion. At the close of the football sea- son year ago Osbourn was con- pletely taken by surprise at the an- nual banquet which broke training for the substitute eleven when Ne Talbott, then captain or the Yale team suddenly produced 0 silver loving cup, presented 1t to Osbourn and told J,n 1r were present that the example of Os- bourn was an honor to the univer- sity.
 Talbott regretted that there was no power in his hands to present Osbourn with a "Y." Other Yale coaches have also regretted their inability to do so. but it is possible that the Yale athletic committee may take the mat ter into it's hands and award him the insignia which he has never dreamed of possessing.
 Osbourn is ineligible to play regu- larly on a Yale eleven, or upon any other Northern university team for that matter, because he came to Yale the possessor of a college de- gree. He was graduated from Wash ington and Lee university three years ago, having played for four seasons
 
 During that period he was a mem ber of a team which defeated every prominent Southern college rival, including Georgetown, University of Virginia and University of North Carolina. pr. Arthur Brides, the old Yale star, then coach of the Univer- sty of North Carolina eleven, picked Osbourn in his senior year all- Southern tackle.
 Fine Way to Help. Upon entering Yale Osbourn inn mediately reported for the scrub team believing that by opposing the var sity he could give little assistance to the coaches in their task of devel- oping the regulars. Greatly to the coaches surprise, he stuck to his post throughout the season, and has been as faithful in reporting to the scrub team as any varsity player has in his attendance at practice
 When Capt. Aleck Wilson selected his squad of coaches for the varsity for 1915 he honored Pat" Osbourn, as the doughty Southerner is known, by naming him as a regular member i of the coaching staff. Osbourn has this fall divided his attention be- tween assisting in the varsity coach ing and in lining up on the scrub team. He has, however. played on the so-called 1neligibles whenever they 1 have opposed the varsity at the reg ular practice.
 He has explained the scrub tearn, and has organized it so effectively that 1t has more than once defeated the regulars during the season which | has just closed He will be available for the ineligibles another year, q matter which delights Capt-elect "Cu- pid" Black.
 Will Become Missionary. Osbourn has taken courses in the Yale school of religion and in the graduate department, and after an- other year he will go to India to be- bin his lifework as student volun- teer missionary. He recently discuss ed football, especially the Yale brand He said:
 If were to criticise the Yale foot ball system, I should say that those in charge of it had tried to make it too much of d pastime for the effect iveness of the sport the past year or two. Football, to be successful in a great university, must be made bus mess, and efficiency must be secured perhaps at the cost of individual oom- fort and enjoyment.
 'I do not believe, however, if the chance of winning 8 " and of mak- ing the regular team were taken away from the candidates for the eleven as 1t has been taken from me at Yale, through my ineligibility, that the size of the squad would decrease materially"
 l Asked if he noted any difference be- tween Yale and Southern college foot ball training he said:
 "A strong effort is made at Wash ington and Lee to practically keep 1 the ertfre toa TT, ;n condition the year