The sun., 1916-11-10
LITTLE CREDIT FOR
FOOTBALL TRAINERS
Men Like Fitzpatrick and Don
Ovan Are Not Accorded
Their Just Due.
SCOPE OF THEIR WORK
n, NELSON ", ("PI') WAY
(Famous Yale Football Player.D

Far In the background In all football
camps. but frequently even more Inn
portant than the head coach in a team =
success. IL the trainer. Rarely does lie
break into print and he goes about MS
important work with no praise II he Is
successful and criticism II his charges
do not come through in good shape. even
II because of their W shortcomings.
keene Fitzpatrick IL the trainer at
Princeton and "pooch" Donovan does
similar duty nj Harvard. In their re-
htion {, the clash Of the old rivals to-
morrow. the trainers are truly import
ant p~ersonages, for while the coach
has the strategy In his keeping. the
trainer has in charge the men. without
whom all the strategy in the world Is
useless.
According to their respective Inc
the Princeton and Harvard squads are
In the best of conditijn. This Is quite a
boast to b. able to make on the eve
of a critical game. Just how much
effort 1t meant to max possible that
boast no man out OF camp can imagine
Their preliminary work has come to a
close inc the Harvard and Princeton
players will he put through only the
lishtcst sort Of practice to-day. Princeton
held its last long scrimmage Wednes-
OdS anu gave All tAiloitiVh "a . "'e
dash which exceeded by far anything
II has shown to date. The regulars al
took part in the hard workout with the
exception OF Brown n Tibbott.
Tibbott Needed test.
Fitzpatrick deemed that the pair. es'
pecially Tibbott. needed a rest. He con
sidered that a hard scrimmage might
90 tire Tibbott that he could not 10 aim
self full Justice in the contest so near al
hard. The Tiger trailer realizes tina
all Dave needs T. be dangerous anywhere
within the forty yard line is the lf'
And ginger which come from a little
rest. Yesterday WAS devoted to DUNN,
work against a team using the lorna
tioiss which Princeton expects TO NEE
against Harvard.
This sort OF work keeps the men II
shape and at the same time enable
them to see how the plays of their op
ponents look when put into execution
The varsity simply lines up against tn
scrubs. Offering just enough resistance
to bring out the plan OF the play. II
his way the players are taught hov
to defend themselves against the attacl
and at the same time run no risk o
being injured. Thus the men are giveI
q general idea OF what to expect. n
bling them TO go Into the game with
lot more confidence.
Harvard has had to use several subs
during the season In order to insur
the presence Of regulars In the fina
games. As a result, many OF he me
tried have shown up 80 well that tn
regulars coming back have to play
very fine gaine in order to warrant tn
withdrawal Of the men who took thei
places. This was the %s,uatlon 1
Flowers case. Donovan assured IN
coaches that ne was In condition to re
sumo play, so he was put Into the scrim
mage on Wednesday. He was put o
the scrubs at first. but showed such Nm
form that he was given back his forme
place In the varsity backfeld.
Flowers Fine Kicking.
Flowers prolonged rest seemed
hav given him n new lease OF life. 10
he played with added dash. and whe
1t came to kicking sent forth the Ions
est. highest spirals that have been see
In practice this year.
The fact that Harvard Is In such An
condition at this time reflects grea
credit upon Donovan. Many times
player seems fl to all outward appear
ance when II he were put into u har
%scr!mmage he might overtax himself I
such an extent that II would necess
tate his being out OF the game for som
time. 1t is the ability OF a trainer I
tell just how much a man can stan
that max him such a valuable asst
to he team.
The situation Mt Yale Is a bit diferer
because there still remains one gan
on the preliminary schedule. TIL,
Johnny Mack Is handling the situatio
In such a way as to bring his men In,
their fnal games in the best possib
condition.
He considered that what the varsi,
needed most was a good long scrlmmaS
against a team other than the scrubs. 4
the freshmen were sent for on Wedne,
day. This game served not only to he
the varsity. but also to put the freshme
II form for their contest with the Tig,
cubs.