The Washington times., 1917-12-09
By SOL METZGER
coach Washington and Jefferson
Eleven.)

Eleven.)
Long before this great war came
along and caused all football coaches
to worry about their jobs camouiage
had been invented by these same
coaches in the way of strategy. This
column has previously told Of the
first example, the criss-cross play
used by the Bliss brothers at And
over back in 1885, a deceptive play
that beat Exeter. 1t has given a
pood many other examples as well.
There was the hidden ball trick
that Glenn Warmers Indians worked
on Harvard back in 1908, play
Warner himself has written full de-
tails of.
There was George woodruffs quar-
terback kick. which sprang into be-
ing in the memorable Pennsylvania
victory over Princeton IN 1894. but
which was so puzzling that II my
memory OF the tale is correct the Of
ficials even couldn't see II. And
there was my own personal attempt
at camoufage against the Cornell
eleven in 1903.
Playing end on the Penn team.
there was a stage IN the battle. with
Cornell in possession of the ball,
when the Ithacans were noplussed as
to how to attack. They had tried
about every place but mine on the
line. and without success.
"Send II mt Mel"
With much camouflage and gusto
yelled at their quarterback. who was
taking a lot OF time in deciding what
not to, do. '"send a play at me-" He
did. Cornell gained twelve yards on
the play. Since then I have rarely
been led into, using camouflage on
the gridiron- Others thought. have been
more successful In fact college ath-
Ietes during and after their under
graduate days have been strong on
camoufiage.
Witness the story 1 just heard about
Tod PendletOn. the former Princeton
all-around athletic star. ! got this story
second hand so cannot vouch for Its &C
curacy, as the bond salesman alibis. but
SO far as / know II Is correct. Pendle-
ton was a mighty good football man in
his day and his entrance into aviation
is pretty good proof that he has abund-
ant nerve and character at his disposal
Well, q friend OF mine who is training
for aviation with Pendleton at Dayton
wrote another friend Of mine that Pen
dleton had made his first flight quite re-
Gently. He stayed up SO long and
eventually kept so close to the field
that the instructors got 1t into their
heads he couldn't land.
Got Out An Ambulance.
So they got out an ambulance and
repair auto and these proceeded to fol-
low Pendleton in his numerous twists
above the field. As It turned out, Pen
dIeton was having trouble in landing.
Eventually, though, he shut down the
engine and volplaned safely to earth.
The ambulance crew and the repair
crew rushed to him to find out what
the trouble had been. why" Pen
dleton answered, so the friend Of mine
wrote, "how in the dickens could
fellow make a landing on that field
with your two machines in the way
all the time? just had to keep
jockeying around until got an open
Ing to land upon" Now II that isn't
typical camoufiage don't know what
Is
There Is a noted referee in football,
the same being Tiny" Maxwell, OF
Chicago, Swarthmore, Medico Chi,
etc. Tiny played on about as many
college teams as most OF US have
played games. In spite OF this he
emerged with 800 pounds, avoirdupois,
and very happy. But, and also in
spite OF this, he got bluffed.
"TIny" Had His Troubles.
In a certain game ''Tiny'' was
having his troubles with the home
crowd. all because the home team was
losing. Right near the end OF the