The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-10-14
Famous Coach
Gives Laurels
to His Teams
Man Never Beaten Until
Week Ago Modestly Cred
its Men With Victories
Won Through II Bright
Years.
BY Paul rurnfan.

ny Paui IHimanr
Foremost among the names of Amer :
lean football coaches stands the name
OF Gilinour Dobie. who is beginning his
18th year as d coach and his first year
as mentor at the United States Naval
Academy The thirteenth wear has
proven unuchy 10 the extent OF one
game.
For Il years teams coached hv DO
bic have never suffered defeat. In Ss
games his teams have won - and tied
two. piling un . total TT 1.GSf npints
to the opponents ltS, . record which
has never been approached by any
coach.
Dobie's career began Ut Minnesota
university from wlueh school he grad
nated in 1an. In school a., WAS a
football star.
The next year he began coaching
at high sehool III Minneapolis he
ginning his undefeated career, He
remained in Minneapolis only ono
season, taking charge of athletics at
North Dakota Agricultural college at
Fargo the next year.
For two Years he pilotsd successful
teams in North Dakota, winning eight
straight games without 4 scor. beng
made against his team
In 1908 he went to Washington uni
vcrsity where he remained until tho
close Of the 1916 season, winning t5
and tieing two games, playing the
great teams Oh the coast which have
always been able to defeat he best
the cast could send against them.
a Erca, deal Of Dohie's success is
undoubtedly due TO his striking per-
sonality
+ had not talked to him two minutes
until realized why a man Of his per
sonality would be successful in han
ding young fellows in college.
lie has the faculty OF impresSuE
YOU with the idea that he knows what
he is TALKING; about. He gives the im-
preston Of being very fair in his iudg-
nent and firm in his decisions. Thcee
elements arc essential TO the successful
coach.
| was particularly impressed by his
,nodesty when / talked to him Of his
brilliant record.
Il do not care to take undue credit
for my success Dobie told me. Il
have been fortunate in having good
men-men who would co cooperate with
Inc in every way. That was half the
battle. The rest WAS mainly hard
work.
"Of course, | want to keep my ret
ord unbrokcn as long as possible. but
more because | want To see my boys
win than for any reflected glory it will
cast my way"
And this is what Dobic says about
football fundamentals:
In building up a football team the
first attention must be given to the
fundamentals of the game.
Without a thorough knowledge of
these no team, no matter how bril-
liant potentiallH. can be successful.
For the same reason the success Of
a team, week i'll. week ont, depends
TO very great measure on its com !.
plete mastery IF fundamentals. In
fact any play is merely the performs
ance of fundamentals by / men work .
ing in perfect unity.
The five great fundamentals IN pres
ent day football are tdcElur. interior
ence. running with the bali. falling on
the ball and forward passing.
With these fundamentals thor
ouEhly learned . team is bound ia be
successful and Will not have bic
scores piled up against it even by
teams far superior in weight ana
speed.
If ! have been more than usually
successful IN my L years Of coaching
IT is because I have been able to teaci
my team the fundamentals thorough.
"