Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-09
DESIRE !
RESIDENT COACHES
Permanent Systems Of Grid
iron Instruction Generally
Are Being Adopted.
ATTAIN GREATEST SUCCESS
By Il. G. BYRD.


Colleges and universities are
fast adopting permanent coach
ing systems. Several years ago
probably half a dozen of the
largest institutions recognized
that more could be accomplished
by placing a competent man in
charge of the various athletic
teams and giving him complete
responsibility than in any other.
way. This was begun particular
ly in foot ball by a few univer-
sites, but now the policy gen
orally is being carried out in all
cases of intercollegiate and inter-
scholastic competition.
Coaching does not play anything like.
the important part in other sports that
it does in foot ball. Because of elaborate
systems of development that game has
come to be the backbone of intercollegiate
athletics. Efforts on the part of colleges
to attain as great success in it as possible
have far outranked the attempts to turn
out competent teams in base ball. track.
rowing and basket ball. For that reason
the various schools of gridiron coaching
have attracted great deal more attention
than have the methods of mentors in
other sports. This excerpts probably such
men as the late Mike Murphy OF Penn
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track and field and George HUFF of Uni
yersity of Illinois in base ball The ex-
ceptional achievements of these men nave
placed them in solitary positions in their
specialties-
Permanent Systems Succeed.
Especially noticeable is it that insti-
are enjoying the greatest success. Har-
ward, Minnesota, Chicago. Michigan and
Yale have had more success on the grid
iron than any other institutions and have
stood year after year for long time as
consistently strong teams. For two or
three years both Yale and Pennsylvania
had little success. but 1t is noteworthy
that those unproductive seasons were CO.
incident with experimental coaching sye-'
TENS. For years Walter. Camp was the
directing genius at Yale. and series OF
successes were marked against Harvard
The Crimson adopted system OF permA-
nent coaching in 1908 by putting Percy
Haughton in charge. For the first four
years of his stay at Cambridge Haugh-
ton was not particularly successful. but
when Yale instituted, new tutors for its
squad series of victories for Harvard
resulted.
Perhaps the best coach foot ball has
known is Glen Warner. OF course,
Warner, like every other man who
dabbles in the gridiron game, has had
bad seasons. but no other has attained
such consistent success. Year after
year at the Carlisle Indian School he
turned out teams that were the talk
Of the country" Then. with very poor
material, he had poor year, losing
games right and left by big scores-
Three years ago he went to the Unit
versity of Pittsburgh, and in the Last
three seasons not one of his teams has
lost q game. Warmers hat hangs In
Pitts gymasium.as long as he cares TO
stay there. Pitt has just what it tried
for several years to get, and now that
it has installed good system IL isf
ner is the most original of coaches
He has introduced more innovations in
the way of plays than any other man.
In fact, some Of the formations used
in the last two or three years by some
coaches were worked up by Warner
and then discarded for something bet
ter.
1t would be very difficult to pick an
other coach who stands out above oth-
ers as does Warner. Perhaps Haughton
has had more said about him than any
other man except the Pittsburgh fns
structor, but, given the kind Of material
that has made up Harvard teams in the
last five years, PROBABLY there are eight
or ten coaches who could have done JUST
as well as Haughton. However. that
does not in the least minimize Haugh-
toms services to the Crimson, and HRueh-
ton will be foot ball coach at Harvard
as long as Haughton wants to keep the
job. 1f@
Folwell Very Successful. SD
Since Folwell took up the burden OF
foot ball duties at Pennsylvania fhe
Quakers have been one of the most
feared elevens. So successful has Fol-
well been in the last two years that
probably he will be in charge of gridiron
work at Penn when present players have
gray hair In fact. Folwell has been
successful everywhere. and, excepting
Warner. he need look upon no man as
PENNSYLVANIA eleven last fall, after its
more or less disgraceful defeat by Geor-
gia Tech early in the season, stands out
as the most brilliant coaching accom-
plishment of 1917.
williams of Minnesota, Stage at Chi
cago and Yost at Michigan are fixtures.
Once or twi6, when things appeareds
to be going against them. movements -
get their ScalpS have been inaugurAted.
but with little success. Those having
the real say had good judgment enough
fairs, and the reward has been had
many times over in the development e
brilliant elevens. Out at Illinois d
looks as If Zuppke has worked himse8
into pretty much the same position as
Stagg, Williams and Yost- Consistent