The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-11-09

cridi0aBafNllss D3sp1ndds Only ii Part Vpop Phyitcal Con
dsssMek ~ NhpHs lh8 Anecdotes Of Some
s,ssasaysssx Famous Coaches.
Famous Ooachey.


late breakfast befort departing for
Franklin Acid and their EasnN ~
games The ncrvoue. draAgy hours
that had furnished nthsrSs EorneM
teams with nothing but G0srtea and
doubts concorning their ability g
defeat tho 0ft-c0nquertn& Penhsyl-
tAblM teams had pAssed. assA before
such doubts could formulate IN
their minds the game had begun.
Cornell won.
Cornell. under All Sharpe won the
1911 game from pennsylvania. also.
and the 1915 game AS wei, and, In
ffdcntaliys. IN the MssSnaIaed year.
won a. clcat-cut victory oycr Har-
ward. d university Cornell never be-
fore had defeated on the gridirou.
Tshus did Al Sharpe demonstrate
the value of gftdiron psychology.
NiTea that Incident In 1913 1t has
become quito the custom OF college
football coaches to furnish their
chnrgcs opportunity for entertain
nltnt Immediately preceding impor-
tant contests
Psychology UnapEreciatcd
Just how many football patrons
appreciate the tremendously irnpor-
tant Part psychology plays in the
game Of football is uncertain. It
can be safely vcnoared that in that
great host which. on eacn Antumnal
Saturday. peoples The stadiums and
stands of our colleges and ~unfsersi.
ties. only a very nieagre percentage
grant the psychology Of the game a
scrond thought. With the majority
this popular pastime has but two
~1st rsN srf{tw fS sYx ,t,xtnai
and the s~trstegicai Yet every foot
ball coach recognizes psychofoEy's
greet value, and even now is striv-
ing ~ develop in his players a mem
3tal attitude that will make for the
access of his team. The moro suc-
Cess nf the coaches place mind con-
fiiiioning ~on an equal footing with
rae physirai and s.rntegicai..i In snme
instances they grant ii a superior
place..
dust what viii be the more strtx-
ing instances Of the successful apris-
cation Of football psychology this
ssasoff will only he known as the
season progresses Intimate fnatbai'
htstosy -the football history known
TO thDse who work behind the scenes
ateunds With examples such as that
already set forth.
Percy Haughfon. the far-faTea
Harvard coach, was a ssanal1 believer
In the psychological, and repeatedly
during h.s rposi successful regime al
C~srrhridge re strove To produce psv-
e71escricaf Effects that would make
for the success of his elevens Fer
isapa M more telling Innovation was
introduced than that OF sending tbs
VARSITY players to observe the YALE
Ts~kpAr4r-, N Srh@t1 Harvard sinh
stifutes ~representcd the Crimson In
she annual 2anse with Brown univer-
sits, for, while the Harvard men very
otter ratnsd but little information,
III brought 20 iReTn n r~Naftsation thaf
by rue experiences they possessed
something Yale men were denied
End an turn, made Yale rneu uGcer-
tain whether The plays that had
worked successfully against Prince
ton would he equally effective in the
Harvard game now that The Harvard
players had Witnessed their opera
tion
Coach gchsrs Fisher who ha< sac
c4~ dsa Haughtcn as ~fiarsard's coach,
ALREADY has announced his intent ins'
Of adopting In full the Haughtan
tscstrs. and Al Sharpe. whe Is hand
ling the Yale eleven. w.u surely de-
~eiop sernc offsetting psychological
effect.
Some wears ago tho cry ~ Take
him out rang across the United
States Military academy football field
at West Point. A football aame vas
40 sssssssss sss y m3 - lot q psssxs "A
ing the Yale eleven Ia 2 t,attfr whictl
has come dawn In history astone -
tic greatest football ame ever
waged. The cry NJ "Take him out
emsnateA from the Yaie section oi
the stands when frst noticed II was
tho cry Of a single individual, Then
several Voices jesnea IN. In the SPACE
of n few moments II seemed as IL the
ertirr Yale side OF the field ehorased
IL in unison.
- sTsfert a H~ : fHsst&IinE4 az&anat
whom, tho cry was directed. The
young athlete playing the quarter
back position on the yaie eleven. and
charged with handling cprosins
kicks, had been rnixjudsinG~o or furne-
ling every booted rail- that anne his
q One. two. three. n then .
fourth tumble or misjadEusent bad
couse early In the in me eaeis placing
the Yale team at a decided dtsad
vantage. Then came a Rfth tumble
which resulted in a West Point touch
dow and. after that. a sixth. which
might dASG sen 10 skill SHnthSF AfWF
score had not the referees whistlc
sounded the ending of the FIRST half
~ the contest.
H~ Wasn't BayvicA.
As. the r@rspiring: w~ell-niah ex.
haustad Yale team trouoed toward
the dressing oon at the ending nf
the hrst half. Coach Owsley singled
out the Yale quarterback, threw mn
arm across his shoulders. and feliinto
step at his side. Without glancing
into his face he knew that Fears yer
coarsinE down the qn~arterback's
cheeks. and that 4 determined chin
was cuiyering with emotion.
That's all right. boyss the coach
remarked. Just keep tying. The
fault is not with you. You've been
looking at the bail axainst tho sky.
when you've been accustorned to sec
ing II against the dark BACKGROUND
At Yale neld. That makes. = big dif-
ference until you're used to II. Your
do better next hall g
Much to the sufprtse Of the CROW
la the Yale stands, ~ wen ~ 10 thu.
In the cadet section. the seif-eans
Yale Q~uArterbAck took the neid Wit
hib team when II lined up for the sec
cssd half. Dursue that half this au&s
tcrbAck did not tumble Or infn5ud9e
Asspnnt. Asa matter Of fact. he be-
came the outxtAnding star of \ corr
teAs ieading his team In m0Ss bril-
liant Saahinn. and. when occasions dc !