New-York tribune., 1919-11-25
Yale Football
Coach System
To Be Altered
Undergraduates Plan Inves-
tigaiion for Purpose of
Changing Present Method
Gncci,nI Corrcepoa leg


NEW HAVEN, Nov. 24-Yale dissat-
| is'action in the 1919 football season
will take the form Of an inve stigation
which will be conducted by the under
graduates, who, while loyalty support
ing the valued uphill fighting eleven
and the coaching syetem which has
been installed by DR.. Sharpe. believe
that numerous improvement should be
installed at once. Some of these are:
L. Changes in The pers mel of the
graduate football committee.
2. Changes the present resident
coaching staff.
g. Radical Innovations in the sys-
tenn of medical supervision Of the
players.
d. Alterations in the training table
system.
B. Changes in the method Of ticket
distribution.
In general, many undergraduates he
lieve that both the graduate football
committee and the resident coaching
staff should include additions Of young
er man. Vance Mccormack ha- been
chairman of the football comm ttee, but
he ha been unable 70 give persona at
tenticn 10 the details. which have been
locked after by ex-Captain Brincker-
hof Thorne, of New York City. who
was visited. in mideeason by Captain
Tim Callahan, of the Yale team. the
latter pointing out several defects
which were then apparent in exi ting
methods. The faults continued, how
ever. till the end OF the season, and
are believed TO have affected the gen
eral ability of the eleven during the
final games.
Proposed Changes Favored
The suggestions for innovations vii
be taken up in undergraduate confer
enccs and it is believed that the ath-
lotic council Will endorse the requests,
which viii be made previous 70 the
election of a captain for next season.
The ath etc council has been given
power under the new Yale athletic
constitution to make any changes
necessary for the good of Yale ath-
'etics and the proposed changes there
fore. Will not depend upon the choice
of a particular undergraduate for the
captajncy next year. Johnny kilpat-
rick, who is a member Of the present
football committee. is quoted d fav-
orng most of the proposed changes.
1t is felt at va that. in the re
organization Of athletics Immediately
4 'ollowing the World War, numerous
imperfcctions crept into the system.
, ase men believe, however, that DR.. AL
bert Sharpe, the new athletic director
las inaugurated an excellent system
which before another fall can b,
strengthened materially
Captain Callahans Statement
Captain Tim Cal ahan declared TO-
day that Yale lost Saturdays game be
cause the team fumblcd SO badly. tie
said:
Il don't want to be quoted as say
the coaching sy tenn as put into ef
by DR.. Sharpe. 1t does not look vel
for the team to rap coac"es; .. j.
the first thing everybody does after Z
Yale defeat. The reason we lost tn.
game was largely on account Of ou1
rumbles and the lack of confidence thes
! caused.
"It is ridiculous lse to say Yale los,
/ because she stuck to old style footba !
Harvard did the same thing. Prince
ton is the only big team that used oper
play extensively. Their type of play
could have been defeated by any really
fine team, either Yale or Harvard. A
team has got TO be drill ed to use bot
styles of football: in case mass forma
tion doesn't work open play can be re
sorted to. Princeton stuck to thS
open variety.
There were lot Of rumors aroun,
before and after the game. One wa,
hat Harvard had found out all taf
Yale signals before the game. This l.
ridiculous, as were most OF the others
Harvard knew nothing about cur
signals"