Arizona republican., 1920-01-03
RELENTLESS COACH RELIEVES TRAINING
 PROGRAM SLASHED
Twice-A-Day Schedule Is Cut In Half-To Run No Chances Of Team Going Staie-Brawner Out

Coach Geary isn't going to take any chances on his Coyote pack going stale "a fate that befen the Long Beach team and necessitated q one-week postponement of the game.
 Convinced that the squad is in tip top physical condition, or. at least sufficiently far in advance to insure good condition with only moderate day, Geary has cut the conditioning program in half. Hereafter there will be but one workout each day in place of two as has been the custom for the past ten days.
 The squad was given a. hard blow yesterday in the announcement that Quarterback Brawner will be unable to get into the game. He will probably be taken on the trip as reward for his services this season but the attending physician stated yesterday that he would be unable to walk on the injured right foot for at least two weeks more. let alone play football on the member.
 Positive information from the squad 's medical headquarters that Captain Bryant would be able to start the game somewhat balanced the scales. however. and the team was in high spirits when it took the. field for a strenuous 45-minute scrimmaSe tilt yesterday afternoon.
 Norton will probably fill in at Brawners vacancy, which will make Bryant's burdens exceptionally heavy. The duties of calling signals will un- noubtedly fall upon the shoulders of the sturdy captain, what with his half back burdens and worries as captain, will make him almost a pivot player. Should anything happen to Bryant in this crisis. the team would be strictly up against it and no mistake.
 However. neither C.eary nor mem berS Of the team are contemplating asking for an additional postponement of one week. Wen play 'em if we have eleven men and no more" Geary stated last night. And we'll beat 'em too" he added
 The game with Phoenix will be the twelfth of the season for the Long Beach team and local football critics figure that the Seasiders are just about due for a beating.
 In the first place the team has gone stale, as was evidenced in the game against Berkeley Hast Saturday. The entire squad has been given one-week 1ay-off in the hopes that 1t will stage a neat little comeback against the Arizona state champions But come backs are mighty few and far between. especially where team has once gone stale. Maybe the week in the noun tains will prove beneficial to the Cali fornia interscholastic champions, but tllc CidHceS are mat IT VIII be more detrimental than anything else
 On the other hand, the Coyote play CTS have yet to reach their top form. During the comparatively short play ing season here. they did not get enough action to send them along at top speed and a comparatively easy manner in which they disposed of all their rivals had a tendency to cause the players to shirk in their practice work.
 Coach Geary, however has now drilled into them the possibilities of defeat unless they get down to good hard work and the result has been re- markaDle. Every man on the team looks like an entirely different player They are playing a different brand of football altogether; are tackling hard CT. blocking harder and playing a, more effective game in every department.
 So it looks like Phoenix would put up a real battle from whistle to whistle and If Long Beach is to retain it's grid Iron laure's, it will be obliged to do the same.