South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-10-05

I.
Glenn Warner, Pitts fine coach.
has told me that when he was
coaching the Carlisle Indians he
soon discovered that the best me-
thod of teaching the new redskins
who came out each fall TO try for
the team and who had never seen
the game played was to put them
on the side-lines and tell them 10
watch certain of his stars. The In
dams are past masters at imitation.
They had the uncanny ability OF be-
ing able 10 watch brave tackle. in
terfere, charge and run with the
ball and right afterwards of playing
in about the same way. ThI- War
ner was able to develop stars SO rap
idly when coaching those old Indian
| teams was due in no small measure
TO this point.
Learn Through Seeing.
While the white man is not quite
so quick at imitation as is the red
/ skin there is no doubt among exper-
/ fenced coaches that good football
elevens are only possible IN sections
where the game is we'll played. This
/ is the reason why the leading teams
each fall are produced In certain
parts of the East and Middle West.
/ There the candidates who strive for
places on those teams invariably
have had the good fortune of wit
Messing many stars in action Thus,
when they enter college and de-
| termine TO make a bid for a berth
on the varsity, they know just about
/ how the game should be played.
Their brains are filled with impress
sions of the best methods of accom-
plishing any task that may arise in
| Il match.
Pittsburgh Section Greatest.
! No section Of the United States
/ has reached such a high standard OF
/ play as the one about Pittsburgh.
/ There football interest has always
/ been at fever heat Mere Kids play
\ the game on every vacant lot. Every
school has it's eleven. And all this
/ interest has been famed into
] bright blaze by the intense rivalry
I between such colleges as Penn State,
/ Pitt. Washington and jefferson and
( West Virginia. These four teams
are splendidly coached and the ma
/ terial reporting is not outClaSsed
either in physical ability or expert
ence by that anywhere. Conse-
]
! Every schoolboy in that part Of the
/ country sees the best of football
played many times each fall. The
result is that these coaches are
I blessed in never having to develop
men who do not have a sense for
the game. or who have not seen the
/ very best type of play in the land.
! They know either the fundamentals
of the game or how they should be
/ played. They know that speed.
quick starting and hard driving are
f., necessary in every act if they are TO
win places on any OF these elevens.
] Consequently, the coach has but 10
pick the best men and then set 70
work TO mould them into a machine.
i / look for these elevens year in
and out TO hold their own with any
rivals all because the foundation has
been so well laid
Different i'm California.
How vastly different was the task
Of Smith in California, How much
more arduous the job Of the coach
where he is working in a section
which lacks good football, Sudden
rises TO fame there have been in
such parts of America, but a close
investigation will bring 10 light the
fact that the coaches who accom-
plished these miracles had at their
command some few stars who learn
ed the game in another state. The
presence of these few men is the
telltale of such successes. They have
acted as both example and guide.
Watching practice on such a field
YOU will hear the coach say TO Il
candidate, Watch Smith. note how
he does this" Smith is an old hand
He is the valua BILE asset. By watch
ing him the players will quickly
catch on. Without Smith and his
kind the road 70 success is a long
one, only accomplished at the cost
OF many hard bump. All Of which
goes to prove that about the quick
est way 70 learn the game is 70 take
a leaf from the page Of the Carlisle
Indians and watch the stars at work.
Then you know what 10 do ard how
TO do it. WhereupOn all the player
has 10 do is 10 go and do likewise