The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-10-23
HOW Warner
BUILDS HIS
GRID CLASSICS
A Little Dope on System
Used by Famous
Coach
Nv DEAN SNYDER.


Football material is to Coach
Glenn Pop" Warner OF the PITTS
burgh Panthers as nugget gold Is
to the goldsmith.
He takes youngsters Of Drawn
and brains and courage anu NOUS
them into a grldiron machine that
is feared wherever 1t trot9 onto
the span between set OF Goal
This year Coach Warmers Pan
theirs are conceded to be one OF the
strongest elevens in moleskins.
And yet the Pittsburgh mentor
is never an optimist before the
battle. Invariably he ladies' GU the
pre.game brGtl that mis- team is
apt to lose. Tut they seldom do.
Warmers main theory in de-
velopiug team is to have eleven
men III every play.
His squad uses the direct pass
ing practically all together. 1t
adds another man for defensive
play, saves the possibility Of FUN
bling and is faster IN execution.
He IL nos slave driver and has
never had the nume Of being re-
lated in any way 10 "Stnon Le'
gree" Of Uncle TOMS Cabin days.
Strict training rules aren writ
ten down IN black anG White Tor
Warner doesn't tell his mon that
they must eat this and that anu
to lay off OF certain foods: Nor
does he put them IN bed by the
clock.
But tho Pitt coach is very wise.
He gets results in another way.
II one OF his men has beon break
ing training rules that all ath.
Ietes should observe he suffers
on the playing field the next day:
Warner works all the bad out Of
players who don't keep in shape.
One or two Offenses suffice.
Warmers work.cure brings them
around and they plan their diets
more carefully and stop night-hawX-
Ing around in the future.
One thing he does insist on is
that each play must be done tins
way he wants 1t. However, when
they make blunders no doesn't
scold, knowing we'll thut The IN
expected Is always bobbing up in
gridiron battles.
The night before the game he
holds a blackboard session with
his men. His scouts which have
visited the enemy camp urn IN
reports. They blackboard all che
opposing teams plays and WORK
cut attacks to overthrow them.
"The forward pass has been de-
veloped lot since its first innova-
ton in football" says Warner.
Experience has taught just
about what kind of passing gets re-
suits and the kind that don't.
Warner is a great lover OF heavy
weights. Weight is the big thing
in football, he believes. The 200
pound boys make a big hit with
him. When he sees them being
developed on the "FTosh" squad
his mouth waters to see them on
his varsity eleven.
Warner made his name as foot
ball coach first at Carlysle, where
he brought out the great Jim
ThorpeSthe wonder Indian athlete.
Thorpe wasn't very keen about
football when first took him in
hand" says Warner. He didn't
like tho gaff and he didn't like to
train for 1t. ! took him along and
he began to show stuff. The stu
dents and football world began to
idoliZe the big Indian and then
Thorpe caught the spirit which
made him one Of the games great.
est"
Warmers success at CarIysle
was no fluke. He went over to
Pitt and made the Panther eleven
one of the most feared In foot
ball. This year his team is fig
ured one OF the strongest In the
east.
Pitt lost It's first game in five
years under Warner last fall when
beaten by Syracuse "a to 3.
Yep! "Pop" knows a thing or
two about q pigskIn.