The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1921-10-12
COACH PUTTING
( pep into HIGH
SCHOOL LINEUP

.irs two policies are followed by the
members OF the team. first, obey
the Instructions Of NH Wood,
coach, TO the letter and secondly,
cnter every contest with but one
taought, Twin the game fairly and
h o sportmanlike way" This opin-
ion comes from former football men
and many business men Of this city
vho have Witnessed tho team both
ID practice and in play against Ash
land high school. ~
4 Football men say that klamath
hish hns the golden opportunity TO
Sake a name for Itself this year
such ns has been denied II In the
mast and while the iron is not
strike but strike with full power be-
Mind every blow" A slangy phrase
used yesterday by a former eastern
football star. Red Borg, comes the
nearcet TO summing up the chance
Ne local team has to win the cham-
ssonship OF southern Oregon with
Feasibility ~of challenges to Q
northern state winner-"The get
uos IA GOOD now. so get II while
you can" >... e.ss.
Coach "Hi" Wood Is strict In his
instruction and the player VINO
vairks his duty in practice re-
q. NA
csayes a lecture which makes nie
cara burn and brings the flush OF
,x.amc for bis misdeed. The second
,,1s, generally brings the desired re-
.u,t which the coach expected on
tho first effort-and there IL where
Nc secret OF the team lays ana
where II has the chance to develop
into one of the finest football ma
cb,ncs In the state. Coach Wood is
making the boys play ball and the
rieht kind OF ball.
While the players are not aware
Of the methods used In the dig
EASTERN colleges. nor Of the drilling
tongue iashings. ."bawl'ns outs nor
of many other training features
they should be informed that un-
der their present coach. they are
getting Z, the same education whicn
tbcy woSld were thsyl at practice at
Cornell. Harvard. Yale. Annapolis,
Michigan, Missouri. Nebraska, uni
versity OF California and Ohio.
Praise is scarce at ell times and
never bestowed upon . team until
after the season has closed and
the award Of the covetsd "letter"
Is made. klamath high members
are getting big school training and
have been unaware of It.
One lesson In the game which
tho locals must learn by actual ex-
perience Is that only poor teams
line up on the ball both In prac-
tice and playa snappy team who
win games follow the ball in prac-
tice and play like the bloodhound
trails his prey--at II all the time.
Coach Wood has tried to instiii
this fact into the minds of the play
ers from the first day Of the sea-
son. "Traii that ball every minute
and whom you are on the offensive.
line up like q flash. call your sis-
nails and II the other side are not
4. line--that is their lookout. "On
side, snap the ball and go through
them" seems to be the theory Of the
coach to make sensational team
out Of the material he has on
hand. tr
Coach Wood also gave advice and
instruction at the beginning Of the
season which the local players
should heed. The need OF scrub
material to work out against the
first team was needed. "You men
do not now that Walter Ecker
sail, ono of the greatest little foot
bail men who ever played on Chi
cago was SO raw in play and so
small In size that his appearance
on the field IN a uniform created
a standing joke the first season?
Big burly players regarded him as
an insect the first week, The test
came ON tackling and one big ar
rogsnt player who has, snsered at
the l''insect" took the ball when
sBokersall was to tackle him. Down
the field came the big fellow, look
ing fieros- and preparing for a
stiff srming OF the puny tackler,
within zen feet of him, with all
the speed possible. was Eckersall.
/ rhSrebwas . smash and when the
slbig fellow came TO. The insect was
wrapped around him 10 tightly he
could not move. The big fellow
4 xanl dropped in his tracks and held
h there I'm . wise like embrace. The
big fellow had speed and weight
ana CON fidence little fellow