South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-07-23
INDIANA COACHES
BUILD FOR FUTURE
Mentors Develop Stars for
Years to Come by Looking
Out for kids"
BY HEZE CLARK.


INDIANAPOLIS. Ind, July a.
Building for future championship
teams is what coaches, team man
ayers and alumni of the Indiana COL
leges are doing these days. A coach
must have material from which to
build and develop a team before that
team become championship combin-
alton, no matter in what line Of
athletics this has always proved true.
Championship teams. football, base
ball, basketball and track. in COL
leges are not made in one or two
years, but are built in the many years
leading up to the season the cham
pionship is won.
The boy starts baseball and foot
ball on the town lots or in a recrea-
ton park The boys arm gets the
skill and development that makes it
possible for him, to throw a baseball
where he wants It. or to shoot a
forward pass. The high school coach
develops this, and teaches the boy
the inside tricks Of the game. Then
the boy goes to college and becomes
an athletic star of his school.
than the college coach. The friend
ship OF the boys is cultivated by ev-
cry college coach. Fred NJ. Walker
athletice director at DePauw uni
versity. is planning for the future.
Walker made a great hit with the
boys at Greencastle about two weeks
ago when he opened the big Bowman
gymnasium swimming pool. Come
next week and bring a boy friend
with YOU" invited the new coach.
The boys did. That means that 40
boys got a dip IN the big swimming
pool. out OF that number at least
fifty will develop into athletics and
they won't forget that free swim.
They will remember DePauw uni
versity and every one Of those boys
plan 10 enter DePauws some day.
Plans Carnival.
Coach Walker is planning a big
athletic carnival for the Putnam
county boys next month. This car
nival will include both track and
field events and SWIMMING races
This means that the boys from Fut-
nam county will be DePauw univer-
I sity's guests. Boys don't forget and
some day those boys will wear the
black and gold of the Tiger school
! Pete Vaughn, big husky coach al
| wabash college likes boys. He otter
/ passes large numbers Of the
kids" anto the big football game:
I at Charlottesville free. The boy:
/ Ike Pete. Those Charlottesville boy:
viii some day be wabash collegC
athletes.
Pat Page. the Butler college di-
rector sees to It that the boys who
/ crowd around the gymnasium at But
! Ter before the big games get thei
/ chance TO see the games. Pat know.
/ that the friendship Of the kids j.
all Important 70 building successful
I athletic teams.
II n follower Of athletics was evel
Y at Notre Dame university he would
see why Coach Rockne develops
championship track. football and
I baseball teams. They start them IL
. with a baseb ball in their hands al
( Notre Dame when they are about
7 eight years old. These boys from
the different halls attend the biz
! games. and they see how the bis
fellows do IL and they initiate th'
/ champion athletes. and some day de
velon into star track, baseball and
football men. Then they learn q
love Notre Dame and they 20 &c tina
/ school. Indiana and Purdue univer
sIty while not having the advantage
OF a prep school as part of. the in
stitution stin are kind 10 the kids
OF the college cities Of BloOmingtoI
and Lafayette The coaches don
ike 10 see the future athletes peek
/ ing over the fence. They rather pas
the boy in at the gate and win hi
\ friendship for the college for SONS
II day. the boy VINO goes i'm on pas
may be an All-American half back