New-York tribune., 1921-11-29
Cornell Mentor Over
comes ManyObstacles in
Building Great Eleven
By Ray Mccarthy

Now that the football season is prac
tically ended everybody is taking
crack at the team-ranking contest. In
asmuch as the coach is frequently the
cause of teams showing, we think
it no more than right the instructors
should be ranked or that those who
did their work we'll should receive due
credit.
The man who, in our opinion, came
through the hard grind with the most
your old friend, GLOOMY Clip Dobie,
as he was familarly called by the
Annapolis students. There are two
others who deserve honorable mention
They are "Greasy" Neale, of Washing
ton and Jefferson, and Percy Wendell,
of Williams. These two join forces
with the fine array of mentors whose
viz, Glenn Warner, Hugo Bezdek.
Frank Cavanaugh, Buck O'Neill, Tad
Jones. Bob Fisher. "Chick" Meehan,
Tom Ready, Bob Folwell, Doc Suther-
land and Charlie DAILY.
But Dobic, man of fine personality,
has proved his worth this year in a
manner that has left no doubt as to
his ability to instill knowledge into the
heads of young collegians: Within two
! years ne mas coHStIuCIeu al SiSVel
which ranks with the best in the East
and which walked through its schedule
without the slightest exertion.
In building his team Dobie has had
much to contend with; yet has sue
ceeded in spite Of all obstacles. In the
first place, classes probably are con-
tinued longer in the day than at any
other college in the East. Most Of the
students at Ithaca are not able to get
out for football practice before 4:30 in
the afternoon. AS Dobie himself stated
in November, most Of the practice is
done by artificial light.
1t is needless to go into details con-
corning the great amount of work con-
fronting coach in the fall Any
body who knows anything at all about
! football realizes what o. stupendous
task a man has in turning out win
! ming eleven. But some coaches have
the advantage of having good material
to work with. Dobie moulded his eleven
from material that was inexperienced
and green, to say the least.
Neale, for instance, had better ma
terial to work with than did Dobie,
credit nevertheless for making good
use Of that material Some coaches
would ruin the best material that ever
stepped on to the gridiron. Next to
Dobie we think that Wendell, con-
sidering the fact this was his first
year at Williams and that he had no
phenoms to work with, did the best
work.
Dobie, in spite of his pessimistic at
titude during season, is extremely
popular with his players. That was
proved only last Friday at the Commo-
dore Hotel. Dobie was standing in the
lobby when the Annapolis students were
preparing to leave the hotel for the
Polo Grounds for a short practice. One
of them happened to spy the attenu-
ated Dobie, who used to coach at An
napolis.
"Hey, fellows!" he shouted, "there'e
Gloomy Gill" and with bound he was
at Dobie's side and had seized his hand
The others also gathered around quick
ly to exchange greetings with their
former teacher and to congratulate him
On his success at Cornell.
We venture to state that the most
used system in this part Of the coun,
try is Glenn Warmers Old Pop prob
ably has more pupils coaching college
teams than any other teacher. Severa
former Carlisle players are coaching al
NdIlOuS oCHoo1S, anu al least u QOZer
Pittsburgh players that we knew oi
are passing along the knowledge they
picked up while playing under the Ole
Fox.
The great Lafayette eleven, for in.
stance, is coached by Sutherland, for.
mer Pitt lineman. Helping Sutherland
are Seidil and Gougler, also former
Pittsburgh stars. Jimmy De Hart, the
former Pitt back, who ranked as one OF
the best, is making good at Georgis
University. McLaren, also a back dc
luxe, is teaching the game to student.
of Southwest Kansas Normal
Easterday, an end of considerable
ability, is proving his worth and tn.
worth of the Warner system at Beth
any. Peck, former all-American center
is in charge at Culver Military Acad
emy; Williamson. captain Of the frs