The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-08-15

"Wope McGowan,. his new line
COACH. had q long conference over
their plans for the fall and they have
arrived at definite understanding
as to the entire development Of the
squad. Some of the players Of last
season who will be>in Columbia this
fall are going to DE called upon to
assist these two. coaches. in groom
ing the new men in the system Of
play Carolina has now definitely
adopted. Metzger is particularly
anxious that the Freshman be train
ed in the fundamentals Of his system
by some Of the graduates Of last
year in order to permit ,;McGowan
and himself to devote their full time
to rounding a team in shape as early
as possible. In this way several
weeks can be saved in the develop
ment Of the team. - i.
That no candidate foE the squad
can say he has not been, ,given every
opportunity, to nlake&good is a FORE
gne conclusion. Every fellw who re-
ports will be moved up to the test
ing grounds as quickly as he is pro-
nounced ready by the assistants to
Metzger, and MCGOWAN. tMetzger is
9 stickler for having a man not only
in shape to stand his first scrimmage
but also to have him skilled in, such
matters as the right way to tackle,
Interfere and charge. This, avoids
many injuries and permits Of rapid
development. That his plan worked
better than ever before any other
plan did at Carolina was clearly
proven last season when he lost no
varsity men from injuries for his big
games. " a1--. So
According to Metzger men who
are well trained and coached are
rarely hurt in football. He claims to
have worked out system Of funda-
mentals that really prevent injuries
and his record not only at Carolina,
but at Pennsylvania, Washington
and Jefferson and West Virginia
back up his word.
Football methods have improved
in the.past decade" said the Caro-
lima coach on his visit here. To-day
just a few OF the old time coaches are
in the game and these are the ones
who have been keen enough to note
that methods of training players
have changed radically. In. the old
days football candidates were work
ed too hard. A season meant long
hard grind. Fellows were sick Of it
long before it was over. Today we
see how little work we can do to con-
dition men, rather than how much
we can give them. AS. a result
the players are on edge when game
comes around and are keen to tackle
the, other fellow. Another result is
that no one is hurt. The bad name
football has among some people lis
due to old-fashioned methods Of
training still practiced by some
coaches. It tired the fellows, and in
consequence they went at it half
heartedly. And that is when they get
hurt" ..s < ...-
Metzger was asked if Carolina
would follow the same system Of
play as last year. eve had two for
nations last season which we never
used" he said. eve managed to
squeak through some tight holes
without them. I told the quarterbacks
to keep tenn up their sleeves unless
we had to spring them to win our big
games. We never had to 50 we have
something in reserve for this season,
two styles Of attack that the old men
are familiar with but which have
never been shown. Whether we use
them this fall depends upon circum-
stances in our big games. If. we do
have to cut loose then wateh US CO."