The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-11-26
Rv ROBERT EDGREN
he American teams play

But It's easy TO select n few
coaches who have done wonders
with the modern style of play, and
whose teams, whether from large
colleges or small. compare well In
scoring and defensive ability with
any OF the gridiron combinations OF
tho past.
A few weeks ago the eyes OF tho
| football world were on two coaches
whose teams were to battle for inter
sectional honors, "Ril" Roper Of
| Princeton, and Amos Alonzo Stagg
| OF Chicago, Not long after Prince
| tons amazing victory In a tremend-
Gus uphill fight during the last seven
minutes of the fourth quarter, an
other football coach jumped into
| prominence through the wonderful
second half playing by which w and
! j. defeated Lafayette, by many re-
Rarded AS the greatest football COM
! binatlun in the country.
Greasy Neale deserves n corner
In the coaching hail OF fame.
! W. and y. Has Only 500 Students 10
Draw From.
SO does Knute Rockne Of Notre
! Dame. who takes raw material and
makes It over into championship
| football squad In a few weeks And
Hugo Bezdek OF Penn State, Glenn
| Warner OF Pittsburgh, Gil Dobie OF
Corney, Bob Xuppke of Illinois
three times conference winner,
Hurry Up" Fielding Yost Of Mich
igan-with his "point-a- minute
teams. Fred Dawson OF Nebraska,
Howard Jones OF Iowa, Fisher OF
| Harvard. ana certainly not least IN
the bunch. Andy Smith OF California,
whose big Bear team |, ads the couu-
try this season In the number of
points rolled up In gridiron contests,
Ropcr's Great Record.
"BlN" Roper was Princeton
player, and returned years after
graduation TO coach the team, In
his first year, 1911, the Tigers beat
both Yale and Harvard. That was
the year sam White leaped TO f;rIne
by making the winning touchdowns
after suatching fumhled balls and
! running nearly the length OF the
field,
Roper retired to practice his pro.
fession. and Princeton hit the slide,
A football committee OF five tried 10
handle the coaching. ana failed dis
mally. Then Speedy Rush tried,
Harvard beat Princeton five years
In succession, from ~ to 10. There
were no games In the war years.
Then Roper came back IN 10, Ma
terial was poor that year. Prince
ton lost its first game to West Nir-
giula, score 1870. But Roper In a
few weeks developed a football scor-
ing machine that beat Yale and tied
Harvard. Next year Princeton tied
with Harvard again.
Both times the Tigers had a lead
ing score and Harvard scratched
through to a tie at the last moment.
In the 'l9 game Casey got away for
a touchdown when a substitute
thrown i'm nt tho last moment let
him break through the line, In 20
/ Harvard tied the score again I'm the
last quarter with a forward pass,
after being overwhelmed 10y the
Tigers early attack. That year
Princeton outclassed vale and show
ed such strength that the Tigers
acknowledged eastern champions
Last year Princeton beat Harvard,
Ralph Gilroy running 80 yards after
catching n forward pass, making the
winning touchdown, In ROper's time
Princeton has beaten Harvard twice
and tied twice.
"Bm" Roper has a splendid per-
sonality. He never uses rough
language on or off the field, and he
isn't slave driver" His boys show
the effect of his fine example I'm
many ways and are a credit to their
college wherever they go. Roper
uses more open, football than any
other eastern college coach, II was
, open football that beat Chicago.
Rucknc's Teams Light, hut Steady
Knute Rockne OF Notre Dame is
another great coach. His teams play
5 strictly up-to-date football Rocknt
was a Notre Dame student and an
} honor man when he graduated N
lgl3 AS a PLAYER he first intr,.
ldqeed the forward pass when he Wa,