The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-11-26

handled all athletic sports for the
past 80 years.
Stagg was a great athlete himself
at Yale, where he played baseball
and football. He was one OF the
three best pitchers Yale ever had. a
southpaw. The other two were
Carter and Hutchinson. Stagg won
every game that he ever pitched at
Yale.
lie was also end on the Yale foot
ball teams back around 1883, and
was on Walter Camps first selection
Of all-American players. He went TO
Chicago after graduating from the
Springfield Training school when he
had completed his course at Yale.
AS football coach A. A. Stagg
has given Chicago some splendid
teams. He won the conference
championship last time In 1913, but
is always near the top.
Alonzo Stage keeps up his personal
interest in athletics. While taking a
rest a few years ago he went to
Pinehurst, where he learned how to
play golf. His natural ability Is
shown by his performance there.
Starting In tournament play as soon
as he had learned a little about
using his clubs, he was In the fifth
flight In his first competition, then
in the fourth, the second, and twice
in the first flight. He shot a score
OF 7S on the No. course at Pine
hurst, In competition, before he left
Pinehurst Today golf is his favorite
sport. He never had any coaching
but watched some OF the profession.
ais and using his natural keenness in
seeing the fine points of any athletic
feat, quickly taught himself.
Stagg has a great fighting spirit,
which he instills into his teams,
Some years ago Mr.. Stage was sick
but he coached his football squad
every day from a wheel chair. It's
unnecessary TO say that he is loved
by his men. and that Chicago play
ers would lose a leg rather than dis
appoint their coach.
Warmers Famous Trick.
Glenn Warner, formerly famous as
coach at Carlisle and developer of
the great Indian teams of years ago,
now at Pittsburgh. is going to STAN
ford university next year. He Is
called the "Old Fox OF football and
has invented more trick plays than
any other coach.
1t was Warher who made a foot
ball sensation a few years ago with
II trick that wasn't in tn" books.
The Indians were playing Harvard,
| The score was even and the game
nearly over. The light was growing
dim when Hudson, the famous In
dian back, put on a sweater. A
couple OF minutes later Harvard
kicked Off TO the Indians, who
formed a group around the ball and
suddenly scattered, three men form
ing pretended Interference for a run
uer. The Harvard players dived
after the runner, leaving Hudson
standing alone.
While in the bunch Hudson had
received the ball, which was pushed
up under the back Of his sweater,
where IL was hidden u least from
in front, The field clear, he ran
down along the side lines alone, and
had pulled the ball out and touched
II down behind the Harvard goal
line before Harvard knew what 1t
was all about.
Rivalry between Pittsburgh and
Penn state has been keen OF late.
In 1920 Penn State made a forward
pass from behind their goal line
and scored a touchdown with a 95-
yard run.
But even Bezdek can't pun off a
play like that against Warner s
| teams very often,
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