The Washington times., 1922-12-24
EXElJDIDlE ONE
OF FEW TO WIN
FROM G. DOBIE
Cornell Grid Tutor Rounds Out
Eighteenth Year with But
Five Defeats.
L ExENDINE, who recently
wsund up his 9rid career ct

u i EXENDINE, who recently
~ wound up his Erid career 1t
- Georrstown uniysrsity, has
to his credit one of the five victories
scored over Gloomy GIL" Dobie,
who IL finishing his eighteenth
season q . football mentor 1t
Cornell University. Dobis has
lost five games In eighteen years
and "Exie" grabbed one Of those.
When Cornell defeated Pennsylva-
mia on Thanksgiving Day. giving the
big red team q claim along with
Princeton for high rank, GIL Dobie
rounded out eighteen years ~ q foot
ball coach and in that time the
Lonely Scot" has hung up q record
that 10 little short Of marvellous. for
on only five occasions have football
teams under his instruction tasted
Dobis iearaed his first football ..
Minnesota, where he played - .
quarterback on the teams ef 1908
and 1908.
In 1904 he coached q Minneapolis
high school team 70 . state cham
pionship. The next two years found
him handling the destiniAs Of the
North Dakota ASgies. Tho Farmers
were undefeatsd during this period.
In 1905 Washington. at Seattle.
sought q capable coach and Dobae
was the man selected.
NINE YEARS or VICTORY.
Dobie's record there reads like q
fairy tale. In his nine years his
slevens remained undefeated and
were tied but twice.
In twentyseight games during that
period the opposing teams failed to
its victims these years the powerful
Oregon teams coached by Hugo Bes.
dek, now at Penn State.
In 1917 the Navy sngaEed Dobie
on . thrss.year contract. The Army.
Navy game lapsed in 12l1 and 1918.
but both elevens played full sched.
ules. 1t was In 1917 that Dobie en-.
countered his first setback. West
Virginia was his cOnQuerUr.
In 1913 the Great Lakes team.
headed by the wonderful Paddy
| Driscoll, scored 7-6 victory over
the Navy. The .Midshipmen were
four yards from q touchdown when q
tumble allowed Ellison, later q star
at Washington and jefferson, to picl.
up the ball and raoe ninety-fivs yards
for q touchdown.
0EORGETOWN Is VICTOR.
In 1919 Georgetown surprised the
football world by, taking the Navy
into camp. 8 to O. But the Midship-
men defeated West Point. their ira
ditional rival, for the first time IN
seven years. and thus fully atoned
for the Geofgetown reverse.
In 1880 Cornell made Dobie q
temptipe offer. and the Navy reluc.
tantly allowed him to leave.
| Dobie's first year at Ithaca waa
unsuccessful. but he made II one of
building for the future. Cornell foot
hall then had been In dire straits
since the day Of Charley Barret's
great team In 1918.
Both Dartmouth and Pennsylvania
took the measure Of Cornell. In the
past two seasons. however, Cornell
has boasted of undefeated eleyers
Dartmouth has been whipped dsoi.
sfvely each time. two splendid tri.
umphs over Penn have been chalked
up.
GLOOMY" is HIS NAME.
Gh Doots has been rightly named
Gloomy" for the tall Scot has never
sent his teams into q game without
predicting defeat.
He is perhaps the most pictur.
esQue figure in coaching ranks to
day with his queer little straight
brfmmed hat, his long raincoat and
an inevitable cigar in the corner OF
his mouth.
Dobie has always been "A staunch
advocate OF the theory that q team
Of fair players welded together
under q compact system of team
play was superior in every way "a
an eleven Of stars, and he has
stressed his team work to the limit
Cornell teams have been noted for
their precise plays with the iinemen
working hand in glove with the
backfield. Dobie 10 . great believer
in the off-tackle play.
Many football lovers have criti.
cised Cornell and Dobie for what
they term . soft schedule, but
Dobie's plan IL one Of gradual de
velopment. Cornsll's schedule next
year undoubtedly will contain sew
eral new and tougher opponents.
st. Louis Officials