San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-01-14
Team or Individual Con-
WINGED of Success More
Likely to Win.
SOME NOTED EXAMPLES
Coach Roper Of Princeton
Football Team breaches
This Doctrine.
BY ROBERT EDGREN.

determination and confidence that can
not be beaten down are far more effec-
tive than physical condition and physi-
cal speed and skill.
Coach Roper of Princeton, at the be-
ginning of the football season just fin
ished, had placards posted all over
Prineeton's training quarters. One Of
these read:
"a TEAM THAT WON'T BE
BEATEN NEVER CAN BE BEAT
EN-"
The Tiger players read that every
day. 1t became their motto. The
thought never left their minds. Even
when Chicago led by a score Of is to Z
and there was but seven minutes left
to play, the Tigers refused to admit de-
feat. They redoubled their efforts in
that last few minutes, tore Chicago
defence to pieces, and Won by 21-lS.
Then PrincetCa went along and de-
feated both Harvard and Yale. 1t was
the first time since 1911 that Princeton
beat both Harvard and Yale in the same
season. Commenting on it afterward
] HoP!Tr san HAS BEEN MY EN-
FERENCE THAT HIGH SPIRIT
WILL FREQUENTLY OVERCOME
GENIUS"
What he meant by that was that the
team that will not lose can overcome
many handicaps and win.
Don't Have TO do COUe.
Ropers teams don't have to do
Gone and say: DAY b. day, in every
way. I'm growing better and better.
They say: Nothing can stop us; we're
going 10 win" And with that spirit
the put it over.
Mental state has been a deciding fac
tor in football for years. There's
curious angle in the mental status OF
Vale, Harvard and Princeton. Yale has
often been beaten by Harvard; Yale
can 20 to Harvard with twice as good
team as Harvard has and toss the
game Gway at the first break OF adver-
In 1921 Yale was a two-tO-one favor
lite over Harvard, and lost. ~,
This last season the Yale team tnaI
gave Princeton such hard fight was
much supcrior 10 Harvards team. so
much better than Harvard that the pest
Judges of football form picked Aale 10
heat Harvard by at least three touch-
downs. At the beginning OF the game
Owen made a 5S-yard run, ana TINS
,,rocticeIIv wbinDed Yale, for the big
Blue team dropped back instantly IhIo
the homeless mental state of former 1ale
team That had taken their trimming at
Harvard's hands.
Harvard always feels that Harvard
teams can heat Yale. That mental at
titrda is worth a couple of touchdowns'
Princeton, for several years, has been
set on beating Harvard. On the re
tnrn trip from the Chicago Princeton
came I talked this over with several
Tiger PLAYERS.
"Harvard can't beat us they said
eyed be torn to pieces before we
Lose m Harvard. It's a little dltteren,
-r;+b Vale. We like the spirit OF th'
vale reams. They're good fellows
we1I do our best to beat them. but Il
+her shouId win we wouldn't feel the
Tsy we'd feel II Harvard beat US.
Princeton naturally has a better WIN
ming record against Harvard thaf
against Yale. ,y.,.,, ,nirit win,
IN Willie Vile Hoppe, who lost his long
held billiard championship to Jazz
Schaefer, was handicapped by
aCharlie horse" in his right arm Whel
he met Schaefer in the recent chalh
pionship. He couldn't lift MS arm U
NAV masse shots, and Schaeter care
fully left him positions IN which mass
shots were almost necessary.
Early in the match Hoppe SCENE,
ou+classed, but, playing with rockies
Enhance, he came from behind ant
won Home had spent a year practic
inc and making up his mind ina
Scbaefer couldn't beat him again.
lack Dempsey's tremendous fightln
newer is much more due TO unllmite'
determination than to his physlca
strength and ability. I have seen HIN
IN many tights. in the corner befor
Tho hell he is grim, set, determined
He stsres straight across the ring q
his man. ~.
Tn Toledo Dempsey fixed his eye
n, Wizards body when they came u
10 get instructions and be photograph
"a before the bell. He never raise
his head and never shifted his gaz,
Willard looked around the ring wit
nervous smile. but Dempscy's Who'll
mind and thought were concentrated o
the spot where he intended to driv
home the first blow.
When the fight began Dempse
moved with deliberate purpose, neye
looking IN at Wizards face, until b
tricked Willard into leaving an oper
ing and stepped in with the first tel
rifle punch over the heart.
Fitzsimmons had that same conceI
tration. Everything went into hi
knockout punches. Corbctt never hs
punch because his mind was fixe
on getting away. As his hands weI
leading his legs were starting the bacl
ward jump to safety. That's why /
always looked clever but won fe
fights. With his Quickness and ski
aud FitzisimmonS' confidence ar
determination, he could have classC
, with Fitzsimmons, Jeffries and DEM
sey as a fighter.
jess willard concentrated for a yei
on beating johnson. Earl Rogers,
Los Angeles lawyer. started that /
telling Willard over and over III;
johnson couldn't beat him. He dro'
the idea into Wizards brain. Johnsc
bit willard hasd enough early in thi
fight at Havana to knock down