Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-11-26
His Teams Winners
Gil DObie's Record

New York, Nov. 25-By A. PA
unique football coach with a remark
All e record is Gilmour Dobie, now
serving his seventeenth year as a
builder of successful football teams.
| the last four of which he has lifted
cornell to the pinnacle of gridiron
glory.
In the 16 years prior to 1928. Dobie-
coached elevens won 81 victories.
scored three ties and we're defeated
but three times, rolling up a grand
total of 1881 points as against the
o52 for their opponents. And, as this
| season has witnessed other Dobie VIC
tories and the scoring of more than
/, 200 points by his Cornell eleven, his
list of triumphs now is close to 90
| and the total points scored by his
teams is well over the 5000 mark.
AS GLOOMY Gil' he is known and
| referred to by eastern football writ
! ers, and that sobriquet j. made the
| subject of sketch appearing in a
recent issue of the Cornell Alumni
| News.
| The article takes issue with stor-
! les which have depicted Dobie as a
! mo- Csc. and somewhat profane, in
dividual. 1t states that while he can
"cuso" on occasions and does, he
"cusses out" the play and not the
/ players. 1t adds his players have I'M
bounded confidence In him and that
| the faculty agree he is an inspira-
| tional leader.
| Dobie began his coaching career in
| 1905 at Minneapolis High school. The
next year he became coach of North
| Dakota Agricultural college. and in
! 1908 he signed as head coach at the
| University of Washington, serving in
| that cape city to 1916. In 1917 he be-
| ~ o.
ma:ned at the Naval Academy until
until 1920 when he vas signed by
| Cornell. In that neriod Georgetown,
| defeated his 1919 Navy team to 0:
Dartmouth which defeated his 1920
| Cornell team, II to 3. and Pennsyl-
| vania, which defeated that same
team, % 70 0. haze been the oilly In
| situations to boast victory over
GLOOMY Gill;"
Dobie system of football play mas
been described as follows:
. "Dobies coaching method. or
rather the style of play that he dc.
velops. has the peculiar quality OF
absolute precision that goes WIN
| definite cadence, not unlike that OF
crack dr., squad going through the
manual Of arms. The marvellous
thing about it is that 1t Eoes aheao
uncrringly in the midst OF the con
| fusion of charging lines and strenu-
Gus physical combat. -.
"On a given play each memner oi
| the team has definit duties TO per
form in perfect routine and ne
tekes his three steps in one direc-
! tion and two in another as infail'oIe
and accurately as II there were ho
one else in the field
Holy Cross 81; Buffalo o
Worcester. Mass, Nov. 24-Holy
rrdss proved themselves great muo
larks today and had no trouble IN
rolling UP 81 points on Buffalo I'M
yersitv. Buffalo did not get inside
| the Holy Cross zone once during tne
came The field was sea OF mud
and water and once the game was
underway 1t was impossible to dis
tinguish the different nlayers. Holy
Cross scored quickly after the open,
ing of the game and Buffalo could
not stop any Of the plays sent at
them.
| Detroit Mich. Nov. 25.-The annual
| Elks' national bowling association
tournament will be held at Lima,
| Ohio. starting February 2. and con-
| tinuing ten days, it was announced
| today by Secretary J. A. Galen or
| the Elks Temple. Detroit. Entries for
the tournament will close at midnight
1 To-,