Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-25

T did not return to Princeton In the
Fall of 1909. ] probably could nave
had the job back again had maze
any effort to get it, but l had been
there three years with only moderate
success. so I thought some one else
ought to get a chance. In the winter
I received letter from the chairman
of the athletic committee OF the Uni
yersity of Missouri, asking If | would
consider coaching the team there.
| had about decided to give up
coaching of foot ball and stick TO
my law practice entirely, put the
lure of the game proved too much Tor
me, so i answered Missouri that L
would be glad to consider an oHer.
Prof w. G. Manly, the committee
chairman, came east to see me ana
went over their foot ball situation
very thoroughly. / liked DR.. Manly
personally, and his story about Mis-
souri, appealed to me. He told me
Kansas University was Missouri's big
rival They played their annual game
In Kansas City, and Missouri had not
won a game from the Kansas Jay
hawkers, as they were called, in II
years.
Rivalry Relic of Old Days.
DR.. Manly went on to say there
was tremendous rivalry between
the two schools-a friendly relic Of
the old days.
Roper" he said, ''if you come to
Missouri and turn out winning
team the people out there will send
you to Congress or give you any
thing you want, they are so tired
seeing Kansas win that game"
mittee investigating primary cleo
tions this past Summer, and the first
thing Senator Jim Reed of Missouri
said was:
II saw that game in Kansas City
in 1909"
DIR. Manly and had no difficulty
in reaching satisfactory terms, and
before the former left for the West
l had agreed to go to Columbia the
18th of September to coach the Mis-
souri, eleven.
In looking back over my years as
| coach, there is no season I remem.
Der more pleasantly than the one
spent at Columbia, Mo. AI consider
the team that Fall accomplished
more, for the material, than any i
ever coached, with the possible excep-
ton of the 1925 Princeton eleven.
IAckC dIO Il lew BdffleS always
can picture in my memory. If I shut
my eyes I can almost see the play
ers on the field at Kansas City in the
big game with Kansas. Our team av.
eraged in weight a trifie over 100
pounds.
Kansas Had Giant Players.
The Kansas eleven was a team of
young giants, averaging at least 20
pounds heavier Kansas had swamp
ed Iowa and run roughshod over Ne
braska earlier in the season, while
we had difficulty in just nosing out
in our preliminary games. Every
non.partisan sporting writer in the
Missouri Valley picked Kansas to win
by a substantial score.
The Missouri team upset the dope
and won IL to 6. With the victory
| went the championship of the Mis-
souri, Valley. When the whistle end
ed the contest our plucky youngsters
were on their way to another touch
down which seemed sure.
AS | write this the names of the
! players on the Missouri team come
| back to me as If it were only yester-
day. There were Ristine. center and
| captain, tall seriouS-minded chap
Roberts and Thatcher, guards. Rob
| erts had taught school before he came
to Missouri, and Thatcher never had
| been on a foot ball field before that
Fall. He caught onto the game
| quicker than any one ! ever have
seen. "Puny" Buick and Gilcrist were
tackles Buick was the one big man