Evening star., 1926-11-15
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

One Of the timely revelations of the
season is that Woodrow Wilson in his
day was a great foot ball coach. The
World War President coached the
Princeton eleven of 1878, which cap
tured the first Big Three" champion
ship by trouncing Yale and Harvard
In 1880 Wilson went to Wesleyan
University, at Middletown, Conn, as
g. Young professor and soon became
the faculty member of the foot ball
advisory board. 1t was while at WeS
loyan that Wilson actively cooper
ated with Walter Camp, at Yale, in
eradicating many of the evils then
harming the game. Particularly with
regard to eligibility rules. Wilson
worked closely and effectively with
Camp. It was mainly through their
ioint efforts that the Intercollegiate
Foot Ball Association eventually re-
yised the gridiron code. Because OF
that achievement. authorities VINO
have been delving into the musty
days of foot ball are now designating
woodrow Wilson and Walter Camp as
common fathers of the game as 1t is
now played. Frank w. Nicolson, dean
at Wesleyan for many years, goes
the length Of asserting that Wilson
saved the sport from wreckage 81
years ago.
There's a member OF Congress VINO
takes vast and personal pride in the
foot ball honors that now seem DEN
nitely In danger of passing TO Notre
Dame. He is Representative Nicho-
las !. Sinnott, Republican, of oregon,
who has lust been elected to an e1shth
torn, in the House. mic was Notre
names star athlete and all-around
track champion for two years betore
he WAS graduated in 1892. AS Sprlnter, !,
hammer-thrower, jumper and long
distance runner, he knew no peer at
Notre Dame, and few equals In Mlu-
west colleges anywhere Slnhotl Is
inclined to think there are many uh,
necessary frills in the BUSINESS OIL
modern training. He claims ne never
knew what a professional coacii oi
trainer was. AS for an athletic dlet,
.s>-io " who towers several inches over
& feet into space and Is constructed
,ccordinely. saws the rule In MS day
was to eat anything that wouldn
bite him first.
>-ec,snaner men Of Washington Will
ra,,er cease to mourn Uncle Joe
cannon On many a copylesS day ne
1~as +hei,. sure shield. There was an
unw-ritten law, sanctioned by Cahiloli, u
| hinoaelf, that whenever anybody hao
800 yarn which needed to be, pinned
So,,ehodv. Uncle Joe's" name
onr,d he drafted without danger Oh
denial or reclimination. The PRIV
laoe WAS literally abused Tor years
| When he lived in Washlnstoh ~
| lowing his disa appearance from Ioll> I
press. Cannon's favor1te loallhs pls,oo
s,-as +he National Press Club and DOM
,res mss his passionate pastime there:
nne could compile an encyclopedia Oh
CI!ncle Joe's' clever quips. In TINS
ohserver's Judgment, none eXceIs
%annon's reply to a query as "
,,-hather the Republicans were golhs
~ nominate him for Presloellt; I;
..y1-ell said the veteran, they couiu
90 farther and do worse, ana pioo'
ably Will"
| DESIGNATION of the presidency OF
A,,,berst College by DR.. George Dan
iel Olds revives the suggestion ina!
| 70 head his alma mater as ltS CHieA
ovonut,ye NAV be the poSt-Whlte
House ambition of Calvin Coolidge
The Presidents devotion to Amhers'
is. next to his hostility to converse
tion. perhaps his outstand}ng persona
characteristic. Two fellow Amhers'
alumni are with him constantly al
| the White House-Edward t. Clark
his personal secretary, and F. stuart
| Crawford, who succeeded Judson &
Welliver last year as executive coun
selor on public relations. The latter
title is not official. Then, Of course
Frank w. Stearns. Mr.. Coolidge's
| graat and good friend Of wears stand
ing. is an Amnerstian of the blood
royal. Many authorities think the
chieftancy Of his old college and the
agreeable intellectual activity 1t would
AFFORD him would precisely suit Mr.
COOLIDGE In his lean and RlippArad