The Washington times., 1930-12-31
FAMED COACH.
TERMS GAME
IMPROVED
BY JAMES L. KIGALLEN

NEW YORK, Dec. 31.-Fielding
H. Yost, Of the University Of
Michigan, one Of Americas old
est and most famous football
coaches, today selected the six
| greatest football players he ever
saw. There may have been stars
who shone Just as brightly, but
the six named herewith were the
best he pever laid eyes on HIM
self:
/. Jim Thorpe, the immortal
haIfback Of the Carlisle Indians.
2. 'Pudge" Heffelfinger, Yale
guard, the first man, according
| to YOst, to come out from guard
position to run interference.
3. Benny Friedman, Of Michi-
gan, quarterback.
4. Bennie OOsterbaan, great
Michigan end Of 1924.
5 Willie HestOn, Of Michigan,
halfback.
6. Germany" SchuIz, Michigan
center.
Yost is a delegate to the
twenty-fifth annual convention OF
the National Collegiate Athletic
Association, which formally got
under way here this morning.
Yost has coached football for 80
years and has had Al years ex-
perience in competitive athletics.
Four Michigan Men
It will be noted that Yost
picks four Michigan men. That
is natural enough, he thought.
because he has been looking at
Michigan players for so many
years. Yet he thought they
stacked up with the best of them.
YOst characterized Friedman
as one of the finest forward pass
thrOwers the game has seen and
OOsterbaan one Of the greatest
receivers Of passes.
He said Hestcn was the back
who scored 900 points for Mlchi-
gan in four years and, as 1or
Schulz, he never saw his equal at
center.
Asked what were the six best
teams he ever saw, Yost pondered
for q minute or two and replied:
Names Teams
"WeIl, maybe won't have
INV dates exactly right. But
here they are: That Pennsyl-
vania team of 1907 on which
Bill HOllenback played; that
Yale team of 1903 that had
Tom ShevIin on it: the Michi-
gan team Of 1901 that scored
$50 points to 0 for the Opposi.
ton; the Michigan team Of
1925 that won the Western con-
ference chiefly through the
work Of Oosterbaan and Fried
man; the Harvard team Of 1913
that bOasted Brickley, Bradley
and Hardwick, and the NOtre
Dame team of 1929-the only
Notre Dame team / ever saw
in action"
Yost coached football at Ohio
Wesleyan back in 1897; the Uni
versity Of Nebraska in 1898; the
University Of Kansas in 1899;
Stanford in 1899, and beginning
with 1900 he was seasonal coach
(hiS home was in Nashville,
Tenn.) for the University OF
Michigan for 81 years.
Yost is at present director OF
athletics and professor Of physi
cal education at Michigan and, in
addition to his nearly 80 years as
a paid coach, he has coached five
years of football for nothing.
Now Friendly
To-day the institutional con-
facts between the various col
legeS of the country are on .
better and more friendly basis
than ever before" YOst de-
clared.
"Thirty years ago the coaches
hardly spoke to each other.
Today practically all Of them
are friends.
eff you were to go to CoIum-
bus with the Michigan team
when W. are playing Ohio
State you would find the cOlOrs
Of both colleges pretty evenly
balanced wherever they would
be displayed. The press, too,
has been remarkable. You
couldn't tell from the stories In
the Columbus papers which
eleven they were supporting"
Others Present
Yost and scores Of other coaches
are in attendance at the session
of the National Collegiate Ath-
letic Association, A compre-
hensive program for today has
been arranged.
Prof. Charles w. Kennedy, Of
Princeton, president Of the asSo-
citation, was scheduled to deliver
the opening address which is ex-
pected to be q frank discussion
Of the "evilS" that are said to
exist at present in college
athletics.
DR.. James r. Angel, president
Of Yale, was also listed as one of
the speakers. His topic was not
announced. Another speaker will
be Avery Brundage, Of Chicago
president Of the American
Olympic Association.