New Britain herald., 1930-12-11
HUEy LONG TURNS
 ID GRID COACHING
Governor Determined to Put L.
 s, |. on Football Map

New Orleans. Dee. Il - l(nutr Rockne of Notre Dame and all tAe other big-riue football mentors had best look to their laurels, for Gov ernor Hucy P. Long is OH thcir t2aIl
 Louisiana s picturesque chief cNe- cufiye and sou9tor-eivet - "ho emerged trlumphaut from au a.- tempt 10 Impcagu him. ~ho received visiting Geruan diGutaros iu daH- Ing grcpn p4jamN~. Nho Wa3e 6'- prtty yuuGz -uoggaIh,r s.erv'u#T ur Sli.. who refuses 10 glro up tn' =o,o~uor~N1p and -o a NasAm-toJ uaeWg-, ugs arch eu"lHE would sus cod hm-has a uG@ aul9ho#
 Now hes out :O make LoulslHnH State Lnwersity's football team one Of the greatest grldIron aS-rcga@ous .n the country
 T intend 10 put Louisiana Sta-e or the football map, Governor Long says. What l. lakes to get good players and develop them-ot course, in q legitimate manner, INo got. Don't be surprised to se9 j.. <, T.. on top Of the map ln tho next two or three years
 CaAortS on ~idclincs
 Before 2>ud0 surprised spc"t3- tors at the Tulaue-T. < ! gam rhe other day. the Eovoruor-sehlror made his deLgt as a foothai! m"utor. Racing ID and down rhe eljt Hn"~ he made himself sort CT a com+lra- ton coach. trantr, chgrr l'a1'r doctor, water boy and presiding genius 0t the occa75ou
 Arriving at inc to]1 a0 hour and a half before Eama tlwa. r9" governor vent at oHen to trt Lou1siau1 Sr4fe dressing room "a here he closatad hlr~"u with Coarh Russ Cohen aad 05- atht t"s unft the team cane ouf on tIt" Held X rrporter asked hjm what h. h7d said 10 inc ulaEcrs,
 "G talked 10 thrm for su loUr and a half.' he replied. 'I told 1lom they could llca Tulane if they weren't qmtcrs, l told thtm io eat out there and fight talked 1o tbcn in groups ot three aH't foIr-the whole squad. Now 3oa just watch that team Of utiho-'
 IL ought 10 he explained th1i Long. although al a!uHnus Of T"- lane. is head Of Louisiana State hN virtue Of his office as governor. 2Hl or inc day Of this football game he
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 Come On, You Ti@cr-:'
 Governor Long scorned the box that had been prepared for him. and naccd resllessIy up and down the sldelnos. He waved nis arms calling. "Coulc on, you Tigers! Como on, Tigers" And when LogjsiaaI State got a first down or Tu)au"s stx-yard line, Governor Long rae q down tine field and stood on th edge to cheer tho Nors OIL Tulane, as 1t hapnouad held. recovered tlr ball. and puntcd out of dang'r, Inn Louisiana Sr5,= tried a forward pas which va- 'ncomp,.... Ho}'"noi Long ran over to v l"re Hoac" Cohen sat on the her"a.
 Next tune one O. r&oso Tiger tries to pass and finds IHs rec.jF- ITS covered. ha}s ur nu wtu the ball the WAY Ion /mmrrwm Of Tulane did a-aru~t Georsil.' h. shoWod 10 ttr aoac'l.
 cohen nodded never +tEWg li= e,as off inc field of pYar. T11 governor ran hack 10 tl. sJi.- lines. ... Tulaus got thr hall ant hammered Incidentally at the Lon isiana State hue.
 "Wondarful! Wonderful" shout5' Loutsiana's governor. d4ncmE Oil tht sidclines. Wonderful the way tb4 Tiger line is hoIding,'
 Louisiana S,ate got the bah. Al mokary, q talented haifbacj< hll th' Tulane line for a first down.
 That's Ny Man"
 That's my man." cried Long. |" brought him in from the oil fields
 Finally Tulane got the ball an began steady r rch down th' field. The governor knelt on th' sideIin~s and pulled up grass h the handful then he suddent' Ioaped LID, raised his hands hig' over head, and yelled 70 his team
 Come on. boys! Fight 'em, Yol can hold 'em."
 Tulane kept going. T. was fourtl down. The ball was less than a foo from the Louisiana State goal line