New Britain herald., 1930-12-30
GUS WEIGH WINS
 OLD BROWN DERBY
Comes Out First in Competitive
 Story Telling Of Coaches

Welch. of the University of Virginia, Carlisle quarterback Of the days Of Pop" Warner and Jim Thorpe. was cn route back to Richmond today with tha famous Brown Derby"
 Gus won the derby in honest verbal combat with tn. other wits Of in" American Football Coaches Association at their annual hauqu,t which ended, as i1 always does, .u the rarly morniuc hours with th, competitive storytelling for Dh. honor Of the iron hat.
 The winning story Was tb's:
 Carlisle Was playing Cornell and i. was ton-h game. Thorpe scored q touchdown against tha l5js Rcd roam and the I1disus went 70 do tpneiya play. The~. VAS on, biz guard. g20 pounds. who vas laying down or the job. All Gus urging couldn't get him 10 wake ur #ud stop tho Cornell pla1s Finally II was Cornelrs ball on CarltSles ton yard line.
 "I vas -htnkm hard" said Gus. waving an unn-htod cigar. and | had an idea. vas playlu' safety bur lied him back and Wen, up 10 th. line. Then I went over to 'nc reto~-u and told him 1T you see me ~fuz somebody II won't be q Cornell man. t will he one of thesa Ind'ans
 "The play game through this big guard. ran up and there was big pile I'D with this guard at tha bottom and his face showing on one side. I reached down and with my hand tat-like this-I slapped him.
 "Tha pile h-ar@d and up he came. a nice ros, mark On his check Fl" rushed over and said 70 tho roferea: Did you see that, Cornell slu=sed me.
 "'rhe retrrsr lagGhed and sad That's all right, I'll got them the neN. tIne'
 "On the next play this big bird went throuah and nafled them for q three yard loss. On the next play he got a Cornell back for a two yard loss. on tic next play hr rared him three yards behind rh" line"
 H. and Thorpe worked on th" -u1rI for three voars with 'hoS" tan'tos, Gus said. and won lot Of games. Tn 4 game with P@Nnsyl- rania. Thorpe ar-u bit the big guard in .he s'5e 10 make him play
 "Af.er a game with Brown and we were both quitting" Chs con rtnued. "I vas taking 10 this guy and I told him what v.e bad don. H. looked q lne for minute and then h. sat!.
 "'Whg I've said lot Of mean things 10 those refera4s. 1 must wrj.. them ali letter and apoIo- giza'"
 "ft"r.e tho Brown Uarby." said Major Prank Cavanaugh, who Was presiding.
 Jim Crowley. Of Michigan State. inc tamoHs "S]oepy Jim" who rod. with the "Four Hor@.mon" a' Notr- Darne might have won the prize it ae had spoken his piece during rh' "EroWa Darhy' competitor ngt bis Was ~audv .rhed in with .h' pro gram rut on hv 'he paid euter,aiu- a~-. II proved the ht of tho ey.- oin-
 "rH IT.. 10 =i<c 'cu d plrr1r4 Of Mir. Eocane taking 70 his team be- tore q game" Crowley said when he "as fcaalIv 'nd1red 10 go 10 tH- platform and "3o sow.rhirE"
 'I''S 'ha Army game of la24 w." a~e sitting arouud in the dressing room ahout ran minutes before tb" game ~hon 'na door opens and thIt black. shaggy head comes in th, door. lNr. Eockne is bald as billiard hall>
 "'ArraN tells me they are GoiJg 10 kick VOL of rh~ field and then kick Hon or rhe schodulo." Eork"r says "I don, believe they can ao
 Walsh Cbrasaue'y, I'm going Q put you in ii center and I ~a0' 70 see you play Gp minutes or ha-a-a-r-r-d football. Send back a nice rluHN pass 70 those hacks. Rip Miller, I'm rlafing VOL at right tackle" want you 70 go in rh"r, and play fa minutes oG ha-a-a-r-r-l foo'laI You didn't do SO good in tha, Wisconsin game. Collins -''
 And so on through the rest Of thr seven mules and Stuhldreher. Don Miller ard Laylnn Of the back6eId. To each one Rockno addressed some caustic comment on their previous play and their dutIos that day. Miller Was 10 do some blocking iu there today we've got to shake CroHlay loose"
 "Than ho turned 10 mr." said Jim. "and said. Jimmy will tou 90 in at left halt -"
 There might ha,. been roro 70 Cro%lay's story but if there vas he couldn't have told Y. There Has too much noise.