The Washington times., 1930-09-03
FACES
TASK WITH
LIONS
BY CHRISTIAN tRED) eagle

Here Is q man who won foot
BAH games for Pennsylvania
when he was q member Of that
team, football games for George
town while head coach there,
and he will win games for Co
lumbia during his administration
there. Above all, however, Lou
kittle has won and viii continue
to draw himself @ multitude Of
friends in New York and else
where.
Lou Little has had q career
full Of excitement and action.
He played football for the Uni
versity Of Pennsylvania In Is and
'16, but in IT he donned the
Army khaki and went to France
to do his part on the greatest
field Of conflict and the greatest
game the world has ever wit
messed.
Due to his natural ability
TO command men, and, above
ali, to control the efforts Of
men, he was promoted 70 the
grade Of captain In the Army.
After returning to the States,
Lou resigned his educational, and
athletic career ut Pennsylvania
In 1919.
Upon leaving his alma mater,
he Joined the ranks Of the pro-
fesSional gridders and played
with Buffalo and the Frankfort
Yellowjackets. He followed this
game for four years and during
his career as a pro he was player.
coach for the Yellowjackets.
II learned more football
playing . week In the pro game
than I did In . year as an
amateur" he remarked.
And no doubt he did because
his successful career as head
coach at Georgetown where he
started In 1924, indicates that he
has absorbed plenty Of football.
Coach Little comes to Columbia
to build o team under adverse
conditions: but If the alumni are
only patient, they are certain to
see the Lions reach heights they
have never attained before. No
man can have a team that win
perform with amazing brilliance
when there is none available. He
may know football in minute de-
tail and he may be able to Inn.
part this information to his men,
but his instruction alone cannot
make a great team when the men
who have the ability to execute
the fundamentals are lacking.
Thas Ii the situation con-
fronting the new head coach
1t Columbia and it b an as
Signment which no one would
envy the mentor.
However, despite the handicap
Of Scantk material, Little is opti-
mistic about his coming season,
simply because he has confidence
and believes that the boys whom
he has at his command win re-
spond readily to his efforts and
win get themselves into the frame
of mind that they can win q
football game.
Without q single creditable vic
tory to their account last year.
the players are naturally under.
going . spell OF low morale, but
Lou has the tone OF voice, knowl-
edge Of the game, commanding
and ir1Structing power and. an In
sptfing personality that win
prompt his. men to lick "Qld man
mental depression" and get in
there and play the game.
Ralph Hewitt, Worcester
Academy prOduct. Ii the
naainSpring In the backfield;
Grenada; guard, the 1ead.Off
man in the line; but the old
smash, Hewitt over Grenada,
would not be an extremely
deceptive and powerful at-
tack IL attempted for the en-
tire season.
So this .is the situasion at CO.
1umbia which Lou Little has TO
face In making his debut Ia the
Metropolitan University.
A great coach without material
is something like b bank without
money; but I feel safe II saying
that football stock st Columbia
is slated for q rise ii the next
few years.
Il you value time. sase II by 10