The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-03
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Driying-and Bullying
MMillian Brauche1:


 This Is a story about two coaches. One of them is unnamed. The other is Harry Mehre of Georgia.
 The unnamed coach presides over the gridiron destinies of large mid- western school. His vocabulary is harsh. In his day he was a fa- nous football player and he knows the game, inside and uot. He is a driver. With 6 tongue that knows how to string, he lashes his men during the practice sessions. He knows how to sheer, too. He can burn a man right up with look.
 The other day, after his team took decisive walloping, he gave out Q statement, declaring the boys lacked fighting spirit. Think that over a moment or two. Now, let us leave him and go on to Harry Mehre of Georgia.
 Harry Mehre is driver, too. Day in and day out he is down there on the field, urging his men on. He demands the best that is in them. He, too, knows the harsh word that spreads red dye upon the neck of a toiling son of old Georgia. He, too, can burn a man to the ground with a look.
 Merits vs Faults But there Is this difference be- tween the unnamed coach aud Harry Mehre. That is this: Praise. And that is the reason why Georgia beat Yale recently after Georgia seemed to be whipped. It is also the reason why the unnamed coach's team took such g terrific licking in the game in which the boys lacked fighting spirit. Harry Mehre Is always looking for merit. The unnamed coach Is always hunting faults. When Mehre sees a chance, he tells a player he has done lis job well. The other coach lets those chances slip, but is always ready to find the flaw and to criticize. Yale had Georgia beaten, to at the end of the first half of their game at New Haven. Dejectedly | the players filed off the field. Mehre moved among them. He pointed out faults that were obvious. But for every fault he also found a | bright bit of blocking, tackling or running to commend. His conclu- sion was:
 1T think you'll beat Yale to-day I'm pretty sure of it. But whether you win or lose, you're the gamest bunch of fellows I've ever coached" And Up Jumped Georgia The results. were miraculous Georgia turned its back on defeat . Even though Yale pushed over an. other heart-breaking touchdown tc start the third period, the Georgians fought on. With the score IA to against them in the third period they summoned all their grit and made one great effort to get to that goal.
 One great effort? The Georgiani made hundred, only to be turned back by breaks that were uncanny | Within 15 yards of the Yale goal, . Georgia halfback carried the bal around end for a touchdown that was called back because Georgia player had been offside. They plugged away only to tumble or Yale's 3-yard line.
 Yale punted out of danger, but Georgia came on. The dogged Geor gia Juggernaut marched down thu field, and, on the very verge of SCOT ing, fumbled again. Yale puntet once more.
 A third grand march down tn, field followed. And this time ther, was no tumble. A forward pass tool the ball across the line. Again II the fourth quarter, Georgia scored through an outgamed Yale lin, that even Albie Booths teams coult not rally.
 At the end of the game the SCOT, was Georgia IS, Yale 14. And thu moral Is: Salve sometimes does { wound more good than caustic.