Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-15
CRIMSON SQUAD TAUGHT
FOOT BALL in PLAIN WAY
Reporter. Better Suited for Checker Team, Joins
Cambridge Players to Get Low-Down on Modern
Simplicity in Training Methods.

eligibles and the reporter got one OF
| these. Instead Ct the all-crimSon foot
ball jersey the ineligibles have to wear
a red Jersey with q yellow top and
yellow stripes on the sleeves. This Is
to help the coaching stan.
Coaches may mourn the good play OF
one of the yellow tops and yearn to see
him all in red, but as rule the coaches
save themselves headaches by overlook
ing the yellow tops. II a scrub IN all
red Jersey does exceptional work IN the
| line during scYimmage the coach will
ask, whats his name?" II the player
is wearing the yellow top on his shirt
the coach simply gives a sob and turns
his tear-filled eyes to his red-shtrted
hopefuls.
, Jim Farrell gees into action in his sup
ply room. "Out," he calls, lone under
shirt, one under drawers, wool sox,
stockings, garters, one belt, one jersey,
one pants, one shoes, one shoulder pad,
one towel. Sign here. Go get your
| locker"
Jim has his equipment room so ef-
ficiently arranged he can outfit candi-
dates and get all the data on them at
the rate Of 80 an hour without assist
ance.
Doctors Have Last Word.
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the field. But there is the matter OF
his physique. To Wadsworth House
he must go for physical examination.
II there are medical defects, organic
troubles, or any defects that might
prove dangerous, the candidate Is told
he can not go out for the teams.
With the doctors is the last word.
If the doctor says 20. X" the man goes
on the field. II the doctor says nc"
~. x.1A Inn
| a daily progress list Of the men who
have suffered injuries. They must take
daily examinations and, until they are
certified as recovered, they can't en-
gage in practice.
Before going on the field every can
didate steps on the scales and calls
out his weight. An assistant manager
keeps the weight charts. One is posted
in the coaches room. One goes to the
doctor.
Returning from practice, the weight
sicians can follow a man through the
season by glance at the chart. Betty
Hammett, dietitian at the Varsity Club,
hears from the doctor when a candidate
needs some weight-buildang food or
vice versa.
Three O'Clock. On the field. Old
Mike Denihan, the little fellow who
cavorts madly and waves the pennant
Haughton gave him at every Harvard
game, is in charge Of the gate. One
Eyed Connolly couldn't get by Mike.
| Varsity practice is held behind board
fenced field and Is always secret. Mike
! job is to see to it that it Is secret.
What do they do out there on the
! field?
After all the movies your correspond
ent had seen Of foot ball practice Ses-
sionS and all the newspaper photo
graphs from gridirons and campuses all
over the United States, he anticipated
quite q variety OF activities.
The cameras eye had shown backf1eld
men running through strings Of boxes.
some in line, some staggered. to teach
balance and pivoting This is a Dick
Hanley invention at Northwestern. The
Army uses 1t.
Pop Warmers boys at Stanford had
been pictured galloping about through
automobile tires and diving through
them to tackle the dummy. Pop feeds
his boys beef steaks, rare. Eddie Ca