Evening star., 1932-11-08
FITZPATRICK SEES
NO OTHER CHANGE
Athletes Still Have Speed and
PoWer-Equipment an
Aid to Records.
BY WALTER TRUMBULL.

- 8.-Keene Fitzpatrick, who
recently announced his re-
tirement as trainer and
coach at Princeton, and who is
known, admired and respected
wherever a foot ball shoe has
trod or running spike has
pressed, says that, while youth is
fundamentally the same, athletes
of today lack the stamina of those
OF bygone years.
THAT Is the chief difference I see,"
declares the gray-haired little man, who
Is Keen by name and nature. The ma
ture of youngsters has not changed
much since the beginning. They have
the same wants, desires, strong points
and weaknesses. Form may have
changed styles may have altered. but
boys have been boys down through the
ages.
Athletes of today have the speed
and power of those of long ago and
better many records because of modern
methods and equipment, but I do not
think" continued the man who has
trained college athletes for AZ years
that present youth has the lasting
power.
=. A ND why should it have?" queried
n Fitzpatrick Boys of today don't
use their legs. They do not walk
. couple of miles to school in all sorts
of weather. They don't even Jog half
O mile or more to the foot ball field.
Life has grown easier. When automo-
biles came in, stamina started to go
out
The expert who conditioned players
at Yale when Walter Camp was coach,
who handled the great team of which
w. c. Rhodes was captain, and the 81
team, led by Lee McClung. which Fitz-
patrick is inclined to think was the
greatest eleven he ever saw, was stand
ing on the steps of the practice field
locker house watching lot of fine
looking Princeton men hurrylng out the
door and to the green of the foot ball
field beyond
And they are fine looking, these big,
strong lads Fritz Crisler and his as
sistants, Tad .Wieman, Earl Martineau,
Campbell Dickson and Nelson Poe, are
hnstructing in the punting, passing, run
ming, blocking and tackllng arts.
FITZPATRICK has been watching
l. them and their predecessors for %
wears. From Yale he went to Mich
lgan and from there back to New Haven
again, training Fred Murphy's team Of
'96, and the team captaned by j. Q.
Rodgers in 81, which Frank Butter
worth coached.
The following year, Fitzpatrick again
returned to Michigan, where Jerry NC
Auley coached the eleven Of 1898, and
Biffy Lea the team of 1899. Fielding
Yost went to Ann Arbor in 1900, ana
he and Fitzpatrick worked together
until the latter transferred to Prince
ton in 1910. The track team he coached
in 1911 was the first Tiger track outfit
which ever defeated Yale.
Keene Fitzpatrick thinks that Ralph
Craig of Michigan was the best
spI.nter he ever turned out. and Ralph
rose the greatest weight man. He THINKS
Jenny Garrels was the best all-around
athlete he ever handled.
Archie Hahn" says the retiring
mentor, was a great sprinter, but
Craig was a wonder at both the 100 and
the 22O Nobody ever beat him in a
220-yard dash"
A SIX Fitzpatrick for the names of the
"A greatest foot ball players he ever
coached or trained and his reply
Is instantaneous. Hlnkey was the great
est end, with Neil Snow of Michigan
close up. Heffelhnger Of Yale he calls
the greatest guard who ever played
foot ball" just as he calls Frank
Hinkey the best end. and Willie Heston
the best back When Fitzpatrick was
asked to pick an all-time eleven from
among those men ne had coached and
trained, he named 1t as follows:
Ends-Hmkey of Yale and Snow OF
Michigan.
Tackles-Curtis Of Michigan and
Hart of Princeton.
Observation-Disclosures of Yale and
Benbrook of Michigan.
Center-Schultz of Michigan
Quarterback-Weeks of Michigan.
Halfbacks-Heston of Michigan and
elagle of Princeton.
Fullbacks-Garrels of Michigan.
While believing that Frank Hinkey, Neil
Snow, Pudge Heffelfnger, Germany
Schulz and Willie Heston would make
any all-time team ever named, F1tZ-
patrick thinks that Eddie Hart, Boss
Weeks, Jake Slagle, Johnny Garrels,
Benbrook and Curtis would make most
OF them.
THE Yale team OF 1891, which Fftz-
i patrick thinks was the best eleven
of them all, had Hinkey and Hart
well at ends. Winter and Wallis at
tackles, Heffelfnger and Morrison at
guards. Sanford at center. Barbour at
quarter, McClung and Bliss as half
backs and Vance Mccormick as full
back
Keene Fitzpatrick certainly is not
retirine because of his health, He
looks as active and vital as the men he
trains. And foot ball still is easy for
him. But, standing out in all sorts OF
Spring weather to train track eopdi-
dates, when a man reaches SO, ga to
be a bit of a strain.
So. after AZ years on the field, he Is
roing to sit in the stand for while.
He has earned rest. He Will take 1t
with accumulated honors of many
campairns and victories No man has
done more for youth, or contributed
more to what is fine in amateur sport.
1conyrtxht. 1882. by North American News
paper Alliance, 1nc)