Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1936-06-27

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many minutes with footballs grand old
man, Amos Alonzo Stagg, now head
coach at Pacific University, and for Al
years OF whereabouts head coach Of all
+ sports and athletic director at the
| University Of Chicago. told Skagg
something he never knew, about one
/ of his football captains. And that some
thing was Bud" Henderson, the Ma-
room grid captain OF the 1927 team
hailed from Butte. For several seasons
after his graduation, Henderson was
one Of Stages assistants The ''0ad
man of football figured was kidding
him Stagg thought he knew the geo
graphic spots whence most Of his team
captains hailed. Stagg told me that he
was going to look up the matter and
write me within 10 days II my state
mas greeting but did not mention Hem
derson or Butte.
bud" is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Henderson who left Montana six years
ago to reside IN California. He is a
nephew Of Charley Henderson, former
Silver Bow county sheriff, now a prom
inent citizen of Long Beach.
Stage did comment on Montana boys
who have won fame in athletics In
many schools, though very, very few
ever attended the University OF Chi
cago. He mentioned that Montana lads
would be welcome at his present school.
Boys like Henderson, Peters, Hanley
and Pythian are the kind have been
hunting for more years than I can
say" said the old man of football
Coach Page Played With Chi
Speaking Of Henderson acting as
Stagg assistant reminds me Of an in
cident of another great Stage coached !
athlete and aide. About 20 or 81 years
ago, the Chicago University baseball !
team made trip to Japan. Enroute to
Seattle the Maroon ball toSSers played /
a number of games. The team stopped l
at Billings, meeting local team. Pat"
Page, a great football end and Won
derful basketball guard, good pitcher,
too, was in charge Of the ball team. 1t
was Pats second year as assistant 70
ed the offerings Of several Chicago
hurlers. Then Pat Page went to the
box I do know that on the trip Pat
pitched several games for the coll
Iegiates.
About a dozen years ago when Page
left the Stage concern to be head coach
on his own hook at Butler University.
located at Indianapolis, happened to
be in the Hoosier capital on q night
basketball game. In those days BiItlerl
University did not have gymnasium
rs one of its possessions. I took taxi
10 old TomIinson hall where Butlerl
played all home games. The hall would
$500 fans. The game was
! sellout. Lines Of customers were
turned away. moved up to the box
office and asked for ticket. The clerk !
old me that there were no more he
Gould put in circulation. He said that /.
many people travelled so or so miles to
zee the game, only to be disappointed. !
I remarked that I had jOurneyedl !
rom Montana and intended to see the ;
cams play. Incidentally ] told thei :
ticket man was friend of the But J
er coach, Pat Page. was ushered up :
Jtairs to a seat on the Butler bench,
md all during the game gabbed with +
he coach, that is, when his team was
eading; but when Butler was behind, =
Fat would suffer from coaches heebee- a
eebeS, which Is a combination Of =
nxiety, nervousness, filters, and hys- =
eria. Butler is one Of the few college !,
cams that has ever won the national = :
A. o. basketball championship. A i.
ear after the incident reported above, I
'age took his basketeers to Kansas y
,ity and copied the national amateur q
tile. q
Page held down the head football :
zach Job for a time at Indiana Uni
ersity after his Butler years. Pat is
ow In California coaching at a junior
o1lege He doesn't live far from his
Id mentor coys and friends. Stage
nd Page can put on an entertaining
woman tanning bee, which they do
lany times month. =,
Warner Second Oldest -
Stagg is the dean Of all football \,
oaches. Next In point of continuous -
saxs OF grid coaching service, though ~
e has had seven jobs TO two for Stagg, -
Glenn Pop" Warner The present -
emple mentor, formerly coach Ell &c
arlisle, Georgia, Cornell, Iowa State, =, ~
ittsburgh and Stanford, has been =
,aching line plays spinners and other n
)otban maneuvers for 80 years. -
Like Pat Page, who played as well as =.
0ached a Chicago university baseball =
am and stagg who played with an =,
arlier Chicago U grid team he ~
lught, "Pop" played with a team he 8
irected. How many times do not =,
now, but it is matter of record that q
e did play one game in Butte In the --.
tie COS. At the time he was coach
lg Iowa State college of Ames. The