Ralph Glaze Daniel Ralph Glaze ( March 13 , 1882 – October 31 , 1968 ) was an American athlete and coach who played as a right - handed pitcher in Major League Baseball , and later became a football and baseball coach and administrator at several colleges . Early life and playing career . Glaze was born in Denver , Colorado , and was recruited by Dartmouth College after displaying his skill in two sports . He played football at the University of Colorado in the 1901 season under coach Fred Folsom , a Dartmouth alumnus who became that school ' s coach in 1903 . Glaze enrolled at Dartmouth in 1902 , being followed there by his younger brother , John . Under Folsom , he played a notable role in the school ' s first - ever football victory over Harvard in 1903 , a game in which Harvard dedicated its new stadium . In 1905 , Glaze was named an All - American as an end by Walter Camp , even though at 5 ' 8 " and 153 pounds he was the smallest player on Dartmouth ' s team that year . Glaze also played baseball at Dartmouth , and pitched a no - hitter against Columbia . During summers , Glaze played semi - pro ball in Colorado , using an assumed name to protect his college eligibility . In 1905 he met an opposing catcher named John Tortes , a Native American , and encouraged him to apply to Dartmouth due to the school ' s charter making specific provisions for the education of Native Americans . As Tortes had dropped out of school , several Dartmouth alumni conspired to create a false background for him , and he enrolled until the ruse was discovered some time after his first semester . Nonetheless , the catcher attracted notice from various baseball figures , and he went on to a 9 - year major league career from 1909 to 1917 under the name Chief Meyers ; he maintained a strong affinity to Dartmouth , and credited Glaze with his start in the sport . After graduating in 1906 , Glaze signed with the Boston Red Sox , and over three years he posted a record of 15 wins against 21 losses , with 137 strikeout s and a 2 . 89 earned run average in 61 games and 340 innings pitched . A career highlight took place on August 31 of his rookie year , when he outdueled Philadelphia Athletics star pitcher Rube Waddell . Glaze began coaching in the offseasons , starting as a 1906 football assistant at Dartmouth ; he also helped coach their baseball team in 1908 . He left the Red Sox following the 1908 season , and spent the next several years with a number of minor league teams . Coaching career . In 1910 , Glaze became the football coach at Baylor University . His teams had a record of 12 – 10 – 3 from 1910 through 1912 , including a 6 – 1 - 1 mark in his first year . Glaze became the head coach of the University of Southern California ' s football team for the 1914 and 1915 seasons , compiling a 7 – 7 record . He was the first coach after USC ' s teams began to be known as the Trojans . Before his arrival , USC had not played football for the previous three seasons ; like many universities at the time , the school had switched to rugby and did not field football teams during the 1911 through 1913 seasons . After competing primarily against southern California teams throughout its history , USC was now beginning to include major colleges from other areas on its schedule . The 1914 season finale at Oregon State was the first against a major college opponent since a 1905 loss at Stanford , and was also USC ' s first game ever outside of California . The highlight of Glaze ' s brief tenure occurred the following year with the inauguration of the long - standing series with California . At the time , Cal was considered the traditionally dominant team of West Coast football , and Glaze managed to lead USC to a 28 – 10 road victory before falling to Cal , 23 – 21 , at home later the same season ; however , it was Cal ' s first year resuming football after having switched to rugby for the previous nine seasons . Glaze was succeeded in 1916 by Dean Cromwell , who was USC ' s football coach before the switch to rugby . Glaze also coached the Trojans baseball team , represented by the university ' s law school , in the 1915 season to a 5 – 10 record , and guided the USC track team the same spring . He also coached the USC basketball team in 1915 – 16 , with a record of 8 – 21 against exclusively southern California competition . Glaze became football coach at Drake University in 1916 , with a record of 3 – 10 – 2 , and then became football coach at Colorado State Teachers College ( now the University of Northern Colorado ) in 1917 – 18 as the school resumed football after 11 years , with a record of 2 – 6 . He coached football at the Colorado School of Mines in 1919 – 20 , with a record of 0 – 10 – 2 . From 1921 to 1924 he coached at Lake Forest College , leading the football team to a 10 – 12 – 3 record from 1921 to 1923 , and the basketball team to an 11 – 32 mark from 1921 to 1924 . During his career , Glaze also coached at the University of Rochester , Texas Christian University and St . Viator College . Marriage , later life , and death . Glaze married Evaline Leavitt in 1907 ; she died in 1927 , the year he retired from coaching to go into business in Denver . In 1930 , he became superintendent of the Boston and Maine Railroad ' s terminal in Charlestown , Massachusetts , and he married Winifred Bonar Demuth the same year . In 1946 the couple retired to California , moving to Cambria , California in 1951 . In his later years , Glaze struck up a friendship with former American League outfielder Sam Crawford , who had a cottage several miles away ; coincidentally , Crawford had been one of Glaze ' s successors as USC ' s baseball coach . Glaze stayed fit , walking three to five miles daily with his dogs when he was in his 80s . He died at age 86 in Atascadero , California .