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TrFARRT'R SDN’DAY AMERICAN, ATLANTA, GA., SUNDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1013.
American Sporting' Page
ead-All Other:
Carlisle Physician Thinks Warner Is
Greatest Handler of Players in the
World-—Develops Stars From Less
Material Than Any Eastern College.
By Doctor Gray.
Karnes away from home denotes a
lack of what Is called temperament.”
“Don’t Worry,” Indian Motto.
“Don’t worry, is the Indian motto.
The boys are good sports and the best
losers in the world. That’s the reason
they win so many games away from
their own dunghill. Their lack of
temperament enables them to meet
unusual conditions easily so that
travel and change of food, excite
ment, and so forth, do not affect them
as is the case with white boys. Don’t
think,” he added, “that the boys don’t
hate to lose. They do, but they are
philosophical about it. Many Ameri
can sportsmen could take a lesson
from the Indians in the matter of
bearing losses man-fashion. In fact,
the demeanor of the Indians every
where wins them the friendship of
the people who witness their games.
The crowds— fans of the home teams
—invariably root for the Indians, and
prominent people in each city that
we go to unite in bidding for the op
portunity to entertain them. But,
In spite of all this, they are invariably
modest and gentlemanly. The swelled-
head is practically unknown among
them. They are undoubtedly the most
popular team in the country.
Wolgast Has Surely
Been Unlucky Boxer
Ad Wolgast is the young man with a
bank roll and jinx attachment, both be
ing full grown and well developed.
For the benefit of strangers let it be
explained that Wolgast is a savage little
boxer who whipped every 133-pounder
of his day. He won, honorably de
fended and finally lost the world's light
weight championship. Incidentally Ad
earned a fortune of over $200,000, saved
the greater part of it, and suffered a
string of misfortunes, as startling a line
of accidents and ailments as ever fol
lowed a man of the ring.
A detailed list of Ad’s mourning pe
riods is as follows:
1006— Deft ear “cauliflowered” into a
bow knot.
1007— Right ear scrambled to match.
1008 Rones in both hands cracked
and knocked out of joint.
1009—Bridge of nose caved in. Sur
gical operation necessary.
1910—Arm broken in bout with Jack
Redmond Rebroken in battle with
Tommy McFarland.
1911 Stricken with appendicitis. Suc
cessfully operated on.
1912— Bores in both hands injured
again.
1913— Suffered serious attack of pto
maine poisoning. Ribs cracked in bout
with spurring partner.
At the present gait Wolgast should go
into his fortieth year with a cork leg.
a hickory’ arm. a glass eye or two and
a couple of rows of store teeth.
Report Puts Fultz
At Head of Reds
CHICAGO, Dec. 6.—From Pittsburg
comes the story that at the recent
meeting of the Federal Deague in this
city, Dave Fultz, head of th* Baseball
Players’ Fraternity, was elected presi
dent of the outlaw organization. The
varn also says Christy Mathewson is to
be elected president of the players' body.
Fultz is to receive $7,000 the first year
and an additiona $1,000 the second with
a salary of $9,000 for the third.
C ARLISLE, Pa, Dec. Inter
viewing Glenn (Pop) Warner
is more or less like bombarding
a mountain with a pea-shooter. Hia
silences are as huge as his bulk. He
is, even in his den. surrounded by the
enormous. 1 questioned, then ensued
a long, seemingly endless pause, dur
ing which even the two huge hounds,
stretched couch ant on the grizzly
bearskin rug, noses pointing Warner-
ward, tails in unconscious derision
myward, lay still as death. At last,
when hope seemed dead, the atmos
phere of the vast Indian trophy ut
tered reception-living-den-smoking-
music room of the Master of Foot-,
ball tactics was thunderbolted by a
long-drawn “Huh. Warner has as
similated from his redskin pupils
their two most potent weapons
against the impertinent curiosity of
the whites—their stoical demeanor
and its vocative expression.
When hope was flickering its last
flick, a falling log in the open fire
place threw a spurt of flnme across
the room. It was bright enough to let I
me catch an unmistakable flicker of
fun in the eyes behind the huge lenses
of the great steel-rimmed spectacles.
I believe Warner wears these not for
the purpose of seeing more clearly,
but to hide how clearly he does see—
most often I could not flatter myself
that I had hidden my embarrassment
from ihc keen eyes of the man whose
wonderful plumbing of the hidden
depths of the Indian mind is ‘alone
responsible for the placing of the
Carlisle team upon the very pinna
cle of football fame,
Warner Greatest Trainer.
And just a moment before I get to
the real meat of this interview-—the
things Warner himself said—while l
record the opinion of those who know
him best. It is just this: That the
Carlisle coach is the, greatest trainer
and manager of athletes the worn!
about equal the, population of Denver,
Indianapolis, Ldnisville or Kansas
City, Mo. But look at the showing
they have made In athletics. Here
In Carlisle we have only about 250
boys over 17 years old to chose the
team from. Compare that with theee
figures of other universities:
“Dartmouth 1,358 students
“Cornell 4,518 students
“Harvard 5,045 students
"Northweiftern 4,454 students
“Princeton 1,572 students
"University of Kansas .2,600 students
University of Michigan 5,620 students
University of Penn. ... 6,100 students
“Yale 3,263 students
"I rather think,” drawled Warner,
A UC LUJJ [JUUtU
shows him
circling an
end, while in
the lower photo
he is shown
intercepting
a forward
pass.
A THENS, GA., Dec. 6.—All Georgia is confident that Dave Pad
dock, recently elected captain of the Red and* Black eleven
for 1914, will give Athenians a team that will beat Tech next
fall gn the gridiron. While many of the veteran players of this
year’s team will riot return to the college next spring, Paddock
has some corking young material that is likely to he developed into
a winner. Paddock planned to return to his home in Brooklyn arid
go into business, but now that he has been chosen as captain it is
almost a certainty that he will stick to his studios.
ha# *een—not even excepting Connie |
Mkck and John McGraw. He j
can pick a player quicker than j
Mack and knows human nature
better. But he al ays keeps himself J
in the background. Warner would
•ooner run ten miles from an inter
view than talk a minute about him
self or his work Read what he savs
about the Indians and you will under,
stand about them yes, all you want
to, if you will let him take his tim**.
If you doubt this statement, reflect
that Thorpe was made an athlete ab
solutely againat his will. “Nothin’ in
it for me,” he would often say w'hen
urged to practice in his early days.
His mind was fixed upon the material
things—fame and applause mattered
not at all, he could not feel, taste or
smell these But Warner talked and
worked and thought result, world’s*
greatest athlete. And what Is true of
Thorpe is true of ooores of slightly
lessor stars of the gridiron, diamond
and cinder-track firmaments.
The question that produced the
flicker aforementioned was: “How
true is the popular impression that
athletics are tly? end and aim of In
dian education at Carlisle?”
Carlisle Industrial School.
Warner snorted and shifted his 256
pounds of principally muscle in the
leviathan leather chair. “It's just
about as wrong as It can be.” hs
retorted. “Carlisle is an Industrial
school. The boys go to school half a
day and work half a day. They never
get into their togs and onto the prac
tice field before 4:30 in the evening,
and have to leave it at 5:30. \\ hen
they get there, they get right down to
brass tacks. They work hut it s fun
to them—their daily recreation. You
don’t see them walking around taking
Themselves as seriously as a Presi
dent Emeritus because they happen
to make the squad, and with their
brows puckered in deep thought about
football tactics Practice Is ju*t a
big. good-natured frolic, but with a
serious purpose behind tt.
“What about the work? Does it
help or hinder?”
“Helps, of course,” said Warner
emphatically. It makes them natur
ally more rugged and Inured to phys
ical exertion. Then the Indian boys
come from country districts and a
hardy, outdoor life before they come
to the school. And that reminds me
of another popular impression that
should be removed. A great many
people believe that the Indians on
the team do nothing else but travel
around and have a good time at the
Government's expense. As a matter
of fact, Carlisle is so centrally locat
ed and the schedule is so arranged
that the boys can complete their
week's work and schooling, leave on
Friday night and return on Sunday
morning.”
Must Be Natural Athlete.
I had heard that while the Indian
Is a natural athlete it is difficult to
get him started upon srueh a career.
Warner confirmed both these opin
ions. “You're right.” he said. “The
Indian must be a natural athlete or j
else how could he have made such a j
great comparative showing. There j
are only about a quarter of a million *
athletes in tiiis country. They just
“that these figures speak something
for the preponderance of athletic
ability in the Indian. People forget,
too. that there are approximately a
dozen other Indian schols having a
greater natural advantage for tho
drawing of pupil* than Carlisle
'loot's settle for all time the ques
tion of the beaming of athletics upon
scholastic effort or the life careers
of men,” 1 ventured.
This appeared to be a welcome
phase to the big coach. He sat up
and leaned forward. "Practically
every Indian who has mafie good in
athletics at Carlisle has made good
in after life, or is well on the way to
Mo so." he replied. The brightest
Students have usually been the most
capable players. Even the tripe
away to games are made to bring an
educationaltvalue to the whole school.
The fellows on the team are encour
aged to give talks to their societies
and classes, on their return from
each of these, about the things they
have seen and their impression.
“Another thing I’d like to say about
the Indians in connection with these
trips,’ he added, after a pause, “is
that they seem to take naturally to
the ways of civilization. It’s mar
velous how they accommodate them
selves to their surroundings in such
a manner as to give the impression
that they are to the manner born. I
used to worry about the newcomers
on their first trips In Pullman cars
and diners or in the first-class hotels.
I don't worry any more now, how
ever. They watch others before they
do anything, and their powers of ob
servation are so keen that they rare
ly ever make a bad break.”
“That should be a valuable feature
in the making of rootbu.ll men,” I ob
served.
“It is,” responded Warner. “They
watch everything and everybody and
they never forget."
“What method do you use in the
beginning of making players?” I que
ried.
“Put all the available material on
the field and teach them all the fun
damentals. Practically none of the
boys have any knowledge of sports
when they come here. Then, no mat
ter how good they prove to be, they
have to go through the mill Because
a man. at first glance, shows the ma
terial for a good back, he is not play
ed in that position alone. No man is
considered too important to go
through all the paces and play all
the positions. That is one of the
reasons for Carlisle’s success on the
gridiron, and why there is, as a rule,
no weakness on the team It accounts,
too, for a large measure of its suc
cess in spite of the fact that it has
always been , noted for lightness In
weight—seldom averaging more than
170 pounds per man.”
“Does it take long to develop the
players?”
Guyon and Calac Stars.
“Not as a rule. Most of my best
men have qualified in their first year,
as, for instance, Joe Guyon and Calac,
the star backs this year, who made
last year’s team as tackles. That was
the first time either had ever played
football, and they were converted
into backs of the first class with only
the experience gained in the line last
year. From the minute the boys be
gin to watch the game they observe
closely all the points, watching how
the star players tackle, fall on the
ball and so on. and they follow' very
keenly and closely the instructions
of the coach.”
“How about that latter point.” I
interrupted. “Are the fenows easy to
handle?”
Warner shook his head emphatical
ly. but his eyes twinkled again. “I
hate to confess it," he said, "but they
have to be jollied along worse than
a bunch of young ladies. If you w'ere
to try to pull any rough stuff or bully
them they would sulk and there
wouldn’t be anything doing at all.”
"Native pride,” I interjected.
“Exactly,” he agreed. "They are
chuck full of it and as sensitive as
the girl wearing a last year’s Easter
hat. Their pride of race, too, has a
good deal to do with their playing. I
believe. You see the gridiron Is the
only place on which they can battle
with the whites on equal terms. Their
feeling about this is greater even
than the school spirit between oppos
ing teams. It is really a spirit of
rivalry betw-’een races which brings
out their best effort. I believe that
their success against the whites in
athletics is a fair criterion of what
the Indians could do if given the same
equal opportunity in other fields of
endeavor."
"It seems to me,” 1 said, “that the
fact that the Indians win so many
Quarterback Dave Paddock,
Who Leads Georgia in 1914
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15
ERODFSCHODL
I LOS MCELES
Famous Pitcher of the New York
Giants Lauds the Climate of
California.
OB ANGELES, Deo. 6.—Boys of
the Normandie Avenue School
are carrying their heads high,
with an air of patronizing condescen
sion for their less fortunate fellows
of other schools.
Christopher Mathewson, Jr., came
to their school—each of them has
achieved distinction for life, for he Is
a schoolmate of Young Matty.
Christopher Mathewson—the great,
peerless Matty, brought his son, and
the boys all saw him.
Had Christopher Columbus sailed
his caravels Into Los Angeles harbor
and motored into the playground and
made an egg stand on end for each
individual boy, the school could not
have been more excited.
Had President Wilson’s daughter,
Jessie, been a boy and come to play
football with them instead of getting
married, the sensation out at Nor
mandie and • Vernon avenues would
have been mild compared with the
Mathewson sensation.
More Than King.
King George’s son could have
walked into the school grounds with
his kingly father holding his hand
without attracting much attention,
for King Matty is the one great hero
of the American boy, and he walked
right into their own familiar sur
roundings with little Matty’s hand in
his, strode to the principal's room,
and in a jitff little Matty, heir ap
parent, was their schoolmate.
Matty senior got all the attention
while he was about.
“Gee, but ain't he a giant?”
“The ‘Big Six’ himself!”
“Kids, did you see him smile right
at me w'hen he said ‘Good morning?’ ”
"Look at the length of his arms!
He’s got a longer reach than Jim Jef
fries! ”
Close to Matty and his son was an
awe-hushed circle; farther away, out
of earshot, the boys were all talking
at once and no one listening. The
boy who was late at school w ill regret
his tardiness with a poignancy never
experienced before over similar of
fense.
Live in Bungalow.
Mathewson and Mrs. Mathewson
and Christopher, Jr., are living in a
bungalow over at No. 1337 West For
ty-eighth street, a few' blocks away,
and some of the boys—not many, for
it was very early—enjoyed the added
distinction of seeing the “Big Train'
romping with little Matty and giving
him some lessons in the rudiments of
baseball on a vacant lot near the
bungalov^ before he cranked up his
tiny new automobile and took the boy
to school.
The son of Mathewson Is but 7
years of age, and he isn’t a big leaguer
yet. but he takes to baseball like a
duck to water. He is a dark-com
plexioned, winsome little chap; it is
evident he has the head for the game
and the aptitude, and in due time,
with years and his daddy’s training,
he will have the physique. But he’ll
probably disappoint all the new
friends he made by becoming a great
engineer or a railroad president in
stead of the brainiest pitcher df his
generation.
“I haven’t really given much
thought to what the boy is going to
be,” said Mathewson. "You see he is
only a little boy yet, and there's lots
of time to think of that when he be
gins to show his natural bent.
“But I ain a great believer in the
benefits of baseball for the American
boy. It is a great game, a democratic
game. 1 don’t see how any other
game could take its place in the de
velopment of the character of Amer
ican boys. It gives them nimbleness
of body and mind. It makes them
quick of decision and brim full of
energy. It teaches them the impor
tance of teamwork in everything
they do and gives them opportunity
to develop the faculty of leadership.
“California has a great climate for
baseball, and the boys here have a
chance to enjoy the game through a
long season w hen snow’ and rain stop
it in the East. This State has sertt a
fine lot of players to the big league,
and I’ll bet there are a lot of young
sters playing here now’ on the school
grounds and vacant lots that will be
big leaguers when they grow up. Any
way, they will be better men for the
fun they have had at the game.
McGraw Discouraged.
“Talking of climate, McGraw told
me it would rain three months at a
time out here. But you’ve had a fine
rain and now’ these are w’onderfui
days. We’ve been motoring about
every day, seeing the country, and I
expect to do a lot of that during the
winter. I plan to see about all of
Southern California in that way. I
arranged hurriedly fo come out when
McGraw found he was short of pitch
ers for the Western trip, and did not
have time to ship my car. When I
saw these splendid California roads, 1
went and bought a little car just for
the winter. Yesterday I took the
family out to the ostrich farm. The
day before that I took a drive through
the San Gabriel country and enjoyed
some golf at the San Gabriel Country
Club. To-day I am going out there
for some more golf. I’m mighty glad
I did not let McGraw scare me away
from California with that yarn of his
about ‘raining here for three months
at a stretch.’ ”
FREE TREATISE.
Thu Loach Sanatorium,
Indianapolis. Ind., has
published a booklet which
gires Interesting facts
about the cause of Cancer: also teBa what to do for
pain, bleeding, odor, etc. Wnv« i<* u u> daj.
ruoiittonu-a this *ape».
Christy Mathewson Teaching His Son
How to Heave the Famous Fadeaway
Hurler Shawkey Was
Forced on Athletics
The story has often been told about
Connie Mack endeavoring to trade
Catcher Schafig for Pitcher Paddy
Green, a Yankee recruit, but It is not
generally known that Pitcher Boh
Shawkey* was practically forced upon
the lean leafier of the world's cham
pions.
Shawkey was tipped off to Johnny
Evers, manager of the Cubs. Manager
Dunn, of Baltimore, in fact, was the one
who urged Evers to buy his right
hander, but Evers bethought him that
Connie Mack had an interest in the
Baltimore team. So he mused thusly:
“No manager in the country is in
greater need of pitchers than Connie
Mack. Now, if this man Shawkey is so
good, why does not Connie Mack take
him? If Shawkey is not good enough
for the Athletics, I don’t think he is
good enough for the Cubs. I’ll pass
him up.”
No other big league manager seemed
to care for the Baltimore pitcher, and
finally when Mack saw that Shawkey
might go for the draft price of $2,500,
he decided to pull him over to Phila-
‘Bud’ Anderson Meets
Barrieau Tuesday
LOS ANGELES, CAL., Dec. 3.—The
“Bud" Anderson-Frank Barrieau bout
next Tuesday will be practically a wel
terweight affair.
At a final conference yesterday morn
ing the managers of both boxers agreed
upon 135% pounds four hours before en
tering the ring. Promoter McCarey de
cided that the contest would be staged
as a night event.
Prichard Is Elected
Cadets’ 1914 Leader
WERT POINT, N. Y., Dec. 6.—Cadet
Vernon E. Prichard, of the second class,
has been elected captain of next year's
Army football team.
Prichard has played quarterback on
the team for two seasons and got in
every game except one on the Army's
schedule this season. His brilliant for
ward passing, spectacular open field
running and excellent generalship have
made him one of the season's leading
quarterbacks. He is 22 years old and
was admitted to West Point from the
Eleventh Congressional District of Iowa
in June, 1911.
ENGLISH POLOISTS CHALLENGE.
LONDON, Dec. 6.—The Hurlingham
Polo Club to-day forwarded a challenge
to the American Polo Association for a
series of cup matches in 1914.
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