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4 y tl c TTF.ARST' DAY AMERICAN, ATLANTA, GA., SUNDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1913. uoday American Sportin Lead AH Other: GIVEN PLACE ALONGSIDE OF Quarterback Dave Paddock, Who Leads Georgia in 1914 n ran Carlisle Physician Thinks Warner Is Greatest Handler of Players in the World-—Develops Stars From Less torial Than Any Eastern College. By Doctor Grav A RLI S LB. Pa., D®c. 0.—Inter-, viewing: Glenn (Pop) Warner | ia mow or leas like bombard Inn? a mountain with a pea shooter. Hla alienee# are as huge as hi# bulk. He la even In hla den. surrounded by the enormous. I questioned, then ensued ; a long, seemingly endless pause, dur ing wnlch even the two hugs hounds, •tretohed couchant on the grizzly bearskin rug, noses pointin'- Warner- ward, tails In unconscious derision tnjnrard. lay still as death. At last, when hope seemed dead, the atmos phere of the vast Indian trophy ti tered recept Ion-11 vlng-den-smoking - music room of the Master of Foot ball tactics was thunderbolted by a Jong-drawn “Huh Warner has as similated from his redskin pupil# their two most potent weapon# against the Impertinent curiosity of the white#—their stoical demeanor and It# vocative expression When hope was flickering It# last j flick, a falling log In the open fire place threw a spurt of flam© across j th# room. It was bright enough to let me catuh an unmistakable flicker of fun In the eyes helped 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 m> embarrassment from the keen eyes of th# man who## wonderful plumbing of tho hidden d#pths of the Indian mind is alone responsible for the placing of the Carlisle team upon the very plnna- cl# of football fame. * Warner Greatest Trainer. And Just a moment before 1 get to the real meat of this interview—the things Warner himself said—while I record the opinion of those who know him best. It ir. just this: That the Carlisle coach is the greatest trainer and manager of athletes the worid about #qual the population of Denver, Indianapolis, Louisville or Kansas < ity, Mo. Hut look at the showing they have made in athletic# H»»re in Carlisle we have only about 250 boys over 17 years old to chose the team from. Compare that with these figures of other universities: “Dartmouth 1.358 students “Cornell 4,518 students “Harvard 5,045 students “Northwestern 4.454 student# •'Princeton 1,572 students "University of Kansas .2,000 #tudents University of Michigan 5,620 students University of Penn.... 5,100 students “Yale 8.263 students '1 rather think,” drawled Warner, m ;v-v ix. ba# seen—not even excepting Connie Mack and John McGraw. He can pick a player quicker than Mack and know# human nature better. But he always keep# himself In the background. Warner would sooner run ten miles from an inter view than talk a minute about him self or hi# work. Head what he shvb about the Indians and you will under stand about then) yea, all you want to, If you will let him take his If you doubt this statement, reflect that Thorpe was made an athlete ab solutely against his will. “Nothin’ in It for me,” he would often say when urged to practice in hi# early days Hie mind was fixed upon the material things fame and applause mattered not at all, he could not feel, taste or #mell these But Warner talked and worked and thought—result, world's greatest athlete. And what Is true of Thorpe is true of scores of slightly lesser stars of the gridiron, diamond and cinder-track firmaments. The question that produced the flicker aforementioned wasi: "How true is the popular impression that athletics are the end and aim of In dian education at Carlisle?” Carlisle Industrial School. Warner snorted and shifted hie 250 pound# of principally muscle In the leviathan leather chair. “It’s Just about as wrong as it can be,” !i# 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 tkh* evening and have to leave it at 5 W 30. When they get xhere. they get right down to brass tacks. They work but It s fun to them—their daily recreation. You don’t see them walking around taking themselve# as seriously a# a Presi dent Emeritus because they happen to make the squad, and with their brows puckered in deep :hought about football tactics. Practice is Just a big. good-natured frolic, but with a serious purpose behind It. “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 ;i matter of fact, Carlisle i» 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 tne Indian is a natural athlete it Is difficult to get him started upon such a career. Warner confirmed both these opin ions. “You’re right,” lie said. “The Indian must be a natural athlete or how could he have made such a great comparative showing. There &r<? only about a quarter of a million i The top photo 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 rad- dock, recently elected captain of the Red and Black eleven for 1914, will give Athenians a team that will beat Tech next fall on the gridiron. While many of the veteran players of this year’s team will not return to the college next spring, Paddock has some corking young material that is likely to be developed into a winner. Paddock planned to return to his home in Brooklyn and go into business, but now that he has been chosen as captain it is almost a certainty that he will stick to his studies. “that these figure# 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 the drawing of pupil# than Carlisle. “Let’s settle for all time the ques tion of the beaming of athletics upon scholastic effort or the life careers of men,” 7 ventured. This appeared to be a welcome phase to tho big coach. He sat up and leaned forward. “Practically every Indian who has made good in athletics at Carlisle has made good In after life, or is well on the way to do so.” he replied. The brightest students have usually been the most capable players. Even the trips away to games are made to bring an educational value to the whole school. The fellow# 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 Indian# 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 rootball men,” I ob served. “It is.” responded Warner. “They watch everything and everybody and they never forget.’’ “What method do you use irr^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 position#. 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, ami 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 fehows easy to handle?” Warner shook his head emphatical ly. but his eyes twinkled again. ”1 hate to confess it,” he said, “but they have to be Jollied along worse than a bunch of young ladies. If you were 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 t6ams. It is really a spirit of rivalry between 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,” I said, “that the fact that the Indians win #o many games away from home denotes a lack of what is called temp’erament.” “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 easilv 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 lino 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—Left ear “caullflowered” Into a bow knot. 1907— Right ear scrambled to match. 1908— Bones in- both hands cracked and knocked out of joint 1909— 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 sparring 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 Christy Mathewson Teaching His Son Hou) to Heave the Famous Fadeaway CHICAGO, Dec. 6.—From Pittsburg comes the story that at the recent meeting of the Federal League in this city. Dave Fultz, head of the Baseball Players' Fraternity, was elected presi dent of the outlaw organization. The yarn also says Christy Mathewson is to : be elected president of the players’ body, j Fultz is to receive $7,000 the first year i and an additions $1,000 the second with & salary of $9,000 for the third. Famous Pitcher of the New York Giants Lauds the Climate of California. L OS ANGELES, Dec. 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 Y r oung 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 when he said ‘Good morning?’ ” “Look at the length of his arms! He’l 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 will regrei 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 w ith little Matty and giving him some lessons in the rudiments of baseball on a vacant lot near the bungalow before he cranked up his tiny new automobile and took the boy to school. Tlie 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 of his generation. “I haven’t really given much thought to w'hat 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 am a great believer in the benefits of baseball for the American boy. It is a great game, a democratic game. I 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 sent 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 jvonderful days. We’ve been motoring about every day, seeing the country, and 1 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 to come out when McGraw found he w’as short of pitch ers for the Western trip, and did not have time to ship my car. When I saw these splendid California roads, I went and bought a little car just for the winter. Y’esterday 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 goif^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.’ ” XpVZW&v. • - V >• •*! V,Vi .. • “ «•'* . • , , ... I Hurler Shawkey Was Forced on Athletics The story has often been told about Connie Mack endeavoring to trade Catcher Schaftg for Pitcher Paddy Green, a Yankee recruit, but It is not generally known that Pitcher Bob Shawkey was practically forced upon the lean leader 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 W’ho urged Evers to buy his right hander, but Evers bethought him that Connie Mack had an interest in the Baltimore team. So he mused thnsly: “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 fhink he is good enough for the Cubs. I’ll pass him up.” No other big leagu# 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 135V6 pounds four hours before en tering the ring. 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