Salt Lake Tribune | 1915-10-03 | Page 43 | Coach Uses Phone to Direct Eleven

COACH USES PHONE TO DIRECT ELEVEN CHICAGO, Oot. 2. Directing tii r1y hta tesirr. by telephone vnu an Innovation tried today by Cofh Fred J. Murphy of Northwestern unl-Tralty unl-Tralty Ike Forest roltege wab Northwestern opponent in tlie first game of tle football seaaon. Murphy, barred from the- coaching linen by new .weaiem conference rule. ItuUllerl a telephone tele-phone on the top of a grand stand, and with a pair of field glaaeen planned to direct the operation opera-tion of hifl play" en tho field below. The telephone waa connected with th Northwentom bench on the aide linca. where Aailatant Coach Mcbevltt wm to recolvo ordera and mako hangea Id the lineup aa directed. "From tho atanda I can look down on the olayra and discover a lot of thlnga which I could not t-e on the ground." Murphy explained.