Show YALE IS AROUSED OVER COACH DISPUTE Dr Sharpe har e S Severely verely C Criticised Criticised Because of Poor Sh Showing wing v V By Torn Tom Thorpe 7 EW YORK Jan 2 It- It Itis is hoped N NEW that the university will be d. d In in time to allow the Ells Ella to be a at their best when the gridiron Iea n r rolls around next fall Nothing shakes a a. university un so tiO 50 much muchas as controversy as to who is 15 to coach Its football eleven This of course is dueI due to the fact tact th that t the gridiron game is the I major sport of the collegiate world Changes may be made mad as to the baseball mentor the th hockey instructor basketball guide or crew coach without the same I 1 interest being displayed by the the student body as that shown when a II change Inthe In Jn inthe the personnel l of the football coaching staff is mentioned str iSs Yale It is seasons since ince e Yale was Wa s so ar as she iy In toda today The unfortunate ending of the 1319 1919 football season has caused d Dr Al AI Sharpe Sharp to b be the target of much criticism To the man on the outside it looks as If IC the Eli Ell m mentor is being held over the grill a trifle too long Those who have followed Dr Sharpes Sharpe's s career as an athletic coach know his qualifications for his present great task There is no no denying that Sharpe Sharps Is la one of the best all around coaches in the country He lie gave Cornell many winners in football basketball and baseball His system em of 1 play lay was I known to those In charge chars of affairs at New Haven before he was invited to take talce charge of of the Bl BIde BlOe e eleven last fall falI That his system did not win laurels for Yale tle first of f Its trial is no great surprise to athletic followers Jt It t took ok Dr Sharpe a Couple douple of years ears to bring C Cornell from the sough slough of despair to the championship division I I The fact that Dr Sharpe Sharps had to take up the reins where Tad Jones left off isa Isa is isa a thing that handicapped him consider consider- ably It will be remembered that two seasons intervened d between the championship championship cham cham- days of Tad Jones and the advent advent advent ad ad- vent of Al AJ Sharpe two seasons during I which Yale alef representatives representatives' played no noI I varsity foothill ill There is no Is-no no den denying the fact that the material at New Haven the past season I. I was at least of average caliber that caliber that is is it al appeared eo co to the outside observer However there Is' Is no no way for such a aI critic to Judge as to the thC amount of gray rray I matter mailer that thal filled the heads of at these It takes than weight candidates candidate t. t more and strength to the game in these days of forward passing 1 Suffice to O say a I K i ig f J that Yale to t how W h head work r I in a majority of her important games s A lit littIe little little lit lit- tle tIe clear clear thinking orr ca the the part part Of one or two of the Ells in the critical moments of their bl bit big r games would have made a material difference in the the- final scores A coach may be blamed for a good letic many y field things gS J Most that instructors take t place on are e the getting ath athletic athletic ath- ath U to that stage where the they never worry over vel the outcome of ot a R. game They be know oS subjected bk win E-dr E or t to lose criticism that hat rs t they from are some going indi d to If H their charges prove victors it Is likely that the pral praise heaped upon II them will silence most of the criticism However It must be admitted that the sharp tongue of criticism ha has its say sayto toI to 10 toa i I a certain extent win or 01 lose |