Show C othe an N A GRAY fall day back in the long forgotten year of 1895 a young kid sat in the stands watch ing vanderbilt and georgia meet the coach of the georgia team was another young youn fellow out of cor nell by the name of glenn scoby warner later known as pop here 52 years ago was the real beginning of one of the great coaches of all time cornell georgia the carlisle in pittsburgh stanford a and n d temple pop has been a friend of mine for too many years to mention 30 40 what dif terence ference d does 0 e s it make the years roll by faster than man 0 war could warner ever run pop war ner has been footballs greatest in of plays including the single and double wing on offense still just as popular as the T pop had a fine team at georgia georgi a record breaking teams at car lisle pittsburgh and stanford where his football knowledge and his iron personality dominated the scene he was the only coach who had not exactly the fear but the complete respect of jim thorpe a football genius no one else could handle this is easy to understand for pop discovered jim thorpe when he was an indian stripling at car lisle just 15 years old thorpe then weighed pounds pop still isn t quite sure whether his best team was at carlisle pittsburgh or stanford the answer Is he had great teams at all three places look over the men he has coached thorpe galac guyon me hauser little bear mt pleasant hudson peck ernie nev ers entirely too many to mention here at least 50 in the upper brackets of the game his two great est were thorpe and nevers thorpe the genius nevers me the ou 60 minute man thorpe the greatest nevers the most valuable carlisle was tops the indians pop wrote me 30 years ago are the only true ama deurs they play football for tun fun they are no good in the rain for il it isn t any fun at different hotels they are more popular than any white team for they are quiet well be haved caved never any trouble no silver or towels ever missing they are the gentlemen of our profess profession iod but they play only when they feel like playing only when it is tun fun I 1 still think pop s all carlisle team with thorpe galac guy on and mt pleasant in the back field would beat the pick from pittsburgh or stanford liar har vard notre dame yale michi michl gran gan army or anywhere else pop warner belonged to the old iron man school of coaching there was never anything soft about pop to him football was something more than a matter of plays where he is still one of the masters it was a game of condition of discipline of concentration of giving all you have he was no easy task master he gave the country a lesson that it needed the primrose trail had no part in his philosophy it would be difficult to say what coach has had haa the greatest influx ence on college football pop war ner or knute rockne not so tar far back are hurry up yost and percy haughton or walter camp originator of plays pop undoubtedly was the invent ive genius his ills single and double wing attack still have a big place in any football offensive it is a much stronger attack than the T for many teams which many coaches I 1 have overlooked pop pops s word was a double bond some 25 years ago we left on a trip to syracuse with walter camp pop was coaching pittsburgh chick meehan was coaching syracuse we a all 11 bad had breakfast together I 1 I 1 in sorry pop meehan said I 1 but I 1 haven t had the chance to scout you this season what are you using today 11 I 1 in using only five plays chick pop said here they are to pop diagrammed each play I 1 it if we use another play call a penalty and I 1 II 11 back you to a up pop only used the five plays throughout the game football was simpler then and to my mind more the way college football should be there was trust and faith between coaches and teams where today there is too much suspicion distrust and lack of aith faith too many coaches and teams are breaking rules in regard to their playing personnel and everybody knows it in the way of gate receipts public excitement thrills and the rest of it the modern modem game is supreme it is now a better game to watch despite its unlimited substitutions where from 35 to 43 45 men make a team on the field but through all the changes vari allons and shifts pop warner s sin gle and double wing still remain among the most effective tHe etive offensive Jve football oot ball know knows |