| Show MAND 0 ON N A GRAY fall fail day back in the long forgotten year of 1895 a young kid sat in the stands watching vanderbilt and georgia meet the coach of the georgia team was another young fellow out of cornell 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 indians pittsburgh stanford and temple pop has been a friend of mine for too many years to mention 30 40 what difference d does 0 e 3 it make the years rou roll by faster than B al man 0 war could warner ever run pop warner has been footballs greatest greate t inventor of plays including the single and double wing on offense still just as popular as the T pop had a fine team at georgia r record ecord breaking teams at carlisle pittsburgh and stanford where his football knowledge and his iron personality dominated the scene he was the only coach who had bad not exactly the fear but the complete respect of jim thorpe a football genius no one else could handle this Is easy to understand tor for pop discovered jim thorpe w when h en he was an indian stripling at carlisle just 15 years old thorpe then weighed pounds pop still quite sure whether his bis best team was at carlisle pittsburgh or stanford the answer Is he be had great teams at all three places look over the men he has coached thorpe galac guyon hauser little bear mt aft I 1 pleasant hudson peck ernie ne nevers V entirely too many to mention here at least 50 in the upper brackets of the game his two greatest were thorpe and nevers thorpe the genius nevers the 60 minute man thorpe the greatest nevers the most valuable carlisle was tops the indians pop wrote me SO 30 years ago are the only true amateurs they play football for tun fun they are no good in the rain for it 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 profession but they play only when they feel like playing only when it Is fun I 1 still think pops all carlisle team with thorpe galac guyon and bit alt pleasant in the backfield would beat the pick from pittsburgh or stanford harvard notre dame yale michigan army or anywhere else pop warner belonged to the 01 old d ironman 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 vas 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 the greatest influence on college football pop warner or knute rockne not so far back are hurry up yost and percy haughton or walter camp originator of plays pop undo undoubtedly was the inventive genius his single and double wing attack still have a big place in any football offensive it Is a much stronger attack than the T tor for many teams which many coaches have overlooked pops 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 all had bad breakfast together im torry sorry pop meehan median said but I 1 had the chance to scout you this season what are you using today im using only five plays play chick pop said here they hey are pop diagrammed each play it if we use another play call a penalty and ill back you up pop only used the anve nv plays throughout the game football was simpler then and to my n mind more the way college football should be there was trust and faith between coaches and teams team where today there Is if too much suspicion distrust and lack of 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 game Is supreme it Is now a better game to watch despite its unlimited substitutions where from 33 35 to 45 men make mak a team on the field but through all the changes variation variations and shifts pop warners warner tingle and double wing still till remain among the most effective offensive football toot ball knows |
