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Show HOW WARNER BUILDS HIS nRIB CLASSICS B) in w SNYDEB football material is to Coach Glenn , "Pop" Warner of the PlttSburg Panther, Pan-ther, aa nugffet Kold Is to ihc gold-sinith. gold-sinith. lb lakes youngsters of brawn and i tins and courage and mottle them Into In-to a gridiron machine that is feared wherever it trots onto the span "between "be-tween a set of goal posts. i hi war t oa eh Warner's Panthers ar conceded to he one of the strong- t Helens in moleskins. And yel the Pittsburg mentor Is never nev-er an optimist before the battle. ln-I'ariablj ln-I'ariablj he ldle off the pre-gam broth Dial biK team Is at to lose. But :hc seldom do, III- l ill m Warnei a main theory in developing leini It to rtkve eleven men in every pluy. s His wipiad uses the direct passing pi i tnally all together, it adds another an-other man for defensive play, saves he possibility of fumbling and is fast- nr in execution, lie is not a slave driver and has nev- had the name of being related In an wa to Simon Legrer" of Uncle Tom's Cabin days. Strict ir. lining rules aren't written '.own in black Mini white for bis men i ItULES I '. I I Warnei doesn't Lell his men that ihej must eat litis and that and to off of certain foods. Nor does he put them in bod by h clo k. Bill the Pitt coach Is Very wise. He i get results in another way. If one of his ii has been breaking training train-ing rules ihat all athletes should ob Bsrve be suffers on the ploying field tin- next day. Warner ..orUs all the b d out ofjpla'yers who don': keep m shape One pr two Offenses suffice. Warner'., War-ner'., work-cure bring them around and they plan their dietc; more .are-. fully and slop nightha w king around: - in the future. m it l K I ' 'ne Ihlng he does ':is;o; on is that each play must he done the way he wants it. However, when thes- make .blunders he doesn't icold, knowlpti ! well that ihe" unexpected is always bobbing up in gridiron battles. Til. ni'nt in foie the g;(me he hold-s hold-s blackboard aeaslon with ins men , His scouts which have visited the enemy camp turn In reports. .They I blackboard ai! the Opposing team's Inlays and work! oiil attacks to over I throw thorn. y The f.irwdi-cl pass has been d oped a lot since Its first Innovation in I football " says Warner. I "Experience has luuslu Just about 'what kind of passing gets results and tin- kind that 'do., LUCK!! BIG BOI S Warnei is a great lOver of In . i .. -! weights. Weight Is the hie thing In football, he believe:- Tho 200-pouml boys make a big hit wiin lllm. W lien he see th in being paoyelOped on the '"Crosh" squad his mouth waters to jsee them on his varsity elevi n. ' Warner made his name as B fool ball loach ClrSl at Carlyslei where be brought oul the great Jim Thprpi j the wonder Indian athlete. M il I MURIM 'Thorpe wasn't very keen about football when I first look hlin in hand," says Warner. "He didn't like I the gat( ami he didn't like to train I for It I teAjk him alon' and he began i to show stuff. The students and foot-I foot-I ball world begun to idolize the big, Indlah and then Thorpe caught the spirit which made him one of ihe same' greatesl " i Warner's siiooaes ai Carjysle was no fluke. He went ocr to Pitt and made the Panther eleven one of the most , . feared in football. This .'. ear his team is figured one ot the strongest In the Hi Pitt lo-t it- nrsl game In five ears HEf uhdei Warner last (all when beaten HHLn by Syracuse to 3. HBJ Vop! ''Pop" knows ,t thing or tW.O 9 about a pigskin. HHl . |