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Show (f jr UJuluVJHl ;.- yjsa?y GrantlandRice (Copyright. 1922. New York Tribune, Inc ; Trade Mark Registered, U S-Patent S-Patent Office.) uX't'i: i ''on TIME. Once Upon a Time I knew A little barefoot fellow who Knew life but as a summer's dream. A song that came from bird or stream; Who knew the world but as a place The yellow sunshine bathed In light. Or when the rosebud showed Its faco Amid the dew of morning bright; A pluce where morning held its prlmo But that was Onco Upon a Time. And Once Upon a Time I know The same fair little fellow who Looked out upon the world with faith And endless hope, nor saw the wraith That loomed above him through tho years; The wraith of dreams that wandered down The shadowed way of sighs and tears And vanished In the far-off town; He saw the great dream In its prime But that was Once Upon a Time. It Is no easy matter for a new coach I to break into tho ranks of tho old guard who have ruled the Instructive end of the gams for so long. Btagg, Yost. Wari)er. Hsisman, Doble. otc, havo been coaching for twenty years !or more. Bezdek, McGugin, Donahue, Moran, Folwell, Daley. Jones, Wllco, Rockne and others havo been around quite awhile, an dthose who take up 'thn art. science or profession of football foot-ball c oaching can rarely turn It looae. So there Is more than passing interest in observing Just what new talent may be coming on to follow thoso who may soon decide they have had tholr complete share. Glen Killing. t Spams to be one. Tho Penn State star had a sound system to work with and his record at Dickenson Dick-enson has been a whale-No whale-No accurate reports have been received re-ceived from "Bo" McMlllln, but ho also should be one of the premiers of the future, with more experience). Harlow, at Colgate, neither new nor old. has made S brilliant start on hli new Job. and "Jock" Sutherland, at Lafayette-, has shown that he Is on I his way to higher honors. Some ambitious searcher after elusive facts writes in to ask who might be rated as the greatest coach of them all. This is beyond our vision. ! When one looks at a list containing I such nameS a Zuppke. Rockne. Stagg. Yost. Roper, Warner, Jones, Wilce, Folwell, Bezdek. Doble, McGugin. etc., the Job of naming the greatest of the lot becomes entirely too Impressive tor our reach There are too many great ones to fasten upon any one. "BABE" RUTH'S CHANCE. ' Babe" Ruth, by going back to tne simple life and getting ready for a running start and a great season nevt j ear has the chance that comes tJ only a few, i i. crowd is quick to cheer, and almost as quick to Jeer. But down in its soul It wnnts nothing more than the chance to swing In back of a returned re-turned Idol. Kuth, playing his old game next season, hoisting tho ball out of tho I yard day by day, would have an even 'greater following In a few weeks than ho ever know before. The fatted calf Is always waiting for the Prodigal Son when he returns with the stuff. Kuth has an opportunity ahead that no other athlete has ever known. ONE OPINION AMONG OTHEllS. "Dear Sir. I believe you are right In suggesting that colleges and universities uni-versities which haven't the one-year rule and which play transfers without 'making them .stay In college for a year should be grouped under separato r.ini.s Among others I refer to Lafayette with Bruner; W. and J., with Erlclt8on. and Vermont. with ! Beck Isn't this tho eamo Beck who Was starring with West Virginia a year ago? I am pretty sure that It Is. If not, I apologize. The time is coming when no transfer athletes will bo allowed to play and when Institutions Institu-tions that play freshmen and flrst- I year men will be mado to battle among themselves. They are the on-s that arc bringing on eo many drastic! rules. There are not so many of them left, but there are still more than thorc should be. "L. H J " Carl Mays Is typical of the game j a World Series hero one fall, waivers asksd the next. Here they como j thcro they go. "Klrkwood to give up trick sho s , next year." We've got one or two shots we'd like to give up, also, but so far wo haven't been ablo to drlvo jthem away with a stick. |