| Show speaking of sports warner dobie resign college gridiron posts by ROBERT mcshane WHEN HEN glenn pop warner and GU doble two of footballs oldest coaches in point of service announced their resignations almost simultaneously they gave football historians a red letter day only amos alonzo stagg stage college of the pacific mentor exceeds elther either of them in years devoted to th the e grid game warner has completed p eted his forty fourth year of coaching and doble his bis thirty eighth stagg has been in action for 48 seasons both men have had a great deal to do with shaping the trend of football they were i coaching teams w when ten the flying wedge was the games best ground gaining play warner in particular can claim credit for much of football as it is played today he was among the first to rely on deception rather than power in some cases carrying deception to an extreme the warner system Is a monument to his ingenuity warners hidden ball trick will always be a delight to football fans who never tire ot of hearing about it shortly after the turn of the century w when hen his carlisle indians were GU gil doble pop warner scheduled to meet harvard pop decided on a tricky little play he be noticed years before in an auburn vanderbilt game the indians dej gilded ceded to use it on the opening play when the kickoff kick off was received the indians ran together in a huddle ind and slipped the ball under the front of dillons jersey then they scattered running and dodging each with one arm folded across his stoma stomach ch dulon dillon loped carelessly down the middle of the field crossing the goal line with little effort t etwas it was at carlisle too that warner warier crossed up his opposition by sewing halves of footballs on the jerseys of his players in one of 01 the first real stratagems strate gems ems of the gridiron pessimist leader 1 his coaching career at temple wound up with an all time average of as a result of wins defeats and 31 ties during the 44 year stretch at georgia carlisle pittsburgh stanford temple and a few other points dobie though he make as many technical contributions left an equally sharp imprint on the g game a me lie ile learned his football under de r doe doc williams at minnesota to the he gloomy dean of the gridiron the sport owes many of its traditions always a pessimist doble gave rise to the tradition that coaches are al always w ays weeping about their misfortunes he Is the possessor of the longest string of victories ever achieved by an american college the 10 year stretch at washington without a de teat his team won 01 61 games and tied three from 1908 to the middle of the 1917 season the high mortality rate among coaches bothered these two men year after year they taught topnotch top tcp notch football turning out hard fighting well disciplined teams one two three C 5 howard may get ample revenge for the loss of two prizes when he shoots for facings rac ings richest prize the santa anita handicap with three standout performers er will be there carrying top weight and a good share of the publics money in the march event and in addition to the biscuit will be two stable mates from the argentine pampas kayak II 11 and sor teado the three howard stable entries h have abood chance to make up for heartbreaking defeats os of 1837 1937 and 1938 it Is far from impossible that they may run one two and three this year ralph neves howards cocket has made the statement that he would rather ride kayak II 11 in the big race rac ethan than which is the pinnacle of praise tor for a jockey gets 10 per centon cent of the purse when he wins a stake his share if he bad i a leg ap on the winner would be Sor teado is the horse bought lor for after he be made a clean sweep of south american races howard pla planned arted on entering him in the handicap as a south american horses require quite a while to become acclimated Sor teado tooled fooled him and had little trouble in making hirn himself self at home clockers have bad a hard time believing their watches when they time him in his morning workouts by the way Is a sharper than a serpents er penta tooth he has hag gotten rid of most of the tat fat he accumulated after 1 licking war |
