THE DAILY NEBRA8KAN
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ftbe BUliJear1Routtb Goacb gov IFlebraska
Whntovor tho buccobbob of tho Unl
vorslty of Nobraska varsity football
tonniB noW fatrilllnr to history or tradi
tion; whatever tho dogrco to which
thoso victories might bo attributed to
tho prevailing system of football
coaching; whatovor may bo tho con
tentions pro and con regarding tho
rolegntlon of the old and the advent of
tho now system of Instruction, No
braska will, on December 1, 1910,
adopt a method of providing and re
taining football coaches largely at
varlanco to tho existing policy, and
which, for tho lack of better phrase
ology, has been termed tho "all-year-round"
coaching systom.
Nor will Nebraska bo tho only
bor 1. As a direct result of a fow al
leged abuses of the system, which now.
school to mako the mentioned chango
this year. Such an innovation will bo
observed in evory school in tho Mis
souri -Valloy conference after Docom-
By T. J. HARGRAVE
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A88I8TANT COACH EWING
A Nebraska Veteran Who Has Turned
Out a Whirlwind Freshman
' Eleven.
oporates at Nebraska, und additional
advantages that might be forthcoming
from tho proposed scheme, representa
tives from all tho schools Included in
tho Missouri Valloy conference met in
rogularv annual session at Kansas
City, Mo., April 19, 1910, and adopted
the following proposition, that, "upon
motion, it was decided that after De
cember 1, 1910, no athletic coaches
shall be allowed except such as ure
regular members of tho teaching staff,
employed by tho governing board of
tho institution for tho full academic
year."
Must Be-EacultE-Membcr.
To sum up tho gist of tho require
ments for tho Nebraska 1910 football
coach, he must be a member of the
faculty, and retained for tho full
academic year. This, howovor, does
not sum up tho functions which he
must exercise. According to a verbal
explanation and partial agreement
1 made at Kansas City, - the football
coach for 1912 is called primarily Of
such, but secondarily ho must coach
one or. more of tho other college games
- governedby tho department ofoth
Ibtlcs, probably baseball or track, pos
sibly basketball.
Tho roasons attendant upon tho
adoption of this resolution by tho
MlBBouri Valloy conference wore enu
merated as many, but they may all bo
traced to ono Bource profeaslonal'sm
In college football and other forms of
nthlotics. Upon minute investigation,
numerous specific instances wore
cited to the conference committer
where professionalism was tho dom
inant factor in tho selection and prac
tices of tho vnrslty football team. It
was evident that tho many alleged
abuses really existed and that the
typical professional coach had subor
dinated tho requests of tho faculty,
and In a fow cases his own porsoncl
honor, in his intense desire to win
contests to produce a winning team.
It was apprehended that when an ath
letic board was composed chiefly of
Btudonts, as it frequently was and is,
it was only a matter of sequence that
they should do every thing possible
to elect a coach that would produce a
winning team. How many times hai?
that been Illustrated at Nobraska.
when, at the end of one year of ap
parently" unsuccessful coaching, the
ovor ready "knocker" would rise to
tho glory of his craft and condemn
tho conch from every standpoint. In
case Buch sentiment grew, it invari
ably ended in tho discharge of the
coach as "N. G." Tho fear of this
practlco has now boon eliminated, that
is, if the university authorities mani
fest their usual conservatism in their
contracts with an athletic coach aS
they do In other activities.
8ystem Is Common.
Tho largo Bchools that now operate
unuor ThhT lyBEelrf rlTTnaTryrEYT3ry-
sciiooi in tne cnicago conference hub
been subject to a similar ruling for a
sufficient period to guarantee the gen
eral succcsb of tho system In tho con
ference. Yoat of Michigan is not a
member of the faculty, although he
complies with the all-year-round speci
fications. Oborlln, Ohio state univer
sity, and other smaller colleges In the
northern territory have adopted the
system.
In the extreme west the plan Is not
so favorable or prevalent, although
Loland Stanford recently suggested
Its adoption. Tho systom Is not gen
eral In tho enBt, but In many of the
larger Institutions they have a modi
fled form of the same. Tho method
now employed at Harvard, Yale.
Princeton, Brown, and other schools
of the same standing, is that tho fac
ulty control tho eligibility side of the
players, while tho students attend to
tho rest through the athletic board as
their agent. Tho significant feature
of this board 1b that It Is under the
supervision of a faculty member of an
alumnus. A general' criticism has
arisen in theBe colleges, however, that
tho students have not placed athletics
on a substantial basis financially, and
that they often erred In their Judg
ment of the efficiency of a coach. Such
criticisms as those probably prompted
Walter Camp to say that "tho only ap
parent solution for tho college coaclT
ing system, and the ono which all uni
versities will eventually adopt, is
that the coach bo a member of the
'faculty, and not responsible to tho ath
letic board for his position."
Effect In Missouri Valley.
The effect that tho adoption of this
systom by tho Missouri Valley confer
ence will have on tho schools Is not so
great as might bo Imagined. The
statement thai Nebraska will be the
only Bchooil In tho conference to bo
affected may seem Incredible, butv
wit)i on modification, it is true. This'
exception Is tho University of.MlB
sourj. Tho system Is not unfamiliar
to thom howevoy, like If will bo to
Nebraska, In view of the fact thafup
until 1909-1910 Missouri had a faculty
member for a football coach, and re
tained him on tho all-year-round basis.
Kennedy of Kansas will not be affect
ed by thlB ruling. Clyde Williams, tho
athletic director of tho Ames agricul
tural college, 1b employed by the year
and teachcB every form of athletics.
Griffith at Drake has charge of things
for tho year; likewise Cayou pf Wash
ington. Roper of Missouri will prob
ably bo changed, but as mentioned
abovo, It will not materially affect
their systom. Consequently, Nebras
ka Is the only school In the conference
that will receive tho advantages or
disadvantages of tho change.
Advantages and Disadvantages!
In connection with this assertion,
It might bo IntereBtlngf to enumerate
a fow of tho advantages and disadvan
tages that will probably result froni
the Introduction of this method to Ne
braska, as espoused by one claiming
Impartiality.
In tho first place. It will undoubt
edly place tho coach In a better posi
tion to know his men and keep In bet
.ter touch with tho situation.
Secondly, it will cause tho coach to
bo irresponsible to tho athletic board,
where ho may follow Ills own courso
without fear of receiving walking pa
pers because of a few Individual
whims.
Thirdly, tho coach may, on account
of his presenco the year round, de
velop sotao of tho rudiments of tho
gnme, such as punting, goal kicking
and forward pasBlng. Heretofore this
coach came in tho fall, and in the
courso of two weeks' practlco had to
develop a team expected to win from
-Minnesota with her all-yar.roun&.
coach.
Fourthly, It will enable the univer
sity to insert a regular course In foot
ball coaching In her curriculum. This
will correspond to the track or gym
nastic classes, credits being allowed
for work done, and will place tho
coach In a position where ho may de
velop all tho finer points of tho game.
Lastly, it will enable tho authorities
to obtain a first-class man, morally
and ethically, who will take every le
gitimate move to produce for Nebras
ka a winning team.
The only contention that haB been
offered In disfavor of the new systom
Is that It will strengthen football aritJ
weaken the other departments of ath
letics. It Is maintained that no man
Is "Jack of all trades," leaving a strong
contingency that one man can not suc
cessfully coach football and one or
more other nthletlc gameB, such ad
baseball or track. This remains to be
proved. But allowing for tho chance
that the coach cannot excell equally In
bqth, and that ho majors In football, is
It not a deplorable fact that within
the last five years Nebraska has fre
quently been without a baseball pro
fessional coach, and tho whole system"
more or less spasmodic?
Lest We Forged -
In tho flurry 'of excitement created
by the advent of a now coaching sys
tem at Nebraska; in the midst of tho
outcries uttered by the promoters and
dlspromotorB of the plan, a few may
bo prono to forget that all was not
corrupt in the old system, and that the
University of Nebraska enjoyed two"
of the best coaches that ovor led her
gridiron warriors "King" Colo of the
university varsity team and Harry E.
Ewlng, who guided the destinies o?
the freshmen Bcrlmmagers.
At the terminus of probably the
most victorious and gratifying foot
ball season In the history of tho uni
versity, Coach "King" Cole has been
rewarded for his truBt In the team and
his persistency in doing things. "King"
Cole came to Nebraska three years
ago. At tho close" of thGBecond-yearr
wo all rdmember some- of the crltl
cisms heaped upon him because of hfs
so-called "Incapability." Whatovor of
vindication thero is in producing a
team that suffered only ono defeat
throughout tho season, that over
whelmed overy opposing team in the
Missouri Valley conference, that re
gained tho privilege of proclaiming
tho championship of tho Missouri Val
ley conference, cortanly belongs to
good old "King" Colo. Wo hereby
offer our appreciation, commendation,
and thanksgiving to tho. man who
proved his efficiency as a football
coach, his honesty and integrity as a
man, and his ability to leave Nebras
ka, in her entrance to a now roalm of
coaching, the boaster of supremacy.
"King" Cole.
"King" Colo Is a man of no little re
pute and experience as a playor and
coach of football. Ho began his foot
ball career as a college playor a(
COACH "KING" COLE.
Who Has Turned Out Two Missouri
Valley Championship Teams
For Nebraska.
Marletto In 1899. On the varsity there,
tho played either end or halfback for
two years. He was elected captain of
the team tho third year at this col
lege and selected tackle as his posi
tion for the year. The following fair
he enrolled at tho University of Mich
igan and. resumed his position of
tackle under Yost and his cohorts.
Being no longer eligible at Michigan
for tho varsity at Michigan, having
played four years, ho returned to
Marletto tho following fall and on
Joyed a prosperous season of coach
ing. Outgrowing his position, ho
camo back to Yost and served as as
sistant coach for tho Michigan varsity
tho next year. Having acquired con
siderable reputation by this time from
his efforts in tho line and on the side
lines, the University of Virginia se
cured Ijlm as head coach during tho
years 1905 and 1906. As a successor
to Coach Foster, tho Nebraska athletic
board waB casting amdut for Just sich
aman. as -HKing" .Coin. f oil thehuBKy
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