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Philadelphia Public Ledger Almost from the establishing of the game in 1893 at the Government school here the Indians have shown themselves adepts in the sport, and not only strong, but remarkable elevens have been developed. At one time in t eir history the Indians enjoyed the unique record of having played all the big college teams in the East in one year-a gigantic task, and one which no other team would hazard. Carlisle always has proved a worthy foe for the best football product that any of the other colleges can develop. Many Record: but it has been due to his instruction that the Indians have proven so adept in the sport and developed such remark- able elevens. Warner is well remem- bered as a great player-ne of the best of his day; in fact, he had no su- perior as a guard when .he was playing on the Cornell eleven in 1891, 1892, 1893 and 1894. He stands out as the best guard ever produced by the Itha- can institution. It has been a debated question whether his brother, William, was his equal in all-round ability. Both were powerful men, towers of strength on the defensive and irresist- ible in carrying the ball. Glenn captained the Cornell eleven in 1894, while his brother led the Ithacan eleven almost ten years later, in 1903. Both played left guard, and will ever be remembered as Cornell’s greatest guards. After being graduated Mr. Warner coached successfully at the University of Georgia for two years, 1895 and 1896. He was then called to take charge of the football forces at Cornell, where he remained for two years. 1897 and 1898. He was very suc- cessful in these two years, but left Ithaca to become director of athletics at the Carlisle Government School. From 1899 to 1904, he remained at Carlisle and developed some exceptionally strong elevens. His success with the Indians led Cornell to ask him again to assume control of the football eleven at the times the Indians have triumphed over , Ithacan University. For three years, the best elevens in America, not only in the East, but in the West and South. They ever have exhibited a skill and knowledge of the game sufficient to cope successfully with the best that the white man can produce. Glenn S. Warner, Cornell, ‘94, has been the principal factor in developing football at Carlisle. Mr. Warner was not iinstrumental in establishing the game at the Government school here, 1904,1905 and 1906, he was supreme at Cornell, and his coaching had the effect of placing”footbal1 on a sounder basis and developing a more distinct system than had ever been obtained at his alma mater. In these three years he brought or-der out of chaos and gave Cornell bet- ter football teams than the college had had for years, and when he severed his connection at Cornell he left something material to show for his efforts. War-ner left Cornell because of graduate. interference, a trouble that is said to be the basis of her failure to com- pete successfully with other big uni-versities on the gridiron. With a man of Warner’s executive force and coach- ing ability, Cornell would stand higher in the football world today than she does. Mr. Warner returned to Carlisle in 1907, and is there today, a recogniz- ed authority on the game and one of the most successful coaches in America. Football was first played by the In-dians at Carlisle in the early 90’s among themselves. In 1891 and 1892 there was a schedule arranged for class or school competition, and in these games, without any instruction, the lndians played the game crudely, but showed conspicuous evidence that with teaching they could rival white boys in its skillful exposition. In 1893 the In- dians played a game with Dickinson College and one of the players was so unfortunate as to break his leg. Gener- al Pratt, who was then in authority at the school, immediately ordered all games canceled, and there was no more football that year. In 1894 the games among the departments were again resumed, but it was not until 1895 that Carlisle played its first im-portant games. Vance McCormick, captain of the Yale eleven of 1892 and a. resident of Harrisburg, was induced to give the In-dians some football instruction, and he soon perceived the possibilities of devel- oping a strong team from the material. Mr. McCormick coached the Indians in 1895, and in that year they played their first games away from home. Through Mr. McCormick’s influence Carlisle was placed in the Yale sched- ule, and every succeeding year has found the Indians an attraction on one of the big college elevens’ schedule. Carlisle also played its first game with Penn in 1895. couragement found in songs and cheers The Indians played a strong and often winning game against the big elevens almost from the start. In 1896 McCormick was assisted in the coaching by Billy Bull, Yale’s most famous drop kicker. It was under Bull’s coaching that Metoxen developed in- to one of the most famous and expert drop kickers the game has ever pro- duced. Metoxen had not a rival in the specialty of dropping goals from the field in his day, and every fol- lower of football well remembers his feats in this line. So persistent was Metoxen in his kicking of drop goals that he practiced during the winter in the gymnasium and at every opportu- nity out of doors. Metoxen was a fair punter and an average halfback, but his fame rests on his skill as a drop kicker. In 1898 Hall the former Yale end coached Carlisle, and in the following year Warner took charge of the team. Warner leaving in 1904, the Indians were coached that year by Rogers and Bemus Pierce, two graduates. In 1905, George Woodruff, Ralph Kinney, a former Yale tackle, and Pierce were the coaches. Carl Flanders, a great Yale guard, Pierce and Hudson con- stituted the coaching force in 1906. Mr. Warner went back to Carlisle in 1907, and has coached the team up to the present time with more success than any of the other men. The Indians have played Penn- sylvania continuously since 1895. -Having met the Quakers more than any of the other big elevens, the Indians have made their best record against the Red and Blue. There is another reason for Carlisle’s success against Pennsylvania. The game at Phila- delphia is the only contest at which the Indians are favored with the rxor- al support of a partisan crowd. An- nually the entire student body is tran- ported to Philadelphia, and in the en- _ . _ _ =================================== the Indians have been inspired as in no other game on their schedule. Fifteen hundred cheering boys and girls, in addition to their band, have been a great factor in the Indians win- ning five and tying one out of the 11 games with Penn in as many years. Imagine Pennsylvania, Princeton, Har- vard or Yale, or in fact, any college, playing a football game without the presence of a large body of alumni and students. But this is the condition under which Carlisle plays all its games away from home, save that in Phila- delphia. Carlisle played Harvard continuous- ly from 1896 to 1908. While the Indians fought many close battles with the Crimson they never succeeded in winning at Cambridge but once. In 1907 they defeated Harvard 23 to 15. Carlisle’s last game with Yale was in 1900, while Princeton has been on the Indian schedule at intervals for a long time. The last time the Tigers met Carlisle was in New York in 1907. The first time that Carlisle defeated Pennsylvania was in 1899, when the Quakers were humbled by the score of 16 to 5. The Indians had one of \ the best elevens in their history that year. After Columbia had defeated Yale in 1899, the Indians overwhelm- ed the New Yorkers by a score of 45 to 0. In the game with Columbia Warner first introduced the method of the halfbacks crouching close to the ground before the ball was snapped. Prior to this halfbacks had invariably taken a stooping position, with their hands resting on their knees. Mr. Warner first discerned the advantage of getting as low as possible before taking the ball for a run, and after he had introduced and employed this method of starting the backs, every college in the country imitated it, and today no other system is taught. Mr. Warner does not claim to be the first coach who introduced the goal from field from placement, but he is gener- ’ ally credited with having first used the innovation of having the quarterback receive the ball from the centre and placing it in a position for the kicker to try for a goal from field. Carlisle has developed some wonder- ful players and remarkable elevens. Every year one or more Indians stand out conspicuously as peers in their po- sitions, and many experts select Carlisle players for their All-America eleven. Among the best teams that ever repre- sented Carlisle may be mentioned that of 1899, which was by far the best up to that time; those of 1902 and ‘03, and later the elevens of 1906 and ‘07. The team of 1907 was probably the greatest ever developed at Carlisle. It was strong in every department. It demonstrated its prowess by defeating Pennsylvania, 26 to 6, and later humili- ated Harvard by a score of 23 to 15. On this eleven Exendine and Gardner played ends; Wauseka and Lubo, tack- les; Aiken and Afraid of a Bear, guards, and Little Boy centre. Back of the line Mount Pleasant was at quarter; Payne and Hendricks, halfbacks, and Hauser, fullback. Mount Pleasant was and is still a great punting and drop-kicking quarterback, in addition to being a fine catcher of punts and fierce defensive player. He is now playing his last year of football at Dick- inson. Payne, Hendricks and Hauser formed an invincible backfield, all being fast and heavy. Exendine was the most wonderful end of the year,, his playing being phenomenal all season. There is no question that he was the greatest end ever produced at Carlisle. This was the team that first showed to the public the possibilities of the re- formed game, Warner having been exactly one year in advance of any other coach in his grasping of plays under the new rules. Some of the great players that rep- resented Carlisle in former years were =============================== the two Pierces, Hawley and Bemus, the latter a guard andthe former a tackle; Hudson, Libby, Mount Pleasant and Johnson, quaterbacks; Rogers and Ex- endine, ends; Dillon, Lone Wolf and Little Boy, centers; Wheelock and Wauseka, tackles; Seneca, Miller, Hendricks and Thorpe, halfbacks, and Metoxen, Williams and Hauser, full- backs. Two of these men, Johnson and Seneca, were selected by Walter Camp as members of All-America elevens. Johnson was the greatest quarterback who ever played on an Indian eleven. He was quick as lightning, a wonder in a broken field, sure in catching a punt and a remark- able defensive player. After graduation from Carlisle he went west and played two years on a college team, where he increased his reputation as a remark- able quarterback. Johnson is now practising dentistry in Porto Rico. He married a graduate of Carlisle, and she is engaged in educational work on the island. Mount Pleasant and Libby, a broth- er of the present captain and quarter- back, were also great quarters, but not the phenomenal players that Johnson was. The Pierce brothers are well remembered as famous players. Gi- ants in physique, they were superior defensive players, and also carried the ball for unusual distances when it was permissible to draw a man from the line and use him as a running back. Wheelock played at the same time, and was another powerful man. Car- lisle never had three better forwards than these men. Rogers and Exen- dine stand out as Carlisle’s great ends. It is difficult to say which was the better man, as they played two different styles of game-Rogers when mass plays were allowed and Exendine when the open game was featured. Probably the latter distinguished himself more by reason that the open game favors brilliant end work more than the old game did. Rogers entered the Uni- versity of Minnesota after leaving Car- lisle and played there three years, cap- taining the team in his last year and being twice selected as All-Western end. Wauseka, now playing tackle, stands with Wheelock and Hawley Pierce as the best tackles Carlisle ever developed. Seneca, Hendricks and Thorpe were great halfbacks. Seneca was a fast running back, full of fire and when not carrying the ball for good distances was always interfering for the runner. He was also a great defensive man. Coach Warner considers Thorpe one of the greatest football players he ever saw. He was a natural born player, fast, powerful and aggressive. He played his first football in 1908, and while still a ward of the government and eligible to play this year, he has returned to his tribal lands in the west. He is an exceptional all-round athlete, being a splendid baseball player and a good track athlete. Probably Carlisle never had a better fullback than Hauser who is playing the position now. He is a catapult in line plunging, a strong interferer and defensive player and a remarkable goal kicker from place- ment. In the latter specialty he is the best the Indians have ever developed. Mendacious newspaper writers have grossly misrepresented Carlisle in two respects. It has been printed broad- cast over the country that the football eleven is first recruited from available material in the western reservations and then the eligible players to select the team from at the school are taken from a list of 2000 students. Nothing is farther from the truth. In the first place, Superintendent Friedman, Coach Warner, nor any other person has the slightest influence in bringing Indians to Carlisle. They are sent here by Government agents and nothing is known of their previous history until they enter. The often printed stories ============================= that Mr. Warner scouts the Western Indian schools and reservations in the summer for football material is ridiculous and absurd. The Govem- ment is the sole judge of the school to which an Indian is to be sent. Boys are received at the Carlisle school at ages ranging from 14 to 21 years. No boy under 17 years is available for football playing, and after Mr. Warner selects the boys who are of playing age and suitable physique he has a squad of about 200 can- didates, There is no college $n the country playing football as an inter- collegiate sport which has less students than the number from which Mr. Warner selects his team. Yet Car- lisle annually develops a team that is far above the average college eleven and is’ a strong competitor against the bigger teams. Another false statement that has been generally printed and given ser- ious credence is that the members of the football squad are not amenable to the usual regulations, restrictions and study hours of the school. No favors are , shown the members of the football team except that they are given per- mission to leave the school to play games. All are subject to the same hours as other students. The foot- ball squad is not released from its daily recitations or duties until 4 o’clock when all are at liberty, and by the time they dress and appear on the field it is 4:30. From this time until dark is the period each day that Mr. Warner has to coach the men. When it is considered that the material is very limited, the time of practice shorter than at many colleges and that the Indians never enter Carlisle with a prep. school knowledge of football, the development of such strong elevens is a standing recommendation of the ability and patience of Coach Warner. While this year’s team has not made the record that some of the elevens of I: the past have made, it contains some good material. The same men who compose this year’s team will be a far better combination next season. One of the principal handicaps that Coach Warner had to contend with this year was the inexperience of the players. Of the eleven varsity men only two ever played on the team before this year. These two are Wauseka, play- ing his third year, and Hauser, who was on the 1907 team, but was too ill last year to take up the game. It is not generally known that these two men are fullblooded brothers, Wauseka re- taining his Indian name, while his brother chose to select an English sur- name. Without a doubt they are the stongest men on the eleven, both be- ing powerful players and older than their teammates. Perhaps there is not a tackle playing today who is superior to Wauseka, and the same may be said of Hauser. Both are Cheyennes from Oklahoma. Both are about 5 feet 9 inches and weigh close to 190 pounds. Newashe and Kennerly are the regular ends, with Powell as the first substitute. Newashe made his name famous by taking a forward pass from Captain Libby in the Penn game and running almost the length of the field for a touchdown, Both have played good football this year, considering that they were practically green. They have developed fast and will be much better next year. Newas’he is also a fine baseball player. Kennerly is faster than Newashe and perhaps follows the ball better. He is a Blackfoot from Montana, weighs 155 pounds and is 5 feet 9 inches tall. Newashe is a Cheyenne from Oklahoma, stands 5 feet 10 inches, and tips the scales at 175. Both are 19 years old. St. Ger- main and Burd are the guards, the former being the largest man on the team. He stands 6 feet and weighs 198 pounds. He is a Chippewa from Wisconsin. With more experience, ============================ Warner thinks he will prove a great guard, as he is fast, aggressive and very hard to break through. Burd is very light for a guard, only weighing 175 pounds, but he has proven one of the most alert men in the line, and always follows the ball closely. He is a Blackfoot from Montana. He is 21 years old. At center, Jordon is a valuable man in all around play. He is a hard man to get through and snaps the ball accurately for a punt or a run. He is very active. He weighs 168 pounds, is 5 feet 11 inches high and is 22 years old. He is of the Chippewa tribe from Minnesota. Garlow, a Tus- carora from New York, plays tackle as Wauseka’s mate, He is very promising for the future, but has lack- ed experience this year. He only weighs 175 pounds, is 5 feet 9 inches tall and is 21 years old. Back of the line, Captain Libby plays quarterback, does the punting, and makes forward passes. It seems strange that a captain never should have played on the first team before, but he was selected as leader last fall when a substitute. He is very popu- lar among the men and is a fine, all around player. Libby is a Chippewa from Minnesota, weighs 148 pounds, the lightest man on the team, and is 5 feet 10 inches high. He is 20 years old. Wheelock, an Oneida from Wisconsin, has the distinction of being the youngest man on the team. He is only 18 years old, weighs but 152 pounds, and stands 5 feet 9 inches. He is a fast running halfback, being especially strong in a broken field. The other regular halfback is LeClair, a Shoshone from Wyoming, who is also very light and young. He is 19 years old and weighs 158 pounds. These two halfbacks are used almost exclusively in end runs and open field work, Hauserbeing the principal advan- cer of the ball through the line. Le- Clair is a fierce defensive man. Of the substitutes, Powell, a Chero- kee from North Dakota, is played at end. Fast Bear, a Sioux from South Dakota, is first substitute tackle, while Wheeler, a Nez Perce from Idaho, is the substitute center. Arcasa, a Chip- pewa from Minnesota, is substitute quarterback, while Thomas, an Onon- daga from New York, and Yankee Joe, a Sioux from South Dakota. are the two substitute halfbacks. December 1909 INDIAN CRAFTSMAN
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