Caption: Magazine - Scribbler (1909 Selections)
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TUB SCR/IMLl R i line season and hence he tak< hut little inten t in the snl ti tntc s and freshmen who will constitute th< vrai ;ity n i alone the clas teams that occasionally furnish a man of ir, let v libre. R v e n time the coach is changed, .in event that is lib to OCCUr frequentl) when an outsider is in charg . it means th< 1 mi must start again from the he inning All that was learned last Y • must he discarded, to be supplanted by the id new of th< mer, who knows neither the men he is to deal with nor tie of j^ame tlu have played. All continuity is broken and continuity is a big factor in any team's career. It is not at all improh ible that the success of our team this season was as much due to last j ar's drill as to this J ar's coaching. There is another thing to consider. It is the e a c h in the lasl tnalysis who determines the kind of | nn< played, and it is his influence more than any other that strengthens the moral fibre of th< plavei When outsiders are hired to coach, nothing is known < f » their character or personality, both of which are of prime import ance in a football a tch m am one else who is to instruct or influen others. Tho familiar with the athletic situation here seven r eight irs ago will recollect the man) sad experiences Illinois has had with professional football coaches, I . t of all. when we have graduate coaches, it is the Illinois game th we play, a ime that was learned tnd developed on Illinois field. There exist a different Kind of spirit than m be obtain* d in any other way. We known and trust our < "lies; it is n « purely mer nar\ motive that interests them, thej t have striven •r the ^raii: c and blue. W't feel confident that nothin will b • di the name or reputation of Illinois and that no unit rhanded means will be stooped to in order to ure a speciou ictoi . There will I none of the feeling that prompted ne < h to tell hi players the ni lit before the came "to pet Sinn, k, have no other quarter." At h lot i audi peciallj f rtball an < tl one tiling more than an\tlun el i thai keep the laduat m h with hi alma mater, and when SU( i Comes it is all th moi dear tin ugh the knowledj that there is an [llii man behind it. The men who wen in school with Mall ( 1 indj u >r < r>i L o w c n t h a l t a k e a m o r ( activ< i n t e n t i n t h e s| r t w h e n th- remeinbri that Mall was a elassmate. Her< IS the d rabl _
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