The Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 26, Ed. 1 Friday, April 18, 1924 Page: 5 of 6
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THE THRESHER
HOUSTON, TEXAS
n
J. W. HEISMAN
The year 192 i is the year when Kit c
is making a new start in athletics. A
comptctcty new coaching staff was de-
cided upon and it was atso decided
that this coaching staff r.llould be the
best in the South and second to none
in the country.
At the head of the system Rice has
been fortunate in securing one of the
greatest football coaches in the coun-
try, both from a point of leadership
and of successful experience resulting
from leadership. For thirty years
John W. Heisman has been at least
the equal of any coach in America.
He is one of the few men in the coun-
try who has been consistently win-
ning over a long period of time. He
studies and works consistently, M8th
on the men and the game itself. He
has probably invented more improve-
ments on football equipment than any
other man in the country. He is the
inventor of the forward pass and the
famous Heisman shift. His book on
"The Principles of Football" is the
most widely read and best work on
the science of the game, and he is
now serving his second year as presi-
dent of the American FootbaH
Coaches' Association.
Heisman's coaching record has been
so unusual that mention hardly need
be made concerning his career as a
player. For two years he was a mem-
ber of the varsity at Brown Univer-
sity, later going to the -University of
Pennsylvania where he played two
years of varsity football at end and
tackie. Eye trouble caused him to for-
sake law soon after he received his
degree and he began coaching ath-
letic teams, going to Oberlin where
he coached all branches of athletics.
From Ohio he went to Auburn where
he remained for several years as
both football and baseball coach.
From Auburn he went to Clemson
where he coached football, baseball,
and track for four years. His remark-
able success there caused Georgia
Tech to bid for his services and for
fourteen years he was head coach of
footbail, baseball, basketball, and
Georgia Tech he made the Golden
^Tornado "famous throughout the coun-
try., developing some""of the strong-
est football machines that have ever
appeared in the United States. Next
he went to the University of Penn-
sylvania for three years, then to W.
and J., and comes to Rice from that
institution.
Heisman is primarily a "football
coach altho he has participated in and
coached every sport on the athletic
calendar from gymnastics to rowing.
His secondary interest has been in
' baseball and over g thiry year period
his baseball teams have won 81 per
cent of their games. The name of
Heisman, however, is associated with
football and football with Heisman.
Over the above period his teams have
won 88 per cent of their games, or
nearly nine out of every ten played.
His team last year was ranked fifth
among Eastern teams by the leading
sport writers. Only one game was
lost and that to Glen Warner's Pitts-
burg team by one touchdown. Fottow-
Ing this single defeat he won over
West Virginia, a team that had previ-
ously defeated Pittsburg 13 to 7.
At Rice Heisman is In complete
charge as director. In footbail he will
probably be assisted by a line coach
and a backfield coach, yet to be se-
lected. He will also have working with
Mm his first assistant, J. P. Nichol-
son, who has a long record of suc-
cessful football coaching, F. 0. Ash-
craft, also a coach of successful ex-
perience, and H. 0. Nicholas who, in
1923, coached the Freshman team
with marked success. With a new
coaching staff and a new Rice spirit,
athletics here are taking a fresh start.
A. R. Kennedy is teaching in Sab-
ina! High school where he is also act-
ing as athletic coach.
OWtSTMMME
S. M. U. AT MET
The Owls tennis team took another
sLride toward a successful season
Monday by defeating S. M. U. in four
out of six matches. Moore, Fitch and
Blayney each won their singles match,!
Moore and Fitch also putting the
skids under Mcintosh and Baird of j
S. M. U. in the doubles.
Ail four members of the team
seemed to be in fine form, piaying
good tennis ail the way. Moore, cap-
tain of the Owl team, played a neat
game, defeating Baird, No. 1 man for
S. M. U., after playing three sets.
Results of the match were:
Singles.
Moore defeated Baird, 6-0; 2-6; 6-3.
Fitch defeated Jones, 6-2;; 6-3.
Blayney defeated Mcintosh, 1-6;
6-1; 6-4.
Knickerbocker defeated Reed, 6-3;
8-10; 6-3.
Doubles.
Moore and Fitch defeated Mcin-
tosh and Baird, 6-2; 8-6.
Jones and Knickerbocker defeated
Reed and Biayney,*6-4; 3-6; 6-0.
The Owl's next meet will be staged
Monday afternoon against the crack
Texas University team at Austin.
Three more duai meets remain on
the schedule, one with Texas next
Monday, foiiowed by matches with
Tulane and A. and M.
By failing to register a singie run
Rice came out on the goose-egg end
of a 10-0 score Monday in the first
of a two game series with Texas Uni-
versity.
The Owls fell beiow the consistent
piaying shown against T. C. U. al-
though at times brilliant baseball
was shown. Wilford was touchcd tor
seventeen swats by the Lonprhot'tts,
while Clements let our flock down
with only four safeties
Perfect fielding woutd )#ve cut
down the score some but most of the
tuns came as the resuit of hits. Car-
son, first baseman for Texas, poied
out a home run scoring twe men
ahead of him. Bob Hiil was robbed of
a simitar blow when Smith of Texas
made a wild stab and retrieved his
bunt to the stands in the sixth. * The
Longhorns were up to their standard
in fielding, making four errors while
Rice contributed but two eggs to the
basket, one of these being an over-
throw to first.
R H E
Rice - — 000 000 000— 0 4 2
Tsxas - 013 111 102—10 17 4
Runs—Eckhardt, Odom, 2, Carson 2,
Malley, Pratt, Liessner 3. Errors—
Swartz, Dunkerly, Odom 2, Kibbe,
Leissner. Two-base hits — Swartz,
Kibbe, Eckhardt, Pratt. Home run—
Carson, stolen bases—Leissner, Mal-
iey. Sacrifices — Bloxsom, Odom.
Bases on balls—Off Wilford 4, off
Clements 3. Hit by pitcher—By Wil-
ford 1. Struck out—By Wilford 2,
by Clements 4. Wild pitch—Wilford.
Umpire—O'Toole (Texas league.)
DEATH'S STING.
"Whither away, stranger? Wheth-
er wouldst?" cheerioed St. Peter as
he leaned out over the pearly gates.
"Gosh, let. me' in" Muttered the
wandering soul of convict No. 9999,
just released from the electric chair.
I just had the shock of my life." Lord
Jeff.
Het "How muca do yon weigh?"
Bhet " Oh, not enough to spoil the create
to your Flnchley trousers."
JOH\ H.
When tin- s i'vit en of Mr. ;natt
were secured as Director' «f Athletics,
he was given a free hand if the setec-
tion of an assistant with the under-
standing, however, that he should be
one of the best avaiiabie. In secur-
ing the services of Mr. John P. Nich-
olson, Mr. Heisman has secured a man
who, besides being a star in ait
branches of sport, has had great suc-
cess as a coach and athletic director.
In high school he was a star in aii
branches of sport, winning at one
time the National Interschoiastic re-
cord in the high jump. At the Uni-
versity of Missouri he played end and
fuliback on the footbatt team, center
on the basketbali team, ami was atso
an outstanding member of the track
team for three years, being captain
of that team his tast year at the Uni-
versity. In 1912 he won the world's
record in the high hurdies and aiso
a national hurdte champion and inter-
cottegiate winner in the high and
broad jump. He was atso a member
of the Otympic team the same year.
In 1913 he was second in the ait-
around nationat championship.
As a coach he began his career at
DePauw where he won the State In-
tercollegiate championship, turning
out Ivan Myers who broke the con-
ference record in that event. In 1916
he went to Sewanee as athtetic di-
rector, assisting in footbaH and hav-
ing futt charge of both basketbatt and
track, winning the Southern Track
championship one year and placing
second and third in other years. Dur-
ing his tast two years at Sewanee he
was in charge of footbaH. giving Se-
wanee her best teams of recent years
—defeating among others, Alabama,
Kentucky and South Caroiina Univer-
sities. Nicholson then went to the
Montreal Amateur Athletic Associa-
tion, where he coached Canadian foot-
baH and track successfuliy, his track
team winning the Canadian champion-
ship. From Montreal he came to Cen-
ter Coltege in January of 1921, took
charge of basketbali and won second
place in the Southern Intercollegiate
race.
Tournament Held
By Tennis Ciub
On May 5
The Girls' Tennis Tournament is to
begin on May 5.
When the girts line up for the ten-
nis tournament May 5, it witt, in ail
probability, be the biggest thing in
girls' athletics in the history of Rice.
A silver cup witt be awarded to the
winner in singles, the contestants to
be chosen from the-classes.
A silver cup wilt be awarded to
each of the winners in the doubles,
the entries from this contest to be
taken from the school at large.
The tournament is under the super-
vision of the Girls' Tennis Ciub, of
which Miss Katherine Wood is pres-
ident and Mr. William S. Vaughn is
coach.
Mimtv SIMS
Iti STEM EMM
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Cf ach Mike O'Neilt's nine showed
their best form of the season in the
t at game of the Steer series and
v, it their share of the breaks should
ii :\e won handity.
Danny Bloxom has been improving
si t] every littie start, pitched sterl-
ing bait throughout the fray and
with a iittte better support woutd
have given the Steers a neat tacing.
His curve bait was breaking nicety
jand his fast batt was hopping beauti-
I fully. He turned Eckhart and Carson
} hack on strikes on four occasions, and
I his nine assists show how the Long
horn batters were hitting them on
the handte.
How it Happened
After the Owts had taken the lead
in the second on Ray's singie, his pil-
fer of second and Fishers singte, the
Steers came back and tied the score
with the aid of an Owl miscue In the
fourth. They took the lead in the
next frame when Eckhart's singie
bounded into the left field stands for
a home run. Kibbie, who had singied,
scored ahead of Eckhart. The Owls
climbed to within one run of the
Steers in the sixt on Hilt's waik and
'successive singles by Bloxom and
Ray.
The exptosion came in the ninth.
Pratt walked and was sacrificed to
second. Liessner watked, Ctements
then hit an easy rotter to Hiit and a
doubte piay that woutd have retired
the side should have been compieted
but Wiiford dropped Hill's perfect
throw. Pratt scored on the play and
Leissner and Clements scored when
Kibbie tripled to left. After Eck-
hardt had whiffed, Odom doubted to
riglit center and Kibbie counted. Car-
son struck out for the second time
ending the inning. Fisher singled
after two were down in the ninth but
Wiiford grounded out ending the fray.
The work of the Owis afietd was
much improved. A fast double play
jHitt to Swartz to Dunkeriy prevented
a Steer score in the seventh. Dunk-
erly handled fifteen chances at the
initial station, without a bobble white
Swartz at short accepted eight
chances faultlessiy. The hitting of
Ray and Fisher who secured two hits
apiece, featured the offensive piay of
the Owts.
Coach Frank Bridges brings his
Baytor Bears to Houston for a two-
! game series beginning Monday.
! The score:
R H E
Hice * 010 001 000—2 7 ^
Texas 000 120 001—7 8 1
Runs—Ray, Hili, Kibbe 2, Eckhart,
Carson, Pratt, Leissner, Ctements.
Errors—Fisher, Hate, Ray, Wiiford,
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Odom. Three-base his—Kibbe. Home
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Ray. Sacrifices — Wilford, Odom,
King. Doubte piay—Hill to Swartz
to Dunkehrly. Base on batts—Off
Btoxsom 2, off Burnett 2. Hit by
pitcher—By Btoxsom 1. Struck out—
By Btoxsom 4, by Burnett 4, by Clem-
ents 1. Innings pitched—By Burnett
6, by Ctements 1. Umpire—O'Toote.
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