instead.
There, the work, though different, was just as severe.

The result was that every youngster in the squad "reeked" with good condition all through the season.
It is in just this respect that many a High School eleven fails to "make really good." In a team where discipline is lax some of the fellows are sure to rebel at spending "all their time training." Where the coach exercises too limited authority, or when he is too "easy," the team's record is sure to suffer in consequence.
Many a High School eleven comes out a tail-ender just because the coach is not strict enough, or cannot be.

Many a team composed of naturally husky and ambitious boys fails on account of a light-weight coach.

On the other hand, the best coach in the country can't make a winning eleven out of fellows who won't work or be disciplined.
Coach Morton's authority was unbounded.

After the team had been organized for the season it took action by the Athletics Committee of the Alumni Association to drop a man from the team.