Evening Star Newspaper, November 8, 1923, Page 30

SPORTS.” BY JOHN B. O matter which team wins, that N finds the contending elevens key these rivals of long standing. THE EVEXING STAR Ceniral and Tech Ready for Battle : Big Ten Pushing War on Prefessionalism SCHOOL RIVALS TO CLASH | TOMORROW IN 22d GAME Contest Generally Decides Annual Scholastie Foot Ball Series—Centralites Have Won Ten of Seventeen Tilts Played to Decision. . KELLER. gridiron battle between Central and Tech tomorrow promises to be a hotly contested affair. " No other game in the annual high school foot ball championship series ever ed to such high pitch as the meeting of Even though one of the teams may appear to have a decided edge over the other, according to prior performances, the weaker generally manages to rise to the occasion and In but four of the twent one of them romped to v give its opponent a terrific tussle. -one foot ball games between these schools has tory, and each has shared evenly in these routs. So_with Central and Tech well equipped for the twenty-second tilt there should be thrills aplenty after they get under way at J o’clock to- morrow afternoon in Wilson Stadium. the proper consequentl to be T organization of _the| hool in 1802 high | generally ~have | of either Central | y their mateh the de- | school g been the Hard Game Ahend. year. howe oo sure that t wear the Wi season. Central ed through pair of engagements, - but n | hough it triumph tomorrow it must ' vercome rn to keep its slate & 2 Western elever task in the . no matter, d to be pathwa <h world for ow good road each the would the Manuu! WR_enot t of an of While the by teams more brilliant than tak icld to the great share of vegan, 1 nursed e d White 1l send When 11 o_alib Centra did _tribute coaches stitut season huve been | ‘hampionsk that rial did not with e apond to t marked, zam. antil now ¢ \ggTeEatio has bocome to help ma backfield. And he in_ Mik entirely new Gordon the developed a triple-threate to out- shine all others in the seriesetiis fal s well fortified for thescam- : correct time ard pass? Answered by A. ALONZO STAGG iiead foot ball conch. University of | thicago. “The grand old man” of foot hall, who has coached many cham- ‘wionsh p teams Chicago during the st guarter century. | old, orthe rule-coicerning of passes was, never to pass within the opponents’ 40-yard This is still a good general rule | the quarterback is brainy enough | to know when to mal 1 excep- | tiop. A pass is a good play when- | ever the quarterback thinks he can i nut some element of surprise into its xecution or when the pass has bet-y r than an even chance for success. ! 1 the ends and backs of a defensive | team are drawn in closely by a re- peated series of bucks, then is the time for a pass to be executed. Any motorist who wants to make his schedule in cold weather should come in and let us put on a Winterfront. It keeps the warm air under the hood for hours. ‘This makes your car start more, quickly and helps to freezing. We weont to show syou the tomatic ectionof the shut- :.cunhmrblm WBPSLNW., M.78a paign. Of the squad that played through the series last year jt had remaining Wood, Hissey, Adams, Cline, Pugh and Gooch, regulars, and Price, April, Teehan and Brown, first- string substitutes. Much new ma- terial came out for the eleven, but first-team places were accorded the boys mentioned, while Coach Hardell gigned Kessler. an experienced dlot player, to the lone vacancs Like Central, Tech has a sturdy ne. Against Western, the Manual Trainer forwards were not as smooth in their charging as the Central boy have been, but they were aggressi enough to offset the fierce smi the bulkier Red and White. Tech has no stellar triple-threater like Gor- don, but it has plungers in April and Gooch, punters in Price and Pugh. in Pugh, April and Pric skers in Price and Pugl more than most sehc 5 can boast. Games are Colorful. their start in 1902 th gzames between Central and Tech al- ways have beon the classics of the high school seric: Where others arouse only the interest of the under- graduates, the struggles bezw the Blue and ‘'White and the Maroon and Gray attract alumni whose high hool years are far back of them as well as the students. The general public, too, has been drawn to the game, which in the past decade has Erown to be one of the greatest grid ron attractions of the While Tech and Central hav centy-one times, but twenty games have been champiouship-series affairs. In 1911, after = scoreless tim bad been played in the titular cam- paign, the elevens met sea- son benefit game and tr umphed, 5 to 0. Central has the edg. on Tech over the streteh of having won ten times to i seven, while four of the contest ied. hes of Tech has not w it downed Central, 1 thes: rivals and thoug can accommodate never have been any um thers uld view the struggle i > field early v { ! | | REGULAR YALE TEAM TO MEET MARYLAND NEW HAVEN, Conn., November 8. —Tale's only scrimmaging in prepara- tion for the Maryland game was done yesterday, the regulars attacking the scrubs for thirty minutes In a driz- zling rain. Line drives ployed almost exclusive in ‘a solitary touchdown when Capt. Mallory went through guard for the score. eale scored the extra point with a. drop-kick. A con-iderable part of the scrim- maging was devoted to defensive play, the scrubs heaving such for- ward passes as Maryland has de- veloped this season. Lindley and Smith handled the torees faultlessly. at one time sweeping from midfield to the regular 5-yard mark, where they were finally held for downs. Al Stevens, second string halfback, was assigned to the scrubs for the day to add strength to their punting. He attempted two field goals after the forward passing gamo had threatened the regulars, but both missed their mark ; In accordance with Coach Jones’ policy of developing the see- ond eleven to as nearly as possible a level of skill as the first, the sec- onds were sent through a long signal drill.. Neidlinger and Murphy taking turns as flehl general The regulars played with the ba field which faced the Army and which is seleated for the remaipder of the season, Richeson running the team. Nealo ‘and Pond as halfbacks and Mallory, fullback. Ted Hart, however, repluced Luman at right end. Sub- stitute Landis started at center, but Lovejoy soon replaced him. r has recovered from his in- jury and resumed right tackle, Mil- stead going to left. The veterauns Sokart and Diller were stationed at guard, but Esselstyn and Norris re- Placed them in the second half. coaches said that signal uld be ordered re. to- scrimmaging would the regulars and scrubs clashing Wedn The coaches feel that will send the strongest in its history here Saturday and, con- equent] fow of the regulars will be assizned to scout at the Harvami- Princeton game. Capt. Mallory prob- ably will head the delegatio TRAINING STATION GRID TITLE PLANS CHANGED CHICAGO, November S.—Great Lakes eleven's scheduled trip to Ne port to play ewort aitors Saturday in the first cide the naval g ampion- hip of the United States ha: anceled because of the trip involved. Instead Hampton Roads will play Newport Saturday and the winner will play Great at Great Lakes, da: 1L, Thankegiving DREW AIDS AMHERST. Charlie Drew, former Dunb:. Higi, School athlete, was the outstanding gridironer for Amherst Collage when snared forward pass achusetts Aggic eleven for the only touchdown of the game. He alse hurled a forty-vard pass against W HOULD your collar kill your shirt prematurely? Should it ruin your tie? Should it come back frazzled after ten launderings? No! Then wear the smooth, flexible, durable VAN HEUSEN. Fifty Cents. MADE IN TWELVE STYLES VAN HEUSEN the Wrlds Snartest COLLAR The flavor eiand ) Maryland been | Lakes in Chicako orf against | his team another vic- | WASHINGTO . THURSDAY, How Foot Ball Is Played Ry SOL METZGER: CO.\'TRARY to the general belief that line plunging may only be THE QUESTION | done effectively by big, fast backs. Q small players frequently make Do small backs ever make %plendid line plungers., Michigan good line plungers? had such a player just before the war, Washington and Jefferson re- I cently depended very much upon Stobbs as a line plunger against the best teams in the country, although.Stobbs stripped at but 140 pounds. He aiso was used cffectively in backing up the line on, defense. Small men, when sturdily bullt, the line lack shiftiness. They ¢ have two advantages which big men pend upon power and weight to SIS imes lack in line plunging— | down the opposition, and while thoy can get started more rapidly, | make ground, big plungers rTarew they can run lower and with break loose on such plays for 10mi greater speed. A third advantage is|gains. They get the distance mesiec) shiftiness on their feet. The result!|—two, three or five yard h“h 44 is that the small man with these qual- | rarely make longe runs '".’“‘f*smnvl ities meets, the requirements for line | line, as tho small, hard-hitting, y plunging. These requirements for | back does. o8 ful line plunging are: The| The well balanced feam bogsessed | to start at top speed; the abil- | both types of plunger. Onc o DL, o hit at full speed; the ability to|down the opposition, the othes o) drive low, and the ability to quickly | knife through for an occagional 10m change direction in order to avoid|gain on quick opening plays. Al tacklers or pilea of men at or noar[ - Relative to the point of whether | th line of scrimmage. line bucker should or should not Rig plungers are better than small | ores if they possess these same quali- | Cle interference, read tomMOTTOW'S AT tifs, but most big men who plunge CALIFORNIA COACH FINDS | (Copyright, 1923.) | EW YORK, November 8.—Back of that tie game at Derkeley be- tween the universities of California_and Nevada lies one of those N incidents that infrequently occur to lend warrant to the para- oxical assertion that truth is stranger than fiction. Of course, all who are familiar with the three-year dominance the Golden Bears in coast foot ball. were very much surprised at Ne success in holding them to a tie game, and, in fact, practically outpldy the more illustrious outfit. ; It is now to be recorded that no one was more surprised, startled and chagrined than Andy Smith, coach of the Bears, and the seven first- string players he took with him to Palo Alto to watch the Leland Stan- ford eleven in action. The stor: mer when mer school | | play account of the contest at Ber- keley. At the end of the first quarter | Wtudenis | With the score nothing to nothing, coach of the |Smith was not greatly worried, but| Corky ~ went|when in succeeding quarters Cali-| that Smith | g, iq was repeatedly held without gains, Nevada, using that | Court had picked trom Smith, shattered the Bears B, the Californ coach became So much so that he tried fast_motor ¢ar to ru pley But none was av By the time the thi quarter had ar- rived Nevada had o score ouly thre gainst the visitors. thoroughly fright and tried to charter an airplane. | He could not find on and was J d to return to his wire and lis- the bad w When the ed in a tie the coach vowed 3 urtright, institution. { Nevada not only into all deeply to time the Bears. The result (he returned {was loaded formation. up bad bre 1 Smitli, the ' game 1eft the inkg_ less -q, s looked {than a practl | the scrub. 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Distributors. nrietiz léhe veral times failed | NOVEMBER 8, , 1923 HARVARD GIVES TIME TO POLISHING ATTACK CAMBRIDGE, Mass., November 5.— Songs of “Fight and Beat Princeton’ were sung by 1,200 Harvard under- graduates on Soldlers' Field, to which the students trooped to w ness the wind-up of ,the Crimson's Irill vesterday. There wers cheers, 0o, but the old Haughton “thought wave" idea was worked to the limit by the supporters of Charley Hub- bard's glcven‘ and for half an houf the boys were insistent that their team would be good enough to win down in Jersey on Saturday. Yesterday's “workout was entirely on offensive. Fisher had his three teams hard at work early, using his complete String of quarterbacks and giving each fleld general a chance to work with each eleven Later the first and second vare iined up against each other. ¥i; the regu- lars would rush through plays and kick and then the cubs would. do same thing. The eleven naturall; new plays and other: from the ones whi in previous games. get these plays in smooth running order and speed the coaches have elim- some much-needed scrim- maging, but the result has been that the eleven has gained speed, is work- ing in better combination and on the defensive is far better prepared for Saturday's game than it was for the Dartmouth contest. In the workout Hill and Coombs were the ends, R. Hubbard and tackles; Dunker and Capt. guards; Greenough, MeGlon quarter, and Cheek, Coburn and Jen king in the backfield. Notwithstanding the Hubbard has bee week, Eastman will go tackle job when th Bastman was in pla; continued to rest his Jenkins did a lo got away some ‘f mond was mnot in with him al€o it is merely & question of rest and ke will start against the has some ghtly varied been used Hubbard, fact that R it was the last time he would go scouting. Teday Washington T'n ) mains the only. ific_coust confer- ence cleven with an unblemished rec- ord, while California and Idaho are bracketed in second place, cach with tle game marring their records. On turday the Bears play Southern California, which Is pointed for this contest. 1t is doubtful if the lished by Missourl ai Aggies in their game an., last Saturday has been dupli; in modern foot ball. Three afetics were scored, two by Missouri and one by thus cnding 4 to 2 ord_estab- the Kansas at Manhattan, SPORTS. ) 'OVER 30 ATHLETES OUSTED "IN LAST FIFTEEN MONTHS Aid of High School Principals to Be Enlisted in { Fight—Loss of Gerber Hurts Badgers. ! Leaders Facing Tests Saturday. 1 1 By the Associuted Pr CHICAGO., rence is rapidly uproo ing professionalism from among its athletes by strict enforcem of rules, Maj. John L. Griffith, conference commissioner of letics, said in a statement today. Comymissioner Griffith decla conference directors the professional rule. In that man varsity athletes have b “It is to be questioned group of colleges has_disqual or professionalista. - This does not n are professional than in other sec were disqualified for minor infract directors are enforcing the rule. High school principals are to be b against the professional athlete, (,g high school principals are being enlisted to schools, alumni or coaches who offer ind: to attend a conference university College athletics are above any suspi- | 11 clon of dishonesty, the commistioner | said, adding Dbetting on college sports : sictory an has Teduced to & very Fmall minfmum | fOTt to bring ab yictory and in the big ten. continued position among th he disqualification of E. C. Gerber, | wogtern big tackls of the Unlversity Wi consin_ eleve x| contenders. western conference training camps | Illini are given an edge Doubt whother the Budgers will “In the last hirty or forty men for violat names of 3,000 varsity and different un: ities.” d, “whether an H large per cent of its athlete more men fact, most ot t e, but it ini are perfecting pring against gers in an € is expressed. Badgers Banked on Gerber. Tntil the university athletic counci eman had committed cal violation of the confercnce rule against using athletic skill for gain, | through having accepted pay for Y. M. C. A. swimming instruction, and as a| consequence was ineligible for further | athletic competition, Coach Ryan had {banked on using Gerber against the| strong TNlint. . Whatever the final arrangement of | players, whether Miller, o Bieberstein takes the place, it will be | in the hends of a man relatively inex- pertenced and unequal to the Teplaced | regular. 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