Evening Star Newspaper, October 13, 1924, Page 25

SPORTS." THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., MONDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1924 SPORTS. - 25 Two Big Grid Battles Here Saturday : Georgia Eleven Should Go Far This Year MARYLAND FACES V. P. L AS MARINES TACKLE G. U. Old Liners to Encounter Worthy Foe in Virginia Eleven—Quantico Team Better Fortified for Impending Battle Than Hilltoppers. BY H. C. BYRD. WO foot ball games that should rank among the best in the South this year are to be played here Saturday—Georgetown vs. the Quantico Marines and University of Maryland vs. Virginia Poly- technic Institute. So attractive does it appear that both contests will be, it really is unfortunate both are scheduled in the same week. Marines are strong, strong enough to tie what has been heralded for this year as the potentially strongest in college foot ball. and while the Quantico aggregation : ly s eleven in Yhe South—Vanderbilt. And | the Marines have in their line-up brilliant players, men who have starred | erybody knows the caliber of the brilliant Goettge, has no other man who measures up to that standard it does have others who would be stars on almost any Southern college eleven. To oppose this aggregation George- town has a less tried team than the Marines, although reports have it that the Hilltoppers are much stronger than anybody has given them credit for. The value of a game such as the Marines played against Vanderbilt cannot be overestimated in preparing it for the Georgetown tilt and George- town may feel the lack of just such preparation. Virginia poly to Washing elevens that echnic Institute brings »n annually powerful measu up to any in the Sout In fact during the last three vears it is doubtful if more than two or three teams have been at any time stronger. That it is well up among the first three or four southern clevens this vear is indicated by the 0-t0-0 zame it played with the team of young giants representing Alabama Polytechnic Institute last Saturday oppose V. P. I. with a team that should put up a real figh and just how hard fought have bee the games here between the two is shown by the scores of 0 to 7, 10 to 7 and 7 to 16. The game this year gives promise of heing decided by just as close a score. Outstanding among the perform- ances of southern elevens last week the showing of Georgia against Yale. Just by the Zoal kicked for the point after touch- down w: the Bulldog able to nose out a victory. And the Georgians went home defeated, but happy in the consciousness of having played a brilliant game of foot ball and hav- ing held Yale to a closer score than any other eleven this yvear or last. Judged on a basis of press re- ports, it was the superior condition of Vanderbilt that zave it its victory in the same with Marines. It is sald the rines tired considerably and that in the second half Vanderbilt took advantage of that fact to drive for long gains on line plays. That better physical condition, inciden ally, probably would be the one ad- vantage that the average strong col- lege eleven would have over an in- dependent or service team. George Washington's victory in its game with stern Maryland is an achievement of which the University may well feel proud. -After the show- ing the Western Maryland eleven made against Ducknell, it was thought that the Hatchetites would be against the stiffest kind of a proposition. However, they rose to the occasion and won by a decisive score. Georgzetown's defeat of King Col- lege was expected, despite the ad- vance reports of the strength of the later. A weck ago a man who had watched King College practice told the writer that King College had a good team, but not good enough to beat Georgetown and that George- town would win. Perhaps one of the most pleasing bare margin of | features of Georgetown's victory was its successful use of the forward pass. The Blue and Gray availed itself fre- quently of that method of advancing the ball. which was in direct contrast to what it was able to accomplish a year ago in that respect. And the general play of the Georgetown eleven was more pleating than a year ago, because, as one critic put it “those fellows out there seem to know what they are doing and go about doing {t’ with the least possible flurry.” University of and showed an improvement in its game with Rich- mond that was remarkable in many ways, but it still has many faults to correct, faults that will be fatal in games against teams where a touch- down or a field goal may be the de: ciding margin. From a standpoint of straight offensive play the team was better against Richmond this year than last, despite the strength of the 1923 aggregation, but the team Sat- urday made many mistakes that the one of 1923 did not make. It is that tendency to make simple mistakes that the Marylanders must rectify. atholic University the former after a hard, almost even, struggle by a margin of one point and the latter rather easily, once it got under way. The Kendall Greeners won from St John's at Annapolis in a game in Which they played as good foot ball as any Gallaudet eleven of recent vears. Catholic University took the measure of Washington College and showed greater strength in so doing than it produced in its game with the same team a year ago. Gnallaudet and won their games University of North Carolina was unable to get across Trinity's goal line, but won, 6 to 0, on two drop- kicks. North Carolina State lost at Columbia, S. C., to the University of South Carolina by 0 to 10. These games especially are inter- esting in view of the fact that North Carolina and North Carolina State meet this week, Thursday, at Raleigh in the big fair week game. This game is one of the biggest in the South and annually attracts one of the largest crowds. Probably there is greater interest in the game than in the Thanksgiving day contest be- tween North Carolina and Virginia. Much probably will be wric.en about the defeat of Cornell by Williams, but what will not be written in connec- tion with that game covers Dobie's remarks to the team after the game and early this week. Dobie is said to be able to tell his teams in no un- certain words what he thinks when they fail to measure up to the stand- ards he sets for them. Princeton, a week ago a victor by many points over Amherst, seemed a much more powerful Princeton than a year ago; Princeton Saturday, held to a tie by Lehigh, seemed the oppo- site. What is the answer? SANDLOT GRIDMEN SHINE IN SEASON’S FIRST TILTS HEN the Washington sand the 1924 season yesterday V.V year's campaign one of th Fall sport here. Most of the eclevens lot foot ball teams pried the lid off shey showed promise of making this e most colorful in the history of the did*their work quite well and demon- strated how hard they had toiled the past several wecks in preparation for the debut. mainly because they were well con cffcctive defensive game. It was qui one touchdown, when they entered score. The Mohawks registered their tally in the second perfod, when Lynch heaved a long forward pass to Mc- Carthy, who snared the pigskin be- vond the goal line. A driving of- fcnse by the Apaches caused the Mo- hawks to worry in the last half. With Sweeney, Boyd, Durity and Gooch penetrating the Indians’ line for neat advantages, the ball was placed on the Mohawks' 20-yard line. At this stage of the game a fumble, which was recovered by McCarthy, halted the Apaches’ march. The match ended with the pigskin in Mohawk territory. Mercury Athletic Club probably will be heard from when the unlimited title is decided, if its play against the Marine Barracks counts for any- thing. The winged-foot combination triumphed, 28 to 0, over the Barracks, eleven, before a crowd of nearly 2,000 fans. Mercury's offensive and defen- sive play impressed and the club pre- sented four clever ball carriers in Cronin, Trigger, Hurd and Sullivan. Hurd accounted for two touchdowns. Crescent Athletic Club uncorked a punch in its offensive play, when it bagged a 22-to-0 victory over the Clarendon eleven. The Crescents scored practically at will and their opponents never threatened. Brown, Roberts and Price were effective for the victors. Howard, Beach and Poss of Vir- ginia Athletic Club gave good ac- counts of themselves in the match with the Seamen Gunners, who were downed, 27 to 0. Winton Athletic Club and Apache Preps battled to a scoreless tie, both teams exhibiting mid-season form. Superior team play of the Southern Preps caused the Circle Athletic Club to accept a 21-to-0 trouncing. De- chard and Clark of the Southerns edvanced the ball in brilliant fashion. Mercury Juniors tacked a 13-to-7 beating on Linworth Athletic Club. Wells of Mercury and Fleary of Lin- worth performed creditably. Followers of Kenilworth Athletic Club gridmen were jolted when their team fell before the Trinity Juniors, 19 to 0. Coupe turned in the first touchdown with a sweeping end run. (;ames with the victors may be ar- anged by calling Manager Twilling at West 2721. Waverly Athletic Club scored an smpressive victory by downing the Arlington team, 23 to 0. McProudy, Apache gridders held the Mohawks to a 6-to-0 score, ditioned and had developed a really te a jolt for the Mohawks to bag but the fray confident of piling up a big Torillo, Quigley and Colliere were big factors in Waverly’s triumph. Iroquois Athletic Club's 110-pound eieven took the measure of St. Mar- tin's team, 15 to 0. St. Martin's threat- ened once, placing the ball but one foot from goal. Business Manager George Baum of the Iroquois players is booking games at Lincoln 5383. Yosemites upset calculations by nosing out the Anacostia Eagles, 7 to 6. Joe Bush failed to kick the extra point after Mevers pushed the ball over in_the third period. Hoofnagle of the Yosemites recovered a fumble in the first period and raced to a touchdown. SHAMROCK NINE BOWS TO DREADNAUGHT TEAM Dreadnaught tossers of Alexandria yesterday landed a 5-to-1 triumph over the Shamrocks, champions of the Independent Base Ball League. Frank Watt of the Virginians and Lefty Serrin of the Shamrocks were mound opponnets, with the former having a decided edge. O The aversge golf player in the United States spends $250 a year for { the sport. TROUSERS To Match Your Odd Coats EISEMAN’S,7th & F “PAY AS YOU RIDE” Small Payment Down Balance Monthly T. 0. PROBEY (0. 2104 Pa. Ave. N.W. Hsusssanssarssars X No. 5—Second Part. AS TOLD BY ROBERT C. FOLWELL. Head Coach, Navy (Annapolis). RED Heyman was perfect in every department of foot ball. He not only would break up interference, but he would bring down the man carrying the ball. He was never boxed in any of his games. Hé had a quick ability to diagnose a play, which enabled him to protect his own end of the line, give power- ful aid to his tackle, and, if neces- sary, get around to the other ex- tremity of the defensive wall. ' In addition, he had to the full that courage which I once had suspected him of lacking But it wa in handling and re- cetving forward passes that 1 found him to be astoundingly adept. had hands of such exceptional size that he w able to catch the ball with one while he warded off tacklers with the other. He did this on so many occ ons that 1 concentrated on developing him in the art. Gets Regular Job. It was not until after the Harvard game—our third of the season—that he was definitely assigned to end. He played at halfback against, the ALL-AMERICAN Foot Ball “EXPLANATION IN TEXT BELOW, ( What is the Heisman shift and how is it used? Answered by J. W. HEISMAN Coach of foot ball, Rice Institute, Texas. Formerly head coach at Wash. ington and Jeerson, Pennaylvania and Georgin Tech. * ok k x As originally invented, players in Diagram A, with all the linemen | save the snapper back of the line of | scrimmage one yard. As the center bent down over the ball the remainder shifted simulta- ineously in the directions and to the positions indicated by the arrows. Instantly after they had all landed in the positions B, the ball was snapped back to the |left half, or fullback, or whoever the signal and play called to receive it, |and the play was on. |01 course, the shift could be to the left as well as to the right, and the linemen and backs could also jump back into a normal or balanced formation This arrangement of the backs was but one of many that have since been used to great advantage. By this maneuver it is also pos- sible to shift five linemen to one side of the snapper, and leave only one man on the other side. Backs can, of course, be shifted in very many different ways and different dis- tances, presenting, when so shifted, many varying formations. (Copyright, 1924, Associated Editors, Ine.) " RADIATORS, FENDERS —made or repaired. New ones. Also bodies repaired like new WITTSTATT'S B. AND ¥. WORKS. 310 13th. ¥. 6410. 1421 P. F. 8038. He | took preliminary station as shown| hown in Diagram | of Genius, Made Most Spectacular Play He Ever Saw. Crimson. Because of his skill in dis- rupting interference and at the same time bringing down the man with the ball I decided to transfer him. He justified the change in the Yale game, when he not only played first class foot ball in every respect but twice caught a pass with one hand and, thrusting off would-be tacklers with his free arm, placed the ball in a position from which his teammates were able to score. The bewlldering aerial attack which we had prepared for use against the heavy Rutgers aggre- gation relied largely upon Heyman, and well did the boy bear his re- sponsibility. The newspaper men were unanimous in declaring that the game showed more than any previous contest what could be done with the open forma- tions. Stralght passes, delayed passes, double passes, fake forma- tions and kicks which deviated in length and placement as the circum- stances demanded followed each other in thrilling and puzzling array. All our boys played great ball, but Spiegel, at left half; Fleming, at right half; Goodwin, at quarter; Younkins, at right guard; Cruik- shank, at center, and, finally, Hey- man, at right end, excelled them- selves. Rutgers probably exhibited the better game as straight foot ball goes. Dut the game was not decided on that point. In the end, there- fore, Sanford's stars—Talman, at right half; Garrett, at left half; Toohey, right tackle; Nash, left tackle, and Scarr, Qquarterback— were, I believe I am justified in say- ing, outshone. At the start of the game especially we looked much the better team. We. scored touchdowns in the first and second quarters and kicked goal in the first, making the score at the end of the half 13 to 0 in our favor. But fn the third period Rutgers came back with a rush that carried us cff our feet. Garrett and Talman hammered our line for repeated gains and eventually Garrett went over for a touchdown. The kick for goal went wide, leaving us still in the lead, 13 to 6. The fourth period found us in a serious plight. Cruikshank was laid out cold three times and finally had to be carried from the field. Fleming was knocked out and removed un- conscious. Younkins was thought to have received a broken skull and was ordered to a hospital, but he refused to go and stuck it out until the finish, when it was found that his frontal cheek bone had been frac- tured. Meanwhile Garrett and Tal- man had continued their smashing tactics of the previous period and were pushing us steadily back. However, within 15 yards of Wash- Ington and Jefferson's goal line, and with only second down and 7 yards to go, Scarr, the Rutgers' quarter, decided to discard the old style game and try a pass. Unluckily for him the snapback was fumbled. Wes- becher, our right tackle, picked up the ball and ran 20 yards to his own 40-yard line before he was downed. This break revived by boys' fall- HARVARD QUARTER MUST NOW BE A BALL CARRIER idea that has prevailed at Cam is to develop a quarterback wh H In the days when Harvard’s hidden-ball the Crimson got along very nicely wit terback, who carried the ball only But in the past two or three years| the typical Harvard ball juggling has lost its effectiveness and the Crimson has felt the handicap of having only three men carry the ball instead of | the four used by opposing teams. Princeton’s silent signal system as | it is being developed this season may well prove revolutionary. It is not a | new idea this huddle scheme, but no team has gone in for it as serfously | and in as detailed a manner Tige been_doi FOLWELL DEVELOPER | OF AERIAL STRATEGY Back in 1913, hefore the big Eastern foot ball organizations grasped fully the potentialities of forward pasxing, a tenm from a small Pennaylvania college in- vaded weabonrd territory and spread the real gospel of how it should be done. The eleven was Washington and Jeflerson's, and the man who t with its remarkable ons was Robert C. Folwell, sometime star back for the Uni- verxity of Pennsyivania. Before that, even teams like Yale, Harvard and Princeton used either short or long passex. Wash- ington and: Jefferson taught the art of mixing long omex nnd short ones in bewildering variations, and even disregarded the rule, ortho- dox at the time, and made plays over center. .. .. .. .. e “Have you meen Washington and Jeflerson forward pass?” was a byword in foot ball circles after Folwell's first success with the team, in 1912, which brought in- vitations for gamex with Yale and Harvard. Folwell's men beat the Bulldog two years in succession and lost to Harvard by only a sin- &le point. In 1914, critics rated W. and J. second only to Harvard. Bob Folwell played in the back- fleld at Pennsylvania from 1804 to 1907, inclusive, captaining the team in 1907. In 1808 he coached Pennsy; in 1909, 1910, 1911, La- fayette; in 1912, 1913, 1914, 1913, ‘Washington and Jefferson; in 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919, Pennsylvania nd since then the &> Your Old Hat /\v Cleaning, Blocking and Remodel by Vienna Hat Co. o 400 11th Street 44 Cigas is made by New York Distettratod by Capital Cigar & Tobacco Co,Inc. 604 Pennaylvania Ave. N. ARVARD, it seems, is going to drop the non-running quarterback nbridge since 1915. The scheme now 0 can do something on the offensive. plays were new and strange h a strategical thimble-rigging quar- upon the rarest of occasions. As It works out, the defending team lines up and the Tigers form in a compact group 5 or 10 yards away. Capt. Stout calls the play and the play- ers then skip into their positions, the ball_being snapped immediately they are %et. The principle virtue, it would seem, lies in relieving the mind of the play- rs of the duty of interpreting sig- nals. As all who have played foot ball know, not all players are quick at signals and as a consequence there is not always a perfect co-ordination in launching a play. Or even if eleven .men of a team are equally facile in getting the sig- nal the mental effort involved in get- ting it must be subtracted from the total of psychological concentration involved in putting over the play. As for the time occupied in this huddle idea the first impression is that it requires less time to call sig- nals, but as the game progresses and one grows accustomed to the novelty of the arrangement the sense of wasted time is lost. Word comes quietly to the writer that all is not so rosy at Ann Arbor as one might believe. The foot ball material is not shaping up as Field- ing Yost had hoped and expected, so runs the story. All in all the under- current of rumor emanating from Ferry Field is dolorous. Which reminds the writer of an aft- ernoon last year when Yost took an innocent person aside—it was on the eve of the Ohio State game—and by deft argument and persuasive elo- quence convinced him that in spite of all facts and indications pointing to the contrary Michigan had only a poor chance of beating the Buckeyes. Score: Michigan, 23; Ohio, 0. The Columbia player that every op- posing team will watch with particu- lar care this Fall is Vandergrift, the former Georgia Tech star, who was ineligible last year, but now is being developed for a tackle. Vandergrift is a big chap, well over 200 pounds, and if anvthing was ever taught to Georgia Tech players it has been speed and hard play, €0 that Vandergrift is just the man that Percy Haughton needs as an example to several of his linemen. GARTERS NO METAL CAN TOUCH YOU Own an extra pair of Paris so you can always have a clean, crisp, fresh pair handy. You’'ll find it a great convenience. As low as 35¢ A.STEIN & COMPANY' Alse Makers of Hickery Products New York Supreme Strategies in Foot Ball Bob Folwell, Now Coach at Navy, Tells How Forward Pass Straight Over Center, Followed by a Flash ing spirits. A succession of passes enabled us to carry the ball to Rut- gers’ 40-yard line, and then came the great play of the battle—that yital pass to Heyman. Here is how the play was made Splegel (left half) received the pass from center; Goodwin (quarter), standing just back of Heyman (right end), but a little beyond the end of the line as though to help provide interference for Splegel, turned, and getting the ball from the latter on a reverse play ran back to a point 15 yards behind the line of scrimmage. Heyman slipped past hte Rutgers de- fensive line to its 30-yard line, where he hesitated a moment. McCreight (substituting for Fleming at right half), Young (fullback) and Spiege! block off the Kutgers ends and backs as they charged in from both sides Then, with Heyman free, except for the defensive quarterback, Goodwin hurled the ball, deliberately aiming it over Heyman's head so that he would get it on Rutger's yard line. So much for the pass, which prom- ised at least a measurable advance. Its brilliance speedily was dulled by a more unusual and more scintillat- ing development. Heyman, on the run with the start of the ball, noted with one eye its flight, but kept the other open to the operation of Scarr. < This eye told him that the Rutgers' safety man was charging down on him and would tackle him as he received the pass. Opponent Taken by Surprise. In a flash of unadulterated genius the Washington and Jefferson end performed one of the greatest feats even seen on a gridiron. Hunning at full speed he leaped into the air, batted the descending ball with his arm so that it described an arc over Scarr’s head, dodged around that sur- prised person, extended one had and just caught the pigskin as it dropped ‘earthward. With an open fleld before him he then ran 20 yards to a touch- down, although Scarr, whirling after him, made a partial tackle near the goal line. No player ever got a greater ova- tion than the crowd accorded Heyman after that play. He deserved it. He had won the game for us, because Rutgers, rallying in the closing min- utes, crossed our goal line once more. The final score was 20 to 13. This is the concluding portion of the fifth of a series of articles de- scribing great foot ball strategies told by the leading coaches of the country in_interviews with J. P. Glass and George Byrnes. The first part appeared yesterday. Other num- bers will follow. 1924, in United States and at Hiritain, by North American Alllance. All rights (Copyright, Canada snd Newspa reserved.) Kiving b DIXIE ELEVEN VERSATILE IN STRUGGLE WITH YALE Turns to Clever Forward Passing When Running Game Is Checked—New Haven Team Is Great, But as Yet Is Undeyeloped. BY LAWRENCE PERRY. EW YORK, October 13—If Georgia does not suffer one of those N lesions that afflict a team which has been geared up to a great afternoon she will go far in the South this year. Woodruff, the coach, has sought his inspiration at many fronts this scason, and the Athens offense, accordingly, reflects many schools of thought. Which is precisely as it should be. No one coach knows it all, and the wise mentor is the one who selects and adapts while at the same time firing the eleven with united impulse and smooth co-ordination. The efficacy of the two-step-out, alternated occasionally reversec movement of the backs and ends, the Georgians, and when the Yale in the second half the men of Ath attack that was beautifully done. The Eli eleven is a great outfit which has a great deal yet to learn Their attack just now is laid upon the narrowest lines and nothing in the way of a long attack has been provided. At least it was not appar- ent on Saturday. | Most of Yale's plays involved the straight run from kick formation with gua: paired, and when the h a quick was signally demonstrated by ends and tackles solved this maneuver ens turned on a wide forward-passing expectations. Wisconsin ran against |a snag in Coe and was tied while Ohio State did better against Iowa an last year but the tie score was less than ‘the Buckeyes expected to do. | Williams’ victory over Cornell was ! utterly surprising but Williams is |apt to turn such a trick every once in a while. Gil Dobie is a gre: the backs were dilatory. Again | unified action twhereas men like the bail carriers and interfer- | Zuppke will place stress upon the in- ence came up micely, the Hneman had | diviq th arrive at the same not done their parts. In a word, there | p1 in the end as a rule but the poor co-ordination between the!Dobie method requires longer time. line and the backs until in the second| Georgla Tech is coming. That tie E;l:‘f Jn_s\' went iIn at guard and two |game against the strong Florida team sub tack eved the rogular pair. | was a worthier achievement than It ren = seen whether or not | might appear. e o i Yai ments stemmed the Dixie tide, or whether the Athenions had begun to tire ale's backs and ends were at sea| GONZAGA HIGH ELEVEN in defending against the enlightencd | guerhead attack of the Georglans ana| PLAYS IN PHILLY TODAY the Elis gave the impression of being | : an GUUAL that needs a lot intencive| Gorzaxa HIgh's foot ball team fs at instruction by the coaches and s |Philadelphia today for a game with great deal of inspiration. |the St. Joseph’s Prep eleven of that = city Agnin surprixes were the order of | (ogches Jack and Zube Sullivan and the day. Oklahoma upset the Mis- | _t8Cnts J2ck S0 Brhe Bullivan A souri Valley by administering a beat- | {Nenty two plavers made the trir ing to Nebraska. Score one for the |y PeT ol 505! southwestern conference, just as the | QUaker City players won, 7 to 6 Missouri Valley scored one of the big ten on October 4. okt it et s e ey | LGUEE, AEOCHE DENER. iraging features from | SEEKS LAURELS IN RING game. Encouraging features from | the Tiger standpoint were the way | which the green line held the hea & promoters have been Lehigh forwards and the gen isider Cyclone Lovett, 1 morale of the team pitted against an |p welterweight champion of West cleven which had started practice a nia, who is hankering for actior earlier and was pointed for fLovett is residing here at 403 ¢ ntest. 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