Evening Star Newspaper, November 10, 1924, Page 24

24 SP ORTS. ONLY ONE MORE CONTEST HERE AFTER THIS WEEK Four Elevens Play at Home Saturday; Then Leave Catholic University-George Washington to Offer Final on OOT BALL on iocal fields is n Thanksgiving. BY H. C. BYRD. caring its wind-up for 1924. After the coming Saturday only one contest will remain to be played here—that between Catholic University and George Washington Thanksgiving day. Home games th is week for Georgetown, Maryland and Gallaudet are the last they play until September, 1925, rolls around to begin a new campaign. In fact, foot ball on all fields is nearly fin- ished, as four of the schools have only two more games, while one has thre Georgetown 1 are that it will wind up its list of h victory. The remaining games on akes its last appearance on a local gridiron when it faces the 3d Army Corps at Americ. an League Park. And the chances ome contests with a rather decisive Hilltop schedule arc with Loyola University at New Orleans on November 22 and with Fordham in New York on November 29. Maryland plays its home-coming | Fame this week with North Carolina State Coilege. The College Parkers may know .what they will be up against by just thinking for a few seconds over the fact that the Ra- leigh eleven last week gave Virginia Polytechnic Institute, until then rated as the strongest team in the section, a beating. Proceeds of the game are to be devoted to the completion of the American Legion memorial cross at Bladensburg. Maryland's final game is the annual Thanksgiving day clash with Hopkins in Baltimore. Gallaudet pl. s Loyola College of | Baltimore Saturday in its last strug- gle at Kendall Green. After that it goes to Philadelphia November 22 to wind up its season with St. Joseph" George Washington goes to New- ark to play Delaware, and the fol- lowing week makes a trip to face Buffalo University. It comes back after that to spend three days in preparation for the Thanksgiving battle with Catholic University at Brookland. Catholic University has a_home game this week with Mount St. Mary's, and after that is over will begin fingl preparation for the Turkey day final with the Hatchetites. Newspaper stories about of Pennsylvania Military College of George Washington players prior to the game between the two schools | last week, and later ories of rough play by thy Hatchetites are entirely squelched by a telegram received by President William Maher Lewis of George Washington University The telegram, which is self-explanatory, fol- lows: protests “Chester, Pa. “President William Mather Lewis, “George Washington University, Washington, D. C George Washington University foot ball team played a most sports- manlike and hard game with us. Will you congratulate Coach Crum and the team on their most excellent showing and spirit displaved while here. A most satisfactory conver- sation With your coach Thursday night settled very clearly the ques- tion of protests which we made and which were immediately withdrawn on completion of the conversation. (Signed) “F. K. HYATT, vice President, Pennsylvania “Military College.” Foot ball ix getting to have more of the uncertainties of base ball with every passing season. The game is being developed in such a way that even a poor team may make the most unexpected showing inst a really strong combination. The game is so full of chance, so subject to psycho- logical possibiliti that almost any- thing may happen in any contest. Some results of last Saturday were entirely unexpected. So much so that many followers of the gridiron sport almost gave a gasp when they learn- ed of them. Take that whaling Rut- gers gave Lafayette, for instance. Who would have expected that Rut- gers would score more than 40 points on what generally was regarded, un- til it played Penn, as the best foot ball team in the East. Would any- body ever have thought that Illinois and Chicago would each score more than 20 points and vet play to a tie? And for North Carolina State to trim Virginia_ Polytechnic Institute. And above all, that awful beating that Princeton administered to a Harvard team. The very uncertainly of foot bail is going to make it even more popu- lar than it is now. Its growing pop- ularity undoubtedly is due in no small measure to the growing clement of chance that is presented in every zame that is secen. One team may have another under the shadow of the goal posts, a forward pass may Zo astray, and what seemed a cer- tain touchdown for one may change in the twinkling of an eye to a score for the other. Georgetown ix elated over its show- ing against the University of Penn- sylvania, when it barely was defeat- ed by & 3-to-0 score. The Blue and Gray played through three quarters of scoreless football, giving the Quak- ers the scare of their lives, Coach_Little espectally was proud of the Blue and Gray, because every coach likes above all things to make an excellent showing against his Alma Mater. But Georgetown's ex- cellent work was not unexpected and the kind of game it played need not have occasioned any speclal surprise. Little gradually has brought George- town along this season until he now has about as good an eleven as has represented the Blue and Gray in vears. In fact, it has had few teams better at any time. It bids falr to end its season with an excellent record. It it plays up to its present standard it should beat Third Army Corps without much trouble and the last two games it has scheduled, Loy- ola and Fordham, have done nothing to indicate they have strength| enough to put over a victory against an eleven of the caliber of that coached by Little. WILL PLAY GAME HERE. UPPER MARLBORO, Md., November 10.—The soccer ball team of Upper Marlboro High School, which has again won the Prince Georges County high school chamapionship, will meet Galithersburg High, Montgomery County champions. at the Rosedale playgrounds, Washington, Wednesday afternoon in the first of a series of games for the State title. ) O Rolf Harmsen, 19, a North Dakota schoolboy sprinter, who has run the 100-yard dash in less than 10 seconds, is geaf. Because he is unable to hear the starter's gun, Harmsen must watch his opponents to get his start. Your Old Hal | deadiocked | low Qoantng, Blocking_und Vienna Hat Co. 409 11th Street FORT MYER SOCCERISTS DEFEAT EMBASSY TEAM Soldier soceer players of Fort Myer their series with the f-rn\u ¥ team yesterday by in a well earned 3-to-1 vic Each team now has won British turning tory game. A marked improvement was noted in Fort Myer's play on its showing in the match with the English players several days ago. The soldiers werc especially strong defensively. HOLD MEET AT HILLTOP. Georgetown University's annual in- terclass track meet was to hold the stage today at the Hilltop. Holden, Sullivan, Estevez and Capt. Marsters, who compose the cross-country team, were to be tested at two miles. They will meet the Naval Academy team next Saturday at Annapolis. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 10, Few Grid Games Remain on Local List : Ban on Foot Ball Huddle System Like Supreme Strategies in Foot Ball Three Carlisle Indians, in Care of Doctor, Patched Up With Improvised Armor, Batter Their Way to No. 9—(Second Part). As Told by GLENN WARNER, Head Coach, Leland Stanford, Jr., University. F course, Lubo couldn't play end or tackle. I decided to switch Beaver, the right guard, who had done some playing at end, to Exendine’s old position, and use Lubo in his place. News of this decision soon got me into trouble. All the cripples around the place asked for harness that would enable them to play. But the biggest shock 1 got came when Wheelock showed up at my house. He had been in the infirmary three weeks, but in the last few days he had been allowed to take the air & bLit. Still he was in such pain he couldn’t bear to have ahy one lay a hand on him. Another Appliennt. “Now look here, Coach,” he sald, “if you can fix Lubo you can fix me. There's nothing wrong with my arms or legs: all I've got is pleurisy.” I didn't argue with him. Arguments didn’t seem to count much with those Indians. We went up to the engineer- ing school and asked for help. Some one dug up two wide sheets of alu- minum, resembling, as I sald before, the metal portion of a washboard “That's the stuff!” said Wheelock. “First I'll put on a heavy shirt. Then you can fix these on me, one in the front and one in the back. Bind them with tape, so they won't slip. Put my jersey on over all and I'll be ab- solutely all right.” There was left but one vacancy on the team. That was-center. Fortunate- 1y this would be the one position where Wheelock would suffer a minimum of PRINCETON GAINED MUCH BY PLAYING NOTRE DAME BY LAWRENCE PERRY. N EW YORK, November 10.—Princeton should play Notre Dame every year. She owes the South Bend institution much. Perchance, hav- ing caught the dope, the Tiger coaches will be able to carry on without the inspiration of taking 4 beating from one of the two greatest offensive and defensive minds in this country, to wit, Knute Rockne. As Knute himself said in his public outgiving after the game with Princeton, the Tigers were clearly power, being in a formative state. not developed to the top of their The chances are that without the practical lessons administered to Nassau by Notre Dame last year and this they never would have realized the assets of her personnel. Evidently Princeton’s coaches are men who know how to use thelr eyes. This is not to say that the Orange and Black swamped Harvard by tak- ing over the Notre Dame system of attack. Nothing so crude as that was attempted. But what the Tiger coaches did take unto themselves was the evidence Notre Dame offered that power without deception is usually vain, that swift readjustments of angles on the part of hard running backs spell dismay to any defense, that men running ahead of the ball who hit their opponents hard and remove many obstacles to ground galning and finally that a' de- fense that covers every single man of the opposing offense is going to keep scoring at a minimum. And so, while, as said, Princeton’s coaches may have learned their les- son well as taught by Rockne and his gifted pupils, it would be merely the part of gratitude to keep on playing the South Benders. And who knows but that some fine October day the beneficiaries of the Rockne school of thought might in turn re- pay the debt and supply the Notre Dame mentor with an original hint or two? Not that he needs it ,but it is always a graceful act to make some payment on a debt. No, Princeton did not use the Notre Dame attack. AS a matter of fact, the Tigers applied against Harvard quite photographically the system which Harvard learned from the late Percy Haughton and employed for 80 many years with success so marked. But in the clean-up spirit that prevailed, so far as Princeton was concerned, both on attack and defense last Saturday, In the con- sistent use of all the backs as ball carriers and the general usefulness of the linemen, the impression was all of Notre Dame. Of all the teams the writer has scen this year two have made use of all resources and many men in advancing the ball—Princeton and Notre Dame. Tllinois has depended pretty much upon one man, Grange, and the writer, from what he has seen. believes that all of Zupkke's senius has been employed in build- ing the attack around this. elusive young man. This he has done to perfection. But Notre Dame through- out the season and Princeton agalnst Harvard utilized many “men in ad- vancing the ball, seeming to fit al- most any back to the pl rather than any play to the solitary back. As for defense, Princeton, at the top of her form against Harvard, and Notre Dame, unvaryingly eince the season began, have shown power and discernment that Illinols or any other team the writer has scen has not approached. HARRIS WILL CAPTAIN CITY CLUB FLOOR TEAM Harry Harris will captain the City Club’s basket ball team this year. W. D. Osgood has been named manager. Prospects are bright for a strong five this season. Most all of last year's players will return. GARTERS INO METAL CAN TOUCH YOU FLOOR BEING SOUGHT FOR SCHOOL GAMES Athletic advisers of the five high schools may select the new Wash- ington auditorium as the place for playing the 1925 basket ball cham- plonship serfes, it has been an- nounced by Seruch T. Kimble, physi- cal training director of Central High. The Coliseum, scene of last year’ titular battles, has been converted into bowling alleys. Negotiations_have not been com- pleted for the Washington Auditorium, though, as some favor a wooden floor court. The auditorium has a concrete floor, byt there's a possibility of it being covered with wood. In the event that the auditorium is not approved, there are two other courts that can be obtained, it is thought. The auditorium in the Ma- sonic Temple at 13th street and New York avenue could be transformed into a fine basket ball court, while convention Hall is avaflable. Officials for the basket ball series will be named after the close of the current foot ball campaign. The court series will open January 10. All of last year's coaches have been re- tained with one exception. H. B. San- born, former mentor at Woodberry Forest, Orange, Va., will head Tech High's squad in the place of H. A. Sotzin. The Manual Trainers also have a new base ball coach In Mel- vin Prentice, who has succeeded Coach Erickson. ‘Western High's foot ball team will continue its drive to share the 1924 Jaurels with Tech tomorrow, when it faces a rejuvenated Central eleven in the Columbia Heights inclosure. Play will start at 3:15 o'clock. A vic- tory for the Blue and White would glve the Manual Trainers the title. Western is figured to win, though, and if it comes through it will ride on the top of the series with the Maroon and Gray. Arrangements mow are under way for a Gonzaga-Devitt Prep, game, which would decide the preparatory school foot ball championship of the city. 1 Victory and Beat Cornell’s Unbeaten Play. pain, although he was bound to have plenty of it no matter where he was placed. I assigned him to it. It seemed all wrong, putting these cripples at the very spot where they would have to bear the brunt of Cornell's attack. Little Lubo would play right opposite my brother, Big Bill, while Wheelock must face the husky Davitt. 1 had it reasoned out this way, though: Both Wheelock and Lubo were quick as cats and they would make this speed count to the fimit. Also, 1 had in Willlams, our fullback, one of the best defensive men that ever stepped on a field. 1 knew he would back them up to the limit and he was instructed to station himself right back of them on defense. Another thing: Cornell's famous guards-back formation had never been stopped, but T believed I had a way to do so. You will recall that im this play, when one guard shifted be- hind' the other, it was necessary for the quarter to play very close to the center, fn order not only that he might lose no time in passing the ball to the rear guard, but also to avoid violation of the rules by trans- ferring the ball in a forward dir tion. Explaining this fact to Lubo and Wheelock, 1 told them, just b fore we went on the fleld: Now, when Cornell uses the guards-back formation, you two boys forget everybody and everything ex- cept the ball. Keep your eves on it, and the minute the center puts it in motion both of you hit him, and hit him hard. See what happens.” Pet Play Is Stopped. The game hardly had started when Cornell called the guards-back for- mation. Following _instructions, Wheelock and Lubo hit Center Davitt 80 hard they knocked him into Quar- terback Brewster's hands before the latter could pass the ball to Right Guard Hunt, who had shifted behind Brother Bill. Cornell lost 2 yards, but decided to try again, with Bill back of Hunt. Again the Indians hurled themselves against Davitt with such fierceness that he in turn knocked the pigskin out of Brew ter's hands. Luckily for Cornell, its right halfback, Coflin, recovered the ball, but he barely beat Wheelock to it. This time the Ithacans were thrown back 4 vards. ome one appealed to the officials that the Indfans must be guilty of offside. They had been watching alosely, however, and declared that such was not the case. Consterna- tion spread among Cornell rooters The offensive value of the guard back formation had been materially lowered I won't go into details of the game, except in one instance, and that merely for the purpose of showing the fury with which Wheelock and Lubo played that day. With the ball on Cornell's 40-yard line, Burns. Ithacan fullback, dropped back for a punt. Now, because of the supposed- Iy impregnable combination of Hunt, Davitt and Warne the Cornell punter always stood 3 yards nearcr | to his line than others did. On this play the practice proved dangerous Wheelock and Lubo swept through Hunt, Davitt and Bill and almost blocked the kick. Burns hurried so | much that the ball went almost straight up. Our quarterback. John- | son, caught it on our 50-vard line while dashing forward at full speed and ran it back to Corneli's 30-yard line. Cornmeli actually had lost 10 yards on a punt. We carried the ball to the 3-yard line on two runs by Johnson. There we lost it on downs. Cornell punted, | Burns kicking a high one upon which Johnson signaled for a fair catch| on the rd line. Tydeman, the overzealous Ithacan right end, tackled him, and a 10-yard penalty brought | the ball 25 vards from Cornell's line. | The suffering Wheelock was called | back to kick. Without bluff or preliminary he booted a perfect one squarely betwean the posts The score was 5 to 0 jn our favor. Tears Line to Pieces. After the next kick-off, Cornell pro- ceeded to go through our line as if it were paper. “Lubo and Wheelock are through” I told myself, and it surely looked to be the case. Finally. with the ball in our possession on our 10-yard line, we were compelled to punt. This resulted in a bad break. Hunt, Brother Bill and Smith, the Cormell right tackle, broke through our line and Smith blocked with his chest the kigk will Fullback Wil liams, who was now booting for us, attempted. The ball rolied gver our line and Luder, the Ithacans’ left tackle, fell on it for a touchdown. Coffin_ kicked goal, making the score 6 to 5 against the Indians. The second half got under way, with Cornell rushing us off our fect. And yet, just when it scemed that she was about to score, an Indian would appear from nowhere and throw the man carrying the ball for a loss on third down. Mostly it was Lubo and Wheelock. How Lubo did it with his lame arm 1 don't know. And time after time Wheelock winced in pain as he came in contact with| The Largest—Most Economical—Most Reliable Tailoring Slzflp ]l e Wonder What Merts Wil Szy Todsy—Close Dally at 6 P. M.; Saturday, § P. M. 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He decided to let it pase, o that it could be brought out again on the 20-yard line. But after one high bound the ball took a back- ward instead of forward leap, and struck the leg of Tydeman, right end, who had run back to give Brewster interference. This made a frea ball of it, and Bradley, Carlisle right end, who had charged down the field, grabbed it It was Carlisle's ball on Cornell's 15-yard line. and Quarterback Johnson immediately proceeded to the most bril- liant strategy of the game. This con- sisted in using the sume formation, with variations, four times in succes- sion. Here was the formation: For a right- end run, left guard was ehifted to a position between center and right guard ; the left halfback stood directly behind right end; right half was just to the rizht of left half; quarterback in usual position; fuliback b yards behind left guard: when the ball was put in play the fullback swept past quarter, who faked a pass to him, and continued through the line between center and the shifted left guard. Quarter kept the ball and circled right end. Fooln Cornell Team. The formation for a left-end run was the same except that the backs and right guard went to the left side. Full- back stood vards behind right guard and charged between center and the ehifted right guard. Quarter faked | a pass to fullback, but Kept the ball and ran around left end. On the first play Johnson carried the ball in a left-end run designed to place the ball before the posts in position for a kick if one were nec- essary. Instead, by fairly crawling with ‘the pigskin after he had been tackled, he gained 10 yards and made the first down on Carlisle’s 5-yard line. A Kkick seemed unnecessary and followed with a right-end run that gained 2 yards. A left-end run netted only 1 yard, but brought the ball back in front of the posts. And here the supreme play developed. Calling the same formation as be- smoking MERTZ CO., INC., 906 F ST. 1924. 'SPORTS. ly FREAK CALLING OF PLAYS SLOWS GRIDIRON GAMES lethod of Imparting Signals Reduces Speed Of Eleven Using it and Gives Opposition Good Opportunity to Recuperate. Group fore, Johnson did not keep the bal}| this time, but handed it to Williams. The latter made a wild dive above the backs of Wheelock and Lubo and over the Cornell line at its very strongest point, Davitt and Bill War- ner. Simultaneously Lubo and Whee- lock hit the pair so hard they fairly lifted them off their feet. Coflin, at right half, leaped over to throw back Williams, but was too late. The In- dian came down behind the Cornell line. His hurdle had succeeded and Carlisle had another touchdown. 1 BY JOHN B. FOSTER. EW YORK, November 10.—Several important coaches with whom N the writer has talked recently about the so-called “huddle” sy tem of gving foot ball signals, expect to see the practice discon tinued after this year. The huddle system for the benefit of any who may not happen to know, means just what the word indicates. The players huddle together back of the scrimmage line, and presumably the quarterback tells them what they are going to do. Then—sometimes—there ensues a debate as to whether that is the best thing to do. This should not happen if the team is well disciplined, but there have been cases where the debate reached such proportions that the opposing players heard what it was all about and took measures ac- cordingly. At any pelled to ju nents. Wheelock Gives Up. Lubo was able to continue this play, but Wheelock's body could endure no mo in an agony of pain and taken from the field. This tated the only substitution game. We missed the goal touchdown and the score was lisle 10, Cornell 6 But the game was won. Williams played center on defense and we held the Ithacans until the whistle blew Was Lubo happy? Was he! And that reminds me. After the gam that night I talked again with Bill, my brother. “How did Lubo impress you, Bill?" sked. Say, Glenn, uniform when' 1 lisie?” No; he’s the one who followed you around with his arm in a sling watching you at practice.” “Well, If that fellow can play liké that when he's crippled,” replied 1 “I'd hate to tackle him when he was in good condition.” | In view of the fact that Bill was placed on the all-American that year by Walter Camp and all the other critics; his performance in the Car- lisle kame being praised particularly I censider he paid Lubo a fine tribute But the boy deserved everything good that could be said about him And Wheelock, too. The strategy | by which Johngon won the game was | fine, but never so wonderful as the splendid feat of these two boys i playing that day. When vou get down to facts, it was their devotion to their school and their team that beat Cornell. There's a lesson in it for every lad that aspires to play the | game. after | outraged He fell d to be necessi- of the after Car- rate, the players, after receiving their instructions, are com mp back and get into the scrimmage line to meet their oppo = e Of course, all this rigamarole put EAGLE ELEVEN WINS | speed out of the question. More thar | that, the officials are not always cer- tain whether the players who has | AI.EXANDRIA LAURELS been in the huddle are actually at a complete standstill, as the rule res them to be, before the T put into play. The huddle method is used because it gives the players a better chanco to hear the signals when there a huge crowd present and the cheer ing is a din. At Army and Navy games _both sides keep up a cor stant uproar which some day will be discontinued, as it is annoying to spectators as well as players. Ther nothing gained by this constan Hing. The great objection to the huddis and it is a very pertinent one, is that it will slow down any team that uses it. The plavers, instead of ta ng advantage of any momentum the may have gained by a long gain, hop back, put their heads together, and give their opponents chance to | catch their breath and rally the forces for a stand Teams which have used t huddle system this year are certainly a deal more sprightly than thos which have, and most of them wii! finish the season with better record- an the huddlers Gridmen of Company A, Tech Hign | The huddle 1, fell hefore the Freer Midgets, | those suberfiuf st 0. CwWilahire mot awey for twe | invention of dreamers who are cv long gains. The Freer manager is| astingly trying to figure out e e new trick for the gaining of groun 8 S | The line shift and the whole categ Players of the 15th Airship Com-|of freak plays are based on the ven scored a 20-to-15 victory | !dea. All of them are foreign Aero. Squadron in a e real foot ball theory of adv: 7 50-pound championship | ing the ball by straight |5t the 3a Army Corps | e |are confident they ca | Records of golf being played a! |to the Apaches next | Andrews, Scotland, go back to 15 | is | Alexandria's 135-pound sandiot foot | ball title was decided yesterday when | thletic Club cked out a 1 |to-13 victory over the Troquois grid- | | | 1 was that fellow in e was down at Car- game marked by the bril- ant playing of both teams. With his team trailing, 13 to 12, in the fourth perind. Elliott booted a |fleld zoal that put the Eagles ahead | Bennett's broken field running proved | a big help to the Eagles | Troquois Athletic Clab of this mu" an e time with the Renroc | h, winning, 30 to 6, with McCarthy | ing considerable ground. The | are on the lookout for Their manager may be tele- | | phoned at Lincoln 5283 | | | | | | Little, Schaefer nnd Ryan were in| the limelight for the Aetna Club that | took the measure of Central Athletic | {Ciub, 32 to 0. Games with the win- | be arranged by calling | Moran at North 6379 | 5 ners ma | Manager merely another « es, most of them t} This is the concluding portion of is the ninth 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 nd George Byrnes. Others will fol- low. (Copyright, 1924, in“the United States, Can- ada and Great Britain by North American Newspaper Alijance. » attac The winners point the w. inday takes more time- COsts more money- i U 1t sweetens and mellows tobacco as nothing else can In all our experience we have found nothing that equals AGEING IN WOOD to ripen and Sweeten tobacco for aged in wood tobacco Liggett & Myers Tobacco Co.