Evening Star Newspaper, November 1, 1926, Page 34

Ingra SPORTS. J . THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTO! DESERVE MOST OF CREDIT | CRIDIRON GREATNESS FOR WIN OVER MICHIGAN 2 Bill Devised Clever Scheme to Combat Wolverines’ Playing Style Carefully Noted by Commander. Attack of Westerners Unbalanced. BY H. C. BYRD. O Bill Ingram, coach of the scout extraordinary, shouid triumph over Michigan. and got Michigan's plays; it neet them and an offense to penetrate Michigan's defense. The game for the Navy team w: rectly executed. ngram has made good at the N: as long as it pleases him to do so. He has turned out a team that is play- ing brilliant foot ball, defensively a: aster of the coaching situation at Annapolis. history of Navy foot ball has dangled at his belt two such scalps as Prince- ton and Michigan before the end of October. brow-beating which was an exceedingly good show- Ingram is not the ype of coach. He is easy with his nen, and is himself part and parcel { the squad, which is as it always is with the great majority of sug cessful coaches. Ingram knows foo) ball and is able to impart his knowl- edge. Not only that, but Ingram is in a far better position to coach at the avy than any other of the coaches have been. In the first place, he was a Navy player himself, having been a star back in 1916, 1917 and 1918; and, there , understands conditions under which_he is working. And further- more Ingram'’s brother, Comdr. Jonas Ingram, is in charge of athletics, which insures Bill of absolute control ©f the squad and prevents interfer- cnce of any kind. Comdr. Jonas Ingram’s manage- ment of athletics at the Naval Acad- amy has been with signal success, hut if anybody in after years inquires what was the biggest contributing ictor, the answer unquestionably will be the getting of his brother 3ill to head the foot ball squad. And the value of a good scout to & ball squad cannot be overesti- ed, which is why it was said at i beginning of this that Comdr. Richardson should share equally Ingram the credit for Navy's Comdr. Richardson scouted igan team, and he go s so well that N s de- built with a certain surety that otherwise could not have been done. Last Wednesday Comdr. Richard- #on sat on a bench in the Navy dress- ing room and told the writer not only the type of passes Michigan would use, but also the trick plays that might be expected. And Michigan id just what was predicted it would «do. With such certain knowledge of Michigan's offense Navy had an ad- ~antage that gave it the game. Mich- 1 did not seem to have near 8o wrate knowledge of Navy that had of Michigan. After the game between Michigan and Navy Bill Ingram was asked what he had to say. This was his reply "Of course, there’s not much for to say. I'm tickled over the re- «nd have a right to be. Our = played real foot ball and got with it. There was never a ment when they were mnot alert siving their best, and their best ood enough.” Flve minutes after that Yost was asked what he had to say about losing. It was a characteristic la- conie reply that came from him: They won and we lost. Last year threw the ball where our recefv- were, and this year we threw where they weren't. That's there was to it.” e it As a matter of fact, it seemed to most persons present as if Michigan depended too much on forward pass- ing and did not have a sufficiently strong running game to effect a good balance. Yost's scheme of offense seemed to be long passes, that {f in- tercepted were as good as punts, and f caught would put the Michigan am in scoring territory, from which point a_drop kick, a trick run or an- ther pass would be used to get e he scheme did not work Michigan's potential ong passes were so well Friedman was so hard avy’'s forwards that just i t a second 8o ary accurate passing was not ble to make Michigan's offense & Navy eceiv covered rushed hat slight L, urse, it {s true that Michigan was under the handicap of being against an eleven that last year was heaten, b4 to 0, and that it suffered undoubtedly from the effort it put forth a week ago against Illinols, but even so it is difficult to understand soma Catholie T ¥y lost to Loyola vesterday at New Orleans by 6 to 0, It was Richadson who went to Michigan the Middle Western | Navy team, and Comdr. Richardson, go almost entire credit for Navy's was Ingram who devised a defense to as admirably planned and almost per- avy and there he probably will remain nd offensively, and he undoubtedly is No other coach in the ing, if the reports of the strength of Loyola have been true. The Brook- landers played fine foot ball, and in the closing moments of the game had a forward pass muffed right on the Loyola goal line, which would have | enabfed it to tie and possibly win by one point. | Just how a few mistakes can affect a foot hall game was shown by the one-sided trouncing Army gave Yale. It is true that Yale played an excel- | lent defensive game, it had a strong | offense, but its own mistakes gave the Soldlers a victory that would cause | it to seem that Yale was completely | ennihilated by a score which has been BRICK MULLER ~of Cawjornia. of Caljorn TUREW A FORWARD PASS» | exceeded only once in recent Yale foot , ball. Three fumbles, a blocked kick | and an intercepted forward pass were | responsible for the scores Army made. Of course, this in no way - detracts from the brilliant effort of the West Pointers, but it is decidedly unusual for a team of Yale's caliber to make | 80 many misplays and have them | turned to account against it. Princeton and Harvard won easy | games, the latter running up the big- | gest score it has made in many years. | Princeton seems to be coming ‘along | in good shape and may prove a more | formidable opponent than either of its | major epponents, Harvard and Yale, | would naturally have expected, con- sidering jts rather mediocre early showing. | Pennsylvania’s showing at Illinois | was disappointing not only to its own | adherents but also to ali those who | “root” for an Eastern eleven against | a Middle Western at any time. The Quakers could never get their offense going, mainly because the Illinois line played better foot ball than the East- ern forwards. And while it may be said that Penn’s hidden-ball offense could not get going because of that, it follows just as naturally that no kind of an offense can get going when the line is being outplayed. Navy played through the first halt | of its game last week under one of the severest handicaps a team can have—very medlocre punting. The poor kicking Navy got in the first 30 minutes of play was almost enough to cause it to be defeated, and the fact that its 20-yard boots did not give the other eleven a big enough advantage to win reflects all the more credit on the Midshipmen. ‘What Columbia did to Cornell must have made Gil Dobie weep. Espe- cially is this true after the rather mediocre showing made by Columbia in some of its other big games. But whatever may happen to Columbia throughout the remainder of the sea- son, that triumph over Cornell last week was sufficient as a balm to heal all wounds. Sometimes a foot ball team gets | whipped because it falls to kick a| goal after touchdown, but it is seldom that one loses because it falls to kick two. There are foot ball scores of 14 to 13 and 7 to 6, but very seldom, indeed, is a game won by 13 to 12, the | score by which Stanford beat South- | ern California. Any team almost will | kick one out of two goals, but seldom does one miss both. It was fallure to boot one out of two that| gave Warner's eleven victory in what | {was regarded as the most important | | game of the year on the Pacific Coast. | KAROW LEADS SCORERS. | | CHICAGO, November 1 (#).—Capt. | | Marty Karow's two touchdowns | against Chicago Saturday ran his| total of 60, while his running mate | for Western Conference high point honors, Bo Molenda of Michigan, was held scoreless by the Navy, gave the Ohio State fullback a substantial| lead of 16 points. | ROSS WINS AUTO RACE. | DETROIT, November 1 (#).—Sam Ross of Ann Arbor won the 100-mile | dirt track automobile race here, cov- | lering the distance in 1 hour 24, | minutes. | THREE ELEVE FOR BIG TEN LEADERSHIP| By the Associated Press HICAGO. No er 1.—~Whi nered today, awaiting the meeting of Michigan and Ohio State Midwester: isidered the ks her and c i here conference games ns in a tle for first the uncertainty ot 3 n, which ruled a te a4 week wgo, moved down a notch as the result of its unexpected lefeat Ly the Navy, while Ohio, ~tepped just that far ahead in popular hough its win over h defeated Maroons was not unexpected. rthwestern Wildeats also are aders with two con- neluding . th 1wo we Big Ten goa To counter an in the E s woun the invading Pennsylvanians. While lilinois had been given an out- hance to wit ‘s team v Fruro 228 First 8t.NV The double reduction that insures greatest power. might determine the national title holder, NS IN A TIE le the Western Conference pot sim- n fans vaulted the hurdle of sectional | possibility that the Army-Navy game | |enough in a week's time to outplay | | the Red and Blue. | | But it was a case of do or die with | Tllinois. Result of this battle meant a | successful or disastrous season at Ur- |bana, and Zuppke bent all his ener- gles to the task of solving the much touted hidden ball attack and did. While Illinois was put out of the running for the Western Conference | champlonship by Michigan, the team | Is expected to be a menace to other | elevens on the schedule. Ohio State | particularly. H | "TROUSERS | | To Match Your Odd Coats | EISEMAN'S, 7th & F| HAWKINS 'MOTOR (CO. Conveniently Located on Fourteenth Street Main 57 THEY STILL TALK OF ECKERSAL — AND HIS Toe —e— ( OER 70 YARDS Tie REMARKABLE PERFORMANCES RED GRANGE HAVE NEVER BEEN EPVALLED & 150-POUND GRID TEAMS STAGE PAIR OF BATTLES T than one touchdown. WO more keen battles were staged yesterday in the Capital City League 150-pound championship series, when Northern triumphed over Brooklands, 7 to 6, and Wintons bested Southern Preps, 8 to 2. In four games played so far no game has been decided by more In fact, yesterday's games were the first that had definite endings, as both the opening struggles last Saturday ended in deadlocks. Tense moments abounded in both battles yesterday. Northerns came |behind n the waning" moments to score a touchdown that tied Brook- land, who had counted in the third period, and then won when Mike Gass kicked for the entra point. Mac- Donajd counted the Northerns' touch- down and Bonomo took the ball across for Brookland. An 80-yard run for the only touch- down of the game, by Ball, winners’ halfback, was the high point of the | Winton-Southern Prep engagement, although there were a number of other interesting incidents that made it a fine game to ch. Rain yesterday forced abandonment of the two biggest engagements carded In sandlot ranks, that between Mohawks and Reina Mercedes elevens at Clark Griffith Stadium, and the Apache-Stanton contest at Union League Park. Mercury gridders post- poned thelr game with Alexandria Fire Department in the Virginia city until November 13, and the Virginia A. C. and Palace tilt, also booked for the Virginia city, will be played at a |teams have been organized at the | later date. Another Washington team, Marion A. C., booked for action with an Alexandria team, was disap- pointed. _Marions were to take on Firemen Preps. Navy Yard Marines and Battery A eleven of Fort Myer struggled to a 0-to-0 draw on Washington Barracks Field. Neither combination had suffi- | clent kick to push the ball over, al- though both several times were within scoring distance. An end sweep by Burdette in the third perfod followed by a kick for the extra point by Burrows yesterday gave Chevy Chase A. C. pigskin I i handlers a 7-to-0 decision over Alex- andria Pirates. Mercury gridr:; n are to work out tonight at 7:30 o’clock at Plaza Field. Rain forced cancellation of the con- test carded yesterday between Mo- hawk Preps and Northern Juniors. Scapes A. C. foot ballers are to gather tonight at the home of Man- ager Dean, 1243 G street, at 7:30 o'clock and players wishing a try- out with a 115-pound team are invited to attend. e = MANY ATHLETIC TEAMS AT E. V. BROWN SCHOOL Boasting 10 boys’ soccer and five girls’ basket ball teams and six dodge ball squads, the E. V. Brown School of Chevy Chase, has a fine athletic organization. Some of the graded schools have wrouble forming one boys’ soccer team and a girls’ basket ball squad. 21 soccer, basket ball and dodge ball school by Miss Grace Given, principal. WILL PLAY VOLLEY BALL. Y. M. C. A. members interested in volley ball are asked to see Mr. Mor- gan or Mr. Martin at the Y Bullding either today, Wednesday or Friday at 1:15 o'clock, C. U. YEARLINGS BEATEN. Yearling gridders of Catholic Uni- versity lost a 13-to-0 contest Saturday to Naval Proving Station eleven at Dahlgren, Va. T WFRTZ WILL SAY TODAY?| In ajl, | D. G, m, Coach, and Richardson, Scout, B%—Men Beh VOTH S _FAMOUSRUNS PALACE BASKETERS START WORK FRIDAY ‘Washington Palace team of the American Professional Basket Ball League will begin practice Friday. Among those slated to report are these youngsters: Yesger, former New York ScheBl of Commerce star; Joe Massillon, forward, formerly of New York University; Chizmadia, erstwhile Perth Amboy High School crack, and Frank Cassidy, guard, a Springfield, Mass., product. About a half dozen other “kids” are expected to be brought here by Elmer Ripley, veteran guard, who was obtained from Brooklyn during the Summer. Development .of a capable center is the main problem faced by Manager Kennedy. He plans to carry seven men, which means an opening for three of the newcomers. Among aspirants for the Baltimore team of the pro circuit will be Earle Moser, Mickey McDonald and Larry Boewmer, Washington lads, who prep- ped at Central High School. They were to join the squad today. il $100,000 RACER ON WAY. NEW YORK, Nevember 1 (#).— A British 2-year old, purchased last August for William Dupont, jr., for $100,000, was aboard the steamship Minnewaska, arriving in New Yort today from England. The colt wil be sent to Belmont Park. TUNNEY TO GO ON STAGE. NEW YORK, November 1 (#).— For $7,000 a week, Gene Tunney shortly will appear before the foot lights” in a short dialogue with a partner not yet selected. He will box a round or two. PIMLICO, November-1 to 13 First Race 1:15 P.M. Admission (Inc. Tax), $1.65 ial Train, B. & 0. R. R, leaves Washington 11:40 A.M.; (Camden Station), 1 3 Frequent Trains Penna. R. R. and W., B. & A. Electric Line. 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VIRGINIA IS ANXIOUS TO CONQUER W. & L.| UNIVERSITY, Va., November 1.— When Virginia plays Washington :nd Lee on Lambeth Field next Sat- | urday it will be a continuation of a rivalry of 85 years' standing. The Virginians and the Generals first clashed in foot ball in 1890, when Virginia was victorious, 46 to 0. This ! was two years before the Virginia eleven first played North Carolina ind three years before Virginia Mili- tary Institute was given a place on the schedule. In all there have been eleven foot | ball games between the two univer- | sitles, of which Virginia has won ! seven and W. and L. four. But the Generals have taken the last trio of contests, and Virginia's team is going | to do its best to earn a victory Sat- urday. | _ Bleacher stands on the west side of Lambeth Field were put up this week fand with the added seats in the| stadium, constructed this Fall, will ! accommodate 10,000. More bleachers are to be placed at the ends of the fleld and will increase the seating capacity to more than 12,000. | Advance sale of tickets in the stadium proper has been so large | that only the end sections remain unsold, but good bleacher seats may be obtained by application to D. E. Brown, graduate manager. Scores of past Washington and | | | 1800—Virginta, 4 1000—Virginia: H01—Vi MADDEN HAS 63 POINTS. NEW YORK, November 1 (#).— Bill Madden, Columbia captain, with 63 points, jumped into the lead among individual scorers in the East Satur- day, gaining a four-point advantage over “Whippet” Carr, Syracuse back, who is out of the game because of in- juries. Shaughnessy of Colgate crept within a point of the crippled Orange star. N\ W 7 *Low SPORTS. ind Successful Navy Eleven ALABAMA ELEVEN HOLDS " LEAD IN RACE IN DIXIE Dy the Associated Press. ITH the approach of the deciding games for the 1926 leadersii; of the Southern Conference into intensive practice this In addition, Maryland bat and three others go outside the c Saturday, 18 gridiron elevens plunge: week for nine conference encounters is'to meet Yale in intersectional com onference for games. Kentucky journeys to Birmingham in an effort to stem the victorious Crimson tide of Alabama, leading the conference this week with five wins and no losses. Tennessee, chief threat to Alabama’s third successive Southern grid title with three victories and an unsullfed record, goes against the strong Sewanee naggregation, whose notable | feat this season was the holding of Alabama to a 2-to-0 score. Georgla’s Bulldogs are schedued for !a clash with Auburn, Georgia Tech's Golden Tornado comes to grips with Vanderbilt's Commodores, and the Green wave of Tulane will be host to the Mississippl Aggles. In other conference encounters, North Carolina meets Virginia Mili- tary Institute, Virginia Polytechnic and South Carolina come to_grips in Richmond; Washington and Lee takes on the University of Viriginia and Clemson and Florida play in Alligator territory at Gainesville. Maryand meets Yale at New Haven in the feature cross-country clash of the week. North Carolina State plays a non- conference opponent in Lenoir Rhyne, and Mississippi plays Southwestern University and Louisiana State meets the University of Arkansas in other non-conference contests. Alabama’s five-game came Saturday, when overwhelmed Louisiana State, 24 to 0, and the University of Tennessee, by virtue of a 27-to-0 victory over the Mississippi Aggies, stepped into sec- ond position. Georgia downed Florida by a 32-to- 9 score; Virginia humbled South Carolina, 6 to 0, and Alabama Poly- technic won a 900 game from Sewanee. 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