Evening Star Newspaper, November 26, 1926, Page 37

) SPORTS. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., FRIDAY, NOV EMBER 26, 1926. SPORT o 'S. Service Coaches Notable as Athletes : Notre Dame Has Injury-Proof Backfield MOHAWKS AND APACHES IN HARD GAMES SUNDAY JONES AND INCRAM STARS ON GRIDIRON “Biff” a West Point Guard. “Navy Bill” Quarterback and Stroke of Crew. re: Point n 1 ble : color the markable attai a McCeney and A of ms which combat on the row, January 1 were famous in the da strenuous competition at the in- Predecessor Jones’ Mod 1 large extent Jones h policies the pt. J 1urn to Annapolis marked the incep- tion of ing, under Vlaced in the hands of the J.M n “al The reatest Middies have deve ron in recent y t will w's slogan. it his team play the best foot bal and by know tion | cdge s correctly wy three men the make bre « we wh an until the team tr He has never this y 21 line-up into a game which had been predicted in advance. Youngest of Three Brothers. Bill' brothers—all umong the greatest foot ball and crew v William A. (. which d and pi alysis he belie The third brother, Homer L., now is dead. In addition to his brilliant exploits ademy elevens and crews, “Navy was president of his s for He also won the Navy De- | partment sword as the best athlete of | his class and the Thompson Cup for |having done the most in promoting athletics at the Academy. After an apprenticeship under Gil Dobie, he be- came head coach of the West Coast Fleet team in 1920 and 1921. His team was beaten only by the University of California. In 1921 “Navy Bill” resigned his commission to become head coach at William and Mary. He went to the University of Indiana as head coach remaining three years—until the Navy claimed him again, Himself a 200-pounder, with a mili- tary bearing that made him cadet com- nder in his last year at the acad- “Navy Bill” is an imposing figure, n he stalks among his own squad, in which 200 s novelty. He carries Navy's die” spirit to the foot ball pench. Jones a Washingtonian. ool AT e BOTAICE a native of Washington, ock (11? .myl B ). began his foot ball career at ridiron here LOMOT | ywashington Central High School in 1911 and 1912, achieving the distinc- on of selection as all-scholastic uard in that section. Te entered West Point as a cadet in 1914, v brilliant play duri the s 1915 and 1916, was elected capt of the team. Earl graduation of his class as a result of the war prevented him from serving n that capacity, however. 1o returned to the famous plateau above the Hudson River in 1921, serv- |ing a5 line coach under Coaches Daly . |and McEwan until his selection as head coach at the close of the 1925 campaign. SOUTHERN CONFERENCE GRID RECORD FOR YEAR The standing of Southern Confer- ence teams at the close of the season and total scores for the year, as com- piled by the Associated Press, follow: | sity of Michigan is the sponsor of the Won. Lost. Pts. O.pts | idea, which also is fuvored by Coach -9 9 3 20| Page of Indlana. ‘With fewer intersectional contests, the 1927 championship schedule of the Big Ten will probably provide for more games within the Conference than ever before. The directors, how- ever, want to avoid scheduling double- headers, as was the case this season, when the schedule provided for Mich- igan and Minnesota to play each other twice, and also Indiana and North- western. Minnesota is strongly in favor of compulsory legislation making other teams in the conference schedule more games with the Gophers. Dr. Clar- ence W. Spears, the Minnesota coach, was in attendance, with an open chal- lenge to Big Ten leaders, including Il- linois and Northwestern. It was re- garded probable that Michigan and Northwestern would arrange to play each other next year.. They failed to do so this season, with a result that both teams went through the cam- paign undefeated, sharing honors for the champlonship. MORE GAMES AMONG GRID TEAMS IN BIG TEN URGED Home-and-Home Clashes on Same Day b; Each School Having Two Aggregations. By the Associated Press. HICAGO, November 26.—Ath- letic_directors and foot ball coaches of the Western Con- ference met today to arrange their 1927 gridiron schedules and to consider new reforms expected to bring about more games with the Big Ten and fewer intersectional con- tests. The directors and coaches hope to complete their schedule making by to- night and finish other business tomor- row in time to allow them to wander over to Soldiers’ Field to witness the Army and Navy spectacle. ‘While the schedules were being drafted the faculty representatives of the conference met to consider ex- panding the Big Ten by admitting Notre Dame and possibly Michigan State or Nebraska. It was regarded as certain. however, that the Confer- enca would not be enlarged, but that the faculty representatives might take some action to enforce a greater number of games bewteen Conference opponents. Yost Has Unique Idea. These reforms include a rotating schedule, also a proposal that each university develop two teams, one to play at home, and the other to play the same university on the opposing campus, the same day. Under this plan a Michigan-Minnesota -game would be played at Ann Arbor and also at Minneapolis on the same after- noon. Fielding H. Yost of the Univer- Representatives of Eastern, South- ern and Pacific Coast teams and Coach Knute Rockne of Notre Dame circulated among the Big Ten coaches in an effort to arrange intersectional contests. Colgate and Brown. two |of the best teams in the East this vear, are anxious to play in the Big Ten, and Tllinols may decide Yo book a game with Cornell. Alabama, the leading team in the South, desires to break into the conference, but the sentiment about Southerners is that they are too tough without - having proper appeal hereabouts. Some East-West Games. Chicago already has scheduled an intersectional game with Pennsyl- vania, meeting the Quakers at Stagg Field on October 15. Ohio State Iso has scheduled a game with Princeton, to be played in the T and Michigan h; contract with the Navy, the zame to he fana and schedule for Nota- ichievements athletes ackground of re aching succe: ned this vear by Law- Biff” Jones of West vy Bill") nnapolis, mentors of the | s of next on. Ohio State and Wisconsin may find it possible to arrange a game for next season, and if this happens, the Bad- gers may be forced to drop lowa. “here have been rumors that Chicago and Northwestern may break off foot ball relations, after playing for more than a quarter of a century, but Coach Stagg of the Maroons has re- n;la,lned silent in regard to this situa- tion. of lis pr cEwan, but In, 1-Nav " of coach- o lutter. Comar. | Navy Bill” has turned fighting unit the oped on the grid- e win WON'T CRASH GATE, CONNELLY ASSERTS By the Assoclated Press. CHICAGO, November 26.—One- eyed” Connelly, gate crasher, known to sports followers everywhere, has told detectives that he will not crash the gate at the ArmyNavy foot ball game. He made a journey to the detective bureau especially to convey this in- formation. The minions of the law, however, were skeptical. “I now have a thvatrical contract,” One-eyed said. “Anyway, my reputa- i reacting agains® me. 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The first pull will tell you no other tobacco eves tasted so good, PRINGE ALBERT —n0 other tobacco is like P.A. tins, pou Yost of Michigan Is Fostering a Plan to Arrange| the Chicago-Wisconsin foxt ball game | ROCKNE HAS FOUR ' GOMPLETE QUTFITS Interchangeable Men for Ev- ery Job Provide Fine In- surance for Knute. By the Associated Press. OUTH _BEND, Ind., November 26.—Knute Rockne's bald pate never is muddled over the problem of what to do in case of an injury to a backfield ayer on the Notre Dame foot ball team. ' Other coaches may grow gray hairs Wwhen a star quarterback or a scintil- lating halfback is knocked out. But in the case of a Notre Dame backficld injury Rockne can resort to the ex- pedient of calling on the i#njured man’s. running mates to carry him off the fleld and sending into the game in their stead a complete new set of backs. He can do this up to four times without greatly weaken- ing the team’s strength. | Four Complete Backfields. The line-ups of this seaséon show that Rockne has four sets of back- | field players for use against nents. For the sake of the sport writ- that ev, foot ball squad must in- clude a first team, a second team and perhap: four Notre Dame backfields are some- times rated as to comparative strength, but as far as Roekne is concerned they are interchangeable and can be used as the occasion de- mands. Here's the way the backfields ap- pear : Quarterbacks—Edwards, Parsein, Riley, McNally. _ Left halfbacks — Flanagan, Ne- imic, Roach, Bray. Right ‘halfbacks—Heardon, Dah- man, Chevigny, Hurley. Fullbacks—Wynne, O'Boyle, Red Smith, MeGrath. Each Set Fully Equipped. Each backfield is fully equipped with able kickers and forward pass- ers. They are Edwards, Flanagan and Heardon. The flying Flanagan, whose snake-like hips slipped from the grasp of several Army tacklers, is, of course, the outstanding runner of this back- field. Parasein and Neimic are the for- ward passers of the next combination gnd Dahman and O'Boyle the kickers. [*arasein can hurl a pass with either hand. Injuries received in the Indi- anaUniversity game kept him out of the Army contest, siders him as one of the best forward passers Notre Dame has had in recent years. Riley and Roach both are the pass- old ey here in tidy ved nd end hollpousd tis bami- ind and half-pound dors, and pound crystal-glass kumidors with sponge-moistener top. And alweys with every bit of bite and perch removed by the Prince Albers process, oppo- | ers who have to stick to. the tradition | a third and fourth team, the| but Rockne con. | ¢ ers and punters of the third mentioned backfleld. Smith is a versatile player and can be used In the line in case of necessity. K The burden of both passing and Kicking falls largely upon Quarter- back McNally in the fourth backfield. He is a basket ball star who has been able to put his experience in that sport to good use upon the gridiron. Rockne has maneuvered his men skillfully throughout the present sea- son, and, with the single exception of Parasein, had his four backfields in shape for every game. Visual Foot Ball BY SOL METZGER. notice the way a Notre Dame back eats up ground when running in | the open field? All he needs is an in- terferer to give him a break and he's off like a whirlwind. Most teams try to emulate Rockne’s system. It's so simple the key is often overlooked. Next time you see Notre Dame or Ala- bama cr Harvard or Oregon get a back started behind an interferer, note if the following does not take place. Fig. 1 shows the play at its incep- tion. A runner following some three paces behind an interferer who strikes out for a defensive player coming up field to make the tackle. Fig. 2 shows what happens. The back carefully watches his interferer. In this ‘case the interferer throws his body across in front of the tackler, striking him low with Lis hip. His head is to the left of the intereferer. To that side the runner will go at top speed. Runners always should break to the side of the tackler indicated by the head of the intereferer. Sould the runner break to the other side the tackler could get loose and make the tackle. It's a lit- tle point, to be sure, but, my, how im- portant it is for a back to know it when in a situation like this. (Copyright, 1926.) Foot ball has its inexplicable re- versals in form as well as base ball. For instance, the Ohio_ State eleven, which has made such a brilliarit show- is virtually the same about the Now! Atwater nt Ignition System A orings (o chooss Clinehor Fabel 98¢ ., splendid assortment sh | of designs and bright eol- one “now—use 1t at foot- ball games, ete. Y New Bulldog Avcalerator, 09C A,y B R ) The b fints: black enamel. OTH Mohawks, 1925 District sandlot unlimited grid_cham- pions, and Apaches, who will clash December 5 in the “big" game in independent circles of the city, each have listed keen opposi- tion for Sunday after brushing aside sturdy opposition yesterday. Hawks will entertain Stanton A. C. of Northeast at Clark Griffith Stadium and Apaches will have as their guests at Union League Park the formidable Virginta A. C. eleven of Alexandria. Both Mohawks and Apaches had to hattle hard yesterday to win. Hawks downed the plucky Palace team, 9100, and Apaches overcame Wintons, 150 pound champions. Vietory was as- sured for neither until the final period. A placement boot by Worksman vesterday enabled Northern A. C. to vanquish Southern Preps, 3 to 0, in an unofficial play-off of the Capital City League tie for runner-up honors. Tho elevens battled to a scoreless tie in their series gngagement. Both Knick Prep and St. Stephen's elevens are still claiming _gridiron supremacy in the Georgetown neigh- borhood. The game yesterday letween the teams, a red-hot affair, ended in a 6-6 deadlock. Waverly gridders visited Baltimore gesterday and fell before the strong Homestead club combination. 0 to 19. The winners have not been scored on this season. Renrocs, who face Mercury Juniors Sunday at Washington Barracks, yes- terday handily scored over Anacostla Eagle Preps, 46 to 13. With Donaldson and King in lead- ing roles Friendship A. C. warriors yesterday upset Marions, 33 to 0. Southern Juniors routed Hartfords in a 39-to-0 engagement yesterday. Anacostia Eagles gained a 20-to-7 decision over Southeast Bearcats yes- terday. A 98-yard dash to a tou down by William O'Donnell, Eagle fullback, was the high point. Peerless A. C. gridmen are today claiming the city 115-pound title as the' result of their 6-to-0 triumph yes- terday over Mohawk Preps, who flashed a 9o\lghly exhibition. Gaining a healthy lead in the open- ing stages, Hanover pigskin handlers had little trouble turning back Scopes vesterday, 31 to 0. Although “Pop” Dulin’s Crescent foot hallers scored 7 first downs to 3 for them, ons_yesterday held the vi oreless tic on the Lyon Village fleld. Sunday games are sought by North- ern Junior eleven that yesterday, with Ensor and Gordon starring. downed R R ata Lk s S vz.\\g Senator: cock 13 to 0. - I Manager Han Columbia 4662-J. Spalding warriors today claim the city 100-pound championship after their 9-to-7 triumph over Kid Kelley pigskinne: Routing Crusaders yesterday, 48 t 6, Carolinas believe they are the class of the 90-05 division elevens. Teams disagreeing may get action by calling Manager Furr at Lincoln 4073, n the Peewee title 44-t0-8 win vesterday wees Rex Peewres agaln after th over Apache Pe MIDWEST GRID TEAMS IN FOR MORE CLASHES By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, November 26.—Midwest. ern college elevens doffed their var- sity togs today to mark the close of a season of bitter conference battles and_regional rivalries that drew rec ord-breaking crowds throughout the Fall. A handful of wa nd the Army-) }(IH remain to b giving day contl | season proper. | At Milwaukee Marquette's powerful team humbled by the Oregon A gies, 29 to 0, and in_another inter- region encounter the Haskell Ind‘ans defeated St. Xavier of Cincinnati 27 t0 0. In the Missourl Valiey Conference the Oklahoma Aggies upheld their Valley record of no defeats by tying Oklahoma in the last minutes of play, winning the conference cham: Nebraska went down before Washington on the while other Missouri esestions Sty ed, but Thank wied the colie avy play m: > holiday crowds to wind up theh seasons, following the lead of the Big Ten, which ended last Saturday with Michigan and Northwestern tied for the title. 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