Evening Star Newspaper, October 15, 1931, Page 51

FOOT BALL IN PLAIN WAY Reporter, Better Suited for Checker Team, Joins Cambridge Players to Get Low-Down on Modern Simplicity in Training Methods. BY JOHN BARRY. OSTON, October 14.—What! No duck waddle, no grass drill, no calisthenics, no hurdles, no automobile tires to dive through. no bouncing dummy rag dolls? ‘What kind of a foot ball team is this? This is Harvard—as a reporter who “went out” for the team has learned, and as some 550 candidates for the Crimson’s intercollegiate and _intra- mural foot ball teams are learning this season. Proverblally old-fashioned, and loath to adopt the new-fangled in play or paraphernalia, Harvard has gone her- self one better this year in a right- about-face from fads and doodads to Ahe fundamentals and the technique of just plain every-day foot ball. Eddie Casey's phoot ball philosophy can be summarized in a line, “Let's play foot ball.” And that is what Harvard’s candidates are doing. Is this overemphasis? Eight and one-half hours a week of practice. That is the time devoted by Harvard men to preparation for the es. Sixty hours of foot ball practice from the opening game to the season’s close. That is how long Head Coach Casey and his assistants have their boys in “class room.” A reporter, whose attention to foot ball had hitherto been confined to Sat- urday afternoons on the roof of the stadium, “went out” for Harvard foot ball recently. It is more than 10 years since your correspondent basked in col- Jeglate sunshine. And then, as now, his physical proportions were more ap- propriate to checkers than galloping over a gridiron. ‘With the connivance of Bill Bingham, Carroll Getchell, Eskey Clark and Frank Ryan of the Harvard A. A, the Teporter went through the motions of trying to make the varsity squad and earn his letter. Going Through the Mill. Down through the rows of lockers the candidate walks, up to a counter that looks like a sporting goods store. There stands Jim Farrell, in charge of equipment and supplies. “I want to go out for foot ball,” the candidate announces. He finds the first requisite is a knowledge of reading and writing, despite the fact that some foot ball fans and critics belleve otherwise. Jim Farrell hands the candidate an “eligibility card” of the Harvard Ath- letic Association to fill out. In addition to the banal questions | of name, class, sport, college address, home address and telephone, the can- didate must truthfully answer a score of questions designed to guard against violation of transfer rules and agree- ments, and to prevent any taint of pro- fessionalism in the simon-pure ranks of college foot ball. If his explanation and subsequent in- vestigation show no evidence of profes- sionalism his eligibility for Harvard in- tercollegiate foot ball is certified by the H. A. A. From the college office comes This certification of scholastic eligibility— or ineligibility because of academic dffi- culties. To play he must be certified by both the college office and the H. A. A. But whether eligible or ineligible, any student can join the squads and enjoy the game and practice. Jim Farrell has a special je made up for tl STOCK REDUCTION SALE $50,000 worth of new fresh stock, including Goodyear, Goodrich, United States and Federal tires, must be cut to— ONE-HALF DURING THIS SALE First Quality at 5] First Quality at Lowest Prices 29x4.40 ... 30x4.50 ... 28x4.75 29x4.75 29x5.00 . 30x5.00 . Balloon eligibles and the reporter got one of these. Instead cf the all-crimson foot ball jersey the ineligibles have to wear a red jersey with a yellow top and yellow stripes on the sleeves. is is to help the coaching staff. Coaches may mourn the good play of wne of the yellow tops and yearn to see him all in red, but as a rule the coaches save themselves headaches by overlook- ing the yellow tops. If a scrub in all- red jersey does exceptional work in the line dur! scrimmage the coach will ask, “What's his name?” If the player is wearing the yellow top on his shirt the coach simply gives a sob and turns hl"Lll tear-filled eyes to his red-shirted opefuls. ut what is next for the candidate? ply room. shirt, one under drawers, wool sox, stockings, garters, one belt, one jersey, one pants, one shoes, one shoulder pad, one towel. Sign here. Go get your locker.” Jim has his equipment room so ef- ficiently arranged he can outfit candi- dates and get all the data on them at the rate of 30 an hour without assist- ance. ' Doctors Have Last Word. The candidate is almost ready foff the fleld. But there is the matter of his physique. To Wadsworth House 'he must go for a physical examination. If there are medical defects, organic troubles, or any defects that might prove dangerous, the candidate is told he can not go out for the teams. With the doctors is the last word. If the doctor says “o. k.” the man goes on the fleld. If the doctor says “no,” the man doesn’t play. The doctors keep a wlwonw list of the men who have suffered injuries. They must take daily examinations and, until they are certified as recovered, they can't en- gage in practice. Before going on the fleld every can- didate steps on the scales and calls out his welght. An assistant manager keeps the weight charts. One is posted in the coaches’ room. One goes to the doctor. Returning from practice, the weight is again charted £1d coaches and phy- sicians can follow a man through the season by a glance at the chart. Betty Hammett, dietitian at the Varsity Club, hears from the doctor when a candidate needs some weight-building food or vice versa. Three o'clock. On the fleld. Old Mike Denihan, the little fellow who cavorts madly and waves the pennant Haughton gave him at every Harvard game, is in charge of the gite. One- | Eyed Connolly couldn't get by Mike. Varsity practice is held behind a board fenced field and is always secret. Mike's job is to see to it that it is secret. ‘What do they do out there on the field? After all the movies your correspond- ent had seen of foot ball practice ses- sions and all the newspaper photo- graphs from gridirons and campuses all over the United States, he anticipated quite & variety of activities. The camert’s eye had shown backfield men running through strings of boxes, some in lne, some s red, to teach balance and pivoting. is is a Dick Hanley invention at Northwestern. The Army uses it. Pop Warner's boys at Stanford had been pictured galloping about through automobile tires and diving through | them to tackle the dummy. (Pop feeds | his bo; ks, Eddie Ca-' Lowest Prices 30x5.25 Sale Price $3.95 -$4.85 / 5/ TRUCK TIR! “Real Penn” Mo}or 0Qil 100% Pure Pennsylvania 100", PURE PENNSYLVANIAI S 70IL 5-Gallon 1-Gallon Can ‘This ally sells ¥ at stations. 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Eddie Farrell, foot ball trainer, was looking over the candidates as they moved about. All through practice he was right on the heels of every scrimmage. If & man came up with a limp Eddle ordered him off the fleld. If the man'’s shoulder pads were not properly adjusted, or any part of his ordained equipment had been sacrificed because of heat or carelessness, Eddie was there to put him right. “We've given it all up,” said !‘indle when queried about calisthenics. “De- cided it exercises a lot of muscles you don't need. It takes time. You can get all the limbering and exercise Decessary in other ways.” Those other ways were in foot ball. As for mechanical equipment—there was the old-fashioned m'.kél;;g duxnm);l. swinging on a rope so a coac) could yank it across the plowed ground while the tackler made his dive. ‘There was the new-fangled dummy— the only. new piece of mechanical equipment at Cambridge, and this is & year old. This dummy is on a merry- go-round and can travel and jump up and down in a circle. There were & number of leather base upright dummies, or “rag dolls,” spaced at about five yards each, standing in a row. And there was the bucking machine—a padded fence on a substan-y tial wooden base, egainst which the linemen shoved and butted and grunted. There was one other piece of equip- ment which is quite new and should be | mentioned here. That is the drinking supp! The thermometer was at 90. The boys were thirsty. e ter full of salt. Just so The water was ful 3 the boys wouldn't drink too much and get logy. You'd have to be awful thirsty to drink it. The boys would walk over with parched lips, but & rinsing was in order and not a drink. Practice is simplicity itself. No pep talks. Those are passe. It is taken for granted that a boy who goes out for foot ball has inspiration enough. Coach Casey outlined the new plays he was going to use. Coaches chalked up the board until the squad had as) the technique of the play. Then on to the field. Men separated into squads. Backs with one coach, ends with another, line men with another, for separate work- outs in their own positions. Linemen were at the bucking machine and tack- ling the dummy. Ends were running under kicks, catching forwards. Backs were receiving passes, working on back- fleld formations with the center, get- ting signals. Five o'clock and practice is over. To the showers. The rubbers go into ac- tion. ‘There are X-rays to be taken, right on the spot, no hospitals needed. Dr. Richards has a hospital there as effi- | cient as any accident room you could find. Tea is waiting in the fleld house. No dainty china, but the thick mugs from some one-armed joint. A platter of lemons. The squad refreshes itself with a hot cup before heading for the Var- sity Club and the training table. That is the week of eight and one- half hours before the Saturday after- noon kick-off. P. 8.—The reporter, yellow-topped jersey and all, was eliminated pronto. With men battling for berths on the team and ready to die for dear old Harvard, what could you expect? (Copyright. 1931, by the North American Newspaper Alli Tne.) % /4 2% 2 2 Extra heavy duty red tubes that formerly sold for $1.75 to $4.50, now, while they last $1 .00 ALL SIZES 2 2 % 931 BATTERIES - Fully Guaranteed 13 54.95 Plate . 37.95 15 Plate. With Old One 3 CONVENIENT STORES TO SERVE YOU Standard s Co. 14th & R. I. Ave. N.W. 935 Penna. Ave. N.W. 10th & H Sts. N.E. FREE SERVICE Anywhere in the City, Mat Fans Genuinely Puzzled Over Steele-Shikat Qutcome AY STEELE and Dick Shikat will oppose tomorrow night at the Washington Audi- torium in a wrestling match which goes down as one of the very few held here in which wrestling followers haven’t had a fairly defi- nite idea of who would win. Both men are shooting for the second- ranking position to Jim Londos, and in two previous matches have broken even. For Shikat, a win may mean a return match with Londos, whom he has not met since the Greek won the title from Shikat a year and a half ago. No such assurance can be given Steele at present in wrestling circles for the Californian has been beaten by Londos so many times that another match, it is said, would merely be a continuation of an old, old story. Augmenting this feature bout will be a semi-final between John Katan and Sandor Szabo and three pre- liminaries as follows: Doc Wilson vs. Bruce Hanson, George Hagen vs. ‘Tiger Nelson and Mike Romano vs. Abo Kasley. ‘The first match will start at 8:30 o'clock. Because of the limited space in the auditorium and the demand for tickets, women will not be ad- mitted free this week. CHICAGO, October 15 (#).—Ray RAY STEELE. Steele, California heavyweight wrestler, defeated Frank Brunowicz of New York in straight falls at the Coliseum last night. Steele took the first fall in 33:15 and the second in 10:47. ‘The winner weighed 213 pounds to 205 pounds for Brunowicz. MEETS AT DUNBAR Swimming Events for Adults and Children on Card Tonight. Swimming meets for children and MAN 0’ WAR’S DAM DEAD Mahubah Destroyed After Becom- ing Too Feeble to Eat. LEXINGTON, Ky., October 15 (#).— adults will be held tonight at 7:30| Mahubah, dam of Man O’ War, is dead. o'clock at Dunbar High School Com- munity Center. A banner will be awarded the team scoring most points. Every Thursday night, beginning to- night, an athletic program, featuring recreational swimming, diving and instruction in life-saving methods will he held. ‘The 21-year-old mare, producer of sev- eral other famed thoroughbreds besides the “horse of the century,” including Playfellow and My Play, was destroyed at J. E. Widener's farm because she had grown too feeble to eat. She was buried in the horse grave- yard at Elmendorf. SPORTS SCHOOL TITLE TILTS IN PRINCE GEORGES County Beries Clashes Tomorrow | Among Boys’ Soccer and Girls’ Field Ball Teams. UPPER MARLBORO, Md., October | 15—Three Prince Georges County champlonship boys’ soccer games are &cheduled tomorrow afternoon, with the same number of girls' fleld ball con- | tests on the card. | Upper Marlboro and Mount Rainleri High combinations will meet here in Central section games, Laurel and Hyattsville teams will face at Hyatts- ville in Northern section contests and Baden elevens will visit Surrattsville for & double-header in Southern loop tilts. In informal competition Brandywine and Oxon Hill soccer and fleld ball | teams will clash at Oxon Hill | Upper Marlboro, Hyattsville and Sur- | rattsville will be making their first ap- pearances in title play. In Mount Rainier the county seat soccerists will | be facing the team that defeated Oxon Hill last week. In the Southern section Baden soc- cer combination lost its first start to | Brandywine, but the tables were re- | versed in the fleld ball contest. | Coach Tom Warthen of Upper Marl- | boro plans to use the following soccer line-up against Mount Rainfer: Suit, goal; Williams, left halfback; Gaither, right halfback: L. Buck. left halfback Mayhew, center halfback; Burroughs right halfback; Griffen, outside left; H. Buck, inside left; Lederer, center forward; Coffren, inside right; Gaddis, outside right. Coach Perry Wilkinson of Mount Rainfer sald he would make no changes in his combination. | Hyattsville's soccer line-up for its opening contest will be as follows, ac- | cording to Coach Stanleigh Jenkins: Neitzey, goal; Downing, left fullback: Quantrille, right fullback; | Bealor or Koch, left halfback; Dwiggens, center halfback; Garman, right half- back; Hayes, outside left; Calhoun, in- side left; Kidwell, center forward; | Nlu}s’\:lckel. inside right; Brown, out:lde| right. - ARMSTRONG HAS GAME Will Meet Douglas High of Balti- more Here Tomorrow. Armstrong will meet its old rival in Douglas High of Baltimore here tomor- row at Walker Stadium. Armstrong, fresh from its victory over Howard High is favored. Coach Westmoreland sent the boys through a hard drill yesterday and from all indications, the following will start for Armstrong: Wormley, tackle; artin, left guard; Everhart, center; Mayo, right guard; Jones, right tackle; Taylor, right end; Miller, quarter back; Brown, left half; Mit- chell, right half; Harris, full back. —e FIELD TRIALS E)N Bird Dogs Compete on Course About Chantilly, in Virginia. ‘The nineteenth annual trials for bird dogs on quail was to have been started by the National Capital Field Trial Club_this morning at Chantilly, Fair- fax. County. It will last two days. PING PONG FINAL Gilbert Hunt and Robert Lee will play Saturday night in the final round of the Columbia ping pong tournament. 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