Imperial Valley press., 1914-11-12
Daily Sport Letter
(By Frank G. Menke.)

new YORK, NOV. 9.-MaulDeCSch,
the Michigan halfback, hits a line
harder than any man who has played
on an eastern gridiron for ten years.
1t didn't seem possible, in the minds
of the eastern football enthusiasts
for man to smash into a line OF
human bodies with the force that
MaulbetSch does and come out OF the
game without broken neck.
The way that Maulbetsch rammed
the husky Harvard line, in that Har-
ward Michigan game, will be talked
about in eastern football circles for
many years to come.
The East had been prepared to see
in Maulbetsch a good line smasher,
but it didn't expect to see miracu-
lous plunging halfback, such as Maui
betsch proved himself to be.
In that game against Harvard,
Michigan gained almost twice as much
ground as did Harvard and Maui
betsch did four fifths of the ground
gaining for the western eleven. Never
since the days of Heston has anyone
witnessed bucking of the kind that
Mau'betsch showed during the first
period of that game and again in the
third period. His gains weren't puny
one and two yard affairs. They
ranged from five to twelve yards, al
most every time he carried the ball..
But it wasn't in the Harvard game
alone that Maulbetsch performed in
brilliant style. In all the other games
in which Michigan has figured this
year Maulbetsch has geen the great
est ground gamer.
The Human Bullet" as Maulbetsch
is called, hits line lower than most
backfeld men now in the game. Prob
ably that's the reason that he makes
such consistent and tremendous gains
when he hurls himself at a line.
When the ball is snapped to him he
almost doubles himself up, and, with
his head aimed at the knees of the
opposing line, he dives head first.
Those who have seen Maulbetsch IN
action marvel at the great momentum
he can get up in two or three steps.
Usually when center snaps back the
ball, Maulbetsch is a few feet behind
the quarterback. At the moment the
ball is snapped he plunges forward.
Two steps and the ball is in his arms
and then he dives. Several times dur
ing the Harvard game his dives had
so .nuch power that he dove right
through a-double line of Crimson
players and went sprawling on the
ground twelve to twenty feet clear IF
the double line.
John E. Spiegel, the Washington 4
Jefferson halfback, is another of the
wonderful players who have come to
rush. Spiegel, in all around ability,
excels any halfback in the game to-
day. He is only 5 feet 8 inches tall,
and weighs trifle under $50
pounds, yet no line that he has ever
rammed could consistently hurl him
back. Among the lines that he has
rammed this year are the 1876 pound
Harvard line and the 184 pound Yale
line.
Spiegel has no equal as broken
field runner or in circling ends.
Mahan, the speedy Harvard halfback,
is fast, but Spiegel is faster. Spiegel
is better dodger than Mahan. His
ability in the lodging line is almost
uncanny. Running at great speed he
is able to twist, turn and dodge with
no appreciable decrease in speed, and
even when he is tackled he manages
to gain an extra yard or two by his
squirming, wriggling tactics.
spiegel, too, is a great defensive
player. He is a fearless tackler,
when he is called upon to back up
the line that line is backed up in
real fashion.
The woods seem to be pretty well
.cluttered up with good quarterbacks
this year and those who later on will
attempt the job of selecting ALI
Eastern, All-Western and All-Ameri-
can quarterbacks will have to con-
sumo large quantities of midnight oil.
There are at least six men in the
country who are qualified just now
for the job of All-American quarter.
The West just now nominates three
candidates for the All-American
leven. These gentlemen are Russell
of Chicago, Hughitt of Michigan, and
Clark of Illinois. Russell played a
grand game last year and is perform
ing in fine style this year. Hughitt is
one of the best quarterbacks that
Michigan has had in many years,
while Clark, new conner in the ranks
of football stars, is startling even his
own teammates by his grand general
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