Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-11-23
roo MUCH DEFENSE CAUSED
TIE GAME AT HAVERFOkD
Neither Eleven Displayed Enough Variety IN o,c
nova Has Successful Season-Crowell, la a.,
Deserves Great Credit for Teams Showing

.n,,. - tr,e Of the offense and defens.e -
!, ,,ss m the swarthmore- -Hevertora, . sgii.ess. ~
Neither eleven showed enough suPeiJ0rlss ssssios,
the ~, ad'aSA any,onsnt's defense Here again Is seen
~ dsveiopment Of a defense 20 NEE, ~ - VS ~
sttacE rather than any effort to bulia w W "a
RStagn v..so ySbieh would overpower concentrates
defense,
STAR ON SIDE LINES.
rh. man whose work showed TO best adVan-
- IN che LAFAYETTE -iehigh game was on ths
.,5o lines His name Is Wilmer Crowen' ne
4. Tao,vette's coach. While not wishing TO DE-
tact In the least from the splendid PLAYING oL
Dick Diamond Wel909 isndd aPe psrformanes of The
Maroon and White against the BroWn eno e
White could not fall to recognize that @ w
team work OF the former was the DIG iac'or
Of their comparative success .,..t.- -
Tehigh with Chenoweth AZ quarter Hnl
Cabail and Hoban In the baekheld, mas = ssi teals
in tbe country. Individually this eleven was
superior to the Lafayette team py t
greater ratio than the score Ssi o, the game n+oes:
good team work and you have team whlc4
on paper should defeat Lafayettes weakensa
eleven by five or ak tOuchdowns.
put TehIFh did not win by FIVE or six touchs
downs much to the surprise OF many tolloW.
ers She won by one touchdown ana p nelV
goal. The persistent stand made by the batay-
stte team on the defense and It's brilliant at
tack In the final period OF the game satuIuieyy
was wonderful. considering the material
sason the bulk Of the credit for that splendid
showing should go TO the coach
when acoach begins the season with GER
tain men on his eligible list he naturally maps
out his seasons work with the idea that thoss
men will be prepared to do their best work
for him BY some unfortunate trick Of fate
seven OF the Lafayette varsity men were in
capacitated by typhoid fever. This made it
for Crowell TO jump in after the
season had gotten well under way and de-
yelop new men for the vacant positions. The
task was a colossal one but II was met by
man with colossal football brain and one
who is neither unduly discouraged by ADVERSE
nor unseemlngly elated by suc-
cess.
EVERY MAN IN PLAY.
Like Glenn Warner. the Carlisle Indian
coach Crowel believes that every man on the
Held should be in every play on the ohense.
That is one OF the many sound football ideas
which has brought him success. Warner mas
said that ~ the opponent is fooled by trick
he runner Is protected. Crowell has followed
his same plan. He has large repertoire"
If bewlldering plays which he has taught the
ehigh game that no matter how far the
3rown and white might be thrown on its
Ter was always well protected with inter-
erence
Crowcll has taught his men two important
to do and how to do II. There
ire many coaches in the country who waste
'aluabe time with their teams by delivering
talks. but who fail to teach the
men how TO handle themselves on the field in
he execution OF plays which have been thus
raphicaly explained. The blackboard system
8 all right az far as 1t goes, but players can
ot he taught football by this method alone.
he field is one of the best-known places TO
each football fundamentals. for II is there
hat the games are generally played. Crowell.
aving noted the fact some time ago that
ames were played on the field, drills his men
here, and thanks to this plus his abundant
nd sound technical knowledge of the game,
q has proved himself one OF the greatest OF
ne country's coaches.