New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-08


ght be hid under a bushel? 1t sounds
, Before the Georgetown-Fo rdhsm game
the Tribune correspondent said. Keep
your eye on Joe Ounce" A. the end
Of the first period he Unexpectedly APP
peared and asked, "Did you notice Joe
Dumoe?" In the third period he slid
along the press seats again and said:
That's Ounce calling signals now.
Nothing that fella can't do" Al the
end Of the game our youthful CORES.
pendent met US at the gate. "Whatd I
tell you about Joe Dumoe!" he asked,
as though We didn't know.
So We wrote paragraph about the
sterling Joe Ounce In our Georgetown
Fordhsm review, and in the press OF
election night the Joe Ounce pane
gyric got crowded into the street.
That's how things were with Joe Dunno,
until this morning.
Troubles Of, an End
! Joe Ounce is all that The Tribungrs
Fordham correspondent said, and HIM
ley could be no more. In these times
an end has mis- troubles even more than
IN days gone. lie must bust up the A.,
ing line interference that operates from
kick formation; he must know how 90
use his hands 20 DO that; he must b
as well down under kicks a. ever; De
must have a baseball ability at tagging
forward passes; on offence he must lock
the tackle in on drives off his wing: h.
must diagnose plays quickly; he mus
be shifty on his feet and vicious tack
Ter, and he must be an expert in block
ing and interfering. Otherwise An end
doesn't have to have a great knowledge
OF football or much ability.
Joe Ounce does all Of this we'll Ard
he contributed two general features
that were of his own thinking, he Is
the only end we have seen this sea,on
who has gone behind the enemr's line
/ and, from the rear, broken up cad runs
moving IN an opposite direction.
MS open held tacklIng is the nearest
We nave seen 70 the spectacular diving
tackle that was eliminated by the rules
committee, and he has the instructive
tack ler's trick of slipping his no d from
the knees 10 the ankle against runners
/ VINO show an inclination to STAY on
/ their feet
Joe Ounce legged it around behind
tne Georgetown line many times and
pulled down Gilroy as the speedy Hill
topper was essaying 10 get under wsy
around fOrdhams eft wing George
towns quarterback should have stopped
didn't,
The Fordham end can use hi. hands
/ IN spIltung interference TO reach the
runner, and In an era where tackline IL
generally as high as prices, his I'M
erring grip at the runners knees wa,
/ pleasant 70 watch. For some reason
the current vintage of taekling seems
70 favor the half-nelson over the toe
nod. One never knows what will hap
pen at a college football game. but be
can be reasonably sure chat AZ some
stage runner will 90 staggering down
the held carrying half OF the enemy's
secondary defence on his neck.
Tackling Lost Art
In fact, tackling seems a lost art
since the elimination Of the diving de-
fence. This is easy of solution. The
4 best tacklers-those who hit their man
and double him up like jack knife
always were those who had the ability
10 leave their feet, trick, BY the way,
which many otherwise first class foot
ball players never could accomplish.
Ounce does not technically leave his
feet, and hence his tackles call for no
/ penalty. He has, however, a clever
method Of dragging his feet on the
/ ground az he dives AZ a runner. And
/ he hits them low, does Joe Ounce.
Concluding this justihable review o.
Joe Ounce II further may be said h.
receives forward passes that ara
handy, and is so full of football thsr
he acts as an interchangeable part O.
McCsffery's machine. When the Ford
/ ham backfeld reaches an impasse Joe
Ounce is often shifted 20 halfback, and
for a time Tuesday he directed the spir.
/ tied, If futile, Maroon drive.
Further details OF Joe Dumoe's su-
periority may be obtained, even will be
supplied, BY the Tribune's Fordhsm
football correspondent.
Washington and Jefferson and PITT
play Saturday what should be ore %
/ the best games Of the season. Passing
over Dartmouth, the W. and J..Psnthsr
game would be considered for the
Championship of the East, for Of all
uldefeated elevens these teams, with
Dartmouth, have appeared the best.
Metzger and Warner are the rival
coacnes, and for the last two weeks
they have been pointing their machines
for the game at Forbes Field. Pitts
burgh.
Metzger said Saturday his eleven had
a good chance 10 win, ard an analysis
of the two teams and their records
warrants the coach's optimism. Ger
tainly II Pittsburgh plays as she did
against Pennsylvania, Washington and
Jefferson has a chance. In that event.
/ Il the Presidential line can stop Ne
Laren there will be nothing in the way
Of WI. victory.
At Boston, Dartmouth will meet
/ Pennsylvania, and the Green and White
/ will bend every effort 20 better the
score Pittsburgh turned in against Bob
/ Folwell's team. II il does out-step ths
13-6 victory by Pittsburgh, Dartmouth
will efectuslly block any tendency 70
| subordinate her 20 Pittsburgh.
Georgetown will give the Navy q real
test. There probably will be . hiatus
in the topheavy scores the Navy has
! been turning In, but, barring the
chance that the Wsshingtonians were
saving themselves in the Fordhsm
! game, her secondary will have TO show
| greater strength and versatility than
II did Tuesday to stop the Nays loop
ing runs. There was a disinelinstion
-. .oonrtad al,nost N distasta an