The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1919-12-17

"Banzai! Mclean kick ball contest"
Out across the Pacific the little yellow
men of the mikado's land are roofing
for the American sport. They have
been doing all sorts of hard things to
their opponents at Vladivostok. They
have beaten the Russians, twice their
weight and size, got the Frenchmen SO
excited they could not play, and
worked the jiu-jitsu stunt on the
Yankee soldiers when the latter start
ed of with real horse play. According
to William P. Larkin, overseas direc-
tor Of the Knights of Columbus, when
a little yellow man grabs hold of I
husky copetitor on the gridiron and
puts that jiu-jitsu charm to work the
play is all off. Honorable Mutsamara
is always bound to come out ION top"
And underneath him may be some 300
pounds of good Russian, Bolsheviki or
British weight.
The knights have sent complete
football outfit to the Siberian troops
for the coming spring months when
the weather gets real sharp and there
been hearing about the victory of the
Japanese teams through Garry Nc
Garry, knights Of Columbus secretary
in Siberia. On several occasions it
mas been made an unwritten law
among the umpires that no jiu-jits,l
be perpetrated in contest. But in
variably the little brown men forget
and in the rough and lumber go are
compelled to invoke "the bring 'em to
earth" hold. In the tug of war, base
ball, marathons and other sports the
allied troops are able to keep the Jap
in place, but when it comes to football
the little brown men just climb over
their competitors. In other words,
the larger they come the heavier they
fall!
Colville Jackson, tackle, was elected
captain of the University of Chicago
football team the other day for 1920.
He is the second of the Jackson family
to lead Maroon eleven on Stagg field.
His older brother, Philbrick, captained
Chicago in 1916.
Red" won his letter in football in
1917, the first year Of the war. wher.
he played tackle and repeated for a
&c" in basketball. He would have
had a third letter in track. for he
placed in the indoor conference meet
in the shotput, but he left for service
before the spring season started. Last
year Jackson was in the navy, with u
commission OF ensiCn.
Higgins. OF Penn State, stands
practically alone as an end. 1t is a
safe bet that Higgins will come near.
er to being a universal choice Of "all'
pickers than any other line player.
His work has been of exceptional quail
ity this fall, even better than it was
before the war, and Higgins was a
, star of no mean magnitude then.
OF offensive and defensive, it mat.
tered little which. Higgins shone like a
blue diamond. His forward pass re.
ceiving, his tackling, his running un.
der punts-they were all of the great
est class. He stands out as an end fo1
more than one year, for he is, perhaps
the best wing player since the new
football came into its own.
Glenn Warner. perhaps better
! known as Pop" Warner, coach of the
University Of Pittsburg football team
and considered by many the greatest
gridiron coach of the day. has signed
a contract to remain with the Smoky
City eleven for four more years. ],
is reported that his salary was $4,000
but the terms of the new contract have
not been revealed.
| Warner has coached the Pittsburs
eleven for six years with great sue