The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-11-14
ARMY-NAVY GAME
LOOMS UP AS ONE
FEATURE OF 1921
Navy Looks Stronger of Two
Teams as Time for the
Battle Approaches
BY WALTER CAMP
Special Correspondent OF The Age-Herald
Copyright, 1921. by The Agc-Herald)

NOPSFikhts loNis DS Inc ARc-hokhAuf
New York, November 1S.-With the
Army Navy game only two weeks
away. lovers of football will be inter-
ested to know something of the ca
reers of the two coaches who are
busy whipping the rival teams into
shape for battle.
Major Daily, who has the gridiron
fortunes of West Poitn in his keep
ing this year. was a star himself for
years-first at Harvard and later at
West Point He was as dangerous
to have loose with the ball as any
opponents ever faced AS West Point
coach, DAILY has been handicapped by
the lack of material out of which
stars are made Oliphant was the
last and With his passing the army
of navy victories.
French Is Fit
This year. with French fit and at
his best, and with the improvement
that was notable in the defensive
work of the West Point line, hope
sprang afresh in the breasts of army
adherents only to be crushed by the
overwhelming defeat by Notre Dame.
But the army is famous for its great
comebacks and its partisans have
faith that DAILY Will have boistered
AP TIC WNdh SFhba btAplC Ah0 team
takes the field against navy.
Bob Folwel, coach of the navy,
was a successful coach at Pennsyl-
vania and he has the reputation of
Being a great student of the game, as
we'll as a competent coach. Last year
he showed his ability as a strategist
in developing plays which assaulted
the armys wings and forced the
tackles to work so hard that the
guards had to give some support.
Then he struck hard across at the
army ceRter and smashed 1t back,
making wide holes through which the
navy dashed TO victory. This year
his team has showed progress even
beyond the work of last season.
Picturesque Coaches
Two of the most picturesque
coaches of the country will be pitted
against each other when Cornell
meets Pennsylvania on Franklin field
Thanksgiving Day. Dobie is mys-
terious driving force. His teams In
the northwest battered down all OPP
position. When~he took up the work
at Annapolis he obtained similar re-
suits Last year Dobie went to Cor
nell but did not get the team going
in the short time he had. This year
he has been developing that steady,
insistent drive and the game with
Dartmouth was typical Dobie vic
tory. Heisman made a great stride
forward for football in the south as
coach at Georgia Tech, his startling
innovations and well developed shift
plays smothering all opposition. Last
year he was called to Pennsylvania,
but was unable to get any very defi-
Mite results. His team shows i'm
provement this year. but Heisman
has not had the success with 1t so
far that he did with the Golden Tor
nado
Richards Is Powerful
Richards of Wisconsin is a big,
powerful chap and he develops big,
powerful teams with fierce line
drive and with hard hitting back.
His team last year had the best drive
of any team in the conference. Stagg
of Chicago is an old Yale end. He
wass<on the first all-America team
ever selected. That was over 80 years
ago and he has been a coach ever
since. He has been handicapped at
times by shortage of material but
the old days of the Chicago Miehigan
games were Wonderful days in the
calendar of sport. Stage sometimes
dreams and sees visions, but when
he can impress those visions upon
his pupils they result in plays that
are difficult to stop.
Howard Jones of Iowa Is a brother
of Tad Jones at Yale. Howard played
on the Yale team and was a very
brainy player. He is a quiet, think
ing coach, but one with great per-
tinacity and broad knowledge of the
game. He hiss developed men like
Devines and this year he seems to
have a better rounded out organiza-
ton than he has had for a long time.
Wilce of Ohio State is a tall, schol-
arly looking man with an adventur-
Gus spirit and this Is brought out in
his teams. He has developed stars
like Chick Harley, Workman and
Stinchcomb.
Out on the Pacific coast Andy
Smith is an old fullback of Pennsyl-
vania and in the half-dozen years
that he has handled the California
team has been busily engaged in
breaking down the weaknesses which
men, brought up in Rugby. displayed
in the American game. His team last
year was one of the strongest in the
country, If not the strongest. Walter
Powell of Stanford is an old Wiscon-
sin man. He has delegated the Job of
coaching Stanford team to Van Gent,
as Powell is now handling all the
athletic department. Van Gent has
already shown ability, and while II Ia
a super-human task for Stanford to
beat California this year. Powell and
Van Gent are building well for the
future.