The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-27
open GAME Is
WELL HANDLED
BY FASTENERS
BiIfy Evans Sans Up Qualities OF
.. Play Shown by Presidents
this Season.
BIZ BILLY EVANS.
hat chance has washington &

What chance has Washington &
jefferson against California?
Football enthusiasts east and
west are asking that question New
err was there greater interest in
an fntersectionaI game
These two great teams are sched-
.uIed to meet ct Pasadena. Calf,
Jan Q The game will be the feat
ure event of the Tournament OF
Roses.
California has a great team. That
Is admitted fact. 1t is sad to
be an even better team than the
one that overwhelmed Ohio State
a year ago by \ % TO score.
aa Western football fans who saw
s4the4 Ohio State eleven of 1920 in
action. know that 1t was a formid-
able aggregation. That team was
easy for California. If the 1921
eleven is stronger, it is easy TO
imagine the task that confronts
W. & j.
l will be very much disappoint-
ed unless w. DC J. makes a much
better showing than did Ohio
State. / visa that Coach Neale
might have had some assistance
from Coach Rockne of Notre Dame.
1t would have helped the open game
of the eastern team, and it is open
play that must be used against
California.
No team, east or west, had rs
much deception about its forward
passing as did Notre Dame.
Washington q Jefferson is one
Of the three eleyens in the east that /,
escaped defeat, Cornell and Lafay- |
cite being the other two. California |
in selecting Washington & Jeffer- !
SON picked an opponent that COM
pares we'll with any of the eastern |
elevens.
Has Versatility.
Washington & Jefferson plays the
open game well and prefers it, but
w. & ]. has versatility as well.
Take their last game-against Uni
versity of Detroit
w. G. J. had been well secuted by
Detroit and the scouts reported in
detail upon the W. & J. open game,
particularly the forward passing
attack.
When w. & J. begin its attack
against Detroit, the Presidents dis
covered that the Detroit eleven had
defense for it Tackles and guards
were in front and the remainder of
the eleven spread
- 1t was an effective defense; W. &
J. knew it SO, instead of going to
the open game, w. & j. smashed
the line. Detroit, afraid OF the for
ward pass attack, did not concen-
/ trate Its defense and failed to pull
up the secondaries.
/ W1ffIo
keeping w. & J. from making
touchdowns by line smashing, the
consistent gains enabled W. & ]. to
keep the ball almost constantly,
and team that cannot get DOS
session of the ball cannot make .
touchdowns.
Although not particularly bril-
nant line, The w. & J. line is smart. I
1t knows football. No team ever I
blocked better and few tackled ,
harder than w. & ]. Few lines :
charge faster. The w. & ]. line has l
lift, and lines need lift.
Michigan had one of the best de- c
fensive lines in the country this '
year. but poor line extensively be- /
cause the Michigan linemen lacked T
INT, that is. they did not lift the
opposing ltnemen out of the pIay
as 1inemen should. Wick was the a
only exception at Michigan. t
Stein Is Star Player. s
Beauty of W. & j. is that eleven v
football players know how to NAV f
and get into every play. ANY team
with eleven men getting into ey- fl
cry play is winning football team o
In Stein. their captain, and named f
6y Walter Camp as a tackle on his Fl
nrst eleven this year, the Presi- t
dents have one of the greatest plav- S
ers in years.
Stein played center and then o
tackle and then he shifted to end il
he is an end on defense, a halfback d
quarterback or fullback on of. II
tense. He calls all the signals and e.
directs the attack. b
When Stein is not CARVING tho e,
pau, he is smashing a path for the T
runner. Big and powerful and a,
iast. Smart. \ real footballer who ell
works for the team. Deadly tack ci
Ter. A streak under a punt If he ii
plays end at Pasadena he will give to
Muller a hard run for end honors sc
On the day. of
( california Will know il has been be
"a football game after its clash II
With Washington & Jefferson tn