The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-11-20
Possibility of Intersectional
Games Attracts Attention
of Fans to Coast
BY WALTER CAMP
Special Correspondent of The Ase-HeraId.
Copyright, 1921, by The Accidentally


Copyright, 1921. by The Ase-HernId.)
Cambridge, Mass, November 10
Some leading eastern or middle west
ern team will certainly be urged to
make the trip to the coast this year;
therefore. interest the country over
centers more and more upon Pacific
coast football.
There are two phases OF inter
sectional football. One has to deal
of teams of their own Initiative and
the other with the New Years Day
game at Pasadena, where, theoreti-
cally, the best team on the coast
usually meets a selected leading team
from the east. This is the game in
which the eastern representative has
been first Pennsylvania, then Har-
ward, and last year Ohio State.
Easy for California
Good as the Ohioaus were, they
were easy victims for the University
OF California players. California ran
rings around them and even the ex-
cellent Ohio forward passing game
was equaled by the coast team. This
year CALIFORNIA; team is practically
as good as last years and that means,
very good. In the early part of the
socaro stood aven ar ~ hnt Rriclt
Wnilor California;s star end was not
in the NAV at that time owing to a
leg injury. Muller has remarkable
ability for throwing the forward
pass. At this critical stage Andy
Smith, the coach, sent Muller into the
game, crippled as he was. After
play or two. to mask the deception,
ffRriplxb a long forward
to Southern CALIFORNIA; 20-yard line
from back of midfield and Erb, his
quarter, was there TO receive II. lhat
play led to another score ana assured
victory for California Ihen Muiier
was taken OUT anu saNeu tor i"eef
games 30 much LOT MIN
First Glass Team
The remainder of the California
team are first class players. Latham
at center is a veteran and Is well
supported by Cramer and Clark as
guards. both men of experience, hav-
ing worked under Smith for more
than four years and Clarke two, Nc
we'll known. He came up from the
University of Southrn California and
has been on the California team for
two years. Barnes, originally a CEN
ter, was shifted to guard and has had
three or four years experience. AT
end. stevens has been taking Muller's
place and Berkey has been playing
the other end. They make remark
able pair. Erb at quarter is a cool,
steady player who runs team wei
and who is individually brilliant.
Rooney and Nichols furnish pair OF
excellent running halves, and both
~.,-o drp II ffaL hnfh
sistent long distance punters. The
California men are especially adept
at launching forward passes, which
begin with lateral or even with
double lateral. Those passes Will
bother eastern teams. pu. iet !. no.
be supposed that the Caniorhla team
is dependent upon this KIND OF Tor
ward passing or upon brlck Mul-
ler's long throws. 1t has nigh class
running game and is composite OF
the best eastern attack and defense
together with such facility of ham
ding the ball as an atmosphere OF
Rugby produces.
About statistics
There are some half dozen satisti-
cal charts made of every big game.
showing the various plays. These
charts vary so much that 1t would
seem as though some of them must
be erroneous. Charts of the Yale
frince.on game snow NJ" - -,
ehc'es' pue lneie ~ 49,,
borne OUT ny 81" $3.50. 80
"hich confirm Ne"s
year, namely. mat miuuIe west anu
southern teams DO run OH piays more
rapidly than the older larger teams
of the east. For instance, the centre
Auburn game. as compared with tht
Yale Princeton contest, shows that
Centre, the victor, ran off 100 plays
I'm the hour of playing time. while
the Yale plays numbered about 20.
Ia, large scor, ;s
.,e,,, oa,ied NV small
g s,aHts ~ tho ioser as II,
a.. ~. Gsntre game Auhuro
.ns re o,,,u aho,,t 10 nIavs More
n n~ar tbssa tsams whIsb run OF a
largo number OF DAYS Indkt a IdTsc