New-York tribune., 1921-11-05
Open Offensive
OF Notre Dame
May Beat Army
Columbia Certain 10 Put
Up a Stubborn Fight
Against Cornell Team
By Ray Mccarthy

Football fans in New York City will
not have to travel far to-day to see
the real football played. Down in the
Jungle the Tigers will be battling with
old John Haryards eleven. That game
will contain color as we'll as action.
Big crowd, pretty girls, old grads, fine
eheerlng and music. But so far as foot
ball and action are concerned, the con-
test won't be any better than the strur-
gle on the West Point plains, between
the iashy Notre Dame team and the
Cadets. This game also will have it's
colorful side in the dress parade of
the West Pointers. No finer show than
this is put on at any college.
Those who do not care to make the
short journey to Princeton or to West
Grounds, where Cornell and Columbia
will meet for good football entertain
ment. There are few better teams play
ing the game this season than the "Big
Red machine"
In the last two seasons Harvard and
Princeton have played two tie games.
Previous to each of these encounters
it looked as IL the Nassau students
would be the victors. The same situa-
tion exists to-day. Princeton appears
to have the better team and undoubt-
cdly will be favored to win. But know
ing Hsrvard's ability to come through
clined to believe the Crimson has an
even chance.
Tigers Should Beat Harvard
However, with Lourie and Garrity in
Harvard it seems to us has not an even
chance, and If Princeton plays the game
of which it appears capable, when
Lcurie is acting as pilot, it ought to
beat Harvard by two touchdowns at
the edge, and comparison of forwards
will show the Tiger line to be much
the better.
Notre Dame has featured the Army's
schedule for several years back and
never have the Westerners failed to
come through with a scintillating ex-
hibition, the kind that keeps the crowd
on edge throughout.
One Of the reasons is that Notre
Dame generally has fast, shifty, ver-
satile team, one that can put on the
open game that is extremely efficient
along with fine, close order attack.
composed Of all-around athletes prob
ably accounts for this. Take this
years eleven. Gus Desch, its nifty
half-back, is a great hurdler; the ends,
Captain Eddie Anderson and Rodger
Kiley, rugged, rangy fellows, are both
star basketball players. They handle
a football much like they would handle
basketball, are extremely adept in
pulling down forward passes and are
hard and sure tacklers. Mohardt not
only IS wonderful back but a grand
baseball player. Wynne is also a
capable athlete
1t is said Notre Dame is probably
the best forward passing team in the
country. That is true. But the reason
it is so proficient in the open game Is
because it combines a close order at
tack that is equally as good. Once a
team is drawn in to stop that attack
the Westerners shoot pass directly
over the center Of the line, the proper
territory in which to throw passes
Those passes are thrown with the speed
and accuracy with which baseball is
fired, and are pulled down by such
players as Anderson. Kiley and Mo-
hardt while on the dead run. 1t is a
cuted, and pretty play to watch.
Play Sound Football
But that doesn't mean that the
Notre Dame students have only the
forward pass as scoring play or that
tHey cannon 90 anyCnlnG else. Ihey
play sound football. And in meeting
the Army they are meeting one of the
best fighting teams in the business,
an eleven that has vicious, hard
running attack. Those who go to the
Plains to-day will Sc a real battle.
The result looks like a toss-up.
Cornell should have no difficulty
beating Columbia. Many figure that
inasmuch as the Ithacans piled up a
big score on Dartmouth. team which
beat Columbia, they will trounce the
Blue and White by an exceptionally
large score. That probably will nov
be the case.
Columbia is sure to put up a good
fight and the Ithacans will have moth
ing to gain by running up top-heavy
score. Four or five touchdowns is
likely to be the margin Of the Big
Red teams victory.