The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1921-12-18
By RAY HELGESEN.

VIII the California Bear again
repel the gridiron onslaught of the
efrete East or will Coach Greasy"
Neale's Washington and Jefferson
eleven return from Gods Coun-
try" with the much-coveted scalp
of the westerners when the two
elevens, the Bears, the class of the
West and the Presidents. one of
the four best of the East, clash in
the football Battle of the Gen.
tury' as the feature of the annual
tournament of roses at Pasadena,
January 2.
Can Neale's huskies wade
through a defense and turn back
AN offense which at times last year
made Coach Jack Wilce's Ohio
State clan. then considered one of
the five best teams in the country.
look like novices? Will the West
again triumph or will the East
regain some of its much Wanted
supremacy?
"Caa the Vest Repeat"
The stove league armament con-
ferences are now. and have been
for the last month. splitting their
long winter sessions on about a
ffty-ifty basis. Baseball of course
comes in for the usual discussion.
But this year much of the talk
has conferred on the question out
lined above.
Can the West repeat?" or viii
the East break through"
To us II looks like more Of an
even break than when Ohio State
romped into the wild and woolly
for its beautiful trimming last
year.
The Buckeyes then had just I'm
ished a season which in many ways
rivals the record just turned in
by the Presidents. Wilce's eleven
had romped through the Western
conference. sometimes winning by
the bsrest of margins, sometimes
by big scores. But they had won
and naturally were a bit confident.
1t was later shown that. early in
the game at least they were over
confident.
The Presidents have gone through
their present season without a
black mark on their highly polish
ed escutchen. They have flashed
PO"cA pl ATTAIN anu suCh a
smoothness on the defense as has
only been Appropriated by one or
two teams in the East during the
season. In fact Neale's team went
through their. entire season almost
at top form. Never did they fall
far below their highest peak And
when they did meet unexpected
rought spots their heavy artillery
smoothed them over with only the
barest of effort.
.shouId he q Record"
In their last three games of the
season only four first downs were
made against the Presidents. Pop"
Warmers Pittsburgh Panthers were
responsible for two of these while
Detroit University and West Vir-
ginia University were only able to
knock of the required distance
once each.
This in itself shows what a
wonderful line Greasy" has de-
veloped. No weak forward wall. or
even an average forward defense.
could hold such powerful teams as
Pitt, Detroit and West Virginia, to
but four first downs.
The Presidents have always been
nplcu lOT SlAOHs lhs
linemen. But Nesle seems to have
gotten his forward wall at just a
few points above the 100 per cent
mark. Furthermore. and the most
remarkable part of II, he has been
sblt to hold them at top pitch
throughout the long grind.
1t is this great defensive line
upon which Neale will place the
most reliance to stop the hard
hitting backfeld men OF the West
ern eleven. But Neale's second de-
tense is nothing through which a
child can romp at will.
Bssista at full. playing his first
year of college football, is one of
the. greatest defensive backfeld
man in the East. At w. and ]. he
is considered the greatest defensive
man that has ever been uncovered
there. Basista, too, is a better than
average line plunger.
Lots of Help Here.
and Mclaughlin. the rest of the
should make Andy Smiths Bears
know they have been to the circus
before the last whistle echoes of
the hills surrounding Pasadena.
In Stein. at left tackle, Neale
has one of the greatest linemen
that ever donned the moleskins.
This youth can do everything even
to playing behind the line II
necessary. Furthermore. he can do
everything well. Already Stein has
been picked on the majority of all
American elevens and it is almost
certain that Walter Camp will
place him on his annual mythical
all-Amerfcan.
California, 1t is said, is quite
as good as last year. Some coaches
and critics, who have seen Smiths
cyclone in action. even go SO far
as to declare that the Bears are
better than last season. Few. II
any think that the great Western
eleven has gone back any since
its defeat of the Buckeyes.
In Muller. Smith has one of the
greatest ends ever developed. There
is nothing that Muller cannot do.
Muller Biggest star.
AS receiver of forward passes
he Is said to be in a class by him.
self, while on the propelling end
Of the oval DISTINGUISHED parties
claim that he can throw the pellet
at least fifteen yards farther than
any man now playing football. Jim
Thorpe was considered more or less