Evening star., 1921-11-09

Notre Dame may not clean up every
year. but each year she is certain 70 De
represented by worthy eleven. This Is
chiefly because of the fact that Sc
.luded in the university and that the
Notre Dame brand of football is
played in all these grades. 1t Is as
though Andover were attached to
Yale. Lawrenceville to Princeton and
on. Great care is taken in the
training and development of the boys
in the lower apartments of the insti-
tuition, SO that each year Rochne
1inds himself in possession of a fresh
supply of qualified material, Notre
it is conducted on very broad and
liberal lines. Indeed at the present
time about 20 per cent of the students
SIRE of Protestant afhliation. and Of the
Protestants. The trainer is Hebrew.
Rockne Shift In Legal.
In Tuesdays game against Rut-
gers the writer watched closely the
1eochne shift which caused such a row
stt West Point and almost involved
the officials themselves in an unseem-
1y row. Intrinsically the shift is not
,1en are moving at the swapping of
the ball they are not going forward.
merely stepping into their new posi-
lions. In other words. it is not
momentum shltt, put merely decep-
live maneuever. 1t should be en-
couraged. since it adds to the pagean-
Try effect of foot ball offense. 1t
also is very deceptive when coupled
with backfield jugglery of the ball
gers did not seem able to solve the de-
ceptive maneuevers which led up to
shots off tackle, while every east
ern coach in the country would have
found it valuable to study Notre Dame,
GnXf n n rdi ipo ~ I'd frI-
lowing double pass or even a tri-
pie pass, the ball going wide or short
over center, or far down the field as
the play was called.
through her defeat of the Harvard
eleven on October 20, in Cambridge.
1t remains to be seen whether she
will clinch her prestige by defeating
the fiaShy and resourceful Auburn
team at Birmingham on Saturday.
Auburn learned many lessons from
the defeat by the Georgia University
team and there may be no doubt that
she Will demonstrate, as many an
other good team haS-Princeton. for
instance-that defeat. singing though
it may be. holds much that may be
employed to constructive ends. Cen
tire has developed her interference to
a high state of efficiency and in Me-
N1illin she has an ace. 1t devolves
upon Auburn's ends and tackles tori
machine before it reaches the line
and for every one to stick to Nc |
MILAN like courtplaster. This done, |
the Danville team may be treated to
dealt the Colonies last fan.
While the fur is flying at Birming-
ham there will be febrile doings at
Atlanta, when Georgia Tech will en-
tertain Georgetown University on
strong this season and is sure to give
the Yellow Jackets a hard fight.
There seems to be some feeling
among players of the two elevens and
this will enhance the grimness of
exists the element of sport diminisheS
in corresponding degree and it is beth
ter: that the two teams do not meet.
Harvnrd's Odd Policy.
Harvard does not give the varsity |
"H' to members of the Crimson team
who play in the Princeton game. But
it would seem that if ever foot ball !
players deserved some insignia that
would stand as badge of gameness.
devotion and utter self-sacrifse it is
the men of Harvard who went through
that bitter Princeton game. They
fought to the very last, fought long
after their physical resources had |
gone and only undying spirit kept
them in action. After they had scored
won there came a reaction,
natural and inevitable. 1t was then
that Princeton pulled the contest out
of the fire. Nine of that Harvard
team were either carried or assisted |
to the dressing room after the final
whistle had blown, victims of sheer
mental and physical exhaustion.
Pennsylvania State probably will ,,
score against the Navy, but all the
chances are that the Navy will score
more frequently, granting that the
NIidshipmen will be found to have re-
covered from the Princeton game of
last month. Pennsylvania State has a
great attack, but her defense is moth
ing to boast of. AS contrast be-
tween the Nittany defense and the
defense that Princeton developed 1t
NAV be stated that Harvard scored
three touchdowns against Pennsyl-
yania State and could not cross
Princeton's goal line. Indeed, save on
one occasion, the Crimson never got
near the Tiger goal.
Copyright. 1921