The Washington times., 1922-10-22
HUGO BEZDEK
BEARS TORCH
OF PROGRESS
PSnn State Coach Sets the
n Style, and Other Grid Teach
u ers Follow. 50
BY ARTHUR ROBINSON.

cCuuiQue cOHsJautiy CHdHReS,
but this Is a circumstance
which some coaches do not recog-
nise or will not admit. In the
days of the flying wedge players
wore moustaches and even side
burns. They are no longer fash
ionable. Football "by the right of
might" has also passed out"
M The game has become human
study in physics, involving fine
distribution Of force and pressure.
Hugo Bezdek. Of Penn State, seems
70 be leading the parade Of coaches.
BE is a torchbearer. and progress.
sive coaches have adopted .he
echeme Of attack which he evolved
last year and put into effect.
.dHe is not shackled by fear Of
Penn States big games" Penn
State Ia not willing to sacrifice SO
much as a single victory in the in
terest OF it's stride" The intel
lectual froth which is whipped up
by an early seasons. defeat ut any
% the big colleges has no part in
Bezdek's philosophy Of the game.
(no Good Offense Essential.
His theory is that a good offense
isothe best defense. but he does not
neglect his defense. He trains his
Team as a fighter prepares himself
Tor championship match. He takes
puca number Of opponents below the
championship scale and fights to
win by a knockout. He is not con-
Tent to wage a fight almost defen-
,siye In it's character. BY way Of
vi. ff1,- To- Ia
Wills aims to win by his own punch.
ing rather than by making his op.
poAents miss.
~ Bezdek has become the object of
Almost universal study. It is he
who sets the style. He carries the
torch. and Glenn Warner, once the
Master Mind Of Football" follows.
Bob Fisher has perpetuatsd the
Haughton system at Harvard and
has kept up with the DEVELOPMENT ~
The game. SO has Bill Roper at
princeton. Jock Sutherland, La.
fayette, a player under Warner at
Pittsburgh has progressed along the
Mines which Warner cut and Bezdek
extended, but in most Of the other
qurters there has been almost a
fanatical devotion to old-fa shioned
football.
.atS Good Quarters" Scarce.
Bezdek may not have a quarter.
back with football instinct. but ut
least that quarterback absorbs Beg
dek's football touch. Quarterback
minds are scarce. Harvard has one
In" Charley Buell.. who mixes his
plays with fine distribution of
power on the pressure points.
Nal Logan and Mule Watson a
few years ago also did much for
Harvard. AS quarterbacks they did
very little running with the ball, but
fhey were worth their weight in gold
~ their ability to ferret out the
Rkaknesses of the opposition.
HDon Lourie, Princeton's quarter.
back Of last year, was a great ''layer
in. this respect, but perhaps the
YfAest type Of quarter since the war
was Jack Strubing, who preceded
Lourie at Princeton. Glenn KILLING
ar, Penn States all-American, quar-
terback of last year, was also a gen.
ius In this respect. At any rate, the
slccess Of the Penn State attack
made him appear to be one.
~ Surprise Play Wins.
tsThe scheme Of teams attack. re.
xWfOleSS Oh tnc HldHIici III ""SA'
the quarterback selects his plays,
,reflects the coach's philosophy of
the game, and In this connection a
Penn State-Pittsburgh game Of a
lew seasons back clearly indicates
4he trend Of Bezdek's football
thought. -, -
Late in the last period. with the
score tied, Penn State found itself
A, possession Of the ball deep In It's
own territory. The backs deployed
IN a knick formation. and the Penn
Htate punter took q kicking position
hehind the goal line.
., This, obviously, was the place Tor
r punt. Never before had team,
done anything but punt in q situa.
flo, Of this kind. But instead of
kiclxins Penn State worked a for
wsrd pass and Bob Higgins, Penn
States All-American end, ran the
ianath of the field for a touchdown
Vhich resulted In victory: The play
5vna successful because It was the
Ss,e play which was not expected.
The power Of the Bezdek attack
a, distributed on the pressure points
~ {he opposing defense with similar
Mteiiiaence. The Penn State coach
has not only kept up with the oe
veiopnent OF the modern game, but
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