The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-11-03


leading football stevens sof ths
conntSy are ready today 70 take On
thu dnAl polish which viii make
them Anished products and mark
thsm- for suecess q failure in the
decisive games Of 1917. Tue work
OF the last week has about com
pleted the preliminary work. The
maks-up of both teams is decidad
upon and the style Of play Of each
has been practically fixed.
More light 10 thrown on the Sit
uatton therefore than 1t any time
this season Let 10 take Harvard.
for instance. Bob Fisher has ail
his men 81, . really remarkable
back6eld. q. super-general IN Buhll
and q combinatioD Of unusual speed
and power In Owen. There are six
other backs Who in many other
years would have besn regarded as
stars IL any aggregation.
The Harvard line which worried
the Cambridge coaches at first Is
getting into shape and some of the
surplus backfleld material is being
worked out pn the ends. The line
is still green to unusual plays. as
witness the way the Center lock-
|. step ship bothered it. but II is ag-
g,essive and learning fast.
AT Princeton Roper was forced
to build mp . team almost without
q nucleus Of veterans, but the team
seems to have found itself. The
Tigers already>have . good kick
ling game, fairly deceptive Tor
ward pass and in Cleaves = back
who carries the bali well.
Pennsylvania Is MARKEDLY i'm
proved ID defensive line work, but
the forward wall still iNsomswhat
| vulnerable. Tom Davies has done
good work with the backfield, which
is getting up both speed and pow
or. Heisman Is balancing his stra-
tegical plans, modifying his old
shifts sbmewhat and working ON
the forward pass.
Cornell Fast.
Cornell has much Of the speed of
last year and In Kaw and Phanp
has two capital exponents Of Dobie
speed and drive. The line, how
ever. il not yet opening holes 10
Dobie's satisfaction and improve
ment 10 needed on defense. Dobie
Is hard tAxkmaster and men un-
der him progress fast when they
get the idea Of Just what 10 wants.
He works on the principles that
with the line opening sharp holes
and the backs shooting into these
holes fast enough any team ON Of
tense should be sufficiently better
than the defense to gain 10 yards
In four downs. His plan usually
works.
Pennsylvania State misses Kill
!, linger, but has almost a. great a
star In Wilson. The Pennsylvania
State attack is not yet as smooth
as 1t was In mid-season last year
but Besdek is rubbing it into shape.
i The Army has gone in for mod
ern football in earnest and has
taken q leaf from, the books of
teams like Notre Dame which have
convinced them Of the value of a
shifting attack. The Arny's aver
age in the backtield is quite as good
as last year and the line has mere
. experience. Major DAILY Ia working
up forward pass attack as we'll as
the shifts.
The Navy has undoubtedly points
, Of strength, but Folwell is not yet
satisfied with the way the machine
is working. He is oiling up the
: creaky bearings. however. The Navy
was wild with chagrin over the re-
suit Of some Of the early games
and will play better In consequence
Look out for Nebraska. There il
, a man on that aggregation of hus-
: kies named Noble who plays good
football, and the middle-westerners
! have q line It would be hard to beat
Pennsylvania broke the hoodoe
record for stadium dedications wheI
she beat the Navy. Nearly ever,
other college Of note which ha,
built q fine new stadium has mark;
cd the dedication with its own de,
I tfeat.