The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-10-25
Schmidt IS Big Star Of Maroon And White


New York, Oct. 25.-WhO, ever
made the Syracuse schedule must
have been an economist rather than
a keen appraiser Of the ability Of
human flesh to stand wear and
tear. Pittsburgh. Penn State and
Nebraska in row are fine from
the box office standpoint. How
we'll the human element will stand
up under the strain remains to be
seen. On Saturday the Penn State
eleven and Syracuse hook up at
the Polo Grounds in the first of the
big games to be played here. SYRIA
cuse will be strong, much stronger
than her hoodoo defeat by Pitt
would indicate.
Penn State has lost some valuable
men who did much to make the
1921 outfit great but Hugo
Bezedek's ability as a developer
may have counteracted these losses.
At all events the Penn State team
will be an example of an enlight-
ened system advancing the ball as
exists in. the east. Bezedek pays
less attention to defense than most
coaches. Possibly Syracuse will
point out for him the error Of his
ways.
What ever happens in the Penn
State game the salt city Athletes
will find no occasion for letting
down the following week. For on
Nov. the University of Nebraska
eleven appears at the Archbold
stadium. In the writer's recent
trip through the middlewest the
name of Nebraska was most fire.
quently mentioned as a really for
midable machine. In gigantic stat
ure no gridiron outfit ever ap-
preached it. And size, it is claim
ed, is net it's only asset. They have
such men, for instance, as Noble, a
back, weight 201, who finished third
out of a large field in the 75-yard
dash at the University of Illinois
track meet last summer. And
there are ether men equally terri
flying in their various specialties.
Princeton men will be interested
in knowing that Fred Dawson, the
old Tiger backstop and back on the
1908 eleven, is spending his second
year as coach of the Nebraska team
and that his success not only as a
! football instructor but as an infiu-
ence has been marked. Recently
he received the great honor of be-
| ing appointed dean of men at the
university, position which brings
him in contact with the entire stu
dent body in constructive way
Dawson, apparently, has found his
niche in life.
Alonzo stagg says that reports tt
| the contrary Notwithstanding he
has not been scouting Princeton ii
the interest of next Saturday:
game. Norsren, his chief assist
ant. he says, did not come east. as
reported, to see Princeton play Gel
gate, and John Thomas, who sat il
| at Princeton Maryland game, was
more the recipient of a leave Of ab'
sence to hurry the healing OF an in
| fected leg, than a scout. AS to this
| We may nave tWO tuedS- IioWCVSi
Stages views on scouting are o.
interest.
"If you scout" he says, you re
ceive certain reports which Gauss
you to make special preparation!
in a certain quarter Do you no
| think that in so emphasizing GER
tain phases of play you are leaving
weaknesses elsewhere? For eX
ample l am informed that as a re
suit of reports Of her scouts fal'
was able to stop Gordon Locke o
Iowa. Granted. But Yat didn'
! stop Parkins. Might she Lave no
done so if she had not sacrificed
strong general defense in the in
terest of specialized defense? Per
sonally l think too much stress il
laid on scouting.
Bob Folwcll, the Navy coach, say
that Red Barron of Georgia Tecl
is one of the best backs he has seei
in 10 years and the chances are tia
if Red" would like to sail the oceaI
blue he can get dozen appoint
ments to the Naval academy.