The Washington times., 1922-11-09
,BR|CKLEY CAN 7
sEEPRES|DEMTS
is BEST ELEVEN
Says Michigan, Harvard, Wis
consin, and Others Night
Whip w. and J.
? BY CHARLES BRICKLEY,

BY CHARLES BklChLEi'
SFormer An-American star at Harvard
and the Most Famous Football
Player Of the Last Decade0
scopyriEbt ls22. by Cosmopolitan News
Service.)
- NEW YORK. Nov. 9.-Eastern
football critics have been making
rather. extrayagant claims OF a
championship for Washington and
jefferson following its victory
over r Lafayette last Saturday.
Before I would be satisfied to con-
cur would like to see what W. and
j. could. do against Michigan, Har-
ward, Wisconsin and other leading
teams, some Of which, believe,
would stand an excellent chance
Of beating Neale's eleven.
After. watching the w. and J.'La-
fayette game, | am inclined to agree
with Jock Sutherland. the Lafayette
coach, in his statement that he did
riot believe the Presidents qualifie0
6s championship team. To my
mind, they lack the all.round finish
an. eleven, recognized as the bes,
in the country. should have.
Employing the kicking game, as
does Michigan, with its great back.
kfpke, or Harvard, with several men,
! think any first t-class team might
10 far upset the W. and j. defense
3 as to pull out a victory.
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~ Both Lafayette and w. and j.
= Ind splendid machines but both
had weaknesses that smart Op.
pOnent, such as. Harvard, would
quickly locate. 1 mention Harvard
specifically because, in Charley
Buell., IL has n general who can
aize up an opponent rs quickly as
any man l ever knew.
The kicking of both teams was by
no means good, and in the handling
OF punts w. and j. was especially
weak, fumbling some of them badly.
Lafayette should have played TO this
weakness more often but did not.
AS a matter of fact. it endangered
the success Of its own punting game
by having Brennan stand only eight
yards behind the line of scrimmage
on kick formations. He could never
get away with that against fast,
aggressive line. "-'''''Vi as -"
- In fact, w. and j. really won the
game by blocking one kick and
hnrying another. -
Assuming that w. and J. showed
III 1t had on attack, l would say that
the Lafayette defense cannot be cen.
sured too much for failing to stop
the Presidents running game. IL
certainly should have diagnosed the
end runs from kick formation. How
ever. the Lafayette ends and tackles
were boxed time after time and the
ends especially were put out of every
play.
- Some credit for this must be
given the w. and j. interfer-
ence. but l cannot conceive Of
the same thing happening
: throughput an entire game 20
such ends rs Kirk and GOebel OF
4 Michigan, or the kind Of wings
= they have at Harvard, Prince
i ton, NOtro Dame, Yale, Iowa and
elsewhere.
In other words, Erickson. who is
about as fast a back as I have ever
seen. would not be left free to run
wild by the teams I mention. With
the ends and tackles cleared out
however, Erickson easily outran
the rest Of the defense.
The whole thing in a nutshell is
, that II Lafayette had won the
critics would have been picking
flaws in the w. and j. machine,
=, instead Of hailing 1t as the great
est ever. Greasy" Neale, who has
worked wonders as a coach, has a
fine team, but 1t isn't the best Of
!, the year.
To my mind. Lafayette showed
: greater power. and possibilities but
what the Maroon Lpp"r otiv d,esnt
realize is that l. Is giving itself
little chance If 1t does not give