The Washington herald., 1922-10-16
Style of Western
Gridiron Play
NoD Recognized
I0lDa Linemen Main Fac.
tor in Victory OUer
Yale.

CHICAGO. Oct. 15.--That the Mid
die West Is not only demonstrating
superiority in open play but in line
work as well was proven conclu-
slvely yesterday when Iowa de-
feated Yale at New Haven, to 0,
In the most-talked-of game of the
large number of struggles decided.
Last year Chicago won from
Princeton. to 0. not so much by
open work as by the offensive and
defensive playing of the forwards.
In that game the Maroons had little
trouble to gain through any point
OF the Tiger defense. Their marches
were q revelation to Fasteners. who
were mystified at the comparatively
easy manner In which Chicago tore
the Princeton line wide open.
Prove Value of Line.
The same situation was true yes
terday when Iowa drove through the
Blue line for consistent gains. This
situation has been brought about by
the methods of charging. Against
Princeton the Maroon forwards used
sharp. knifing charge, while on
defense they used their hands ef-
fectively. Stagg and Howard Jones
have been sticklers for excellent
line work ever since they have been
coaching. Neither employs the lift
ing charge and on defense are con-
tent to have their men get the jump
by a sharp charge and have the
back hit the hole the moment the
opposing line are charged back or
to either side.
These two games emphasize the
value of line to any football team.
While the backs do some of the no.
BILE work, football fans should be
liberal enough to bestow some
credit on the forwards who make
the gains of the backs possible
Ever since the opening of the sea-
son. Howard Jones has worked in
dustriously on his line the same as
Stage is doing at the present time
In preparation FOR the Princeton
game on october 2S.
Test for Harvard.
whether these lickings have be-
come philosophical habit with the
Eastern Big Three" will be tested
next Saturday when the Praying
Colonels," from Center. again meet
the Crimson at Cambridge. The
following week Princeton will seek
revenge against Chicago for the
1921 trouncing.
Harvard will be running in nor
NAL mid-season form against tn.
Kentuckians Saturday and Is ex-
pected to offer no alibis in case OF
defeat. With three Of her best men
on the side lines because OF minor
injuries she was able to win over
the scrappy Bowdoin aggregation
during the past week by a score OF
Is to o.
May Miss Iinemen.
Centre. Oh the other hand. looks
to the game with some apprehen-
sion. She will be minus her famous
back. "Bo" Mcmillan, who almost
single handed broke through the
. Harvard defense last year. And
unless the Southern intercollegiate
Athletic Association lifts the ban
on Shadoan and Gordy, who are
| barred because they played football
for a charity beneht the team will
also miss two of its star linemen.
| However. Centre already has four
/ rafting good victories to its credit
this season. the last being over
| Virginia Polytechnic. 10 to 6. End
| players are in prime condition.
/ Other big games scheduled for
Saturday are Georgia Tech VS..
Navy and Iowa VS.. Illinois The
Navy. which has been Looping along
at an easy stride. stopping Buck
/ nell. IA to Saturday, expects its
! first stiff opposition from the South
/ ern school. Georgia Tech will
I come fresh from a 33to-7 triumph
/ over Alabama. which is not to be
scoffed at in any part Of the coun-
/ try.
Iowa VS.. Illinois.
Iowa. big Ten conference cham
ion last year. will be forced TO ex
tend itself to beat Illinois. The game
! between the two Middle Western uni
versities annually takes on a grudge
aspect and this year Coach Zuppke
| OF Illinois doubly fortified himself
by acting as personal scout at the
IowaYale game. Perhaps Zuppke's
presence was the reason the 1owans,
after making their touchdown against
the Ellis In the second quarter. con-
tented themselves with a defensive
game rather than revealing a versa
tile attack. While "Zup'' was away
from the home stamping grounds.
his team was Unexpectedly humiliated
by Butler, 10 to Z. a development
which would seem to give the Iowans
the edge in the coming contest.
Columbia and Cornell at present
have all the potentialities Of cham
pions, the former by its win over Wes
leyan, 10 to s. and the latter by its
squashing New Hampshire State,
IS to 7.
Yale should have an easy time with
Williams Saturday. the latter hav-
ing already lost t, Tufts. to 0.
Ohio Plays Michigan.
Ohio State. with a lot of leftover
stars from last year. will clash with
Michigan in Big Ten" game. Ohio
beat Oberlin. IA to Saturday.
while Michigan was being held to
scOreless tie by Vanderbilt