Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-11-06
Started Career in 1906 With
Nestern Reserve; ~ on
Southern Title Tsco Years
Ago; Play in All Sections
the Same, He. Says
SOUTHERNERS PRAISE
b. JOsEPH r. I.ABRUM

on Saturday, has been In the grldir0f
limelisht for many years. The triumph
ever the Red and Blue was not tn,
first big victory ever scored BY team
coached BY the sports editor Of tn
Cleveland Lender. 49,.
I'm regular oldtimer when !
comes to football" said Scott Sat.
urlay night before leaving for th,
South with his happy band Of war
yiors. II started coaching way bacl
IN 1905. and, Of the men who were Il
the game at that time not many ar,
still holding the reins. ALI my. year,
Of experience have taught me that M
then, at the psychological time. as We
feat as a so.called easy team" -
For six years the mite tutor looked
after the destinies Of football at West
ern Reserve University, his team,
proving capable Of beating the best II
their class. In 1911 he went to Cas<
College, and during the three years he
was there turned In conference cham
plonships twice. In 1914. 1915 and
1019 the duties Of the sporting desk
kept Scott out q the game.
IN 1917 Penn stote needed a coach
! and tkev turned to Scott. Nis
squad that Jear at the Center County
college sc0s nothing to boast Of and
the season Uaa not mach Of a sue
cess Scott did onc thing that State
students aud gradu0fes com thank hin,
for. aud that cos the Development Of
created no end Of disorder among col.
lego teams he p!oysd .ooi"'t.
THE war abrosated Scott's contract
L at state. 10 he took charge Of the
Cleveland Navy team in 1913. That
team handed Glenn Warmers Pittsburgh
eleven, that had Tom Davies and q
galaxy Of stars. its first defeat in many
years. Rex Wray. captain of the Red
and Blue last year, was on the squad,
but, according to Scott, ''lacked the
weight to make team composed OF
such super stars"
At Alabama in 1919
The University Of Alabama was in
the field for coach in 1910 and made
Scott such q good offer that he &C.
cepted. His first year saw the Tusca .
lccsa team win the Southern champion. .
ship: The next year the Crimson Tide
9nished runner up. to Georgia. Accord. j.
1ng, to Scott, the Georgia Alabama
game was m epic. The Georgians made
but one first down against his team, vet
won, Il to IA. Fumbles and blocked
Kicks were 40 numerous that Alabama
really tossed the game away.
Last year was building up year. OF
bis championship and runner:up team
he had but two members as nucleus.
Clemens. left end, and Hovater, left
tackle. This year the team started out
with anything but championship aspira .
tions. Georgia Tech aud Texas defeating
It. The triumph over Penn. which de.
feated the Navy. which in turn defeated
State. has made the season an out :
standing success despite the two re-.
''You know there isn't much liffer.
snce In the style Of play North, East,
South or West. The coaches of the
south. that is. a number of them, are
Northerners and Fasteners. In tho
West the East has number Of former
stars doing coaching. while the same
country.
NEOOTBALL Is football from the
- Lakcs to ...Merico and from
Coast to Coast" said Scott. "The
South plays a rideopen oamc than
does the North, but outside of that
there 70 little difference. 4 tight
cfense 20 olwavs used \in this SEQ
ito" and zee spread o.r'."
UTHE Interpretation Of the rules is a
! little different In the South than
up here. They are very strict IN clip.
ping and its attendant ills and are
4
sarded in a different light in the South
than in the North. Georgia Tech uses
Its shift without a protest from INV
one one below the Mason Dixon line. yet in
complete STOP"
He was asked about Penn. 1--WE
caught Penn mapping. Naturally, a
team cannot be ut its highest pitch all
INC time. and VIZ managed to get them
after let down, the result Of a vic.
tory over big team. and, like ours.
an unexpected one. Then. Penn never
played against our style of football and
that hurt them"
Caught Penn Signals , .
One thing that made 1t ensy for
U.s." chirped Wesley. the big LETT guard.
who kicked the placement goal that
really resulted in Penn's defeat. was
tne t easy way IN. which we read Penn =
signals. You know, we knew what
gamer was going to do all the time,
1amer made 1t very apparent that he
vas going to punt by running back,
ma MS forward pass was also obvious
20 us. Penn has a good team. hut could
sot peat US the way we We're playing
Coach lieisInan paid a glowing trib.
u'e 10 the Southerners, branding them
hard- lighting organization, that beat
us 0y outYiaying u.s." Human flesh
cannot stand being under n continual
Nrain. such as our boys have been
ender, he said. ''We had 10 meet a
nard team In Swarthmore, which is
oornc out by their play against Prince
ION on Saturday. Then We we're nt
our highest pitch for that Navy game"
~ Is only natural for n team to
let down some. ] have no complaint
against the hnys. and ! think they know
Swny they were defeated. We have three
Nlg games still to play. uni will get
''gnt down to business this afternoon.
iou Know YOU can't keep u team
x;eyed up every Saturday. Human hr-
;nss cannot stand It. The team did
~ .s,St' pest and that is oil that can ask
"THERE 10 no doubt that tho loss
OF Thurman hurt w. a lot. He
ono OF the beat men pe haze aud ]
.Athf his loss caused tho team s0mc
Iroable. The penalties We received
AZ critical times played q conspicuous
pnrf IN our defeat, particularly the
cne tchen Thurmdn icGs sCnt from