The Washington times., 1922-12-08

any Of the big seats Of learning. s,
Offense IL being taught in such a
way that in a couple Of more years
coaches will be at a loss to find
something new to spring on o rival
IN q big gridiron game. In other
words, there are few secrets of'the
game that are not known by even
the players on the small team.
For q time the Middle West led
The East in offensive tactics, The
fact that those in charge at Western
schools were quicker to take to the
open style game had much to do with
giving their pupils the bulge SO far
~ attack was concerned.
Under the present code it 10 ab-
. soluteiy impossible for q team to
make q creditable showing against
Q worthy opponent without resort.
ng to the open game.
I'VE saw this season the foolish
iaes OF the old.time tactics Of a team
| rushing the ball when in it's own
xerritory. Next year the fans will
witness even more interesting foot.
ball than the past season. '@i,
A kicking game is the most unin.
Tteresting to witness. 1t puts one in
mind OF Iio-hit, no-score baseball
game. The best action is obtained
through offensive tactics. The fact
that the East has taken to the open
ganie means that in the future foot.
bah II going to be more interesting
than Il ever proved to be before.
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things about the past season was
that the teams which kept their
states clean Of defeats were aggrega-
tfons that excelled at the open game.
Princeton. Cornell. West Virginia
and west Point were eievens that
could play open a. well as old-style
footbali.
The Tigers gave q grand exhibi.
ton Of what open football can do to
win out at Chicago. With the score
hopelessly against them, they simply
swept the Windy City crew off its
feet by spectacular forward passing.
II was the open game that gave the
Orange and Black team the chance
to win. 81,
fnss Agsinst Harvard and Yale the
ssopen game helped to put the Tiger
= NJ the head Of the Big Three 7
procession. "
t.sCorneil employed the open game
whenever they found themselves
hard pressed for . first down or q
score. True It II. GIL Dobie's lads
seldom had to rely on a risky for
ward pass to gain with. However.
when 1t was needed some Ithaca
star was able. to huri the pigskin
70. the outstretched hand of a mate.
The touchdown that Cornell tai
He'd on Pennsylvania on Thanks
suit Of forward pass. Against
Dartmouth and Colgate Dobie's
pupils showed fine new style play
ing. In their other games they
were not asked to use anything but
the old-styie. football to win.
West Virginia and West Point
were other teams that did not de-
pend upon the plungfng style OF
game to win for them. 1t might be
recorded here that the Army-Navy
game at Franklin Field this year
was one of the most interesting
contests of recent years.
, Forward passes were uncovered
Ike off.tackle formations were for
nuerly resorted to. As the result.
the Army won q place in the, fore
most ranks. West Virginia did
likewise. The old saying that q
gteam that does all that It IL asked
10 dosis q first-class team still holds
good.
Princeton, Cornell, West vir-
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= through their seasons without i
zdefeafs. For that reason we are
Of the opinion that they should
aGbe rated together 1t the head Of
tho gridiron heap. II
~ Pittsburgh lost a couple Of games
early IN the season. Raw material
had much to do with bringing about
these defeats. Pop Warner gave the
sport real championship eleven
by the time the washington and
Jefferson and Penn State ganes
came around.
the Panthers' victory over syra.l
ctiee moves me to place Pittsburgh
second to the leaders. Syracuse
comes just a fraction behind the
Smoky City tribe. Harvard, Yale,
washington and Jefferson, LAfay-
cite ahd Pennsylvania, should como
NEXT These teams played hard
football. Injuries cost them dearly
In reputation.
Brown. Colgate, Penn state. Dart
mouth, Boston College, Carnegie
Tech. Georgetown. Holy Cross and
Bucknell should be rated in the
order named. ~
These teams represent the best
on the gridirop during the past
year. ~ N7I i