The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1923-11-22
idaho AIR ATTACK
FINISHED PRODUCT
FOOTBALL AUTHORITY SAYS
VANDALS ALWAYS MENACING-
PRAISE FITZKE AND STIVERS

''As far as this neck of the woods
is concerned, no team has ever dis
played a more beautiful and finished
product by way of a forward passing
game than did Idaho,' writes Frank
lin B. Bruce, former All-American
halfback for Princeton 1898, in the
San Francisco Chronicle of Sunday,
November IS. Copies of the paper
containing the story of the Stanford
Idaho game at Palo Alto were re-
ceived here Thursday by ]. F. Stew
art
Time after time the ball connect
ed with the man for long gains"
Morse continues, ION several occa-
sions for thirty yards or more. Even
when the pass was incompleted, there
was always a man within foot or so
of it. 1t was revelation to the
crowd and one of the features of the
game"
Praise for Bob Fitzke
"Fitzke might well be called the
iron man. Never were the efforts OF
football player more deserving OF
victory. Fitzke was here, there and
everywhere He was in the game
from start to finish and every minute
of the time he was playing magn1fi-
Gently. A triple threat man of the
purest ray serene, he is the type Of
player who would make the heart OF
any coach beat faster"
In describing the Idaho team,
Morse says, "the Vandals are
strong combination, fast, resourceful
and with first class interference for
their runners so that Stanford's
showing was all the more meritori-
Gus. Always, throughout Saturdays
game, Idaho was a menace, and 1T is
safe to say that there wasn't single
Stanford follower who felt at ease
while the score was 10 to Z, even
though in the Cardinals favor Not
till Campbell made the final touch
down did their pulse become normal.
Great Aerial Attack
"There isn't a team in the country
but what could learn some points IN
the art of forward passing from Ida
ho Always there was man ready
to connect with the ball and there
was none of the hit or miss appear
ance that is so common. Even when
the pass failed of completion there
was no doubt as to the man who was
designated to receive, for he never
missed it by more than foot or two
whether it was 10-yard pass or
30-yard one
Morse's enthusiasm over the pass
ing game of the Vandals, OF course,
reflects great credit on "Skippy'
the sending end of the Idaho
aerial attack, on the other halfbacks,
he ends, and on Coach Mathews. In
speaking again of individual men
Morse says:
Stiyers Is Star Man
''Next to Fitzke, the ion man, Stlv-
ers was the busiest man on the Ida
10 team. We doff our hat to Fizke
With pleasure. Few men could be
more useful to a team from every
point of view, passing, running, KICK
ng and general offensive and defen-
,ive work He simply can't be hurt
and that's a considerable asset in
his somewhat tumultuous game.
"When Idaho turned around after
Stanford made it's first touchdown
md threatened to do likewise, Coach
<eer didn't waste any time throwing
II fresh reserves on the home 10
Yard line. Six more men and Kerr
would have had a brand new team IN
he field. Bucklin, Stevens and DAVIS
IN were the only three reserves that
Idaho called on during the enure
game. Kerr made sixteen changes IN
lis alignment"