The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-10-16


that the quality of game that Notre
Dame put up at Ebbets Field on
saturday surpassed anything dis
played by any combination since
football was revised by the intro
duction Of the forward pass some
seventeen years ago. Their attack
was cloaked in such manner that
the experts in the stands could not
scout the various plays.
Bill Roper had numk~er Of
Tiger scouts in the stands. These
individuals are not going to be able
60 tell their Jungletown leader much
about the style of play that his
Orange and Black pupils are going
% face at Princeton next Saturday.
Every play was devised SO that
the ball was concealed from view
most Of the afternoon. Any time
. Metre Dame player showed
rival the pigslxin it was done with
the desired effect of misleading
him. Harvard's famous hidden
ball plays, the sort that made the
Crimson elevens coached by Percy
Haughton the leaders Of the day,
fade into oblivion before the mas
terful way that Knute RocIne's
players concealed the ball Satur-
cay.
Time and again would some
Army player tackle a man without
the bah. It was the way that the
various plays were executed that
gave them their strength. At no
time was the Array able to dag
nose the sort Of play that was 60
ing to be sent against them.
Football coaches are in search
Of some way TO add deception to
their attack. Many methods have
been employed in the past. To the
man on the sidelines 1t looks as
IL Knute Rockne has solved the
problem with ala answer that is go.
ing to revolutlonlze offensive foot
Gail.
ANY mentor capable of initiating |
his style of astuck is going to have
a winning football team. No mat
ter how big, strong, and capable a |
defensive team may be, an attack |
with the amount of deception
Rockne uncovered on Saturday is
going to make II lock foolish.
II was not lack of strength on the
mart of the West Pointers that
caused them to finish on the small
end of the score. 1t was the super
game exhibited by as finely
coached team as ever trod a grid
iron that won for Notre Dame. Moth |
ing more can possibly be said IN
praise of the superb coaching of a
football mentor. To US Rockue |
showed himself the leader 50 far |
as coaches in the Eastern States |
are concerned.
The forward pass combinations
Of StuhIdreher to Layden and
from Layden to Struhldreher was |
enough to beat the Army lads by !
themselves. Each Of these play |
ers Is q past master In the art OF |
hurting . forward pass while on
the dead run. This is in deep |
4 contrast to the methods most of |
our big Eastern schools of learn
ing employ. The latter telegraph
o forward pass by allowing the
passer to set himself before huri-
Ing the pigsldn ahead.
Because of the ability of the
Notre Dame back to forward pass
while on the dead run gave the
right amount of deception to their
passes. A play would start as an
off-tacxle buck only to develop
into q forward pass. Another play
would get under way with all of
the auspices of a sweeping end
run only to finish UP with q for.
ward pass.
In both of these cases the
secondary defense would be tainted
eat Of their correct position only
10 have some. Notre Dame end or
back sneak In between him and
his goal line.
The forward pass that Layden
got for his touchdown developed
cut of an off-tackle slant. Layden
raced to the very corner of the
Held for the pass: There was not