Evening star., 1923-09-25

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volved-would hesitate to name the
The scores have gone into the
satisfaction in perusing them. But
ent that counts. AS an old ballad @
what you used to be, it's what you
They know the truth of this at
looms menacingiy and Stanford 6
know it at Iowa, where the confer
And at Princeton they know it.
One catches on the field of Old
Nassau the air of tenseness on the
part of coaches and players. Down
there. if the Orange and Black is to
float triumphantIy at the end of the
approaching season. as in 1922, they
must develop a center who has a
great deal of the capabilities of AL
ford, guard to fill Diekerson's
shoes and tackles whose play will
not cause Tiger partisans mournfully
to think of Treat and Pinky Baker. A
tall order. In these days of modern
play an eleven on defense and in
some measure on offense Is as good as
its tackles.
Princeton, to recapitulate, must de-
Velop a center, guard and two
tackles. At Iowa the problem is
somewhat similar.
Line lis What Counts.
tile backfield men. But inexperienee
Is the blight that rests upon the for
wards.
4 Which would you rather have,
sthe writer recently inquired of DR..
SWilce, the Ohio State coach, "an in
Experienced and problematical line
stnd strong backfield at the begin
ming of the season, or vice verSa?"
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give known many a scoring back
ffeld to be made by a strong set of
forwards, but l never saw the re-
Verse happen"
Z Which will be the testimony of al
sInpst any big team coach. Iowa,
fnothing daunted. is saying nothing
land saving wood. Time will decide
sthe issue. The only trouble is that
iowa, such being the eXigencies of
fIdg ten schedule making, will be hur-
h1ed important adversaries before
work of development can be carried
FORWARD to completion. Princeton
syeill have until the middle of Novem-
her. when she faces her time-honored
Tfvals Harvard and Yale.
Z In the meantime the Tigers will
have faced the Navy and Notre Dame.
In these contests they count upon the
experience TO be derived and will well
come it-eVen at the price of a. beat
ing in both. 1t is recognized at
Bllave advanced in October to a state
wherein it will be qualified to hold
both the Midshipmen and the South
Bend speed merchants In check. But
the experience to be gained, whether
in defeat or victory, is held by the
coaches to be invaluable and they are
not joining with the alumni in depre-
eating the rigors of their schedule.
If the stuff is there 1T will come out
by November If 1t isn't-well, there
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look forward And in the last analy-
sis, it is always the next season
that counts.
Concerning the coach of foot ball at
d college in the southern Atlantic
coast section, preparatory school
star who has entered West Point
writes as follows:
s''He offered me all expenses to come
10 and I'd have liked to take
him up. except I've always wanted an
sArmy career"
It would be interesting to follow the
Sgridiron fortunes of this institution
in the next year or two. For the
chances are if this coach adds to his
natural ability as an instructor In
foot ball the fruits of persuasive
tongue, backed by a we'll filled war
chest, that new giant killing outfit
win be added to an ever-growing list
{ michigan nen" writes Victor p.
John. Wolverine alumnus of Cleve-
land feel that their demands for in
tersectiopal contests brought some
fruits this year in the arranging of a
game against the United State Marine
team We feel, however, that this
move is sort of mild concession on
the part of our athletic directors. II
lie not a college game.
Rt"Cornel. / understand. would will
ingly renew relations with US on the
Eridiron and 1 understand Princeton
Is not averse even now. Why can
not Michigan have these games:
Does the east refuse return engage
ipents? Or is there financial diff
chlty?"
There is no financial difficulty and
both Yale aud Princeton enjoyed their
intersecticnal relations with Iowa
and Chicago, respectively. in the past
two years. But Harvard and Yale
will not agree to return engagements
while willing enough to play host to
middle western teams whose prowess
is sufficiently well known to draw
large crowds. But the foot ball
authorities of the middle west do not
see why they should do all the
whiting. Hence the deadlock.
Princeton and Chicago agreed al
the expiration of their two-yeai
home-and-home agreement that the
long journey, the expense and the
Eecessity of development to higl
degree Of efficiency IN midsaason were
not worth the candle.
{ AS for Cornell 1t does not appeaI
to be the policy of the coach, Gil
Dobie, to arrange schedule upor
n.hich several topnotch teams appear
. and Michigan would be as formidable
an opponent as could be found any.
wi1ere
There is talk that California will
come east in 1924 to play Princeton
Another report has it that PennsyI,
yania, instead OF the Tigers. will play
host to the Blue and Gold. If the
Bears could stand the transconti
mental journey. and play foot ball vi
20 the hilt it would serve to deny
theory that has gained strength II
recent years that journeys of the sor
are not compatible with an outft'
best form.
Copyright, 1921