Evening star., 1924-09-28

usual feats. they become the stars
of their machine and their names are
frequently seen i'll the newspaper
headlines. Often an Invaluable pos
session-pcrsonality-adds TO their
popularity with followers OF the
game.
or each eleven, also, are lads
whose value is just as great as their
more spectacular associates But
somehow they don't break INTO the
'imelight: they do what they have to
DO so unostentatiousiy that 1t passes
unnoticed
Nevertheless. if they are injured
and a substitute takes their place IN
the lineup. the team quickly appre-
Ciates their loss
star Is Not Mentioned.
one OF the most important games
in which the University OF Chicago
ever took part was the one with
Princeton at, Palmer Stadium october
81, 1921. II was the foremost inter
sectional meeting of the year-In
fact not in many years had team
representing an institution OF the
standing OF Chicago journeyed East
to battle AS prominent a contestant
was a bitter one from start to tlnish,
producing its full quota of stellar
performances and outstanding rGures.
The newspapers Of the next day de-
voted much space TO the latter, but.
CuriouSly enough. the man who, from
the Chicago viewpoint. had performed
the most valuable service was not
even mentioned.
This does not mean that the
chr nf he
in their references to the star play
eI'-it does mean that this particular
Maroon did his allotted task with
such skillful quiet and expedition
that he attracted no attention.
But this performance was typIca!
Of Right End Crisler; although hrs
work counted heavily IN every game
which he played, he managed. some
how, 10 keep modestly in, the back
ground. | consider him TO hayg been
fine American timber. but the
critics did not so rate him. or
course. it was Impossible for any one
but myse f, who WAS near 10 hlm, 10
know his real worth.
Wan Who stopped keck.
If anything were needed to demon
strate Crislers Importance as Ma
room cog. his playing in the game
against Princeton supplied II, Al
though no one outside the two teams
knew IT, he was the man who eject
ually stopped keCk, the All American
Princeton tackle. In dong TINS h"
attained one of the vital obJectIves
of our strategy, for keck was the
outstanding member OF the Ilger
eleven. man OF whom II was SAID
that he could handle any two men
lined up opposite him.
Crisler did this notwithstanding
the fact that he was inches shorter
and pounds lighter than the big Tiger
star, who was s feet and l inch tall
and weighed zoo pounds. That he
was successful does not disparage
the ability of keck. 1t simply means
that Crisler analyzed all Princeton
plays with unerring accuracy and so
was able to apply his own speed and
strength to the very best purpose.
To climax his feats that afternoon
he helped lay the groundwork for
the play which formed Chicago's $
main attack on the Princeton goal
Expected Passing Game.
II should be stated that when the
Maroon journeyed East to Princeton,
il came with a reputation as skill
full forward passing team. 1t was eX-
pected that its attack would be main
ly an aerial one. Perhaps Princeton's
strengthened by the fact that it had
an exceedingly strong line. including
the powerful Keck, the efficient CEN
ter, Mittmer. and Hooper, right tao
kle, which il did not think we would
try TO penetrate. This seems to have
been the case, for, on defense the
Orange and Black spread out its line,
left only six men in it and placed
! Wittmer back as a rowing center.
Anticipating this condition of af-
fairs, we were prepared to reverse
our tactics and did so. We used but
three forward passes during the aft
! crnoon. Most of the time we were
attacking the Princeton line. That
we were successful is proved by our
! making 16 first down to the Tigers
| three. Our whole team played great
ball.
Nevertheless, the latter were not
without resources. Whenever we got
| far enough into Princeton territory
| to threaten to score, Center Wittmer
would return to the line, which, on
being recruited to It's full strength,
was always able to stop US. al
| though on one occasion we managed
to slip over a goal from field.
If we used few forward passes it
| was because we had a definite plan
| of action in respect to their employ
ment. One of the critics said after
| the game, THE aerial attack of both
| sides was weak; Princeton tried six
| forward passes and failed, Chicago
| tried three, completing one" ApPar-
| emily he overlooked. or forgot, how
much our one completed pass fig
| ured in the result. Frankly, we were
| satisfied to have two of our passes
! fail, as we merely wanted them to
| pave the way for the third.
violated Prnctice in East.
/ The latter had been designed to
! meet the needs of the first real scor-
| ing opportunity that should come to
| US. 1t called for violation of every
! principle of eastern foot ball up to
| that time by leaving only one man
! behind the line to throw the ball
while sending the other three backs
and beth end men down the field to
| receive it.
The one man behind the line was
without protection, but with five men
| spread out in fan forma tion in the
| rear OF the enemy he need not take
| careful aim and could hurry the toss.
The chance to use this play did not
come until the game was in its final
| stages At the time we were leading
| the Tigers 3 TO 0. This margin was
| too narrow for comfort. At any mo-
| ment long pass. run or rumble
might lead to it's complete destruc-
tion. 1t was/up to us to do our best
to establish q lead that would be un-
| beatable.
(Tomorrow Concluding Stages
| Story)
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! and Great Britain by North American News
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