The Washington times., 1924-10-30

mayhem.
why you big palookar'
I The doctor was speaking. His
tone was that Of a man who had
inadvertently had swallowed banana
oil In place of mayonnaise and a
depressing silence fell upon all
"I've been telling you for week
where to stand on that shift. .
The doctor clutched the big pal
ooka by the loose of his jersey, and
urgently but not unfirmly, showed
him where to stand.
Eyes, have a pretty good
team" he continued reflectively.
ut looks like our best since 1921
when we were beaten out Of The
conference championship in the
last minute OF the season. Oh,
awful. Let me at him!"
They let the doctor at him The
latter was seemingly very cstinn.
able young man who had Just
line for ten yards.
Didn't / tell you not to run that
way? You were all bent up like a
lSls
hit it this way"
Doctor Wilce abrutly charged the
hapless individual head up and
brushed him right out Of his (the
doctor'sl path. He busted his hands
and came back.
My new men, developed this sea-
son, have made the Ohio State team
what 1t is" he remarked, conversa-
tionaliy They are DreyeE, a
guard; jenkins. tackle, and Hunt
and karow, backs. My veterans are
foung and Watts, centers; KutIer, a
guard; Nichols, tackle; Wilson, an
ehd, and Wendler. back
Cunningham and GOrriII ends
were 1928 substitutes, SO was
Cameron, my quarterback. who Il
being used only as a field director.
after the old Harvard sysfena
klee, who tied Chicago with HE
field goal, hurt his shoulder last
year and was out for the season
Barrow Is my best running hack
Wis year, aIthOuhg the attack in
general might be better.
But / have a. real line a cha ro;no
line. They say team is no stronger
than its forward line. Therefore,
mine"
Suddenly he moaned audibly.
The attacking team had Just scored
a touchdown.
Come back" weary resignation
was in his voice. Come back to the
O-yard line and try it all over again"
AS the doctor was saying, he es-
teens all of the men, They have
made a good record in conference
football to date, beating Purdue and
getting ties with Chicago and Iowa.
They still have games to play with
Indiana, Michigan and Illinois
If there's any skull cracking to
be done, we'll get IT then"
That was WiIce succinet way of
sizing up the situation ahead. He
is pretty well satisfied with his
line, which averages about 100
pounds but the backfield is ex-
tremely light and none too adept
at that. KarOw, he thinks is his
best back but that young man
tore a careless cartilage in his
knee and won't he ready until the
Michigan game. Captain Young
at center also is out with a broken
rib but Watts, the 145-pOund wild
cat, is just as good as ever.
In Cunningham, he has one Of
the heaviest ends in captivity. He
weighs 1876 pounds and is reason
ably agile for q man of his embon-
point.
Because of their ability to win or
tie without undue scoring, local
wag has termed the Buckeyes the
"hitless wonders thereby driving
Doctor Wilce into a high dudgeon.
He seems to think that this is Civ.
ing his boys the worst Of Il.
Yet, 1t is significant That he is
using the shift for many Of his run
ming plays. This would seem to in
dicate that his attack needs I'M
natural aid. In connection with this,
he added:
1--WE miss the forward passing oe
Stinchcomb and "Hoge" Workman.
We have no man who can throw
them far down the field, thus open.
ing the way for the short pass.
But you can't have everything"
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