The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-11-03
Bx H. G. sALSINGER

A NDY SMITH, at the University
~ of California, has more material
than can be found at any college
or university in the country, or should
have. The university where Andy
Smith coaches football claims the larg-
est student body in the world, an ac-
tive enrolment of 1900. In a re-
cent game Smith used three sets of half
backs and two separate lines. All
looked as if they had learned football
out of the same book. The play was
at all times smooth, no matter what the
combinations or personnel happened to
be. California used only three for
ward passes. She relied upon a straight
driving attack with frequent reverses,
fake reverses, criss crosses and split
bucks. These plays worked as sue
cessfully with one combination as with
another. Andy Smith finds himself
in a position that is the dream of ev-
cry coach.
That football is drawing quite as
we'll on the coast as in the east is
shown by the attendance figures of the
University of Southern California. Ad-
vance orders for seats for remaining
already played, indicate that Southern
California will compete before more
than 100000 people this season and
her share of the receipts will be more
than $550,000.
If there is any doubt about the
strength and limits of defense, let
1t oppose the Notre Dame eleven.
boe f1oicl, N
an attack that is the most versatile
in football. Any team that copes sue
cessfully with the Notre Dame Of
Tense can be credited with having q
defense of strength, speed and supreme
football intellect.
The success of back still ~Uepends
to some extent upon the ability of the
line in front of him. If his linemen
can block the charging forwards of
the opposition and get through in time
to block the opposing backs, then the
path is made for the dashing halfback
or quarterback or fullback. But if the
line is weak then the back is not going
to travel far.
Koppisch ran wild until his Columbia
line opposed a superior line in Penn
sylvania Then he was completely
stopped.
1t is not quite the same in Illinois.
The Illinois line let's the opposing for
wards through when Grange has the
ball, knowing that Grange is so fleet
that the rushing forwards cannot reach
him. Also, that gives the Illini line
chance to get into the opposing Sec
ondary defense and bowl out a path
for Grange.
Garland Grange, a brother of Har-
old Grange, is enrolled at Illinois. He
will be eligible for the Ilini varsity
next season. He is now playing on the
Freshmen eleven. He is as big as
his brother Harold, just as red-headed,
built the same way and reputed to be a
bit stronger and even faster.
After observing the younger Grange
in action a visiting coach observed:
"Next year when Zuppke has those
two Oranges at opposite half-backs
they'll have to change the rules for Hi
nois and play with two balls. One
won't be enough"
The observation of G. A. p, who
does not play golf, about golf is here
presented, not in the hope of starting
an argument, but for what it may be
worth as an impression the game made
upon a non-golfer.
"Why is it that golf is so popular
In asking this 1 have in mind that
the popularity of the game came first
! among business and professional men
And l would answer the question in
this way:
Because it is easily the most self
fish game in the world. 1t caters sole
ly to individualism. Except in compe-
tition land q microscopic proportion o.