The Washington times., 1925-10-27
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Chicago Football Coach Ad-
mits Pennsylvania Played
Better Game
By DAVIS J. WALSH
international News Service

NEW YORK, Oct. 27.-They die
hard in the Stagg family, if at all.
Defeated by Pennsylvania on
Saturday, while Michigan and
Iowa were going to the pace in
the conference free-for-all by win.
ming from Illinois and Ohio State
respectively, Alonzo Stagg, the
extremely young old man of Chi
cago football, declined to concede
that his team would not win the
Big Ten title again.
In his pensive, deliberate way, he
summoned the following arguments
by way of rebuttal:
Chicago won the championship
last year after all seemed lost. It
won in spite of three tie games and
this year. to date, 1t has only one.
That anything can happen to Mich
igan and Iowa. although the lat.
ter's prospects are almost exces-
sively plausible with only Wiscon-
sin and Minnesota to beat.
But we have a fighting chance
and that's all any man can ask,
he added.
He was, perforce, disappointed at
the result Of the Pennsylvania
game; yet he had no excuses. On
the contrary. he was magnanimity
itself.
I'VE played good football; Penn.
sylvania played BETTER" was his
Succinct comment.
He didn't say, however, that
Chicago played good football only
alter the Eastern outfit had
scored what proved to be the
winning touchdown. The Maroon
seems to be notorious as q slow
starter, this being its cardinal
weakness, unless one wishes to
stress the teams lack of versa
tilfty on attack.
It doesn't seem capable of vary
ing it's plays, although Stage has
given it plenty OF good ones. On
Saturday he uncovered several pass
Ing plays that looked good until the
passer let the hall go. In most
cases it was passed beyond the re-
ceiver or the latter failed to get
In the clear.
There appears to be no good rea-
son for this ineptitude on the part
Of the Chicago team. 1t is big, it
Is fast and it does not lack for vet
eran material. Yet it really clicks
only when running plays are under
way, and the day has gone when
q team can hope to strong-arm its
path to touchdowns.
Al the situation stands, Chicago
has only two scoring methods. One
Is to use give Yards" McCarty on
off-taclkle and line plays until the
opposing defense crumbles. The
other is to get Bob Curley into posi- |
ton for a field goal. This young
man doesn't need much maneuver-
ing, any spot inside the 50-yard line
being suitable to his exceedingly
well behaved ankle.
As a matter OF fact, Curley has
kicked Chicago into one conference
title and right on the heels of an
ether during the last two seasons.
Give the young man a little
more weight and it would be
something of a difficult operation
70 keep him out of an alI-Ameri- !
can selection. AS it is, he is.
the welterweight personification
Of what Chicago needs most, an
open field runner.
1t fairly oozes power on the at.
tack, with Mccarthy, KernweIn,
Timme and Curley in operation.
1t has very little deception.
Inc power Is ampl1f1ed as one
comes to he forward line, aver
aging close to 200 pounds and fast
beyond its size. Captain Henderson
seems to be one of the tackles of
the year. Hobscheid is a good
one. Lampe is in line for all
Western end.
Hibben, Neff and Pokrass are
first-class guards. although they
were outplayed by their Pennsyl.
vania opponents. However, after
the opening minute or so Of play,
Baker, at center, no longer was
taken out of plays with any degree
Of readiness, if at all.
Just a very good football team
that cannot seem TO realize its best
potentialities, in spite Of what one
of the greatest football coaches Of
all time can do