Evening star., 1926-10-21

on the neI0 10 make up nNe eieVcf
: knocked the Athenians with neatne
Furman defeated Wake Forest. Goa,
and it will be recalled that Wake
Carolina.
Every season one or more small
expense of proud elevens. In such
little fellow has a padded" eleven.
writer has the best of evidence tina
the players are developed at Greenvi
Bill Laval IL the coach. Billy will
be remembered as professional base
ball player. big Lacquer. He was
graduated from Furman. but never
played foot hall there. He Is athletic
director and coaches all sports.
Has Some Real Stars.
All the foot ball he knows he got
out of books. and he began to read
those books in 1919. He has devel.
oped four tackles that any college
would want and three ends Of exceed
ing merit. One hack, Red Schneider.
is running fool-he went through
Georgia for 97-yard open field run
and Blount is almost as good. None
of them knew much II anything about
foot ball until Laval took them In
hand
Then there is Pipkins. Pipkins
rolled into Furman last year in a
Ford car from Oklahoma and said he
wanted to get college education.
His journey cost him 81 per 100 miles
and he sold the car for $40 upon ar
rival. When he is graduated he will
probably buy another car with that
$40 and motor back 10 the West. II
you cut Pipkins' name in two and
employ the first syllable. YOU will
have designated his ability az a ball
carrier.
F'urman plays base ball on tho grid
iron: to be more plain. they play a
heads-up game. and it is smart piece
Of deception that gets by the Green
Vile defense. This extended mention
is gevine to little Dixie eleven be-
cause there is a lot of drama in the
way Billy Laval has done his work
and the way the 500 students have
backed him up.
Speaking Of hirelings, there are
four or FIVE college elevens in this
country today which are almost frank
ly loaded up with players who did not
come TO those institutions either for
their health or because Of outstand-
ing educational advantages:
Every one-or almost every one
knows what teams they are. 1t must
make the promoters Of pro foot bal
smile when they read about the ex-
p1oits of these outfits. The one Ger
tain cure. Of course, is for self-re-
spectinE colleges to have nothing to
do with them. The trouble is they
do. SO long as this attitude con.
tinues there will be coaches and
alumni groups who 60 out and get
players. They may pay them through
fact remains that they are as in
trinsically professional as the mem
bers of the Philadelphia Yellowjack-
cts or any other frankly mercenary
team.
Friedman Of Michigan. a real star.
and karow Of Ohio State. another
star. will meet on the Rridiron short
~. but already they have met at the
banquet table.
The occasion was a Winter gather
ing Of foot hall enthusiasts in the
city in which both these stellar back
held men live. Friedman, according
to the story. was called upon first
and had a lot Of fun telling what
the Wolverines did to the Buckeyes
last year and forecasting events
equally dire for 1925.
Thereupon karow was asked to
speak. This stalwart young man rose
with a sinister smile.
Benny" he said. has already won
the 1925 game between his eleven
and Ohio State; he has 1t on ice.
So there Is nothing l can say.
thank YOU
The meeting between Friedman n
and Karow on November 13 is await
ed with some expectancy by those
home town friends Of the two young
stalwarts.
Sometimes foot ball games are
PLAYED in silence. so far as talking
among opposing players is concerned.
II Is considered good form to conf1ne
remarks to teammates and let the
opponents alone. Sometimes. though.
there are historic interchan anges. as be-
tween Kline Of Yale and Mcmillan
Of Princeton last year.
Can't Thayer OF Pennsylvania says
that throughout the game with Chi
caeo last Saturday he had the most
agreeable conversations with one OF
the Maroon tackles. In every lull the
two players would discuss the game
as II had been played and the thl-
cseoan went into some details con
cerninS the style OF play of Illinois.
whom the Quakers meet on octo-
her 80. :.
In no college foot ball game this
season is the competitive spirit hkelE
to he So keen as between Illinois ana
Michigan when they meet at Ann
Arhor next Saturday. AS the wears
have gone on keen rivalries have de-
veloped among various teams or the
his ten. hut as rule bitterness has
not been indicated.
The rivalry between the lllini ana
the Wolverine is really bitter Mich
isan has never forgotten that Satur-
dav in 1924 when Red Grange ran
wild and scored ma jority Of The 81
points which Illinois rolled up.
Nor have other things not con-
cernad with playing the game been
ignored.
Last wear Yost's men went to Cr-
hama all set to pay Illinois back for
the trouncinG administered the pre-
yious season The I'rhanans had
heen beaten by Nebraska and Iowa.
whereas Michigan had been rolling up
the score against all opponents. What
the Wolverines intended to do To the
zuppke crew was fearful t" conten-
nlate. AS il turned ont. the hest
Michigan could do was I" down her
RIu. and Gold rival b" the dtnky
score Of : 10 o. The victory afforded
some satisfaction. but what Michigan
had wanted WAS to make Illinois suf-
fer
I, looks as though the Maize and
Gold had far better chance to
humiliate the Urbans team last year
than this: for Illinois. despite injured
plavers and inelieib.es. is stronger
Team than in 1924. Michigan may
win this contest-the writer thinks
that she will-but the Ann Arborites
will know they have been playing /
foot ball.
Yale's proposition this year IL not
altogether envia bile. She has cleaned /,