Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-01

Chlck Meendn. VINO, NHItS CouCH
ing at Syracuse, took his team 10 the
Coast to play, said:
1T makes a nice trip for the East
ern team. but the odds are always
against the East. | would pick the
Western team to win almost any
time"
How Schultz of Nebraska looks at II:
Il saw the Washington team play
this year. and never saw any aGgrega =
ton of foot ball men quite so good
The team averages perhaps more than
100 pounds every man stands over
Il feet. and | personally think that the
Seattle outfit could beat any in the
country
What Zuppke of Illinois says:
There's nothing to it. My advice
TO everybody contemplating taking a
team on a trip to III Coast IS To get
on the train calculated to arrive there
inst in time for the game. play and
lake your licking and get il over with
as quickly as possible, so that the rest
of the sightseeing tour may be en-
joyed.'
Alexander of Georgia Tech, whose
team lost to Alabama:
Il fail to see where Alabama has
the nl3teflal 10 70 llltISi t'r~''Ai'',N
team like Washington is supposed to
have. Alabama was not any heavier
than my team, and we We're not very
heavy"
Wilce. who took the Ohio state team
to Pasadena three or four years ago,
said:
1T is most difficult task for any
Eastern team to go West and WIN.
10, al, -i,N,T m
,iitions are 80 different that every
thing is against the Eastern repre-
sentative
From Bezdek of Penn State:
II coached out on the Coast for
years and have since coached in the
East. and no doubt the Eastern eleven
is at a great disadvantage. | know
nothing about Alabama except what l
have heard. but unless ii is far bet
ter than the average southern eleven,
then in my opinion II stands little
chance of winning"
May Spring Surprise.
These were opinions actually eX
pressed at dinner in New York this
week in almost the exact words. Not
one of those that are supposed to
know foot ball gives Alabama hardly
victory 1t seems to the writer that
many factors indicated that Alabama
may make a better showing than was
looked for. as there will not be the
difference in climatic change operative
in favor of the Eastern eleven. Wash
ington goes from Seattle. where II is
fairly cold, to a warm climate. Ala
bama viii play in something closely
approaching the climate 1t IS used to.
Incidentally the writer has be
lieved that Alabama is stronger and
has better material than il generally
has been given credit for. Inciden-
tally, in Athens, Ga, nearly month
ago Wallace Wade, Alabama coach
told the writer that if the conference
allowed his team to make the trip,
he believed his team had a good
chance to win. Wade is a young man
who seldom talks unless he knows
what he is talking about. And any
body who figures that he is not COM
netent. then he had better begin fig
uring all over
Alabama NAV get inglOriouSlY whip
ped as most people seem TO think 1t
will. as most good coaches think it
will, but il will he something of
surprise to the writer if "a good many
persons are not greatly surprised
when they hear the score
But, as Zuppke SAID IN New ofk:
You never can tell how crazy a
Western team is going to 80 on of
"ense. Several years ago Jones came
10 the West and said that he had
good team at Iowa and no team could
beat him more than IA points. but he
went up to Minnesota the next Sat
urday and got whipped by more
than Co"
Anyway, the South is pulling hard
for Alabama to make the right kind
OF showing.