Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-02
Victory Is Deserved.
BY PHILIP BRASHER.
,y Consolidated Press Association.


PASADENA, Calf, January =
The better team won the Alabama
Washington game.
The Southerners 2o-to-19 score pre-
~ented heads-up foot ball, the type
Irat never quits. Washington simply
sank when Wilson was hurt and
taken out.
Washington appeared like a profes
sional team, old and hard-bitten,
never excited. all in the days work.
Alabama seemed more like the college
teams to which we are accustomed in
he East, younger, more enthusiastic
and more desperate.
The Alabama offense was a curious
mixture of old Princeton vide end
smashing combined with Ha award
psychological stuff. The SouthernerS
GAINED - Yards, using the same con-
- aIed-hall play three times in success
io1 at the beginning OF the second
half on from their own c0-yard line.
VI ashington was easily fooled BY de
ccption. but easily stopped straight
power plays.
Long Passes Effective.
tiabama's forward passing of HUI
bert to Brown at times was superb.
only a very fast man like Brown
could have taken the ball. On the
other hand, the Alabama short
passing was not good and not pro-
lected, 50 when Washington inter
cepted, as they did twice, they car
led the ball back down field for big
Gains.
Both teams passed frequently on
the first down, in contrast to Eastern
cams, which seem to think they have
~ wait until the third down. Wash
IuGton'S short passing was better than
Nlabama's, and their defense against
10 Ssing was better.
Alabama 8 tackling was abominably
high, which accounted. in large part,
Tor Wilson's ability to gain, for while
The Southerners always got TO him
they were easily ight-armed.
Brown Great Player
Brown. the Alabama halfback, was
the strong exception, for he played q
beautiful game, as good as any the
writer has seen this year. His hand
ling of punts was exceptional, for he
took almost all of them on the dead
run and almost invariably carried the
Iall back for a good gain.
Hubert also was good at quarter.
particularly when it is considered that
he backed UP the line of defense mag
Efficiently. Once the writer saw him
Nlledk lllIO Tic lIllt just pcIoAS liiC
hall was snapped, break through, tao.
Ille the runner yards back of the
line and drive him } yards farther
back.
tlabama frequently wasted men on
defense by playing the safety man SO
far back he was out of play.
In general, Alabama was represent.
;,tiye of good Eastern teams, but the
writer feels sure that Princeton this
ear could have defeated Alabama al
abe time of the Yale game.
One Man Ofense.
The writer has seen stronger West.
ern teams than Washington showed
friday without Wilson. Theirs was a
rne-man offense. Wilson is certainly
:; good PLAYER. but not comparable to
sIahan, for instance. However. il he
I.,d not been injured it might have
been different story. Washington
was fast and powerful. but not fast
rharging. heady team.
They would have been meat for last
Years Notre Dame eleven. The game
was chiefly interesting because it IL
lustrated two different styles Of play
md showed that the coming offense
j one featuring forward passing more
strongly.
Alabama showed speed, brains and
grit, and a game between Alaba ma
and Princeton would have been q
great treat.