Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-11

I think it must have been the legs.
During the rest between halves, when
the bands paraded, the New York Uni
versity musicians seemed bit wabbly
on the dogs, while the Carnegie Tech
men marched steadily. They say that
an athlete is as old as his dogs. This
same thing may apply to the college
musicians, who are an important factor
in college athletics.
Mr.. Nixon is the first of the gradu-
ate managers to emphasize this fact,
but am afraid that the sending Of
the N. Y. U. Band to training
camp will bring complaints Of over
emphasis. Complaints of this nature
seem to have become general in con-
nection with all college activities.
The results OF sending the band into
intensive training will be watched with
no little interest. If the New York
University Band should happen to out
play all the other college bands in the
East, it will start new rivalry during
the foot ball season. At the other uni
versities of the East they will be polish
ing up their saxophoncs and oiling the
slides Of the trombones. The snare
drummers will be pracsicing until long
after midnight.
In ordering the band into training
MIR. Nixon insisted that the bands
of the Middle West were far supe-
rior to any in the East, and that In
all Of the International contests the
Eastern bands were outplayed. Mr..
Nixon may be right, but, as recall
the Stanford-Army game, Stanford
had no music whatever, while the
Army team had professional mill
tary band. The lack of music In
their interests did not seem to affect
the foot ball playing Of the young
giants from Palo Alto, Calf.
The foot bali team of Notre Dame
has a perfectly good band, but Knute
Rockne never takes the band abroad
with him. do not claim to be an
expert In this line, but, as recall 1t,
the lungs and the legs of the Notre
Dame Band were far superior to those
of the best band of N. Y. u. OF course,
they had the advantage of marching
and playing continuously on the home
grounds, while the band of New York
University had been forced to face
different acoustics lid different march,
ing conditions in the course of the sea-
son. 1t viii be hard to get a real line
on that Notre Dame Band until 1t Is
permitted to leave South Bend.
Secret Band Practice.
THE New York University Band has
= been INDUCING In considerable secret
practice, but you cannot keep band
practice entirely secret. Scouts from
other universities have been listening In
with the aid OF amplifiers.
One of these has confided In me that
the. band is weak in the matter Of saxo-
phones. It has good sta6 Of snare
drummers, and the slide trombone may
make the alI-America intercollegiate
band. The comets will rank with any
Of the college comets in the country.
East or West. The piccolos are all
that could be expected from piccolos.
In the preliminary practice the bass
drum has not come UP to expectations,
but 1t is believed the work In the train
ing camp win strengthen that depart
ksent.
The bass drummer needs more
work In the fundamentals. In this
regard Mr. Meehan, the head foot
bah coach will be requisitioned TO
instruct him In the matter Of falling
on the drum. It Is obvious that II
bass drum Is flaunhled in the lins OF