Evening star., 1929-12-11

IN ObEHI AUPFAE, pn1losopner,
painter and coach Of the n
II linois foot ball team, the other
i night gave me his views on an
all-America eleven.
"An all-America player" said Zuppke,
"is poor defense, long run and an In"
spired writer"
I wouldn't say that he was so utterly
wrong at that, but countered by asking
him II he hadn't had some men on his
Illinois teams who. were pretty fair
against q good defense. He admitted
that such was the case. Then I asked
him to pick an all-tine Illinois team.
He took Carney and Garland Grange
as his ends. and Armstrong and Inger-
son as his tackles. His guards were
McMillin and Chapman, whom he
named as. captain. His center was
ReitSch. His quarterback was Clark; his
halfbacks were Red Grange and Pogue
and his fullback Gangle.
Zuppke is sold on the Oranges. Red
Grange he believes to be the greatest
foot ball player he ever saw. Zuppke
said that once, when he was walking IN
German forest, he saw great red
deer bound by.
There" he said to his companion,
goes Red Grange"
Grange Zuppke's Greatest.
zuppke says that every move made by
Grange in his college days on foot ball
field was music. rhythm, Pavlowa's
dancing. only" he adds. when
Grange leaped and danced his way
down . field it was through territory
where every mans hand was against
him; where men were seeking savagely
to throw him. to hurl him to earth"
Grange weighed only 1877 pounds
uFIfV,n InYV%VAHA cell fIaA VA1au
ers of 1877 pounds and under and you
can have the rest. The greatest back
field ever had as 3 unit was composed
Of Clark. Pogue, McCon1ber and Sho-
binger. Clark weighed $50. Pogue 142.
McComber 176 and Shobinger 1s3. You
take the brewery horses and I'll take
the race horses"
Zuppke claims that the greatest
qualities in a foot ball player are cour-
age, application and vitality. He says
that wants a smart player, but calls
attention to the fact. that a good brain
carried by poor legs Is just aS useless
as q poor brain carried by good legs.
IT had about five Phi Beta Kappa
men on my team this season." says the
Illinois coach, but they all had good
legs. A foot ball man doesn't have to be
q deep thinker, but he does have to De
. quick thinker.
"I do not mean to say that quick
thinker may not also be q profound
thinker. but In q foot ball game there
isn't time for any deep pondering.
Slow Thinker Out.
"The ponderous thinker frequently Is
referred to as an intellectual. AS a
general thing, that is all that Is left
him. Many intellectuals have large
heads, thin necks and poor legs. They
are the knowers, the takers. We do
not refer to a mechanic as an intel
lectual, yet he Is a creator, q doer. He
talks less than the other man because
he is too busy. He may have just as
good q brain, but its manifestation is
not in conversation. He makes better
foot ball material. The intellectual
must be satisfied to be a critic
Foot ban Is . great game and It is
not on the waiie. The most severe
critics Of foot ball are those who never
played it, Those men think 1t should
be abolished. But the man who played
foot ball is raising his sons to be foot
ball players. He knows the value Of the
game.
"a good back" said zuppe, 'must
have more than speed. Foot bali is a
succession of starts, so he must be a
quick starter. He must have good
hands-hands which can handle the
have the courage to face punishment
And to be great he must be able to
evade the clutching hand that he
doesn't see.
Better Lion Than Rabbit.
They say Of some halfbacks that
they run like rabbits. But rabbit
runs in fear. A good halfback must run
like a lion, the fastest beast on earth
and one which charges straight at trou-
ble and runs over it. A halfback must
run with the idea Of attack, not de-
fenSe.
"A good 1ineman is a fullback who is
little too slow for the backfield. He
doesn't have to be q good ball handler.
He can be a bit slower than a back.
But he must be sturdy and he must
have flghting spirit. Many backs,
given in certain cases a little more
weight, could be linemen. but few line
men could be backs"
tcopyrght, 1929, by North American News
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