Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-06
Stages fine HAND
IS SEEN AT NASSAU
Maroon Not of Such High
Quality, but Thoroughly
Coached for Tilt.
BY LAWRENCE PERRY.

n YEW YORK, November 6.-The
most impressive thing about
VI Chicagos foot ball team against
l. Princeton was the evidence
given of material generally
mediocre made effective by painstak1ng
and exact coaching. None, save one or
two perhaps, of the forwards was, so far
as native ability went, better than fair
to middling. Two backs, Van Rice and
Bluhm, were above ordinary.
Out of this Alonzo Stage and his
assistants fashioned a foot ball team.
1t is team that has been beaten IN It's
conference and may well be beaten
again. Nonetheless, it is foot ball
outfit which knows why it Is on the
gridiron and what to do about 1t. 1t
may be set down as a maxim that no
one knows what is ahead OF him when
he tackles a Stage team. The chances
usually are he will find he has walked
into real foot ball game, and that
applies today; not so frequently per-
haps, since an increased scholastic av-
erage was demanded of Chicago stu
dents, athletes as well as more COM
monplace undergrads, but sufficiently
often to maintain Stages reputation as
no coach with whom to trifle.
On those slice off-tackle plays, for
instance, it was noticeable on every
dash that the backfield was ready II
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the defensive fullback. So finally, Wnen
Van Nice did get into the clear his IN"
reference was prompt to pick him up.
And it was not less precise and compact
because of the fact that it had waited
until the last quarter to do this.
Wittmer FIashy Back.
Wittmer of Princeton got through to
the Chicago secondary defense time and
again, but once there no defender had
been blocked or taken out. So the con-
| traSt was glaring. When Chicago had
| a chance to strike she made the most
of it because she knew how. Princeton
ball carriers, after the first quarter,
when the TigeT regulars were in, dashed
into the defensive backfield much more
often than Chicago, but they were cut
down.
BY the way, it might be asked where
Wittmer would stand in popular esteem
were he playing on a standard Prince
| ton eleven or some other good team.
Here is one Of the finest stepperS
through a line that has played foot
ball since the war. No Tiger team has
feared to play for a first down when
the distance was one or two yards,
irrespective of the position of the ball,
with Wittmer in the game. For seldom,
if ever has he failed to pick up the
| yardage. But Princeton has been going
badly, and so this remarkable back VIII
| probably be overlooked.
Pure Stage Offense.
Chicago's scheme of offense bore the
| Stage hallmark all over it-applied
| power and a rather open-faced decep-
| ton. Chicago's scheme Of sending two
backs running out wide and then for
ward down the middle was spectacular,
| if not too effective. But chiefly the
Maroon assault upon the tackles was,
as it always has been, the main stock
in trade of the Chicago team.
Forward passing was laid upon the
| fat-and-wide basis. This means touch
downs If tacklerS do not do their part;
not otherwise, given a reasonably wise
defense. Tiger tacklers were lacking In
the case of two halves, and the result
was a touchdown.
| The Midway team conceivably may
surprise other big teams, just as it sur
prised Princeton. In any event, no
fault will be found with its brand Of
opposition. 1t is, as said, team made
up mainly of mediocrities who have
been taught lot of foot ball.
tCopyright. 1920