The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-11-22
Will DCATS
|. NAYPROVE
HAZARD
BY TOM THORPE


pressed by Dick Hanley's Evans
I ton collegians. The latter have
come along at swift pace the
past month. The defeat by In
! diana must be thrown out Of the
I dope book.
Notre Dame is entitled to full
/; consideration in the awarding OF
/! the national title. If the Roam
ing Ramblers can keep their es-
: cutcheon unblemished to the end
/; of the season, no rival will be
/ rated above them. Pittsburgh,
Purdue and Tennessee nave
! played exceptional ball.
The Panthers look the best IN
the. East. Jimmy Phelan's Pur-
due pupils deserve great praise
for the able way they have de
Tended themselves in the Middle
West. Bob Neyland has worked
wonders at Tennessee. However,
so far as all-around ability is con-
cerned the writer doubts II any
/. Of these leaders could defeat
Notre Dame.
The South Bend eleven i'm
proves under fire. The Sched-
ule which il has gone through
In one Of the hardest in the
country.
( In addition, the mileage Gov
cred routs alibis offered because
Of the change of climate or play
ing conditions. Notre Dame has
met and conquered rivals IN all
sections of the grid world. For
this reason they look like the
il strongest outfit in the country.
Il Northwestern has played good
4 ball Of late years. Dick Hanley'
! former Haskell Indian mentor
has installed a firSt-class coach
ing system at Evanston,
Victories over Wisconsin, CON
uuerors of Colgate, Illinois and
Ohio state are enough to estao-
j lish the Wildcats at the top OF
the football heap.
Their game against Indiana last
Saturday was disappointment
to many Purple rooters. Coming
after victories over Illinois and
Ohio State it was rather a bitter
dose for some Northwestern sup
porters to digest. However, 1ndl-
ana played it's best game to, trl-
unnph 1914. The setback will
have no other value than to make
the wildcats fight harder than
ever for a victory over Notre
Dame.
A win. would make up for
the slip up Of last weekend.
The Wildcats are going to
J. prove tough meat for the
South BenderS.
Knute Rockne has developed
his system of play to a finer de-
( gree of Smoothness this year than
last season. With such backs as
Cariedo, Brill, Elder and Mullins
I, to work with the South Bend
mentor has been able to teach
the correct amount Of deception
! to make his attack function at
Its true value.
Rockne is one of the few
coaches who knows how to lncor-
Z porate deception into his offense
! without weakening 1t. A glance
at the assortment OF plays a
$Notre Dame eleven throws at a
rival squad is enough to prove
the truthfulness of this state
ment. No team in football has
better basic formations than the
South Benders.. Also, no squad Is
better equipped with checks" on
d these formations than Rockne's
I lads.
It is the strength of their plays
/ which makes them such difficult
! opponents to lstop. No weakness
can be found in the. system Of
! football this noted coach teaches:
To beat them a rival must come
as we'll prepared, as Rockne al
ways has his club. This means
ordinary teams are outclaSsed be
fore the start of game.
Northwestern is a good
team. Dick HanIey Is
smart coach. He inStructS in
a system of play which Is Of
! d high grade in all respects.
This, many of his conference
rivals appreciate. Hanley has
been fighting it out for the title
of the big Ten" ever since he
gave up his job at Haskell to
! coach at Northwestern.
Bob Zupke's Illinois squad re-
ceived an unexpected set back az
their hands, The lads from
Champaign had little thought of
losing to Northwestern. The set
back cost them all chance of TAX
ing their third conference cham
pionShip. The game was hard
fought. Superior work on the
part of the Wildcats won for
them. A battle of the same
grade this weekend will make it
exceedingly interesting for Notre
Dame.
In eight games Northwestern
has tailed 166 points to SO by op-
ponents. This proves the strength
of their attack. No team was able
n hnid tia wildcats GcorAleks