The Washington times., 1929-10-18
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BY Ford G. Frick

NEW 1ORh, oct. To-
Chick Meehan is laying it
right on the line for the boys
up at n. Y. U. which still has
Georgetown to meet November
2, among it's other tough
games of the season.
And they can take it or
leave it.
I'm going to turn out a foot
ball team here or split this squad
wide OPEN" Chick declared. Il M
the coach of. this team and you fel
lows will play football the way l
want it played or you can turn In
your uniforms"
Chick wasn't fooling either.
The blow-up that started with the
disciplining of Captain Grant and
Beryl Follett, continues unabated-
and Saturday may find at least four
and possibly seven new faces in the
n. Y. u. lineup against Penn State.
Meantime the blow-up comes about
as near being an athletic scandal
as anything the Violet has known
in years.
Just what the trouble Is no-one
seems to know. There's behind the
hand talk of broken training rules,
of fragrant disobedience of definite
instructions, of cliques, of personal
animosities and of that most harm
full Of all athletics faults, COM
monty called 'swelled head"
Meehan refuses to comment
but his actions have spoken
more than volumes than
$4,000 word Grafton.
He's mad clean through-and his
own ire gradually is transferring
itself to the hearts of the men who
still remain in favor with coach
and student body. Losing that
game to Fordham last week hurt
Meehan more than anyone knows
and if tongue lashings and face to
face ridicule can bring the team
out of the doldroms therel be
plenty of cleats in Penn State faces
and on Penn State spines Saturday
afternoon.
Indications this morning were
LndL captain IdlldIdu IldII
would do his penance and get back
into the lineup by Saturday. But
Follett, according to those in the
know, is definitely out. And so too,
probably, is Jink O'Herin, the
quarterback who last Saturday
called for forward pass plays after
Meehan had definitely put the bar
on them.
co+ur5o,,,. Daor Ctoto or,ooo will
give the Violet it's real test. If
they can get by that one creditably,
there is still nope Of pulling through
on a schedule which is the most
comprehensive and difficult the Vic.
lets have yet undertaken.
A good shO wing Saturday will
restore lot of shattered con.
fidence and a lot of student
body faith.
"Swelled heads" cost the Ford
ham game. critics claim. Now the
events of the week have tended to
reduce the swelling to pin-point size
Maybe the proper spirit on Satur.
day will restore everything to nor
NAL. Everybody hopes so, and
most Of all Cousin Ed Barrow,
whose Yankee Stadium schedule
will be a total loss If N. Y. U.
folds up.
Just what Hugh Bezdek will
bring into his stadium on Saturday
is sort of Chinese puzzle to the
experts.
Thus far Penn State has been
pretty much under wraps, and
there's no real line on their
ability or their style of play.
One thing sure. however, they
will be good. Bezdek hasn't had
bad team at State since he started
coaching there, and this years
eleven has a fine reucleus of vet
Grams as starter. Bezdek is re.
puted to have developed a corking
passing and running game, we'll
backed by excellent interference.
And it's against the passing at.
tack that Meehan is directing most
of his effort this week. Against
Fordham, N. Y. U. was pitiful. They
couldn't stop the Maroon passes and
they couldn't complete their own.