Evening star., 1930-12-08

Cnapel Hill, durham, N. T.. The
coaches get together Thursday at
Durham for gabfest and dinner,
while the Conference, which prob
ably eXertS a wider and stronger
influence in college atleticS than
any other organization, convenes
Friday and Saturday at Chapel
Hill, with the University of North
Carolina as host.
Not only will representatives of
Southern Conference schools, scattered
from Maryland to Louisiana, be pres
ent, but coaches and athletic directors
from many other institutions also will
attend, largely to get foot ball games
or to make arrangements for contests
in other branches of sport.
Important changes in the present
order of things as a result of the con-
ference sessions are likely. 1t is pretty
generally known that the University of
Tennessee is in hot water over the vio-
lation OF a conference regulation, but
that institution has put up plea to
the Executive Committee to be allowed
to clean up its own situation, and there
is a possibility that the Executive Com
mittee, which in this case has power to
act, may take some action to give Ten
neSSee that chance. In this event the
Tennessee matter may not come before
the conference at all.
One proposal to be made, or which
already has been submitted to the Ex-
ecutive Committee to be acted on by
the conference, is to do away with
Spring foot ball practice. Some few
OF the conference schools are very
much against Spring foot ball. but some
OF the others are very much in favor
of it. Whether or not the proponents
Of the measure will be able to muster
enough votes to pass it is not known.
Probably they will not.
The conference meeting is likely to
pass on very harmoniously unless some
BODY Unexpectedly springs something
which results in display of fireworks.
However, right now there seems to be
nothing on the horizon which indicates
anything of the kind.
The main work of the coaches will
De In evolving new relationships in foot
ball, arrangements for officials, discus
sions OF rules and other matters of
interest to them professionally.
THERE was plenty in the Notre
Il Dame-Eouthern California foot ball
game Saturday to give the sports
writers good deal to comment on
Tor quite a while. However, the re-
suit could be summed up very briefly
In just one statement-good coaching
plus superior man power. If any game
ever demonstrated that Notre Danes
material Is better than that of the
teams 1t is meeting that victory over
Southern California did Also it DEM
onstrated that Rockne knows how to
handle that material. To say that
Notre Dame has superior man power
does not detract from any accom-
plishment Of Rockne, because an ex-
ceptionally good foot ball team not only
must have good material in its makeup
but good coaching as well.
Incidentally surprise has been ex-
pressed at times by many different
persons that the Army usually gives
Notre Dame its stiffest battle How
ever, there Is nothing surprising In that
because 1t is due simply to the fact
that Army knows Notre Dame plays
and Notre Danes system of offense
and defense just about as well as Notre
Dame. It has played against that sys-
tenn year after year until it knows
pretty well how to meet it. In other
words. Army has Notre Dame SO thor
oughly secuted that it is much better
prepared to meet that school than any
other opponent Notre Dame faces.
NAVY'S surprising victory over Penn
IN sylvania bears out its confident
feeling Of last week. Friday morn
ing one Of the Navy athletic authori-
ties told the writer that he expected
to beat Penn, and the four touchdown
victory certainly shows that he knew
what he was talking about
And 1t may be mentioned here that
Pennsylvania is one school that appar-
emily has not made the best of its
material. Either that or dissension in
its ranks has prevented the showing
that should have been made. An old
Penn man, himself a good coach, told
the writer that Penn had the best
material he had ever seen in any
college and ought to have a great
eleven. But the season wore on and
Penn did not develop as it was ex-
pected 10. Nobody can give the real
reason, except those close enough to
the Penn foot ball situation to know,
but no school can build up a high
morale when it is divided against it.
self. and that seems to be Penn's situa-
ton If tenth of what is heard be
true.
THE University of Maryland last week
L wound up a foot ball schedule
that. comparatively speaking. was
the most difficult played in the whole
country. 1t did not round out its
schedule without defeats and it did not
expect to, but it played good foot ball
in every game, did not prove an easy
opponent for any school it met. and
looks back over its record without
regret. Some of the members Of the
team had practically no previous ex-
perience, but all were fighters and not
one knew anything about the word quit.
Incidentally, it might be mentioned
that Maryland will have back nearly
its whole squad Of this year The Old
Liners are due to lose by graduation
only five members of the varsity squad
Of 50.
GEORGIA won another victory over
~ its old fee, Georgia Tech. The
Bulldogs outplayed their Atlanta
rivals II was felt by some that
Georgia would run up a much larger
score than 1t did, but it apparently had
q hard time scoring one touchdown in
the first quarter and another in the
fourth.
TNUTE ROCKNE has picked an all
~ time all-America backfleld and
named Drury ~ Southern Cali
fornia 81 quarter, jim, Thorpe of the
.sIo Carlisle Indian School and Elmer
Oliphant Of Purdue and Army, half
backs, and Ernie Nevers of Stanford
fullback. All were great players. Jim
Thorpe probably standing out as the
geratest However. If half of what has
been told of Willie Heston is true, he
ought to be named on any all-America
quartet that might be picked. Many
people think Heston was the greatest
player of all time, even greater than
Thorpe, and certainly, If he was as
great as he has been given credit Tor