The Indianapolis times., 1930-10-20
TALKING
IT OVER
By JOE WILLIAMS

Il y a lUB III NLAdL GOglNEC kA4A--0
which is loosely known as psychol-
ogy spilled on the football fields Of
the nation over the weekend. Har-
ward went for a dash of it by an
nouncing on the eve of the Army
game that good old Arnie Horween
was quitting his post as head coach
at the end Of the current season.
This was handed to the red shirts In the
form Of plea that II they didn't whip
The Cadets on Saturday they'd never get
another chance 70 do It for good old
hrnie Bus somehow the formula didn't
work out.
II NAV be that the red shirts have long
Memories and that they still recall the
siunnf agitation OF q couple OF years sgo
against good old Arnie This was Wnen
tbs SsysitS around Cambridge and the
oniy solution which seemed 70 promise AZ
Improvement was the dismissal Of Rooo
cid Arnie
THERE also is a. possibility that
when the Cadets assembled IN
their dressing room before the bat
tie they. were subjected to a general
infection Of psychology themselves.
You see Major Ralph Sasse-good
old Ralph as he is unquestionably
known To the squad-was making
his start as a. big time coach in his
FIRST big time game.
II vould neye, have done If the hay
foot. strav-foot boys had let good old
Ralph down in such an emergency so
navbe tbev iust naturally got themselves
al hopped up and went out there ana
uop the game in the frst ten minutes OF
play.
.of course the Cadets, had SyomethinE
more material 70 oepen6 p1Gsrf on I;ns Ensn pd De-
pendable set Of backs; defensive .,,ardc sleIS-
ness that has not always peen 5s+ C5tS, ~
he Fundamentals which was most lmpres.
Give for a mid October test. II may os
tnge ma csn snot the other side three or four
vo6s Of psychology and sun ge' AOiie -
front
The Cadets and the Catabs played along
m a fairly even basis. though 1t seemed
10 me. not exactly an expert observer that
the sasse SQUAD was clearly the superior.
when YOU say this. however, you must
make allowance for the fact that Harvard
vent into the game short of regular man
mower both in the line and the back neia'
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TT was an odd game in that the
Cadets dominated the play com
pletely in the first and last PERIODS
while the play in the second ana
the third quarters saw the Reo
Shirts in almost equal command OF
the field. The chief difference was
that the Cadets had a scoring drive
when a scoring drive was needed
and Harvard didn't.
Once inside the twenty-yard line. Har-
yard was compelled to fall back on her
passes and her passes were frultless
against the alert Soldier secondary de-
fense. II is al right to say that Harvard
had tough luck in failing TO complete
long pass over the goal line which was
touched by an uncovered receiver. But
this was one of those 100 to shots and
100 to shots are treacherous things to
daily With.
a CONSPICUOUS HdLb U VIC 4laA
fensive is made Up Of laterals and fake
laterals These we're expected to WorrY
h Sss Ss% 0gt hat ff the dged Red Shfs SHIFT fSr ad e
their laterals twelve times ana galneo
only a reaEer forty-lve yards-a gain
because It never figured in any Of the
vital moments of the play
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A REY goes to New Haven this
N week to battle Yale in what
ought to be one of the great games
of the year. Yale must have looked
mighty good in winning from a
strong Brown eleven by twenty-one
points and the now established fact
that Albie Booth can be used as a
full time ball toter rather than a
midget freak is not calculated to
weaken the teams offense. Not to
any great extent, anyway.
Also It would appear. rating the young
man on his performance gt agaitnSs IIsT SIoWn; Sbs
Bulldogs have had in number OF
semesters.
1t is interesting to note that good old
Knute Rockne also went in heavy for the
psychoIogy stuff over the week end. and
in q manner not wholly like him. Before
the game with Carnege Tech began he pre-
dioted his team would be beaten by two
or three touchdowns. Generally. good Old
Knute takes the opposite attitude. and
stresses the super maznifcence of his
Irish Ivy Schwartzes.
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II has always pleased me to be able TO
point to good old Knute and say that he
was one coach who never prepared an
alibi for himself in advance. Year a1ter
wear he has reflected his personal PRIDE IN
his squad by telling the world how good
ii was. which was not only refreshing
Viewpoint for g professional coach. lbut
i appears & that Eood oi6 knuts ...,s+ Is Just
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It may be Of course that he was crying
''WoIf'' on the level but the experts who
watched his team against NAVY will never
believe e. They we're quite sure he did
everything possible 10 keen the score down
and that II he hadn't been pulling his
punches the score would have been closer
to 81 70 2 than 26 70 2.
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