The Washington times., 1930-11-07
1890 CADETS.
BEST IN
YEARS
BY TOM THoRP


Yankee Stadium this weekend
Major Ralph Sasse's soldiers ar
scheduled to meet Bob zuppke'
Illinois pupils in an intersections
squabble.
Judging by the records Of tn,
two outfits, it looks like the Yves
Pointers would not encounter an.
great amount Of resistance from
the warriors Of the Middle West
Three straight defeats from BIZ
Ten conference opponents havt
shaken the morale Of the lad
from Champlain. They will bt
lucky to hold the great Arm!
team to a couple Of touchdow11s.
Zuppe Is noted for his pes
simistic temperament. It is
said the noted Illinois mentor
has wept on more shoulders
than any other coach in the
game. All Of these shoulders
have been friendly.
KEute Rockne is one who en-
joys the tears of the noted Mid
die Western instructor. zuppke
SAYS Rock listens to him cry so he
can initiate him when his Irish
men lose q game. The Soldiers
play Notre Dame at Soldiers Field
three weeks hence.
The Army looks to be at least
two touchdowns better than Illi'
nois. Zuppke has not been able
to get his lads to reach their top
game. The line is good sized an6
the backs show plenty Of speed
and power. The whole trouble ap.
pears to be getting the two de-
partlments to click like a smooth
functioning machine.
Against Northwestern the
lads frOlaM Champlain looked
badly OutclaSsed, the Evan
ston eleven beating them
SO.
Michigan came back the very
next week to forward pass its
way to q 15-7 victory. Purdue
made the rout complete by trim.
ming them 25-6. Purdue made
the route complete by trimming
ming them 25-6. Illinois showed
some power towards the end Of
the latter contest.
It may be Zuppke is keeping
his good stuff for his Eastern IN
vasion. Those who saw the
famous Red Grange perform over
at Franklin Field few years
back can well remember the quail
ity of attack zuppke's charges
pulled off in that great inter
sectional triumph.
Zuppke is a marvel as an Of.
fensive coach. Give the Little
Dutchman" anything like service.
able material and he will turn
out a winning aggregation. His
present outfit lacks the sort of
material a real varsity squad
should be made Of. It will be
taxed to its maximum resources
to keep the Soldiers from winning
by a lopsided score. The West
Pointers will rule decided fav.
orites for the honors.
Major Ralph Sasse has
real tOp.nOtch team at West
Point. The Soldiers have
demonstrated their quality
In hard tests.
There is no chance of the
future generals cracking this
weekend. They have been
primed for a hard fight with
Illinois.
The defeat sustained at~Cham
plain last season proved the in
centive to put the Army repre-.
sentatives on their toes for the
coming battle. We expect to see
the Soldiers play their best game
of the season this Saturday.
The Army team is made up OF
a strong line and versatile back
field. This is the first season in
a long while the West Pointers
have not been a one-man team
Major SaSSe has been fortunate
in having four Serviceable backs
Any one can be depended upon
to perform any Of the three neces.
sary requirements Of a back, run
end, buck a line or throw q pass.
This versatility makes the
West Pointers one Of the most
feared squads Of the present
day.
Carver, Fields, Letzeller and
Herb form a field of backs that
would be hard to match. Many
are Of the opinion the West Point
backfield comes closer to match
ing Carideo. Brill, Schwartz and
Savoldi than any other cor:ibina.
ton in the country.
The Soldiers have tailed 17S
points against such opponents as
Boston University, Furman, Har-
ward, Swarthmore, Yale and North
Dakota. Only 13 points have been
scored against the stone-vall de.
tense Of the Soldiers.
AWYR A TRnAT