The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-24

sy nounced "I have not come to
 The quoted paragraph was fired around the world. It was a brave thing, almost a foolhardy thing to say in the face of lackadaisical football condition at Columbia.
 The Quip was made that inas- much as Little had come to Co., lumbia for $18,000 a year. his state ment certainly was not to be re- garded in a financial light, at least.
 But so far as material at Co., 1umbia was concerned, 1t appeared that Mir. Little had climbed far out upon what the boys derisively call a limb. Since the end of the .Haughton regime. Columbia varsity eleven had consisted merely of a few stuffed football suits. And very few at that, because going out for football at Columbia didn't seem to be the thing to do.
 Speech Goes Over
 The other day, shortly before his team took the field against Dartmouth. doped by the experts to suffer annihiliation in the third degree, cold-blooded MT. Little made another little speech.
 "We are not going out on the gridiron against Dartmouth merely to do we'll" were his brazen words.
 Then the amazing thing happen ed. The doormat that had been Co., lumbia got up and wiper itself on the Big Green eleven from the White Mountains until the Big Green team from the White MdDin- tains was a very dark and dirty black and blue.
 32 On Team
 About S2 young men came out for football at Columbia this fall. They were pretty good material; a couple of them had seen a football before.
 Assistant Coach Marty Brill. fresh from Notre Dame where they number football candidates by army corps and divisions, was amazed.
 What are these" he asked Lit- tie, your No. backs?"
 Little informed him that those 32 men represented the 1881 Co., lumbia varsity squad and that was all, there wasn't any. other squad.
 In few short weeks since Sep tember. Little, Brill & Co.,, trans- formed those 32 men into a ma chine that fought.
 How we'll they fought Little learned almost at the cost of his life.
 Dons MOleskins
 Last year Little used to enter the scrimmages of his squad him self in an effort to teach the boys blocking and tackling. At Morning sids Heights they say Little was the toughest man on the squad. But that was last year.
 Toward he latter part of Sep tember this year, Little bethought himself of his waisline and decided to get a little exercise by mauling his men around. He gave one of the backs a. footgall to run with. set up an interference for him to follow. crouched in the middle of the field and challenged.
 Come on. boys. take me out!"
 They did!
 They took Little out so we'll that for three weeks their coach had to sleep upright in French hospital with 2 plastercast holding his head, neck and shoulders in proper po- sition.
 No, It Isn't
 Is 1t any wonder that Little said, on the eve of hsi teams amazing victory over Dartmouth: "We are not going out on the gridiron against Dartmouth merely to do well"?
 Cliff Montgomery, a sophomore. punted Dartmouth back to its goal posts. intercepted a White Noun tain forward pass and ran 47 yards through the whole team for a touchdown. --.
 Captain Ralph Hewitt. though he played only half the game. allowing Soph Montgomery to show his stuff. directed the Lions like Lasker nov ing pawns and knights on a chess board.
 The Columbia line so effectively stopped Dartmouths charging at tack that the Green was forced to resort to one forward pass after another In 8 desperate effort to score. In the line Sherwood. Gren- da. MeDufhe. Nobiletti and Mig fore played as If they imagined themselves the Seven Mules of Notre Dame gone on a stampede.
 Roxbury Grad
 Tony Natal, sophomore end, wrecked play after play. At the other end Ed Ealing offered no less resistance than the Great Wall of China would give a package of needles. Riyero. Linehan and Schwartz starred in the backfield.
 Now all that the team has to do Is beat Williams. Cornell. Virginia, Brown and Syracuse on successive Saturdays. But Little has great faith.
 '"They scrimmaged me, into the hospital. didn't they?" he said. Watch 'em from now on."