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The Washington times., 1931-10-01

Gil Dobie was the leading light
of football coaching in the period
Of 20 years ago, holding forth at
the University of Washington, out
in Seattle, and later at Navy and
now at Cornell.
DObie built his success on
power plays and precision. His
famed tackle play is still one of
the great EOwer plays of foot
ball and still hard to stop with
the right men to carry it out.
Hugo BeZdek, at Oregon and
later at Penn State, was equally
famous for his grOund.gaining
OffenSe built on reverses and
spinner plays.
Probably the greatest figure of
that pre-war epoch was Percy
Haughton at Harvard. His Sue
cess, which was outstanding in
the five years just previous to the
war, was built on deception.
But the progressive football
after the war was developing the
forward pass, and the West took
a prominent part in this new era.
Dartmouth brought Jess Hawley
from the West to guide it's teams,
ana Hawley developed a forward
pass attack that reached its climex
in 1925.
Meanwhile, Knute Rockne at
Notre Dame had been gradually
spreading the gospel of speed,
short passes and the shift. Notre
Dame teams before the war an
nually came East to meet Army
and played them as under dogs.
In a very few years the East
looked upon the Notre Dame
games as invasions Of formidable
teams and soon as unbeatable
teams.
One man who did not borrow
from Notre Dame, because he has
never had to borrow football
ideas from any man, was Pop
Warner. While at Carlisle and
at Pittsburgh, Warner developed
great teams worthy of national
recognition, yet his ideas did not
take as a fashion plate. Pop had
to go away out to the Pacific
Coast to gain his proper national
recognition, and as head coach of
Stanford he represents the last
word in football fashion world.
Warner Invents Most
It has been said that Warner
invented every offensive forma-
ton used in football, and the say
ing is so nearly true that few will
attempt to argue the point.
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News Service)
The Washington times., 1931-10-01

This Mary HARRY COSTELLO
land Virginia game Saturday
should prove a remarkable game
to see. Maryland has box Of
tricks. And nine seniors to spring
them! Virginia will have to be
mighty spry and agile and alert
to halt a clicking Maryland team.
Teams composed of seniors have
a penchant for clicking on days
when the big games are played.
Sweet forward passerS, these
Maryland boys. And, these
passes come from deceptive
formations and maneuverS.
Coached to the minute. Steady,
reliable, balanced.
Yesterday. receiving instruc-
tions in defensive tactics the
seniors were quick to grasp the
main ideas of the coaches. The
coaches raised no raucous voices.
Organization is a great thing,
more so in football than in any
other sport. Maryland has or
ganization on the practice field.
Indeed, one is not backward
in stating that the Old Liners
will need seniors. But, the
seniors are there, and they
know football, how to play it,
are SuperbIy coached, are ready
for anything that might arise
In a game.
It will be most interesting to see
Coach Byrd's defense against Daw-
sons deadly off.tackle smash and
short-end run, with Thomas lug
ging the leather. It will be most
interesting watching senior ends
tearing down at Thomas under
punts. It will be most interesting
watching that cagy, intelligent
Maryland line matching its ex-
perienced ability against Daw-
sons rather green but heavy and
able forward wall. It will be most
interesting to follow the defense
Of Virginia against those short
and long beautifully masked over
head heaves of Maryland. In
deed, every spectator at the Vir-
ginia-Maryland game Saturday
should have a most interesting
afternoon. Virginia never was
and never will be easy to beat.
Nine seniors ought to do it, how
ever.
The Washington times., 1931-10-01
Last Nights Fights

At New York-Al Lindsay, New
York lightweight, knocked out
Jack De Santi, New York; three
rounds.
At Pittsburgh-George Panka,
Pittsburgh heavyweight. defeated
Roy Clark, Philadelphia; 10
rounds.
At Grand Rapids, Mich.-Charles
Belanger, winnipeg light heavy.
weight, defeated Tony Cancela,
Detroit; 10 rounds.
At Newark, N. J.-Tony Galento
Jersey heavyweight, scored q tech.
nical kayo over Able Balm, New
ark; four rounds,
The Washington times., 1931-10-01

tend their Thursday wrestling
matches with the same fervor as
a civic celebration.
Three other standouts with the
wrestling gentry of this section
are to show on tonight's pro-
gram at the Stadium. They are
Karl Pojello, the clever Lithu-
anian: Pat O'Shocker, the GRIM
Son-topped IriShman, and Tiny
Roebuck, the towering Indian.
Pojello, probably the best liked
Of wrestlers making Washington
q port Of call, will mix with
Floyd Marshall, the husky boy
from the Pacific Coast. Roebuck
will tackle Don De Laun, who
gave Ray Steele a tough battle
here. O'Shocker will tussle with
Ivan Vakturoff, the big Russian.
The firts bout win get under
way at 8:3Q o'clock.
The Washington times., 1931-10-01
GETS
. Bic CHANCE

Bill Hepburn, former Gonzaga
High School player, will get his
chance when the Catholic Uni
versity eleven tackles City College
of New York Saturday at the
Brookland Stadium, at 2:30
o'clock.
Hepburn will hold down one Of
the tackle positions on his teams
line.
Two changes will be effected in
the Cardinal lineup for the game,
it has been announced by Coach
Bergman. Jim Lyons, regular
guard win give way to Lawrence
Baraldi, while Lloyd Stafford is to
supplant Phil Gross at tackle.
Coach Bergman sent his men
through a tough scrilnmage yes
terday in final preparation. The
regulars lined up against the C..
u. yearlings.
The Washington times., 1931-10-01
DUIUsOn to Address
VirqiHaiG Alumni Her

Washington alumni of the Uni
versity of Virginia will have an
opportunity to hear Fred Dawson,
the new head football coach of
the Cavaliers, when he speaks to-
morrow night following an alumni
dinner at the Chevy Chase Club.
Baltimore alumni have been in
vited to attend this gathering.
James G. Driver, athletic d.
rector, and ]. Malcolm Luck,
alumni secretary, will accompany
Coach Dawson when he comes up
ahead of the Virginia players who
are to try their skill against
Maryland Saturday afternoon in
College Park.
The Washington times., 1931-10-01
.WALKUP SHOWS
WELL At NAVY

A twentieth century Benjamin
Franklin is again experimenting
with lines, but this time it is
Benjamin Franklin Walkup, stal'
wart, fast-moving backfield can
didate for Rip Miller's Navy foot
ball team which opens its season
against William and Mary Satur-
day at Annapolis.
To hear Rip tell it one would
be led to believe that the pres
ent Benjamin Franklin was the
electricity, sparks and key to
the whole situation, to say
nothing of being the answer to
q football cOach'S prayer.
AS a matter of fact, Benjamin
Franklin Walkup is a direct de.
scendant of Poor Richard" and
is called doc" as was his illus
triouS forbear. It came about
in this way:
Up until a few days ago E. @.
Konrad, Oshkosh (Wis.) boy, had
the call at right halfback. Dur
ing scrimmage the early part of
last week he had the misfortune
to receive a leg injury which
forced him to the sidelines for
a time.
Welcome Addition
Walkup was put in his place
and made such an impression
upon the coaches, to say nothing
Of the scrub line against whom he
did some stellar blocking and ball
carrying, that it was but a couple
of days before Konrad's leg was
well" and he was back looking
for his job. Captain Magruder
Tuttle thinks Bonny did more for
Konrad's leg in a couple of days
than the whole medical staff could
do in a week. Hence, the title of
Doc"
Walkup halls from CraWfOrdS-
vile, Ind, where he played four
years of football and competed
track in his spare time. He is
q Sprinter and has turned the
century in 1O.2 seconds. He will
be a welcomed addition to the
varsity track squad next spring
as Navy's best sprinter gradu-
ated last June.
He is the best blocker on the
team and fits in exceptionally well
with Lou Kirn at left half. Jimmy
Campbell at full, and kid" Denny
at quarter when it comes to round
ing out the number one backf1eld.
Denny kicks we'll, passes with neat
ness and dispatch, and is a whale
when it comes to hurting his 1876
pounds off tackle or around end.
Coach Miller now believes that he
has the proper combination apd Is
doing very little worrying in re-
CARDS to his first-string backfield.
The Washington times., 1931-10-01
Alexandria ELeUen
In Game Tomorrow

ALEXANDRIA, Va, Oct. l,
Warriors of the Alexandria High
School football team will journey
to Willianasport, Va, tomorrow to
play the William and Mary fresh
men.
The game will mark the second
of the season for the Twins. Also
It will. be the Jeam's first shot at
o college freshmen eleven. Seized
Ile:
october 2, W. and NJ. Frosh, away;
., Western, here. IS, Hopewell, away;
2S, st. Johns, here; 80, St. Johns,
away. \
November s, Washington and Lee.
here; 1S, Culpeper, away; 20. Fred
ericksburg, away; rs, Swavely, away.
This schedule does not include the
games for the State championship.
The Washington times., 1931-10-01
QuanticO Marines Off
For Tilt at Scranton

QUANTTCO, Va, Oct. 1.-The
Quantico Marines left here this
morning by bus for Scranton, Pa.
where they will engage the st.
Thomas College gridders tomor-
row night.
This will be the second game of
the season for the Marines. The
Naval Apprentice School of Nor
folk, Va, was defeated, $40, in
the opening contest.
The Washington times., 1931-10-01
MILLS EXPECTS
TOUCH BATTLE

Coach Tom Mills looks forward
to a tough battle at Griffith
Stadium Saturday against the
West Maryland Terrors, as he
puts his Georgetown gridders
through their PAGES.
The HOya varsity team i'm
preSSively smOthered all often
sive plays Of the freshmen,
modelled after those of most
frequently used by the Terrors,
and had no difficulty solving
the defense when they took the
ball.
A lack Of speed in taking out
secondary defense was noticed
and Mills is concentrating on
remedying this.
The Washington times., 1931-10-01
.Pickups and
Putouts

The Pacific Coast football
conference can't 60 much
longer without admitting St.
Mary's and Santa Clara.
these two schools have most
assuredly held their own with
Stanford, California, Southern
California, Washington and
Washington State. George F.
King, the boxing Judge, re-
ceived over 200 letters concern
ing his vote for Sailor Lam
ders in the bout with frankie
De Angelo. Leo Walper, own
er of the Bethesda Golf Prac-
tice Grounds, is recovering
from an appendicitis operation
.. George Isemann, head Of
the National Duckpin AssOcia-
tiOn, initiates Captain Hawks
). the only difference is that
Isemann rides the rails, cru
sading for the duckpinners. I.
Catholic University wanted to
shift its game with City Col
lege of New York to tomorrow,
but the New YOrkers objected
:. 1T is feared that Lou Little
will be unable to coach the
Columbia U. eleven for the
balance of the season because
of the injury he received while
instructing his tackle candi-
dates. Lou is making heavy
dough in New York, but he's
unhappy. .jealOuSly is causing
the slow death Of the Southern
Conference.
The Washington times., 1931-10-01

I l II 3 6TS, at
the same time
so grasping it
t h a t you r
h a n d are
re a S o nably
close togeth'
er, as for
swinging, you
W i'll almost
fall to a
fairly correct
grip. Some
h o W, you r
mere hold on
the club in
will prove il
this fashion
The Washington times., 1931-10-01
Northern A. C.. Siqns
Joe SLUeeneU as Coach

Joe Sweeney, former backfield
ace of the Apache and Mohawk
elevens, has been signed to lead
the Northern A. C.. this season.
Sweeney succeeds Bennie April,
former Tech High School lurni-
nary. The new mentor will play
as well as direct for the North
ernS.
The Northerns practice tonight
on their home field at 7:30 p. m.
The Washington times., 1931-10-01

Ii Oues LICK 0LlIkdG Will COIuS
to grips with that Canadian giant,
John Katan, while doc" Wilson
and Sander Szabo will oppose in
the other.
These two matches should pro-
vide Washington's wrestling fans
with all the heart-throbbing mo-
mentS they desire. Both duelS
are expected to be fast and thrill
ing with hardly a breathing spell
for the opponents.
Shikat Is perhaps the most
scientific Of the four, though
SEabO is q master of the
C5raecO- Roman style and q fine
practitioner of the back-drOp.
The most rugged is Katan and
the Swiftest Is Wilson.
gzabo, Shikat and wilson are
Eayorites vith local fans who At'
The Washington times., 1931-10-01

Eliminating, since you will at
once sense how much more
keenly you feel the clubhead.
Go Immediately to work with
such a grip as you thus find.
It's almost sure to be an i'm
provement. If you have begun
your swing with your grip pre-
dominantly in the back rart of
your left hand, too much tight
ness likely will be there at
the stroking instant, which will
cause your wrist to stiffen.
Your rigid left wrist brings
about that result. Pinch a lit
tie with thumbs and fpefingers
to make the needed correc-
tion.
The Washington times., 1931-10-01
Paul TGngOrG Named
PUrDLe FrOsh Leader

EVANSTON, ILL.,, Oct. Paul
Tangora, Washington D.C.) prep
school gridder, has been named
captain Of the Northwestern frosh
eleven for the current season.
Tangora, a tackle, formerly was
a mainstay of the Dewitt Prep
School eleven of Washington for
three years.
The Washington times., 1931-10-01
SAINTS DRILL

st. Stephens footballers will
practice tonight at 1880 o'clock at
Seventeenth and B streets North
west. Coach Joe Bush requests
all players to report promptly.
The Washington times., 1931-10-01
REMNANTS PLAY

The Petworth Pennants will
workout tomorrow at 1880 o'clock
on the Iowa Avenue Fairgrounds.
Sunday they travel to Alexandria,
Va, to oppose Engine Company
No. 5 gridders.
The Washington times., 1931-10-01
CERTAIN GLASS; UNSEEN IN PAST, MARKS CENTRAL SO
COGGINSMEN
RATED DARK
nHhHm
BY GARRETT WATERS

There's a pleasing state Of at
fairs around Central High Schoo
headquarters these days In re
CARDS to football. which is some
thing entirely new in view Of sea
sons of the past.
It is the feeling that the Mount
Pleasanters show unrnistakablC
signs Of class. Practice sessions
recently have brought this out.
Situation Encouraging
IN other years a situation oi
this kind has not smiled on g
Blue and White coach at this early
stage. But with Burt Coggins
newly appointed mentor, fortune
seems to be before him beyond q
shadow of a doubt.
The Mount PIeasanters are
big and hefty this year. Also
they possess that certain power
which only follows a team on
the road to success.
At least that's how the signs
point. Coach Coggins has a col
lection of dependable veterans as
real aids. These players include
Frank Cumberland, Frank Kocsis
and Bill King, backfield men;
Fitzwater, center, and CARROT.
Bowie and Gibbons. linemen,
A collection like this is a good
starter in the molding of a team
any way you look at it. And the
best part of it is the boys all look
good.
KOcSis In Backfield
And then there are several new
men who show promise. These
comprise Edgar Heflin an d
Emmett Buscher, former Tech
High School ends; Ed Mckenzie,
down from a New York high
school, whose speciality is the line:
Myers and Dunlop, backs and
Brasch, center.
Prominent players lost by
graduation last year include
such stars as Larry Pinckney,
Ed DeL;siO, Paul HinkeI, Gene
COlella, Donald Miller, and Ed
Fe'dman, backs, and Sam Mer-
man, end.
To offset all the loss in the
backfield department, one Of
Coach Coggins' first moves as
new director was the shifting of
Frank Koscis, last years tackle,
to the backfield. Koscis, a
bulldog type of player, will fit
In well from the looks of things,
aS he has shown that he knows
what it's all about in his new
surroundings.
Gibbons Good Punter
The Mount Pleasanters prom
1se to get plenty Of good punting
this year with the youngSter
Gibbons on hand. This per-
former, another of those big
fellows, did not come to Central
last year until late in the season
and as a result was Of little
help,
But this season it is q diff
ferent story. He will be avail
able all year and his bOOting
will help balance the team
where it did not have it last
season:
The biggest helps promise to
come from the two new men,
Heflin and Buscher, ends. This
pair have played their position
In many games of the past
while with Tech, and should give
Central the two most experienced
wingmen the team has had since
the days of Byng and Lotus.
The Washington times., 1931-10-01
Many Systems Dominate
World of Football
Rv EDDIE CASEY

BOSTON, 0ct 1-0d followers of football will recall the
days of the flying wedge the turtle back guards back tackles
back Minnesota shift and other inventions that each had their
day the football stage but need not 60 back that
show how the football world has been ruled by idea
The Washington times., 1931-10-01

Ing I 90 I b a l l
players. When
opposed to pow
er. and weight,
and S t r e Myth,
such as they
will meet Sat
urday, one is
eli n e d to
string alon g
with Maryland,
even with such
a stalwart as
Thomas doing
heavy and eff.
ficacious duty
for Virginia.
The Washington times., 1931-10-01
COL F
By CHESTER HORTON

If you will pick up any club
and deliberately take hold of
it with your thumbs and fore
The Washington times., 1931-10-01
CROSS.EYED RACER

Pari-Mutuel, 3-year-old which
recently won the Rustic Purse at
Balmont Park, is cross-eyed.
The Washington times., 1931-10-01
Two Headline Mat Events
At Stadium Tonight

Promoter Joe Turner offering the local wrestling fans
two main events the Clark Griffith Stadium tonight
The Washington times., 1931-04-20
Voluntary Donations

"I know you will be pleased,
however, when I state that the
souvenir which I am about to
present to you with the compli-
mentS of your many friends
and admirers was purchased
with decidedly small voluntary
contributions, and the commu-
nications that accompanied
them will make valuable col
lection for you to peruse in
your leisure hours.
"They comprise expressions of
admiration and affection from
individuals in every walk in
life, and include diplomats, of.
ficials of high standing In our
community, men, women, and
the youth of our city.
1--WE want you to know that
you have not been forgotten by
the Washington baseball-loving
public. We want you to NOV
that we have not forgotten
your wonderful skill behind the
bat, and as the receiving end
of the greatest battery of all
time-JohnSon and Ruel.
1--WE want you to know that
we haven't forgotten the great
part you played in helping the
Nationals win two pennants,
nor the thrills you gave u in
the 1924 series by your two
base hit in the twelfth inning
which started the rally that
The Washington times., 1931-04-20
Have Made Baseball

Your gentlemanly demeanor
on and off the field has made
you one of the best liked men
in the profession. Men like
yourself have made baseball
what it is today, the most
popular American sport.
mo higher tribute could be
paid to a man than has come
from your former team mates,
and especially from your for
mer battery partner, the Peer
less Walter, now manager for
Washington.
"And now, on behalf of The
Washington Times, that gave its
pages unstintingly to this move
ment; Kirk Miller, who orig
mated the idea and whose splen-
did articles with yourself as the
subject made interesting read
ing, and the thousands of your
friends and admirers repre-
Sented in this vast audience, it
gives me pleasure to present to
you this ensemble of leather
goods and set of matched golf
clubs.
Not great in intrinsic value,
but intended to express to you
the deep affection in which you
are held by the Washington
public.
I'VE wish for you many years
Of happiness and good health
with leisure to make use Of
these bags in travel, and those
golf sticks in play, giving
thought now and then to your
Washington friends who will al
ways welcome you with genuine
affection upon your return Wis
its to this city"
The Washington times., 1931-04-20
.Pickups and
PutOuts
By GEORGE A. SIMPSON

Dy OLON"C As EoANAA COAN
Warren HilIeary and Norman
"Huck" Hilleary are cousins. E.
not brothers. j. Leighton
Count" COrnwelI became in
dignant when compared to Rob
Roy Bad News" Mackey, Corn
well styling himself a gentle
man and scholar" Freddy Nc
Leod, golf pro at Columbia
Country Club. says the United
States named the best team
for the Ryder Cup matches in
this country. Noble Viers, the
Juvenile bowling star, is a
freshman student at the Uni
versity of Maryland. Mike
DursO, former cheer leader at
Catholic University, will be mas
ter of ceremonies at the Ar
Iington roof garden this sum-
mer Skater" O'DOnnell, sue
cessful coach of the Boys Club
Big Five, has gone to make his
headquarters in New York. e.
Jake Farrell, former GOnzaga
High athlete, is due for a regu-
lar infieId berth on the Mt. st.
Mary's College nine. Doc"
Sharp, president of the Down
town Coaches Association, is an
accredited physician who doesn't
practice his profession.
The Washington times., 1931-04-20

Here was truly one of the
most typical fan gestures that
any city has ever witnessed be-
cause it was in reality the act
of the thousands who have
thrilled in the eight previous
years at the smartness, alert
ness, sportsmanship and polish
of one of the grittiest, pluckieSt
and expert catchers who has
ever donned the mask and chest
protector.
That Washington fandom
was and is cognizant of Muddy
Ruel's exceptional merits as a
player and as a man, was DEM
onstrated to him and to the
multitude that looked on, when
the city joined hands at the in
vitation of this newspaper to do
Muddy the proper honor when
he should first return to the
scene of his former triumphs in
regalia of his newer contact.
In Postmaster MONEYS excel
lent welcome to Ruel, he laid a
great deal of stress, possibly too
much, on the activity of this
newspaper and this writer, in
the Ruel gesture. But Mr.. Moo
ney is an enthusiast and when
he leads a committee, he is not
a mere figurehead, but a work
man, and that he personally got
a tremendous reaction out OF
his most recent civic activity, is
established by the sincerity with
which he acquitted himself and
by the success which his efforts
wrought.
The Washington times., 1931-04-20

ton club, who ever left it, that
a similar demonstration could
have been built arOund-HOward
Shanks and Roger Peckin-
paugh."
And come to think of it, Griff
is just about right. 1t takes
seasoning, it takes years of
background, it takes an un-
usually clean record over a
long span to put ballplayer
on a pedestal. 1t takes rare
conduct on and off the field
to instill in the fan the adora-
ton that Ruel and ShankS and
Peckinpaugh inspired.
There are even now, right
on this club, one or two others
who some day not too far away
will come in for similar signal
honor; but we will come to
that later.
Meanwhile The Washington
Times thanks the fans, it thanks
Bill Mooney and George Chris
tian and Tom Flaherty and
Fred Buchholz and Jack Tul-
loch and Barney Welsh and
Fred Pelzman and Harry Viner
and Sergeant Burdine and Ben
OuriSman and Henry HiSer
and Brooke Grubb and Goldie
Sigmund and Bill Smith, to say
nothing of the ex-officio mem
berS of the Ruel committee,
Count CornwelI and Harry Shil-
ling. 1t also thanks the Becker
Leather Goods Company
through Mr.. Turk and A. G..
Spalding Bros, through Cy Mac
donald for their guidance in
the selection of the gifts.
Its been a lot of fun, and
what work there was has been a
labor of love-"