The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-11-07
TALKING
IT OVER
BY JOE WILLIAMS

NEW YORK, Nov. Yale in
IN vades Princeton this week for
the first big traditional game Of.
the eastern season, and that re-
minds me-
One Of these days you are going
to pick up your favorite newspaper
and read that Earl (Red) Blaik, a
former West Pointer, has been
named to succeed Or. Nal Stevens
as head coach Of the Yale football
squad.
Stevens is through, having previ-
ously announced MS intention TO
enter the active practice Of medi-
cine, and my information is that
the job practically has been hand
ed over 70 Blaik, who is currently
functioning as assistant Army
coach.
The gentlemen within whose power lies
the business OF naming the new Yale
coach are known to save agreed on BlaIE
ana II is known further that Blaik looks
upon the prospect OF shifting to tine New
Haven post with something more than
one possible hitch is the Yale precedent
against naming football coach who IS
not Yale man. Blaik IS not Yale man.
To repeat he is a West Pointer. VINO
resigned his commission sometime after
graduation.
Yale wants Blaik. It remains to be
the only thing that can am told that
this precedent is not as strong as IT used
to be- II began to Waver bit when Yaie
made Ed Leader coach OF crew. Leader
wasn't a Yale man
Crew at Yale had dropped to the I'M
kempt level OF mediocrity when it was
NeClGe0 IGAQET
outstanding in the far west at the time.
Subsequently. Leader was ADDED to the
faculty In this waY he became Yale
man. and great mortal sin was atoned
at Yale has fallen into a sharp slump
and as a remedy they prescribe the hir-
ing Of a first class experienced coach 90
What difference does it make whether
he's Yale man or not2' The important
point Is: Can he coach2| 49,, .o-
In the instance of Blaik the answer
is yes" He is one Of the several rea-
sons why Army football is what #, Is to-
Ralph sasse Blaik has been a vital cog
in the West Point football machine. The
officers say he is one Of the best foot
DLAIK had quite bit to do
I'D with perfecting that speedy,
powerful, hard charging Army team
that virtually blasted the Harvard
team out of New England over the
weekend.
He was Sasse's right hand man
all through the formative stages of
the team-a team that reached its
zenith against the Crimson.
It was hard to tell. watching the Sol
diers run wild over the Cambridge turf
whether Army was one Of the great teams
of all time or whether Harvard was one OF
team ever looked better and conversely, no
Harvard team ever looked worse.
There wasn't anything that the Soldiers
couldn't do and there wasn't anything
they didn't do much better than their OPP
ponents. The Army forwards outcharged
the red shirts all afternoon, and when
that happens the ball toters are bound to
will be a long time before the Army ball
toters have a gayer afternoon
Coach Eddie Casey of Harvard was
stunned and bewildered by the result
Il thought we had very good ball
club ourselves said Casey, but after
to say. If the Soldiers aren't the best
team in the east right now they must be
mighty close to. it, l never saw such
speed and power and timing all tied up
in one unit"
The Soldiers have two easy games in a
and Navy in their classic battles of the
year. They came out of the Harvard
game minus the services of Dick King
their great end who snapped an ankle
bone It is doubtful If King will play
again this season.