Evening star., 1932-10-22


was sprung at gathering
of foot ball writer's nlght
or so ago and the list OF candloates
named and tagged was longer than one
might expect
When the states we're opened there
we're named. among others: Howard
Jones of Southern California, Lou Little
of Columbia, Gil Dobie of Cornell, Pop
Warner of Stanford. Andy Kerr of Col
gate. Bierman of Minnesota, late OF Id-
lane; Clark Shaughnessy. OF Loyoia'
New Orleans; Madigan OF st. Mary s.
Casey of Harvard. Sasse OF the Army
Sutherland of Pitt and eight or ten
moro from various sectors OF the coun-
try-East, South and West.
The two who seemed to make more
lists than any others were Lou Little
of Columbia and Howard jones cl
Southern California. Several wanted
to wait until the season was over before
voting on Hunk Anderson OF Notre
Dame and Fritz Crisler of Princeton.
The argument finally got around to
The old debate of coaches and material
which Is the more important-Which
one does more to make the team?
Many instances we're shown where
good material, badly handled, got no
where in particular.
But there we're many more cases 10
show where high-class coaching slipped
badly with poor material to send against
much stronger man power.
In case of scggy season or bad
year. the true rea:on rests far more
often with poor material than with poor
coaching.
0NE rather glaring weakness in foot
~ balls general scheme was also
brought to life again.
One writer cited the cases CT three
foot bal players, unable to make any
thing approaching the scholastic grade
in one university, turning up later with
rival team-and with devastating
effect. This happens often. Tne wide
gap in scholastic requirements is big
foot bail handicap to one unlver,1ty anG
a big boon to some other.
There have been any number OF IN,
stances where certain stars, turned
away from one university, get back into
foot bal! later to lead in the overthrow
of their first choice.
When this happens you can't expect
a coach not to feel trifle glum about
it all.
Another coach lost four such poten-
tisl stars. due to scholastic deficiencies,
and several of them were popping AT
him all season from hostile lines or
beckfelGs, eau, ing no small amount OF
mental anguish.
Naturally there should be dividing
line between universities which demand,
say, IS Carnegie units to get in and
those who demand only or 5.
II this were conc there would be
no further hard feeling and there would
also be much fairer te-t.
There's no great thrill in throwing
puff balls at rival when he is allowed
10 carry g2t.
CATJECAE'5 casually list in tn
y ranks of the unoeatcn can be quite
ex5ensl,e by the timc October ;
twill gh. settles en- { flock Of fields.
Those anon, the unbeaten vino face
a certain amount OF trouble include
STANFORD. Southern California, Harvard,
Pittsburgh, Tulane, Auburn. V. P. L.
Kentucky, Colgate. N. Y. u, Purdue,
indiana and c; en- Focdllan.
Many of these will escape, to ges
ready for another test next Saturday,
bat several are bound to drop, thereby
Town by several old inhabitants.
When it comes to he days attend
ance figures, Stanford ana Southern
California wi lead the line, with sew
eral thousand to spare.
This keen far Western war should
come close to packing the Palo Alto
Stedium, wi,ieh seats $4,000.
There is a double rivalry here-the
rivalry between Stanford and Southern
California, and the rivalry between sup
pcrters backing the Warner system and
those backing the Howard Jones
system. Last Summer Pop Warner an
no,luced That be would uee eutirely .ueE