The Washington times., 1933-12-22
LIONS SPEED
To OFFSET
BEEF
BY LOU LITTLE
Head Coach, Columbia University

Ell PASO, lex, Lee. ID ue
weight of the Stanford Univer-
sity and Columbia University
football players are being cited
frequently to prove that the com.
ing game in the Rose Bowl on
New Year day will not be al,
together even.
It is true that Columbia will
have the lighter team, but the
difference in weights is not
enough to make a material diff
ference in my opinion. This is
especially the case if the lighter
player has, backed up with speed,
ability to hit by proper use Of
leg drive and zest for the game.
He must be a man of 180 pounds
or more.
Our team is not tremendous or
even what ordinarily would be
called a big team. But we do
feel that we are large enough to
combat the heavier Stanford
team on even terms in that con-
nection. The weight advantage
is not neglible. 1t is good thing
to have. but it is not necessary
Little Difference
Comparing the weights of the
Stanford and Columbia teams,
there is not such a wide diver.
gence. On the average, their
backfield is only slightly larger
than ours. Alustiza, the Stan
ford quarterback, weighs 184
pounds and is % pounds heavier
than our quarterback, Cliff Mont
gomery, who is 162 pounds. Our
other three backs, however, stand
off evenly with theirs.
Brominski is ITO pounds, Bara-
has, 1877, and Newell, 173. STAN
ford's other three backs are Ham,
iIton, ITO; Maentz, I'll, and Gray
son, 1T. It can be seen from
these figures that they have only
q couple of pounds the better
for each man in the back field.
On the line their weight ad.
vantage is more pronounced, but
as I pointed out, it is not enough
to make great material differ
ence. At left end they have Mos
Grip, ITS pounds, and we have
Natal, 180. At left tackle, they
have 208-pound Reynolds and Co.
lumbia has Richavich, exactly the
same weight in the same place.
At left guard, O'Connor, of Stan,
ford, is 1876 as compared with
Dzamba's 1877.
Muller Biggest Man
The Stanford center is their
biggest man, Yves Muller, a 220-
FOUNDER, yet the Columbia team
could hardly be said to have a
light man there as we have
Wilder, a 195-pounder. On the
other side Of the Stanford line,
Bill Corbus weighs 1877 pounds,
which is the same as our right
guard, Pinckney.
They have a 10pound advan-
tage at right tackle, with Galway.
100 pounds, as against Jacket,
180 pounds, and at right end
Smith, of Stanford, is a 188-
FOUNDER as compared with Nc
Dowell's 1T. While these weight
advantages are rather uniform,
you can see that they are not so
tremendous that there should be
. cause for worry.
The record of the Stanford
team during the season shows
that it is possible to defeat a
larger team. Tiny Thornhill has
given this team the knowledge
Of how to make, the most of its
power by proper blocking and
tackling, by hitting with the
maximum amount of speed at the
amount Of impact and by getting
the proper timing.
If He Can Do 1t
If coach can do that much,
he Is harnessing the power prop
erly, and that is the principle
thing to be done.
From what understand, this
Stanford team is very much like
the Pittsburgh team of 1916
which had Tiny Thornhill at left
tackle, and such backs as Jimmy
Dehart and Eddie Hastings carry
ing the ball.
I was playing for Pennsylvania
at the time and we met Pitt in
a hard game, which they won.
played at right tackle, across the
line from Thornhill, and during
the contest unintentionally
stepped on Tiny's foot. He has
never forgiven me for it, but I
hope he forgets by New Year
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