The Washington times., 1934-01-08
PRAISES
P|NCKNEY,
D. c. BOY
By LOU LITTLE

ball Coach and Former Head
Coach at Georgetown Uniuer-
sttyJ.
NEW YORK, Jan. S.-Be.
7 fore leaving Pasadena and
since arriving home, I have
been asked many times whether
7 thought the condition Of the
weather and the field played q
part in the Columbia victory
over Stanford in the Rose
Bowl.
My opinion is that it did not.
In the first place, Columbia was
BY many pounds the lighter team.
In the second place, the field was
not bad but remarkably good con-
Sidering the condition Of the Bowl
Just "a hours earlier. To the Rose
Bowl directors, from Chairman
Hal Reynolds down, and to the
men who l.evised the drainage
system and superintended the
work Of pumping the water from
the field Sunday afternoon and
evening I give my Sincerest con-
gratulations.
On Sunday 1hen '"Tiny" Thorn
hill and I looked at the field to-
gether, it seemed less than a re-
mote possibility that the game
could be played as scheduled.
Somebody even suggested a crew
race. Rain fell in torrents. Green
grass was visible only for mar
row strip up the middle Of the
gridiron. The water reached the
top Of the players and coaches
benches, which led our Tommy
Tomb to remark that
'T certainly hope they can get
the water out Of there because
I'd hate to see the coaches un-
comfortable during the game"
Dry CIeats Practical
But half dozen pumps went to
work at the order Of the Pasadena
officials and by morning the field
was almost clear although rain
was still falling. About II o'clock
7 sent Assistant Coach Paul Lis
ION to the field with two pairs Of
football shoes, one with mud
Cleats, the other with ordinary dry
weather cleats.
He tried out both sets and re-
ported by telephone that the dry
cleats could be used. So great was
. my surprise that I was skeptical
and sent Herb Kopf, Sam Cordo-
vano and George McCabe to the
field to make similar experiments.
Back came their telephoned re-
port that Liston was right and
that lie CRY cleats could be used.
So the decision was for dry
cleats and it turned out to be alb
aolutely correct. The field, with q
deeply imbedded turf, was firm
and pretty fast, the sandy SubSo1l
and the fine drainage system hav-
ing accounted for the early morn
ing water. There was no mud and
little slipping. The spectators
could read the numbers on the
players backs all day. In my
opinion neither attack was Seri-
ously hampered aside from the
obligation Of handling the wet
ball.
Lauds Forward Wall
There has been wen merited
comment on the work of Captain
Montgomery, Brominski, BarabaS,
Natal and Nevel's blocking, but I
hope the fine service Of this much
outweighed forward line will not
be lost sight Of. In the two goal
line stand in which Stanford's
power was held short of q score.
losing the ball without gain,
this Columbia line showed me
some of the greatest defensive
football I have ever seen. Wilder
and Ciampa, the centerS, sup
ported the line in remarkable
fashion with their clean vicious
tackling which I still maintain
was a large factor in the Stan.
ford fumbleS at critical times
Jacket, weighing 180 pounds, and
Outweighed across the line by
fully 20 pounds, turned in great
days football, smashing across
hard and covering territory per-
fectly against the Stanford re-
verses.
Richavich, playing his only
game Of the season at the other
tackle, broke up play after play
and in the fourth period still
showed no signs Of firing. Rich
avich'S hurrying Of the paSser in
the last period when Stanford
was making it's final desperate
passing bids, was at times spec
taeular. Any football man knows
that this is the best possible de-
fense against the pass, especially
against so dangerous a thrower Is
Hillman, who was tossing most of
them for the Indians at this stage.
Pinckney Is Star
Dzamba, at guard played the
full go minutes in finishing his
career and was the spear-head OF
the running attack, as well as
potent poison to Stanford on
the defense. Pinckney, finishing
his first year as a guard, either
In high school or college, also
played a beautiful game and with
another years experience I ex
pect him to be an outstanding
hneman.
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