Evening star., 1934-11-12
The Master Magician.

~ IG Ted Cox, the Minnesota
* giant coaching at Tulane, still
had a dazed and startled look
in his eyes as he started
South.
Big Ted Cox, it might be men
toned, is one of the smartest foot ball
coaches operating between our two
leading coasts. But the razzle dazzle.
flip and skip attack that Colgate
threw against Tulane had him seeing
things
when it comes to the real art Of
open play-to the foot ball of the
future, Andy Kerr is just five years
ahead of the parade" Cox said. I'VE
have no alibis to offer. We played
our best game of the season, the team
gave everything it had, but we were
not prepared for the shower of foot
balls that seemed to be spinning all
over the field. How many times did
they flip that lateral after handling
one of our kicks?"
-Four times" We remarked-"Op-
penhamer, Kern and Kuk were all in
on it."
-Four times?" Cox repeated. "I
thought I had counted six times be-
fore I covered my eyes. l would have
guessed eight times, anyway. The
amazing thing was that, with the
smartness, quickness and skill of her
passing and ball handling, Colgate's
fundamental play-her blocking, tack
ling and charging were of the high
est order. I'd like to say that here
is foot ball team Cox continued,
"one Of the best I have seen in a
long time, a match for anybody"
Colgate the Modern.
THIS generous tribute from the
Tulane coach was well deserved
Colgate's deceptive attack, her
ball-handling and her ball-hiding,
her laterak and her forwards. her
feints and thrusts were not the only
features of her play. There also was
blocking of the best type-hard
deadly tackling and fast, driving
charges by a strong Red line that
either tricked or crashed through the
scrappy Green.
Here was modernistic foot ball still
grounded in fundamentals, a smart
team and a fast team, thoroughly
drilled in the execution of an intricate
attack-and just about as strong
against Tulane's running and passing
game, headed by Simons and Mintz,
two outstanding stars.
Tulane's pasSers and kickers were
hurried and harried, her running
game was often spilled and only the
speed, spirit and desperate running
force of Simons and Mintz could make
any headway at all.
Colgate has fast, strong line with
a star end In Bogdanski, and in Kern,
Kuk, Oppenhamer. Fritts and others,
a collection of able backs who can
kick, pass, run, block and-above all
else-keep their heads above the fog.
A Team of Backs.
ITO MEET this type of foot ball."
Cox said, We'll need a team
of halfbacks on the field-just
II halfbacks who know how to handle
foot ball-who know how to block
and charge. There will be more and
more demand for speed-not only
in the backf1eld but in the line. When
IL men can handle a lateral-as
Colgate could-you can see the con-
slant threat defense must face"
When the Tulane line stood higher
to try and follow the "will-o'-the-
wisp." dancing tauntingly back and
forth, Colgate's attack drove through
or under. It was a difficult attack
to wrap up in a package, as Ohio
State, Holy Cross and Tulane all
discovered
Colgate's players seemed to be of the
same speed and the same build, and it
was no little team" either. They
were well set jlp, active athletes with
no numbering mastodons getting in the