Evening star., 1934-11-06
OUTSH|NES CAGLE,
SAYS bIFF Jones
Greatest Passer He's Ever
Seen, Asserts D. c. Man,
Coach of G. w. Foe.
BE MICKAL, Syrian sensation

BE MICKAL, Syrian sensation
N of Louisiana States foot ball
~ team, is a better all-around
back than was Red eagle, twice
an All-America at West Point a few
years ago. Take it from none other
than the man who has coached both
of these great backs-Bif Jones, L. S.
US present head coach and Wash
ingtonian.
Jones is coming back home Satur-
day, visiting the scene of his boyhood
tor the first time in his capacity OF
coach, and with him will come this
sturdy, dark, curly-haired foot ball
phenomenon who has made "Mickal"
a familiar name throughout the grid
iron world. The occasion will mark
two homecoming celebrations, the
jones family reunion and the get-to-
gether of George Washington Univer-
sity old grads who will be out at
Griffith Stadium to watch alma
matters team pitted against the un-
beaten BengalS from Baton Rouge.
With Mickal as his ace, Jones will
show to his native city probably as
fine a team as he ever coached at
West Point, where he returned after
the World War to inscribe deeper his
name in Army foot ball annals. Be
fore the war this huge, genial man,
who has gone further in the big Amer
lean college sport as player and coach
than any other Washingtonian, was
an outstanding guard at West Point
and would have led the Cadets as cap
tain in 1917 but for Americas entrance
into the conflict.
Long g-Distance Tosser.
"a EICKAL is a greater paSser than
,lN was Cagle-he's the greatest
passer I ever saw" Jones re-
Gently replied when asked for a COM
parison of the two.
"Mickal is a more accurate pasSer
than eagle and he can throw the ball
a greater distance" went on Capt. Biff.
In fact, Abe is a better all-around
back than was Red though he isn't
as fast" AS coach of eagle and Mickal,
Jones is better qualified to judge their
merits and to compare them than any
outsider, whether he be expert or fan,
Mickal's praises are sung by other
leading coaches, too, with Col Dan
McGugin, mentor of Vanderbilt, which
has played both George Washington
and L. S. u, declaring: In Abe
Mickal L. S. U. has one of the South'S
all-time backs-a long, high and ac-
curate punter, great ball carrier
and blocker and deadly passer."
Ray Morrison, ring master of the
Southern Methodist University aerial
circus, saw Mickal toss a 72-yard
touchdown pass to tie his Mustangs
early this season and said: If I had
Mickal to pass for me, S. M. U. would
never lose game"
Figures Back Up Praise.
@OLD, hard statistics back up these
glowing tributes of the 18l-
pound L. S. U. junior, who was
born 81 years ago in far-off Syria.
Mickal has thrown 48 passes this
Fall and % of them have been COM
completed for total gains of 459
yards. Of the completed tosses, six
have gone for touchdowns, of which
two were scored against Mississippi
State last Saturday night as the
Tigers won their fourth straight
game, 25 to 3. incidentally, this con-
test was the sixteenth in succession
in which L. S. U. has emerged with
a tie or better, this string having
started with Mickal's first varsity
game, in 1888.
MickaIs passing and place-kicking
1t was that enabled L. S. U. to tie
Rice and Southern Methodist in its
first two games in 1884. The strong
armed Syrian heaved a 5-yard pass
to Quarterback Walter Sullivan and
then booted the extra point to tie
Rice's powerful Owls, TT. In the
next game, with S. M U. leading,
lat, he tossed a 72-yard pass and
again toed the ball over the crossbar
to gain a tie in the last three min
utes.
A 40-yard pitch, Mickal to Sulli-
van, for touchdown started the ava
lanche that crushed Vanderbilt a
week ago Saturday. In every game
Abe has hurled the leather long dis
tances with the accuracy of a min
ute-man.
Also Is Great Punter.
NEXT to his passing is Mickals
~ punting. He has been called
the greatest Southern punter
since Peggy Flournoy. His average
for the season is AZ yards. In the
Arkansas game, that saw the Tigers
blank the 1888 Southwest Conference
champions, 1910, the pride of Baton
Rouge averaged better than SO, with
and against the wind. Last season
he made six 70-yard puntS that went