The Washington times., 1935-11-01
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Attack
BY FRANK BUCK" ONEILL

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will be called upon to guard its
frontiers-pardon the slip
guard its outside zones when the
Rice Owls float into town for to-
morrow's gridiron battle with the
Colonials. The swing Of the Owl
attack is to the outside. They
have a lot Of speed and a lot Of
dash, and cover the ball well With
hard-running interference.
1--WE have practically nothing
to worry about" Jim Pixlee said
today. "This Rice team turns
every game into race for touch
downs, and our boys are crippled
worse than they've been all sea-
son. This isn't a bear story by
long shot. Just plain state
ment of fact"
There will be plenty Of running
when the Owls take the ball.
There is this youth Bill Wallace.
Picked on practically every all
star combination in the South.
west, Wallace is a fast, tricky run
ner. Bill Reinhart secuted Rice
against University of Texas on
Saturday and has returned all
het up about the Houston outfit.
Time To Lookout
wallace is the tail back when
the Owls swing into formation .
with their power massed on their
own left" Reinhart said.
That's the time to look out
for squalls. He will light out for
the side lines lickety split. When
he gets into the clear he can
stop and change direction about
as quickly as any player you've
ever seen.
wallace can double on his
tracks, and the advantage of this
is that he catches the defense
running in his former course.
They can't stop the way he does.
He is a left-handed passer, and
that's more grief"
The Owls use several forma-
tions. One of them is something
of ~" alignment of the backs.
When to the right Wallace is up
on the wing. The strong side
end is flexed bit more than is
conventional, but Rice is not
bothered by conventions.
Harry Witt plays the No. 8
position in the right formation,
and he is the key man in the
attack. Where the ball goes, you
will find Witt blocking. Witt
has been responsible in no small
degree for the success of Eight
Yards" Johnny McCauley. Men
who are in position to know say
that Witt is as effective in clear
ing as Riley Smith, of Alabama
is. He lacks some of the finesse
of Smith, but he does the work.
Builds CunningIy
Rice builds its play cycles cum
ningly, according t. observers.
The swing and the slash to the
outer zones tend to spread the
defense. And when this takes
place, Eight Yards" McCauley is
called into action. In short side
reverses. and that effective play
is included in the Owl repertoire,
j. w. Friedman takes the ball
from McCauley and rams off to
the left behind compact, hard
running interference with the
guards swinging out of the line
and taking the end and line sup
ports.
There is little doubt that the
Texans will come here with every .
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fensive weapons. They've aver
aged Is points per game in five
starts, including a shut out de-
feat at the hands of Southern
Methodist They've totalleA
80 points up to date.
Rice has gone along on the
proposition that the best defense
is a hard running attack, and so
far it has worked out right
nicely The defense of the
Owls has been anything but rock
ribbed. The Creighton Blue Jays
alone failed to score against
them.
Buoys Pixlee's Hopes
It is this feature that has
buoyed the hopes Of Jim Pixlee
no little. True enough he has
some of his men pretty badly
banged up. Carroll, for instance,
is on crutches and will not play.
There are others on the injured
list, but there are still some boys
who have enough speed and
enough dash to score touchdowns.
It is a question of whether or
not they can get enough touch
downs.
There is one feature about the
Owls that appeals to this agent
and it is entirely apart from the
field of play. Bill Wallace, hailed
as a star of allAmerica magn1'
tude, is an automobile salesman,
and they proclaim the fact in the
programs. Eight Yards" NC
Cauley is a clothing salesman.
Doubtless other members Of the
squad earn the money to get
through school.
This agent for one thinks that
it's a great thing to come right
out boldly and say that athletes
have jobs. Why not There are
few who will argue that athletic