Evening star., 1935-12-13
Won CRAMM SEES
MOVE AS HELPFUL
Grid System at Michigan
Requires Defensive Men
of High CaIiber.
by LAWRENCE PERRY.

NEW YORK, December lS.-Buu
Tilden varied his lawn tennis activi-
ties this Fall by coaching the German
Davis Cup team, now preparing in
tensively for a mighty effort to bring
the famous international trophy to
Berlin next Summer. If this be trea-
con, make the most Of 1t. For that
matter. Big Bill probably did.
Baron Won Cramm says that this
eminent protagonist of professional
tennis was very helpful to the team,
and that, with progress being made, he
hopes he and his colleagues will i'm
prove upon the showing Of the past.
In 1882 and last year, the Teutons
got into the inter-zone finals, but
lost in both instances to the United
States by small margins.
Wolverines System Outlined.
TN ESSENCE, what is the Michigan
= grid system against which certain
critics of the Wolverine commonwealth
are now campaigning? 1t is simply
explained
Cd Let the opposing eleven have
the ball in its own territory, and. ap-
plying a strong defense, wait until it
makes an error in its own territory.
II q team is kept there long enough, 1t
will commit a hlunder-so at least
runs the theory. If Michigan can
capitalize one mistake by making q
touchdown, that score, given power
full defense, is reckoned to be Sufh-
cient to win. (2) Opponent, having
been scored on, becomes desperate
and reckless: thus it makes more
damaging errors, which Michigan may
convert into additional points.
The one drawback to an otherwise
perfect policy is the fact that the
sort of defense necessary requires
players we'll above the average. In the
past two years, the Maize and Blue
has not had such men.
lTULANE's goal posts in the Louisi-
= ana state game were heavily
guarded by police. They were also
charged with electric current. But
neither law nor dynamo prevented
rioting and the ultimate downfall Of
the posts.
Louisiana States splendid material
found its way to Baton Rouge in the
course of Biff Jones administration.
Biff was all set for the banner year
of his career as coach when the row
with the late Huey Long occurred.
Contrary to reports, it was the one
and only time the genial coach and
khA ax%ahoff1ad CAnnfnr 11oShnl
The seasons anti-climax: Notre
Danes invitation to play a hula hula
bowl game. or some other sort of bowl
game, at Honolulu after the Irish had
turned a cold and fishy eye upon half
dozen bowl invitations upon our
own continent.
QUITTING salt instead of sugar in
the lemonade is an old trick.
Lou Little, however, applied the prac-
tice to q practical end on the theory
that lemonade thus treated prevents
muscular cramps when players take
drink in the heat of game.
Suggestion that the Joe Louis
Pauline Uzcudun bout ought fifty to
be held in slaughter house is here
with transmitted to Col. Fitzpatrick
and his conferees.
A world record comeback for ar
athlete of immature age: Ralph Flan-
egan of Miami, Fla, aged Is, return
ing to supremacy by winning the
American outdoor half-mile and mile
championships from Jack M-dica and
failing his way free-style to 20 vari-
GUS records.
EEW persons interested in the good
Of foot ball are giving three cheers
for the action of the We-tern Confer
ence in resembling the 15-year-old
ruling prohibiting professional foot
ball players from coaching in the Big
Ten.
Tom Montgomery Of Wheeling,
W. Va, is brother to the Montgomery
who played so well for Pittsburgh a
few years ago. Brother Tom, in case
you have overlooked it, has been elected
Princeton captain for 1896.