Evening star., 1935-12-05

was none too confident about
49, the outcome of the clash
with Coke. Rumors had drifted 10
the Colburn campus Of the prodigious
running attack Coke had, and OF trs
speed of its backfield. Bertwel him
self looked taut and drawn thinking
about the game. To lose would DC
to have the chances Of beating san
ford dwindle, for defeat breeds lack
of confidence in an eleven, and dis
rupts the even tenor Of its play.
On the train which bore them to-
ward their destination, Chuck sat
with Stevens, Fremont and Raleigh,
and talked foot ball and foot ball
strategy. Stevens, instead OF feeling
glum over being dethroned by Arnold
took it philosophically. He seemed 10
rejoice in the fact that Chuck mao
come through SO splendidly, and did
all he could to help him, by offering
a suggestion now and then. the
more Chuck got to know MN the DeV-
ter he liked him.
This Coke bunch" Stevens re-
marked, as the four pilots sat pouring
over their charts and papers, are
cockv lot. You could see it on their
faces when we played them last year.
There's no outfit they like to beat like
they do us. 1t sort of sets em on top
of the world. And they'll heckle you
II they can. They don't stop at much
In irving to rattle fellow.
FORBES. their coach, is a second
of
school. Strong for chatter on the
line. and he-man stuff, but short on
strategy and sound technic. 1 re-
member I had to complain to the
officials that our bunch couldn't hear
the signals because their linemen
hollered so much and so loud. They
were trying to rattle me, OF course.
Cheap stuff, but they sure go IN for
it."
do they play waiting or a charg-
ing line? I mean mostly"
I'll tell you, Chuck" answered
Stevens seriously, ''for the most part,
they play a waiting game, and they
stand pretty high. We didn't have
that dive-tackle play last year or l
would have used 1t. do think,
though, it ought to go great. If
Bloomgarten and Blake use a cross
charge. and Austin goes through for
the fullback, it ought to go for a
million. Playing high like that makes
them targets for a cross-charge on
the line.
II meant to tell you. too, that you'll
have to watch out for quick kicks,
They'll boot on first down as well as
on fourth, and always when you least
expect it. They sent one flying over
my head last year, that made me look
sad. I thought McBrair would tear
me apart, he was so sore. I thought
a pass was due so played up a bit
too close. They kicked from regular
formation, and the ball rolled a mile
1t set us back against our own goal
line, and We were there for most Of
the day.
II think we might have scored II
that hadn't happened. Although !
must confess they're tough lot to
beat. We were lucky In way COM
ing off with scoreless tie as it was
They had q cuss named Jarwick who
could rip his way through a stone
wall. I think he's playing this year,
too. A mean man in the open field
Runs with his legs wide apart SO
that when you tackle him he still
has a free leg to drag along with
and shake you off. He's smart, and
O good all-around man."
How are their passes, Paul?"
"Only fair. They were kind of wab-
bly, last Fall, If I remember rightly
They seldom resort to the aerial game
except in pinches. And they tele-
graphed every pass. On the long one,
the one you'll have to worry about
particularly. the two ends go down
and cross. Don't worry about them so
much. The man to watch is the wing
back who races right down the center
I think the best way to play 1t is to
come up to meet it."
How are you fellows coming?"
asked Coach Bertwell vino was walking
down the aisle of the special train,
on his way to the drawing room.
Pretty fine. Coach. Just going over
things generally"
by the way, I have a couple Of
copies of Coke's plays which I can
let you fellows look over If you want.
Pass 'em around among the backs
when you're through with them. We
went over most of them in those black
board drills last week, but there are
couple I received from our scouts
only this morning. Better study EN- a
bit" Bertwell hurried back mo-
ment later with the material
Thanks, Coach" said Arnold, TAX
ing the paper from Bertwell. "If
anything puzzles us, we'll ask your
help"
20. x"
The train rolled along swiftly. Here
and there the players were shooting
bridge. Tubby, who was taken along
more because Of his happy faculty Of
keeping the team In high spirits
than because of his value as a sub
stitute, was leading the majority of
the squad in some choice old ballads,
revised a trif1e for the benefit of
colIegians. His jolly disposition, tre-
mendous bulk. and delightful sense
of hunor never grew tiresome. The
team would have been lost without
him.
When the train pulled into the rail-
road station not far from Coke, the
team piled out and boarded a huge
bus, which took it to the Cliffcrest,
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