Evening star., 1935-11-29
INSTALLMENT XVII.

in TIE coach's room in the left wing
= of the gym. He had metropolitan
newspaper in his hand and was look
ing at it rather glumly. When the
players had seated themselves, ne
looked them over carefully 1t was a
habit of his. "All here, Watkins?" he
asked Of the assistant manager stand
ing in the doorway, checking off the
names of the men as they came in.
"All but Arnold and Hughes, coach" :"
"All right, close the door, they should
be here by now. It's 2:35 already.
. This meeting was called for $50"
The players settled back in their
seats.
"'Colburn's promising looking eleven,
manifesting worlds of drive and power,
opened its season yesterday by trounc-
ing Scranton to the tune of 20 to 0.
Under the skillful direction of Paul
Stevens, veteran pilot, Coach Bert
wells charges demonstrated a high
class brand of foot ball, and completely
swept the Scranton eleven off its feet.
The. Crimson unit tailed in the first
quarter, when Hoffmeister, formidable
fuuhack, plunged through the center
OF the opposing line for a touchdown.
The other tallies came in the closing
minutes of play when Salinger. went
around left end twice in rapid success
sion. to register two touchdowns.' &"
Bertwell stopped reading from the
paper, and glared disgustedly at the
players.
Never in the last five years. or
even more" he read on, has Colburn
shown such comprehensive grasp of
the fundamentals Of play, as it did in
the clash with Scranton. The linemen
charged low and with deadly effective
ness, the backs interfered beautifully,
and the teamwork and generalship
were beyond criticism"
Bertwell again glared at the players.
Bunk" he shouted, pure, unadul-
terated bunk! Whoever wrote that
ought to be hanged And that's the
kind Of stuff you fellows have been
eating up. You can see it the way
you're acting out there playing
tlddly-WinkS with the tackling dummy.
and Rover! Rover! it's your turn to
come over' with the bucking strap
ana the charging blocks. :. Why, it's
an outrage. Well have no more
OF 1t. From now on want every one
OF you fellows to keep away from the
papers. The first one hear of read
Ing sport page gets the air. We want
1oot ball players up here at Colburn.
not matinee idols. Now get that
straight. Keep away from the papers.
we were going along all right un-
I'll we stopped Scanton. Then vou
fellows puffed up like lot of poiter
pigeons. and quit working out there
You'd think we'd taken Sanford AL
ready, when We haven't even laid the
foundations. When you analvze
this stuff" and he held the paper up
so everybody could see it, its moth
ing short OF ridiculous. Take the
second sentence for example.
.Unoer the skillful direction of Paul
SteVens-now, that's certainly rare
-. Why, Stevens, you ran that team
Ike a merry-go-round. You picked
our plays as though you were grabbing
tnem out OF grab-bag Passed twice
q
CO.. Pulled an end sweep when
you were S yards from the sidelines
... kicked once on third down with
yard to go for first down and
linen Wnen you got in scoring terri
tory, you violated all my instructions
ana sent Hoffmeister ripping right
smack into the center of the line
The very spot told you to keep awav
from whenever you get near a goal
line. What did you have-a brain
storm? Sure he made it, but only
because Scranton had a tissue paper
forward wall. Judgment. whv
you acted more like a high school
quarterback than a varsity field gen.
eral. So much for the first mis-
representation of the enthusiastic re-
porter responsible for this hopeless
Now let's 60 on to the next fabri-
cation. =" Once again he glanced
at the paper. "'Never in the last five
years, or even more, -. he read, "'has
Colburn shown such a comprehensive
grasp Of the fundamentals of play as
1t oid In the clash with Scranton.
The linenlen charged low and with
deadly effectiveness, the backs inter
Tered beautifully, and the teamwork
and generalship were beyond criti-
cisr1i.'" For 30 seconds he stood
snickering at the write-up,
The fellow who wrote this must be
music critic. . "A comprehensive
grasp OF the fundamentals of play
=. the linemen charged low -. :.
teamwork . A lot of bunkum!
Here, Watkins, give me those notes I
mad you Jot down during the game
=. They'll tell the story. . Sorrel,
charging high repeatedly. Sorrel
being tented out of position by Scran-
ton tackle. .. Austin charging late.
-. Austin, slow in coming out in in
terference. Sorrel offside on lining
up. ;. Austin using hands to hold on
onense. How many times do you
fellows have to be told that a penalty
is a..gift to your opponents. Blake
beating the ball Blake offside
again. -. Black unnecessarily rough.
.. Too enthusiastic, Blake. Re-
member that Stevens poor
judgment. Stevens playing up too
close on third and fourth down on
defense. Stevens, letting punt 90
over his head. Salinger and Ste
vens . failing to take out end
on off-tackle play. Whole line
playing too high on defense
Bloomgarten, f1at-footed on defense.
=. Corbett, sucked out of position
on defense. :. Corbett, slow on COM
ing up to help Hoffmeister after a
play developed. E. What's the use. I
could read on endlessly. And you
fellows reading and believing these
press notices. Keen awav from them