The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-04-26
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Intercollegiate Grid Unit to Keep Ohio State Teams
 on Top

Francis Schmidt's classic re- mark upon assuming command at Ohio State, "Those Michigan boys put on their pants one leg at d time just like anyone else,' had something to do with the Buckeyes beating the pants off the Wolver. ines last fall. The score was 34 to 0.
 Moreover, Schmidt's aphorism has led to the organization of in. tercollegiate footballs newest club, appropriately named the "Michi- gan's Pants Club" the avowed pur. pose of which Is to help, in con- crete way, to keep Ohio State suD- piled with teams capable of kick ing the Ann Arbor lads pants.
 Shortly after the Ohio State war; sity dispeleld the Michigan jinx, Lew Byrer, sports editor of the Columbus Citizen, suggested that gold footballs, or some other suit able trophy, be given the members of the club which had given Michi gan worse licking than any other state team had ever administered to the Wolverines.
 So the other night 33 members of the 1894 Ohio StaAe squad were presented with gold trophies. The trophies are miniature football pants, in gold, upon which are en- graved the score of the game and the names of the recipients. Thirty-three of Ohio States most loyal football followers were the donors.
 As Byrer says, it's a move in the right direction. Any move which will serve to substitute construc- tive help for the hot air, bitter criticism, and general blathey which has been dished out too often to gridiron arrays, particu- larly to those of Ohio State, is to be commended.
 Strong Attack Not Best
 Defense in Football
 That old adage about a strong attack being the best defenst doesn't go in football.
 "Brown had two vital weakness, es on defense last fall" says Coach Fuss McLaughry, who last season experienced. his first really poor dt ILONioChCSy "Ilh to- lumbia, Yale, Syracuse, and liar yard rolling up a composite scor'' of 122 to against the haplesa Bruins.
 "Our tackles couldn't stop the enemy from breaking through and our secondary couldn't back up the line. Once through, the rival ball carrier kept right on going.
 "Along toward the end of Nc vember I got some boys in there as backcrs-up who could do the job.
 "After the first 10 minutes we gave q huge Holy Cross eleven an even fight, and on Thanksgiving Day we handed Colgate a surprise by holding that team to a 20-13 score after leading part of the way. Indeed, if the breaks had not gone against Brown we might have uT. set Colgate's really fine team. Andy Kerr's boys didn't take us very seriously before the game. Tackles Make Line
 Need Dash of Venom
 "A couple of good tackles can
  I'm hoping that pair of former ineligibles, Dick Shaw and Adolph sharkey, will help plug those tackle alleys next fall.
 "Sharkey is a raw-boned Lithun- nian boy who made great record at Brockton High school. He's gor what you fellows call killer in stinct. We could stand more vi- ciousness up front.
 "Shaw Is another natural fighter who may acquire the necessary technical fnesse. He gets up at b o'clock each morning to help load trucks for a Providence concerr, and is just as willing and ambi- tious on the football field.
 we have lot of big boys out for tackle, but most of them lack that dash of venom which the po- sition calls for. TO be worth his salt a tackle must be tough and rough, and like it."