The Washington times., 1936-10-12

gan State carried on against
Carnegie Tech, thus confirming
it's victory of one week ago over
Michigan.
In the main, there were rela-
lively few upsets. Southwestern'S
triumph over Vanderbilt left the
boys gasping, to be sure, and
Georgia Tech trimmed the highly
touted Kentucky eleven. The
major games were bruising, spec
tacular struggles. Thrill followed
thrill in nerve collapSing success
sion, and in at least three of the
featured games victory was not
decided until the waning minutes
of the day. .
Passes Figured Prominently
The forward pass figured
prominently in all games, a lethal
weapon of attack in some in
stances; decapitating boom
erang in others. The lateral pass,
too, was called into play. Mime
sofa used the lateral off a Ne
braska punt to beat Nebraska.
Georgetown invoked the play to
trim Cincinnati in the last 80
seconds.
On every field, in every game,
modern weapons featured the play.
Ohio States dream of conquest,
heightened by a romping victory
over New York University last
week, was shattered under the
grinding power of PittSburgh'S
straight attack. The Panther Of
fensive, without one single forward
or lateral pass to spread the
Buckeye defense, ground out yard
age, and finally reached its climax
in a 35-yard run by Harold Steb-
bins, who burst off tackle, picked
up his interference and raced un-
touched down the side lines.
For every yard that Ohio State
gained during the afternoon OF
terrific battling, Pittsburgh gained
three. From a standpoint of foot
ball, the most enlightening lesson
to be derived from the game lies
in the fact that fundamentaliSm
prevailed over ultra-modernism.
The whirligig football of Ohio
State, founded upon lateral passes,
forward passes and the deceptive
plays that click so well against
certain types of opposition, foun-
dered upon the defense of a hard
charging set of forwards who en-
veloped an area three yards over
the neutral zone. Only once was
Pitt fighting in it's own territory.
Several times Pitt threatened to
score, once after a 55-yard march.
Uram in Spotlight
Andy Uram, Of the Minnesota
team, has crashed the headlines
again. It was this youths pass
to King, right end of the Gophers,
that produced the winning touch
down over University of Washing
ton. This same boy ran 80 yards
to glory against Nebraska yester.
day, taking a lateral pass from
Bud Wilkinson after the latter
had caught a punt by Ronald
Douglas, Nebraska kicker.
Wilkinson caught the kick and
started up the field toward one
side. AS the Huskers swung to
meet him he tossed the ball to
Uram, whose speed was sufficient
to carry him clear.
Reports of that epic struggle
tween HuSker and Gopher re-
vealed the fact that while Bier
mans men scored their nineteenth
consecutive triumph, they are not
yet up to the peak of last years
standards. There were times when
NebraSka'S men outplayed the
Gophers. This was true in the
line. A couple of scoring chances
were checked by Nebraska'S fine
defense. But Nebraska never could
hammer over the last white stripe,
and while great defense may save
game, it cannot in itself win q
game.
Sometimes They Fail
Those who live by the pass, it
has been said, shall perish by the
pass, and this axiom of the game
proved true in two of the great
games of the week end. South
ern Methodists dared to unloose
an aerial; one of the At that
haraSSed the Fordham Seconda-
ries, and Johnny Lock, an alert
wing back, gathered the whirling
spheroid to his heart and raced
76 yards, more or less, to give
Fordham its victory over the Mus
tangS.
For five minutes the Mustangs,
Rose Bowl foe of Stanford on
New Years Day, kept the play
in Fordham'S territory. Statistics
show that the Mustangs held the
upper hand in everything but
the matter of winning touch
down. They gained more than
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