The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1936-11-04
TULANE'S Green
WAVE SURPRISE
OF THE SOUTH
Tennessee VO Is Among
Top Teams - Wade
Gives Analysis
BY WALLACE WADE
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are two Of the best football teams
In the south.
Their stories are similar in several
respects.
Both changed coaches this fall,
Major Bob Neyland returning to
Knoxville after years Army SER
vice Ia the Canal Zone, and Lowell
Dawson picking up the reins In
New Orleans.
Not O great deal was expected Of
either squad, but each improved af-
ter starting slowly. Both have
played and are playing hard sched-
ules. The members Of each club
have shown fine spirit.
Both have effective offenses de-
pending on hard running, good
blocking, and long forward passes.
The punting Of both arrays Is only
fair.
Tulane has fine, hard-running
backs In Bucky Bryan, who weighs
IT'S pounds, and John Andrews, who
carries O world OF power In his 1876
pounds. Tennessee has hard-run-
ming backs In Phil Dickens and Mel
Win Herring, scaling about ITS lbs.
each, and q jackrabbitt back In Red
Harp, who weighs $50 pounds. Harp
Is very fast and shifty and excep-
tionally good OF returning punts. All
OF these backs are triple threats.
The defensive play OF Tulane and
Tennessee Is as strong as 1t Is diff
ferent.
Tulane uses a six-man line with
all six linemen In O three-point
starting position and driving across
the line low, hard, and speedily.
They rush In quickly, smash the
interference, and force the play to
develop quickly, each man trying 10
throw the ball carrier for loss on
every play. II one man misses he
depends upon someone else being
there TO protect him. They rush
passes and punts very hard.
Green Wave backs come up fast,
leaving their positions on q play
quickly. Halfbacks and safety
come up fast TO the outside to pro-
tecs the ends who play In close and
60 IN fast IN such way that the
ends are strong against inside plays
but weaker against outside plays.
Tennessee Players Hard 70
Trick
tennessee also employs O siX-man
ling, but the linemen are more cau-
tious. They do not charge across
as East or as deep. They are hard
to pull out Of position. It as es.
pecially difficult to fool them. The
entire team seems to play more OF
zone defense each man being
responsible for the zone which he
70 slow OF leave.
Volunteer backs hold their posi-
tons until the play has developed
and are very hard TO get out OF
position on any kind OF q play.
When they do start UP, they come
up very fast and well 10 the out
side.
Other southern teams which dc.
serve TO rank with Tulane and
Tennessee at this time are Louisi.
ana State, Auburn, Alabama, Geor-
giA Tech, Duke and North Carolina
Tulane Is one OF four unbeaten
teams In Dixie, but, like Louisiana
State, Alabama and Auburn, II has
been held even. The Green Wave
tackles Alabama at Birmingham on
November Z, and Louisiana State at
Baton Rouge, Nov. 20 and the
southern championship may we'll be
decided In one OF those engage
ments. Tulane already has met
Auburn, and that scoreless game
accounts for the deadlock on the
record Of each outfit. Louisiana
state gets q crack at the Plains.
men, November II, In another game
which may 90 O long wa ytoward
determining the titleholder.
II Tulane gets by Alabama's
youngsters, who have come on con-
siderably since their scoreless tie
with Tennessee, II should 20 into
the Louisiana State battle unbeat.
On, for Georgia and Sewanee form
the opposition In between.
Tulane hasn't had bed OF roses
Tor o new coach to rest on. After
repelling Mississippi by q point af-
ter touchdown, 7-6, the Greenies
were held TO scoreless tie by Au.
burn and then showed steadily in
creasing power In repulsing Cen
tenary 1910; Colgate, 28-6, and
North Carolina, 2i-7.
Dawson ut Home In Tulane Post
THAT power house Of Bryan and
company was by far the greatest
backfield we have faced this year"
remarked Bear Wolf, head coach OF
North Carolina, following the
Wolfpack's scrap with Tulane. II
would not be surprised to see Tu-
lane 60 through the season without
q defeat. The game between Tu-
lane and Louisiana State should be
one Of the greatest on record. Daw-
son certainly has done splendid
Job In his first year."
In addition to Bryan and An
drews, Tulane has star backs In Bill
Maths, Ralph Bond and Noel Lof-
tin. Bryan, spark plug triple
threat halfback. is rated as the
teams leading performer. He Is a
great passer, a fair punter and one
Of the finest ball carriers and de-
fer1sive men in the land. Maths,
power house right halfback, Is the
best punter with the club. Bond,
who has played halfback, now al
kernates with Andrews at fullback,
and Loftin calls plays.
The line Is as well balanced as
the backfield, with Preisser, right
end; Ray Miller, tackle; Norm
Buckner, left guard and Porter Tull
center, standing out.
While few II any, expected Red
Dawson to bring on Tulane as he
has. 1t isn't strange that this young
man has had such marked success
m his initial effort as head coach
Of a major team.
Dawson is thoroughly acquainted
with the Minnesota system, having
been one Of Tulanes greatest quar-
kerbacks under Bernie Bierman and
the latters' backfield coach at Min
peapolis. From Clark Shaughnessy
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