The Washington times., 1937-10-19
Eagles Sh0OeI Pass Play
"Reminiscences of DOb1e
DObsOn Calls
Defeat of
Cornell
PIXLEE BACK
By FRANK BUCK" oNEnL

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Not so many years ago the dour
Gilmore Dobie, then head coach
of the football forces of Cornell
University, startled the world with
a proposal that the forward pass
be limited to use behind the line
of Scrimmage. Yes, that's right;
the dour Scotsman thought that
the best interests Of the game
would be served if teams were pro-
hibited by rule from hurting the
ball beyond the line Of scrimmage.
Dobie'S reactionary proposal fell
upon deaf ears, but he went to
work on the idea and was one Of
the originators Of the shovel pass
behind the line Of Scrimmage.
In this play as used now by every
coach, among them Gus WEIGH Of
American University, we find q
pleasing mixture of fundamental
"open" play, but the full develop
and advanced football. It is an
ment of the maneuver calls for
hard blocking down field in order
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COMBINATION OF TWO
The shovel pass, in the last an
alySiS, is a combination Of the open
game and the smashing power at
tack off tackle. The end from the
short side pulls out of his station
and runs past the center, where
he takes the pass and cuts off
tackle. He is covered by inter-
fSence by backs and linemen.
Without that hard, close blocking
by the other men on the team,
especially on the defensive end
and tackle, the play cannot hope
to live.
The possibilities Of coupling
power with deception In this play
are many, and it was the off-tackle
development that really appealed
to Gil Dobie. His smashes inside
of end were the terror Of Eastern
opponents when Dobie first came
out Of the west to coach at Navy
and later at Cornell.
DOBsON CALLS TURN
Frank Dobson, head coach Of
the football forces of University
of Maryland, is something more
than a coach. He is a sooth-
sayer. You doubt that? Well, he
called the turn on the Syracuse
Cornell game on Saturday as we
ate lunch together at the Hotel
Monticello in Charlottesville, Va.
Syracuse is very apt to beat
Cornell" Dobson said, and those
around him grinned wide grin.
"Solem has that team going
places and in , that halfback,
Glickman, they have one Of the
stars Of the East. If the power
Of that Orange team had been
coordinated last year, the story
would have been different, but
it was embarrassed power. Now
watch out for things"
Dobson is one Of the kindly gen.
tlemen Of the coaching profession.
His son is playing football at
West Point, and all the boys under
him are "his" boys. If they are
bumped hard on the field, he re-
moves them at once and hovers
around them to see that they are
all right. Dobson'S treatment of
Jim Meade, who returned to play
after his mothers funeral, was
paternal in it's tenderness. 1t was
only when Meade asked to play
that DobSon agreed.
PTXLEE TELLS ALL
Jim Pixlee is back from his
jaunt to Tennessee when he
secuted Alabama'S Crimson Tide.
Frank returned bearing tales Of
the remarkable proweSs Of Holm,
the Alabama kicker. This young
man stood on the Vols 35-yard
line and sent high punts that died
on the seven and eight yard lines.
Shoemaker, the right end Of the
"Tide," is rated as a slashing
player.
Alabama is not as hefty as
other teams wearing the Crimson
have been, but the slight DIFF.
ference in weight Is counter