The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-29
BERNIE .MOHILL

tian university and has sent out such astute graduates as Sammy Baugh and Davey O'Brien, who will continue with research work in the National Professional Football league this winter. Amazingly modest de- spite his attainmerlts-Professor Meyer wears none of the trappings of the professional don but mounts the platform in a simple seersucker and tan brogues-he talked on for ward passing at football clinic at the Worlds Fair yesterday. Among those who listened and took notes at the lecture were Lou Little, Wal lace Wade, and Bill Kern.
 Startling Suggestion
 For one who has done SO much to spread the use of the forward pass Professor Meyer, in an informal dis cussion after class, made a rather startling suggestion. He actually advised curtailing the use of the for ward pass unless conditions for its use were perfect.
 Weather conditions must be right if the forward pass is to be used fre- quently and with success" Meyer said. Tt is 8 football weapon that belongs to sunny days, warm days, and dry days. In cold weather a passer has imperfect use of his hands and arms as do his receivers. In snowy or rainy weather the pass CT and his catchers are handicapped by a heavy, slippery ball, and un- certain footing. The weather must be reckoned as the most important element in the tremendous success of forward passing in the southwest. We can nearly always count on ideal weather for our games. Because of all this believe teams in the east, midwest, northeast and northwest can never hope to match us in throwing the ball around. To tell you the truth, I think that they waste & lot of time in trying to per. feet play which depends on per- feet weather conditions for success" |"
 There are some who believe that Professor Meyer and his horned frog pupils at T. c. U. have exhaused the possibilities of the forward pass. He doesn't agree with them at all, which must come as discouraging news to those opponents who have been baf- fled by his present day aerial ciy- cuses. Meyer sees the forward pass with laterals as the next field to be explored. Already he is mapping plays which call for everyone but the president of the school to ham, ale the ball on its way toward q touchdown. He thinks the shovel pass has been ignored, too, and plans to tap it for touchdown runs.
 Citizens Get Credit
 Meyer gives the football fans of Texas great deal of the credit for making the passing in that section the most sensational in the country.
 "The citizens out there," he said, "crave action. The love of it is in their blood, and no football coach has much chance of selling them a defensive team that wins games by kicking and waiting for breaks. They'll chase him out of town. They would rather lose by 19 to 27 than win by 3 or 2 to O."
 It seems impossible that Professor Meyer, having developed two great passerS in succession - Baugh and O'Brien - could come up with an- other this year. But he says he has, in the person of young raw-boned six-footer named Odle.
 He's a right pert chunker, Odle," Meyer said.
 And when Meyer rates him right pert" 1t means that Odle can but ton your vest with that football at anywhere from nine to ninety yards. You got to be able to in that Texas league, else get over on the bench and make room for someone who can.