Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-04
Sports Parade
HENRY McLEMORE-

LINCOLN, Nebr., Dec. a. tUf)-
After spending several days III
this rally ridden city, l left THIS
morning with one mpression
The "T'' formation, joint mas
terpiece provided by two OF foot
balls best minds, George Halas Of
the Chicago Bears and Clark
Shaughnessy of Stanford, may have
left destruction, debris and broken
hopes in its wake through the west
coast campaign this fall, but Ne
braska coaches and football play
ers are confident that they can
handle the quick opening plays and
the flanker passes on which 1t IS
built
Rov Link" Lyman, Nebraska
line coach, flew to Chicago Tor TWO
purposes last weekend: Cd To at
tend the Chicago Bears annual
class reunion of alumni and, CD
to watch the team for which he
played a majority OF his 286 col
lege and professional games, in
action He sought out his old boss,
Halas. and another former NebraS-
ka player, Bernie MaSterSon, now
quarterback with the Bears, who
helped Shaughnessy install the IT
formation at Palo Alto last spring
However, neither of them would
talk and Lyman said that his re-
spect for the two men mounted.
But Link kept careful notes on the
offensive tactics of his former mates
as they walloped the Chicago Card
inals, knowing that here was the
same edition of plays, bound in full
leather, that the Huskers would be
facing New Years afternoon in the
Rose Bowl
Nebraska has won a reputation
as a power team, group of young
men who follow the rock EN- sock
em tenets of Pitt teams under Dr
Jock Sutherland. But a study of the
record for the complete season Of
fers another angle. The HuskerS
can pass when they have to.
They don't throw many, but in
the nine games they have played
against Minnesota, Indiana, Kan
sas, Missouri, Oklahoma, Iowa
Pittsburgh, Iowa State and Kansas
State, the Cornhuskers have COM
pleted 494 per cent of the 81 for
wards they have thrown. Only
eight have been picked off by enc
my hands and they have never
thrown more than a dozen in any
one contest. My understanding is
that most coaches figure 40 per
cent a high average for pass COM
pletions. Six of the 25 touchdowns
scored by Nebraska were through
the air.
A study of the seasons play also
reveals that only three touch
downs have been scored through
either the first or second string
lines and one of those was by Iowa
State from the l yard line, after
48 yard pass had put the ball
there. Minnesota bumped through
In two plays from the five yard
line and Pittsburgh picked up its
one touchdown over right tackle
from about the six yard line. The
red light has been on at all other
times.
If the Huskers are vulnerable,
it is in lack of a defense for the
pass. This may prove fatal with
frankie AlbertS left paw at the
controls of Stanford's aerial game
Just how much do the rival
coaches know of the enemy? 1t
was understood that a Stanford
scout sat in the stands Saturday
as the Huskers stopped Kansas
State. He didn't come near the
press hutch, however. Another OBJ
trusive spectator at the big game
at Berkeley was named Adolph
LeWandoWski. whose elbows likely
dug into the ribs OF the gentleman
on his right as he preserved for
further study the pet maneuvers of
Albert, Standlee and the other
Stanford players. Lewandowski is
Husker assistant coach.
Clark Shaughnessy has two as
sistants, Marchy Schwartz and
Phil Bengston, who should know
considerable about Nebraskas pre-
sent team. Bengston coached the
line at Missouri last year when the
Tigers won the Big Six title. He had
a hand in helping direct Missouri
TO one of the most decisive vic
tories over the Huskers in recent
Big Six history in a conference
game. Marchy Schwartz coached
at Creighton for several years. To-
Gated at Omaha, only 60 miles
away from Lincoln. Marchy's teams
did not meet Nebraska but a coach
that close to the Cornhuskers hears
little else discussed.