Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-18
Stars TO Depend
On Speed 10
Beat Bears
By EDGAR HAYES


A series Of meetings, held over
the weekend by the coaches Of
The All-Star football team. de
termined the strategy 10 be used
against the Chicago Bears IN Sol.
der Field August 2Ss Carl
Snavelv OF Cornell and his assist
ants have watched the boys for a
week which included four tough
Scrimmaee drills.
BY now they know The ability
and weakness OF each player. The
various units haven't worked as
well together thus far as the
coaches hoped. but they figure an
other week of Scrimmage VIII ma
Smooth-worklng combinations.
These coaches also know what
they are going 10 be UP agalns'
in the Chicago Bears. A team
that can run up 73 points against
the Eastern pro champions is no.
n team 10 be scoffed at The
Bears will have a weight and eN-
perIence edge at every position.
TO USE SPEED
But in one department tho All
Stars have a wide margin and the
coaches are determined 10 use
this to the limit. Speed is the
outstanding quality of the 194l
All-Star group. Backs like Tom
Harmon. Bob Saggau of Notre
Dame, Jack Banta OF Southern
California, George Paskvan Of
Wisconsin. Charlie O'Rourke OF
Boston College and Norm a n
Standlee Of Stanford all are speed
merchants.
WfTife the basic system Useu'
will be the single wing-back Of
Cornell. the coaches know the
Bears will be prepared for this.
They also know the ordinary foot
ball material used 10 overpowerI
collegiate opposition will be run
against a blank wall If used
against the Bears.
In this weekend meeting, a
series of new plays were mapped
out and given TO the team 10,
learn before the scrimmage today.
The plays were designed for one
purpose only, to shake the fast
backs loose into the open. Once
in the clear. the Harmons and
ORourkes can outrun the fastest
the Bears can send in chase.
The speed is there. The plays
will be given them. It's just al
case of execution.
The forward pass will get more
than its share of attention during
the coming week as the tutors
believe this, too, may be an eff
fective weapon against the pro
champions. While he Is in the
game. Harmon will do most of
the passing. He is big and dur
able and likely TO be in the lineup
most of the time.
Others who can pass are Dean
M A d m of Washington and
ORourke. The receivers are plen-
tiful.
Lack Of good blockers In the
backfield seems TO be the outstand-
ing weakness. Forest Evashev-
SKI of Michigan was about tops
in the nation last year, but he Is
expected to see limited service in
this contest. He has a bad shout
der, has taken part in only a few
OF the drills and therefore is far
behind the rest of the squad in
condition.
SHORTAGE OF BLoCKERS
Cornells quarterback. Walter
Matuszczak, will replace Evvy
shortly after the kickoff and di-
rect the team. He is a fine
blocker and well acquainted with
the style Of play Snavely will use.
But back of Walter there is a
shortage of effective blockers.
Some shifts may be made this
week which will transfer one or
more OF the running backs into
the blocking position.
The end situation, which has
been troublesome, was improved
by the return Of Hal Bodney OF
Southern California. Hal re-
ceived notice last week 10 report
TO the army within "a hours. He
raced to headquarters and, after
being sworn in, was 10 report
back in five weeks. Now he's
back with the collegiates.
Scrimmage will be held every
day and the coaches are willing
10 risk the loss of one or two KEY
men by injury rather than have
them fail to know what they are
about when they face the Bears.