The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-11-27
POWER AND SPEED
FEATURES BOSTON.
COLLEGES ELEVEN
THIS YEARS CLUB RATED
BETTER THAN uNREATEN
SQUAD OF la4o; GIANT
LINE MAIN WEAPON
BY DILLON GRAHAM
Wide World Sports Editor

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scout up Boston way, Steve
OLeary, is sold on the football
Eagles of Boston College. He
figures BIC. should finish its sea-
son without a setback and says
some experts rate this club as
better than the unbeaten 1910
outfit.
Here's Scout O'Leary's report.
Take it away, Steve:
This team is considerably diff
ferent from the 1910 edition.
&c. now operates out of a T
formation in contrast to the va
ration of the Notre Dame sys-
tenn used two years ago when
Frank Leahy was head coach.
Its giant line-the nations
outstanding defensive unit-has
the speed and power to make the
T. plays click and B.C,'s,, record
is due in large part to the often
siye and defensive fire of this
great forward wall. $50
"The 1910, line was a well-knit,
swashbuckling group but this
years string of seven Eagles need
not yield to them in any depart
ment.
thanked by a fine pair of ends
in Don CurTivan and Charlie
Fnrbush, the Eagles have several
candidates for national honors in
the line in Rocco Canale, a cat
like guard for all his 235 pounds;
Gil Bouley, a slashing tackle
who has torn opposing lines to
ribbons. and Fred Naumetz, CO.
captain, who ranks close to
Chef Gladchuk, the 1910 ALL
America center
Mike Holovak is one of the
great backs of the land, shifty,
powerful runner who hasn't had
a bad day all year. He's aver
aged better than 100 yards gain
rushing per game and is a terror
while backing up the line. Eddie
Doherty, a fast-thinking quar-
terback, Mickey Connolly and
sophomore Robert "Red'' Man
gene, the breakaway runner,
round out the starting backfield.
Among the first experts to
tab this club as one of the great
elevens Of many years was
Coach Jack Hagerty, whose
Georgetown team was walloped
47-0.
I've never seen anything
better Hagerty said. It's supe-
rior to the 1910 team because we
should have beaten that bunch.
But goodness knows what would
have happened to our 1910 team
If it had ever run up against
this gang
Hagerty feels that all this
team lacks is Charlie O'Rourke.
1t was O'Rourke, the slim little
opportunist with the Steel-spring
right arm, who spanked the 40
unit through its rugged schedule.
But the Georgetown coach feels
Be, doesn't need him.
They've got Holovak and
he's bigger. better and faster
than he was two years ago. Do
herty is a slick quarterback and
Mickey Connolly may not be an
O'Rourke, but he'll do in any
backfield.
1.-THE whole team is loaded
with speed-much more than the
1910 bunch. They could beat
several of the pro clubs and I'd
like I'd see them against the Bears
or Patkers. can't figure who
else would beat them"
My old fraternity room mate
at the University OF Florida, Carl
Brumbaugh, is BIC. backfield
coach and he writes:
We really have a great foot
ball club; probably the finest
line in the country and modesty
prevents my, saying too much
about the backfield.
II must tell you, though, that
Holovak is tops. He has carried
the ball five times as many
yards as the combined yardage
gained against us by our first
five opponents. I have played
with, and against some good
players but this boy is All
America if ever saw one" And
Brumbaugh, who quarterbacked
the Chicago Bears for several
seasons. should know.
II feel that the only way we
will lose is for the boys to beat
themselves and I think they are
too smart to let that happen"