The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-07-30

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teams, and matched together in
games.
"But this is only a starter. Next
fall / expect to have at least 500
Maryland students playing football.
And I might say I've been spending
more time on fellows who never
have played the game than on those
who have. And it's surprising how
many of these like the game and
want to play it, once they get the
general idea.
"Au together in this country we
should have over 100000 young fell
lows playing football this fall, even
though most of them will never
make any first or second team"
Il Fe,U Arguments
In the course of an evenings con-
versation it is only natural that a
few arguments should develop. One
was the matter of the greatest full
back and the greatest running half
back.
CIark's selections were Norman
Standlee of Stanford and the Chi
cago Bears for the fuIlback job, with
George McAfee of Duke and the
Bears on the running side.
Our two nominations were Bronko
Nagurski at fullback with Cliff Bat
ties as the top ball carrier.
The Maryland mentor was willing
to admit that Nagurski was the best
all-around football player he ever
saw. But he refused to concede the
point that any line-battering back
could wreck an entire defense the
way Standlee could. McAfee was
great ball-carrying back, but I'll
string along with Battles.
about the IT
Coach Shaughnessy offered three
solid reasons in support of footballs
T-formation.
First" he said, sit is the type
of game the players all want, since
it depends more on speed and
smartness than mere crushing bulk
and power.
Second, it is the type of play that
appeals to the public since it is
much more in the open.
"Third, it is the best type of play
with which to win games. 1t is the
most effective winning formation
football has ever known. It is al
most an unlimited threat against
any form of defense. You will find
the T-formation used more and
more, wherever the material is in
any way adapted"
ANSWERING a Complaint
One of the main complaints
against college football from many
outsiders is this: That football is
largely a game in which some Is
or 80 trained athletes perform for
the benefit of some 10000 to $4,000
spectators, who get no physical
benefit at all.
He may not have the best 80 foot
ball players in the country-he
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But he'd like to have the best 500
players, a much more important
idea for the general good of all con-
cerned, including the country at
large. And to this football arrange
ment Shaughnessy also has added
an all-around conditioning program
for the entire student body, which
is even more important.
Shaughnessy's idea is to fill all
open fields full Of football players,
to bring them out by the hundreds.
Mid,Uest at High Gear
Even graduations and enlistment
losses won't slow down football in
the Midwest this fall. AS starter
the Big Nine, plus Notre Dame, will
send into action the finest crop of
backs any single section has yet
known. Most of these were sophie
more stars a year ago. They will
be even better before the first
autumn frost arrives.
In addition to this collection of
talent there will be new run of
1912 sophomores to help round out
the football action