The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-06
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SLIP MADIGAN RATES YOUNG OVER DAVIS

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 EDITORS. NOTES. Buddy. Young greater break-away back than Glenn Davis? How do the Fleet City Bluejackets compare with Ar1ny's football team? How do the 1946 bowl games stack up? How much will college football level of in 1946? How about the rules, are new ones needed?
 To answer these questions and many others which football fans are asking, The Democrat will carry weekly column by Ed ward P. (Slip) Madigan, nation ally known football coach, to give you an experts viewpoint.
 Former coach at St. Mary's and the University of Iowa, Madigan is recognized as one of the fore most coaches in collegiate foot ball. He built the little Califor- n!a college into one of the foot ball powers of the nation.
 The first of his columns fol- lows:
 BY EDWARD P. MADIGAN
 Written For United Press)
 Two of the greatest football tetams in the country today are service teams. The West Point Cadets on the Eastern Seaboard have gripped the imagination of the football fans of the country. On the West Coast, the Fleet City team of Camp Shoemaker, a Navy team, has been thrilling 6O,000 and 10000 fans every week end.
 It would be difficult to con- vince those who have seen the Army play that there is another team in the country which equals it. But those on the West Coast who have watched Flee City play have the same attitude toward the San Francisco squad.
 Strangely enough each of these teams possesses one of the greatest breakaway backs that has been seen in the past decade.
 Glenn Davis of the Army and Buddy Young of Fleet City are the breakaway backs I refer to.
 Both Have Track Records
 Each has a prior record in track as a sprinter. Buddy Young has equalled the worlds record for the 100 yard dash and in peace time with the Olympic games or he would be the equal of Jesse Owens.
 Glenn Davis, while he hasn't equalled the worlds record has nudged it.
 The Big Ten states and the Pacific Coast states, I am sure, would champion the cause of Buddy Young as one of the great est breakaway backs in football.
 For his performance in the Big Ten, in his freshman year at the University of Illinois, startled even the most sophisticated of football critics.
 Held Down by Coaches
 Harold Red" Oranges shadow has hung long over the campus of Illinois and Mid West football. For the first time in 20 years football fans awakened to the realization that the Grey Ghost was going to be run over by the Midnight Ex- press.
 Buddy Young gained more yards in his freshman year than Grange did in the year of the height of his career, and came within an eye lash of outscoring Grange. He probably would have done this if the coaches had seen fit to crack the Grange record.
 Young'S performance with Fleet City has been as equally Spectac- ular. The crowds cheer when he is inserted into the game, and they stand up most of the time he is in there, and thrill whenever he car ries the ball whether he gains yardage or not. When he fails it is something like Babe Ruth striking out as they know he may hit a home run every time he swings. Opposition Greater on Coast Young possesses other qualities as football player. In addition to being a speedy runner he is hard and rugged runner and unlike most SprinterS it requires the most vic- ious tackling to bring him down. He is an exceptional blocker for a man of his size. He is frequently ! used when short gains are neces- sary as plunger to pick up the necessary distance.
 His play on the coast is against the best of opposition because all the service teams are composed of former college stars and 60 per cent stars of professional football both in line and backfield There is no doubt that Davis is great back. He started behind one of the strongest lines in college football. He was aided by one of the greatest football players of all time, Doc Blanchard, who forced the opposition to play tight thereby giving Davis an opportun- | !ty to use his speed on the Hanks. However, I do not feel that the op- position that the great Army team has faced to date approaches the caliber of professional" service football that Young encounters on the Pacific Coast.
 Rates Young Over Davis
 When you run up against opposi- tton like Parker Hall, EShmont, Susoeff, Elston, Renfro, Steve Lach of Duke fame, Len Barnum of the Giants, Vince Vananos, a great pro center, Wee Willie Wilkin, that all- pro tackle you've got to be able to break away, and in this company Young has stood out like a dia- mond in setting of saphires
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