Evening star., 1953-09-21
One Platoon System
No Factor in Upsefs,
Losing Coaches Say
BY the Associated Press


ball coaches attitudes toward
the new substitution rule ranged
from enthusiasm to disapproval
today following the first major
weekend test, which produced
a series of form reversalS. But
the victims OF the biggest upsets
insisted limited substitutions had
had nothing to do with the re-
suits Of their games.
Red Drew, whose Alabama
eleven got an eye-opening 25-19
setback by Mississippi Southern
Friday night, said his team sim
ply was outplayed.
II don't think the rule had
any principal effect" Drew said.
1--WE were beaten by a very fine
football team. It was as fair
to one side as the other"
Stanford'S Chuck Taylor felt
the same way after College of
the Pacific surprised the Indians,
$500.
Substitutions by either team
had nothing to do with the out
come" he said. "We simply got
beat by better team"
Don Faurot of Missouri be-
lieved his Tigers were as we'll off
with one platoon as they would
have been with two and made
about as many substitutionS in
losing to Maryland, 20-6.
Sauer Likes Change.
And Coach Bill Glassford of
Nebraska insisted it was mistakes
and not the substitution rule
which hurt the Cornhuskers
against Oregon. The Ducks cap
italized on some Nebraska mis-
cues to defeat the MIidwesterners,
20-12, in the NCAA television
game.
Baylor's George Sauer was
one Of the most outspoken pro-
ponents Of the new rule after
his team gave a polished, mid
season performance in blanking
California, $50, in a game which
had been rated about even.
II like the one-platoon Sys-
tem," Sauer said. about Is
boys played most Of the game
(Sauer used Is men in alb. We
feel a good boy can play both
ways. :"
Abe Martin of Texas Christian
indicated he liked the substitu-
ton rule the first day he heard
about it land I still like it,"
"The boys adjusted themselves
pretty well and played consist
emily both ways" he stated
TCU used the breaks and a
strong punting game to defeat
Kansas, 1870.
Jack (MooSe) Myers, whose
College of the Pacific team
dumped Stanford, likes the new
rule too-but not because it lin
it's substitutions. Myers thinks
the big factor in his teams VIC
tory was his insertion of COM
plete new teams in the game.
Says Boys Got Tired.
Rice's Jess Neely remarked
after his veteran team downed
a late-surging Florida squad, 20
16, in a major encounter:
Our line played fine ball un-
til the boys got tired. I was glad
to hear that final gum"
After Georgia outscored Villa
navo 32-19 before 97,802 in Phil
adelphia, the opposing coaches,
Art Raimo and Wally Butts
didn't praise the one-platoon
game. but said they thought
they'd fit into it.
Villanova'S Raimo declared:
Il thought my boys were ready
for two-way football. But they
weren't as ready as Georgia.
I think we'll be ready in about a
week. And the team should
get better as it goes along"
After California's first exper-
ience with two-way play, Lynn
Waldorf said the system worked
against his team because many
of his players had not had the
experience of playing full time.
"The boys who got to play en-
| joyed it and those who had to sit
on the bench were not so happy"
he added.
In a contest pitting national
power and a less potent squad,
the reaction was that the game
was no fair test of the substitu-
ton rule. That was the feeling
of Georgia Techs Bobby Dodd
and DavidSon's Bill Dole after
Tech ran over Davidson, $50.