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5ffiiQiifcry Sw?ssf'"iiCis"ijOT Eastern ' Teams Playing Best By TOMMY CLARK. IZEH football tamea thus Car Ju dicata to ma that the western teams are not up to their last year's strength and that the best work ts being- done by the eastern eleven. . Michigan. "Wisconsin and Chl cage have not shown the form expected of them In my opinion. The fault lies in the caliber of the players more than anything else. The coaches and cap tains hire done fairly well considering the material on hand. In the case of Michigan the line la ef fective, but the backs are weak. Cap tain Patterson. Allmendinger, Trap hagen, Musser and the rest of thorn in the line are each and every one able to. hold back his opponent for an in definite length of tim. The Michigan forwards are big. and their bigness alone la a sufficient block to an' oppo nent no matter how' hard ho may try to slip by. Behind these men the backs are able to work with a, most satisfying degree of surety that they will be given every- opportunity to get fairly started on their mission of carrying the ball before some troublesome tackier bursts into view to block progress. The backs, -however, while fast, are too light. Hughitt, Catlett and Gait get away very quickljt and are all right in a broken field or in end plays, but they are not 'rugged enough to, batter a line with effectiveness. Torbet at end is 'successful in handling forward " passes. . - Torbet's specialty is pivoting on two or three toes of one foot, reaching high up in the air and landing - greedily oil to the oval as it - comes spinning along xowara mm. xoe .ueiroirer is a human gyroscope. He never seems to lose his balance. Adeline Genee and her toa dancing proclivities have an equal tn the Michigan end when he is in ac tive pursuit of a forward pass, and the result is that he Is generally successful. The- showing -of Wisconsin against Purdue and of Michigan against the Michigan Agricultural college were not encouraging, and the teams have not improved enough since those- contests to warrant classing them with either ' Harvard, Princeton or Tale. I do not '- believe I am doing any western team " an injustice when I say that any of 'those three .eastern teams could defeat ; any western eleven at this time. .- The "Big Noise." Harvard looms up as the' "big noise" j of the gridiron year. ' Her line and back field are both impressive, and the men work together with the smooth nessdenoting the highest' quality of team work; . K. . truai wny us e&sxera teams, as a whole, have better material than those ot me west 11 is not easy to accurately determine. Probably the fact that therer are more "preparatory schools in football Is - important. The eastern "prep" schools are natural hot bouses for the propagation of budding pigskin chasers. . Tale's coaches are more than pleased that all their crippled stars have re turned in time - to Join in practice. MarkJe, on whom -the team places most confidence i as a drop kicker, is out p-ti and so is Cornell! whn n n -vn 1 11 able back'' field sub, although a trifle light to hold a place regularly. - Pum- hospital, is also In action again. Brown university football stock took a lump when Bartlett, varsity tackle i THE "BOWWOW" PLAY rjtijs hearts of Illinois university rooters Jumped up Into their throats recently when the Missouri university Tigers stepped out on the Illini field and reeled off a touchdown on a curious trick play. The Missouri trick play is one in which the interference, followed by a man who plainly has .the ball in bis hand, starts out on a tackle brush. Just as the play is about to collapse a fleet tackle or end emerges from the mass going In" the opposite direction with the "egg" tucked under his wing. If s very pretty, and Missouri worked It for a touchdown. -: It seems strange that the Illini stfould be caught by a primeval trick like this one that Missouri university teams have been ruing for four years. The play -used to be more effective when the forward pass was allowed. Then the right half,-(following his interfer ence into a (presumptive) hole off tackle, calmly shoved tbe ball at the left tackle, who was set for a sprint around right end. Under the present rules, which forbid forward passes ex cept when made from a point five yards behind the scrimmage line, the, tackle must be a bit more lively and step around behind the halfback ere re ceiving the ball. It's very easy when you know how. The objection is that a lively smash ing end, following the play around, ought to be able to break 'It up every time. Now and then, however, the end forgets to follow around. The "show me' institution is the orig inal home of many interesting football tricks, among them the "bowwow" play, srbosa unsuccessful use caused the res ignation of Coach W. J. Monllaw. now Instructor in physical education at the Chicago university teachers' college high school. Monilaw was football coach at Mis-1 orarl university for three years. After much experimentation in many systems of football attack he announced, nra. vious to the football game of 1908 with Kansas university, that he had discov ered an unbeatable play. He called it the "bowwow" and declared that the Jay hawkers 'would never be able to stop it. - It was a beautiful play on paper. On the field, however, Monilaw" ag gregation was unable to make it go. They tried it again and again, and each time they lost about twenty yards on the play. The "bowwow," as" nearly as any one understood it, consisted of a fake end run. two backward passes and a long forward pass. The long forward pass was never made, for the Jayhawk ara stopped the "bowwow" Just after and halfback for the past three years, appeared at Andrews Held and put on a football suit for the first time this season. The big fellow Jogged around ATHLETES TAKING ACTIVE fid lJr rrt. 4 r. 1 h;'i -I y i .t . ji a r -k : Photos by American Press Association. No. 1 Tabor, Cornell varsity halfback. .2. Green, Pennsylvania lineman. 3 Carpel, Michigan veteran, showing how to carry the ball when running around end or through tackle (notice hm right arm outstretched to ward off tackier). 4. Whiting, the Chicago -. varsity guard and center. 5 Streit of Princeton kicking goal from place ment. "Stew" Baker held the ball. - 6. Pontius, Michigan fullback. 7 . Hayes, who has been aiding in coach ing some of the Wisconsin players. the field once and then Joined the sec ond team, which was running over sig nals. In spite of the fact that it was his first day out he played right tacklelfor the scrubs throughout the half hour of scrimmage which followed.' He is in tiptop condition and tips the scales at an even 200 pounds." Stahl to Get Datilen's Job. ' Garland (Jake) Stahl, who led the Boston Red Sox to a world's champion- the two backward passes bad been completed. - . , i The "bowwow" was blamed for the Tigers defeat in their big grudge game. Thereafter when Dr. Monllaw walked along the -streets the small boys would bark after him. ; "Bow-wow-wow-wow-wow." Monilaw resigned, , Indian Coffey to Fight Mexican Joe Rivers "wwye?a!?"!"i''W ; JIMMY COFFEY. JIM MX COFFEY" is called the '"only real American lightweight" boxer, and he has some claim to the title be cause he is a full blooded Indian. Coffey Is a fast, two handed fighter and is rapidly forging to the fore. Coffey, a native of the western plains. Is how in New York, where his mana ger is negotiating for a match' with Joe Rivers, the Mexican sta , , ship a year ago, only to be deposed last midsummer by President James E. Mc Aleer. is to succeed Bill Dahlenu as manager of the Brooklyn National "Irish" Mahon Makes Fight Fans ; Take Notice A NOTHER sensational featherweight "has bobbed up in the course of the past month or so, and, like many other famous boxers, his rise has been sad den, or, in fact, one might say over? night The. boxer in question': is; none other than Billy "Irish" fMahon, who hails from Newark, N. J and who has been trimming his opponents with, re markable regularity of late. , This boy, , who was practically un known a short time ago, is now ' the reigning sensation . of New York and Philadelphia,, where, be has been. "de f eating his opponents as fasfas'they could be secured to meet him.; Mahon holds newspaper decisions over some of the best in the featherweight class, and bis work will be watched closely from now on. . "-. Mahon is under the management of Jimmy De Forest, one of the wisest managers and trainers in the boxing game, - which probably accounts for his success, to date, as Jimmy is a ' fox when it-comes to mkjng macied nd selecting-"opponents. ;i'S3,"-iS- Mahon-' 4 sensational sMwin;"ya.te has sent the hopes ofhis admirers and backers soaring, and they ., are now clamoring for a match with Champion Johnny Kilbane, but Manager De For est, showing traits of the wise fox' that he Is, only smiles at such suggestions and says, "Walt . until the youngster obtains the necessary experience.' PENN QUARTERBACK REAL STAR. Q.OOD quarterbacks are scarce, the college elevens are finding out to their cost, but the University of -Penn sylvania, in Marshall, has a field gen eral of the best abilities. Marshall will probably be chosen for the all America's team this winter. He is a heady player and fast on his feet. BARS BLACK ANP TAN BOUTS. JOXING"' promoters of the state of Wisconsin have reached a working agreement whereby no bouts between whites and blacks will be staged. The managers of the different clubs of Mil waukee, after having given the subject considerable thought, have come to the conclusion that mixed contests do the game no good and for that reason have barred them. " NO MORE CASTOFFS., (jjAtK. GRIFFITH has announced that never again will he take over I the castoffs of another big league club. George Mullin was the last, he says. .r tit' . toaiV't Aw , f 4fr it.i - NBrooklyn I?1, '!sssr "r'Vt, n - ' x ' ' ' contemplated a - . - -sw . f j&x.jx tr4 inner circles 1 V fo- it s I - XT J yP maintain ? J" V jr1 Brooklyn v -.; "i-a!tv Jslfg?t ed Jake 1 football league baseball team. "Bad Bill" has been provided with a billet in the In ternational league by President Eb bets, so the story goes. Ebbets con PART IN COLLEGE GRIDIRON CAMPAIGN f-f 3 ; t4x n - -n, -k - f league - c . ,. - Bob Hedges -iP Jobnson is v jit I gtahl from Methods of Casting the Ball For M7 'tCT !- -kx !.. I Photos by ' Jkiaerlcan Press Associatii Other trols the champion Newarks, but will relieve his successful manager, Harry 6mlth.l(Unake room for Dahlen. While President Charles H. Ebbets of firm In his denial ot any change in the manage- Dodgers, those close to the of the .national pastime that Stahl will go across the bridge. All American league severed when McAleer hand is unconditional release. Johnson Is a bosom friend of He tried to find an American berth for him at St. Louis, but signed Branch Rickey. in no position to prevent going over to the rival ma jor league. Timely Sport The present baseball champions of the world and environs, are unquestion ably tits greatest club that ever repre sented Philadelphia, but they are not the first to bear the name of Athletics in the Quaker City Back in the dim ages of the pastime when Connie Mack was a very small boy there was a team known as the Athletics in Philadelphia. They played in citizens' clothes. They played frequently, with the At lantic of Brooklyn and one season met with only two defeats. They became professionals in '1870 and the next year were entered in the National associa tion, the pioneer of professional leagues. They won the pennant their first year tn the association. "Courtney Won't Resign. Rumors to the contrary, Charles H. Courtney, the veteran rowing coach of Cornell, has not the slightest intentioil of asking to be put on the retired list. It is a huge Joke to say that the "grand old man" has grown so decrepit of late that his days of usefulness are over. Courtney is now in better physical con dition than most men half his age, and a recent visitor to Ithaca reports that he was amazed at the activity of the famous coach. ; Courtney is n6t the type of man that could take things easy in an advisory capacity. He is essentially a man of action and, Judging from his present condition, has many more years of service before him. Courtney ' certainly gets .an awful grouch on at times, especially when the lure of football threatens to break up his plans. He then threatens to do all kinds of weird -things. He has been complaining bitterly of the way candi dates for the varsity crew have been forsaking -the boat for the gridiron. a Forward Pass rpHg forward pass Is the" standby ox many of the big college teams when they are "in a hole" and require a long gain of distance to meet the emergency. .Three methods of throwing the ball are shown in the accompanying illus tration. In figure No. 1 the . player is casting the ball "end over end," the fashion used in "making long high throws. No. 2 is throwing the ball Just as one would pitch a baseball. It goes straight through the air end first. No. 8 is executing a "spiral" throw. The ball revolves as it goes through the The last two passes described are the easiest to be handled by the player sup-, posed to catch it. T piles That C.nvrtra m mjn ikn.bv o keeping abreast of the times while at the same time retaining his affection for the best traditions of rowing Is shown by his experiments with that new queer "shovel handled" sweep. This extraordinary Implement Is sup posed to give an oarsman not only a better grip, but to make it almost Im possible for him to catch the water with the blade at any other than the correct angle. The new oar has undoubtedly inter ested the old coach, but it is not be lieved for a moment that Cornell win adopt the weird contraption. - Surely half the beauty of a light oared shell depends upon the Spartan simplicity ot the equipment. If these artificial aids to speed are to be permitted, why not go a step f urthes and equip the shells with motors? The idea might be developed in other fields. Let the pole vaulter "take eft" from a spring board, the golfer lie Cown on th putting green and pot the hole with a billiard cue; give the polo player a stick with a head big enough to malta it impossible to miss the ball while en gaged in the wildest gallop. U. of W. at Pouebkaepsfe. There is a likelihood that the "Cm-, versity of Washington, will again be represented by a crew at the Pouga keepsle rowing regatta next year. The Chamber of Commerce of the city of Seattle wrote recently to Courtney , asking him for bis opinion upon the ' desirability of sending a crew from the University of Washington to the In tercollegiate regatta. Courtney replied that the Washingtonians did mighty well last June and that they would be greatly missed if they war not a Ponghkeepale next summer. ' Can This Be Trvsf Connie Mack thinks that his dub can be Improved on, and he picks his All American team from the results ths players accomplished during the sea son. There is hardly a better balanced in field than that of Mack's $100,000 quar tet of players. "There may be soma better individually, but picking them as an outfit I do not see where Mclnnla Collins, Barry and Baker can be beat- en," eald Connie. ; - Mack fails to give Ty Cobb a placa in the outfield. Connie considers Old ring the best left fielder in the Ameri can league and favors Speaker and J Jackson for the other two outfield po sitions. Hughey Jennings of the Tigers Is un decided about the shortstop position. The popular manager picks either Con nie Bush of the Tigers or Jack Barry of the Athletics. "Barry is a harder hltter.jbut Bush can cover more ground and make more sensational plays than the Athletics' shortstop." said Jennings recently. "Donnie is also a better base runner than Barry and is a good lead off man." Hammer Record Broken A WORLD'S record for throwing the twelve pound hammer from a seven foot circle was made at Celtic park. Long Island, N. T- by Patrick Ryan of the Irish-American Athletic club, Ryan's mark was 213 feet 9 ' inches. The old record, 207 feet 1. inches, was made by John Flanagan three years ago. ' ' "SECRET PRACTICE" A FOOTBALL FAKE (rpA.'K.'E It from me," said aa ex-quarterback, a few days ago, "all this secret practice stuff is bunk. Year after year in various parts of the coun try I have been admitted to secret practice of university and college teams, but I have yet ty see a coach advance a sufficient reason why the stuff he Is teaching could not be diagrammed and published in the newspapers. "The truth about secret practice Is that it is merely a little device ta Im press the college fan with the extent of the coach's wisdom. A little mys tery will go a long way to Impress folks, you know. I could cite you a list of historical Instances if I wanted to show off, but I wont. The college boys think the coach la putting a great line of Inside football into the heads of his charges. As a matter of fact he is probably having them fall on the ball or practice sig nals that have already been thoroughly drilled in public "About one coach a year In the whale country Invents a really new play or an interesting variation , from an old one. The Minnesota shift is a case In point. Nevertheless, the Minnesota shift would have been Just as valuable if the enemy knew all about it In ad vance more valuable, -perhaps, for It would keep the foe worried. "The reason the Carlisle Indians ara effective year after year is largely be cause teams are looking for tricks from the Indians. They are so Intent at look ing for the crafty stuff that they are caught flatfooted and the Indiana sweep them off their ft "If a football play requires secrecy in order to be effective once it isn't worth much. As soon as it is pulled once or twice the cat is out of the bag anyway. The truth of the matter is that any play worthy of the name will work If tt. is correctly executed, whether the other side knows you .have it or not. "There's another aspect to the secret practice. The college students, wa money buys the uniforms for the teaxa and whose enthusiasm encourages the athletes to their efforts, have a right to see if they, are getting their money's worth. They have a right to know the team in practice as well as on Satur days, when they deposit their shekeis at the gate." All of which strikes us aa very close to the truth and bears out the proverb attributed to Bill Roper, Princeton's famous coach: "It's not so much the kind of football you -play aa be. yo play it. -