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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
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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
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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
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-n, -k - f league
- c . ,. - Bob Hedges
-iP Jobnson is
v jit I gtahl from
Methods of Casting the Ball For
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Photos by
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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. -