| Show BACKSEAT DRIVING Outsmarting Pop Warner tr Hes He's Too Lazy Said Rock RockS S A Blocking End V By fly FRANK K It BAKER 5 Telegram m Sports Edl Editor r When 11 Wily Warner Met His Match The football is well acquainted acquainted ac ac- ac- ac with the legends based on the wiles of Pop Warner the tricks trick his Carlisle used to spring pring on the palefaces in the old days of football but the fact that the late Percy Haughton once went him one better may be news to some Iome of Pops admirers It was back in 1912 or thereabouts there there- bouts a few years after Charley Chancy Dillon one of Warners Warner's Carlisle S 'S pupils had tucked a football Inthe in inthe inthe the back of his jersey and rim run the length of if the field through Haughton's Haugh Haugh- tons ton's Harvard team for a touch touch- S down The rules committee since had outlawed the hidden ball trick so Warner did ld some de deep p thinking He wanted something new to spring on Harvard so evolved the idea of stitching a piece of ot leather Jeather resembling re reo re- re a on the front of each Carlisle jersey The idea was to make each buck appear as IlS though h he Irn were wele carrying the ball ball and and the scheme proved quite effective In practice S S Unfortunately for Warners Warner's scheme however the news S leaked out The day th the Carlisle CarlisleS S squad quad reached Cambridge Cambridge Haugh ton sought out his coaching rival Say Sa Pop rop I understand your our boys h have bave ve footballs footballs- stitched on their sw sweaters aters he said Sure smiled Warner theres no rule against it ItS right agreed Haughton but I just wanted to let you know were we're going olne to play with a nice red white and blue bine football today We painted it up pretty Ju just t for you ou That is 15 unless un un- less you less vou want to remove those pieces of leather feather Warner knew when he was licked The Imitation imitation imitation tion ovals came off off and and Pop rop h hasn't nt told many of his friends about that incident Anderson Coa Coached hed Rockne's nes ne's Line Material From men who have ha pl played football football foot football ball at Notre Motre Dame comes information information information tion sufficient to substantiate the b belief be lid lief that Coach Heartly Hunk Anderson Anderson Anderson An An- derson is just as aswell vell versed in football football football foot foot- ball fundamentals as that late wizard Knute R Rockne w wis was s. s e Anderson it is pointed out was vas chiefly responsible for the line coachIng coaching coach- coach Ing log at Notre Dame even during Rockne's reign S did not waste his time with the detail coaching He left that to other capable men menon on his staff often being away from practice e a l large part of the the- time without hindering the progress progress' ss of the workouts workout In In f fact Ct th the much touted R fl Rockne system so pr praised and eulogized 1 by Rockne admirers and imitated so thoroughly by other coaches probably probably probably ably is as much the product of the present Notre Dame athletic director J. J. J C. C Harper as Harper as It was Rockne's system Many of its detail functions were evolved by Harper before he left Notre Notre Dame Dame for his ranch in Kansas Successor Unable to Imitate te Rocks Rock's Psychology R Rockne's great secret o ot of success was his ability to polish up Harpers Harper's fundamental setup and his knack at nt building the morale of ot the players by his efficient use of psychology It Is true that Rockne devised new plays and formations but his chief concern was in the mental reactions of ot his stars He took it for granted S. S that his assistants taught them the thet fundamentals of blocking tackling t and carr carrying ing the ball It vas was his job then to inspire them to a high pitch of efficiency at the right time S He did this in devious manner I which gave rise to the man many Interesting Interesting interesting interest ing anecdotes about his coaching For example there was the time he sent the whole team to the showers before a a certain li lineman eman spoiled any more plays a plays a ruse he used to snap the erring lineman out of his lethargy And Anderson apparently tried to imitate imitate imi imi- tate Rockne's preparatory psychology in the recent Trojan Irish-Trojan g game me at Los Angeles Like the Rock he left Chicago on the trip west with a pessimistic r regard gald for the outcome U Unlike his predecessor however he carried the dirge too far and even lad had his players believing belie by game tIme tune that they were going to be licked Rockne changed his tone ton in time timeto timeto to convince his his' charges that they had a chance if they fought well enough enough and and they did But then AnI Anderson An I I derson derson- is Ii no more guilty than mo most moat t football coaches who seem to think that the first requisite requisite- of an Interview intervIew interview Inter inter- view is to spread on the gl gloom om good and thick S There are dozens and dozens of or these yarns One of his hll characteristic charac charac- S. S remarks was made here hereS S during an Interview an-Interview only a a. few months before he be was WM killed Inthe in inthe inthe the alJ airplane lane crash ID in Kansas He Re was asked who he thought was the smartest f football coach in the country Why Thy rop Pop Warner knows more about football ll fundamentals fundamentals funda funds menIals and strategy than an any of ofus ofus us but hes he's too lazy laxy r Washington EId S Shines ines On Ability to Block Tackle t Ordinarily an end must be a touted pass pass receiver before he gains much wide recognition This is especially true in the publicity that makes all ail Americans Am ricans for the players who make the touchdowns generally get the at 1 Dave Nisbet University of Washington Wash S ington wingman is an exception He Hewon Hewon won recognition this year purely onI on or I his ability to block and tackle i Nisbet chalked up his first touch'S touchdown touch I L S down in fn three years of ot varsity compe this season yet was virtually 5 a unanimous choice for the Associated S 'S Press Preas re Pacific all Coast team and wa was 5 J honored with a place on en the all all Amerl Amerl- Amerl S can can third eleven as well wen as getting v f favorable mention on almost every S selection fl o made ade by outstanding critics S j V. V v FOR FOE 1933 Northwestern had four pound t tackles ckles on years this his freshman learnS team learn S vrho ho o r J b re re ready dy for d duly ty on the vard nc t eaon 5 1 |
