Salt Lake Telegram | 1933-10-18 | Page 10 | Sourn Grid Coaches Engage Few Assistants

Southern Grid rid Coaches Engage Few Assistants IG Managers Yes Men AIm Almost st Unheard of Mustangs Use Pass f for r Offense T. T By PAUL GALLICO D DALLAS Texas Oct 18 We We stood Tuesday on the green brown turf of or the stadium of Southern Methodist university Kids In brown football pants and white sweaters with crimson numerals on their backs up to run down under p passes es The brown ball went spiraling spiral spiral- Ing through the air to settle In young hands or bounce of off outstretched 1 finger Ineer tips tins to an outburst of derisive veils yells On the sidelines stood a quiet chap wearing faded knickers and weather weather- I beaten gray leather windbreaker His eyes ces were ke keen n I IJ J w f md wrinkled at atthe r the corners as he watched the youngsters young young- 4 and appraised l their work The w. w managers and assistants as as- ry 4 addressed W z him as coach and Ii E- E t we as Mr Morrison Morri Morrl M 1 z t son one one of 01 the thet t f ff greatest pass strategists stra J and teach teach- 1 t S F rs of the country J They Thc play good l J t football in the jf 50 southwest u and V tough football but the Jie e game isn't apparently with assistant managers man man- jagers agers gers assistant coaches yes men graduate grad grad- managers and others whose duty t it i is to stand around at a practice end and make it tough for a newspaper newspaperman man to find out what is going on Everyone takes things kind of easy like This isn't a country ora climate t where you do things In a rush lUSh or with too much side aide The Mustangs or Ponies as these kids like to 10 call themselves theres there's a aJ J school over at Fort Worth Texas Christian whose t team is m called The Frogs are arc one of ot the greatest pass pass- jing ing teams in the country Where other s schools in the east cast use we the forward 1 pass as an auxiliary to the running game with a prayer on every everyone one the Southern Meth Methodists play it as the jmajor part of at the offense Most coaches 1 are scared to play them They whirl that football around something scant scan scan- scandalous t i dalous Where an eastern or mid raid 1 western team will try eight or ten forward passes the most fifteen and complete three or four the Mustangs will chuck huck from twenty five to th D thirty in Ina n. n a ball aU g game e and complete J r I twenty weny or them with a a tou touchdown i threat in any anyone one of them No won won- o- o oder der the opposing coaches as well wen as I the players get the jitters 1 PASS FREQUENTLY i When I 1 saw w the kids work out they a were using lateral and forward pass pas combinations th the same one that Dick J Hanley had at Northwestern and twice completed against S Stanford nord first firsta a forward and then a quick lateral to toan toan an an inside wide or an outside man man depending depend lug ing on which had bad the better chance i The best football player I saw on I the squad was was' Captain Ray Fuquay a beautiful pass receiver and a fint fine fin t back hack and a little ISO i r. r named Wilson who is magnificent a at by ticklers tacklers t The Georgia Bulldogs will travel about miles during the 1933 I 4 football seasons ceason p JA S 1 I