Salt Lake Telegram | 1935-11-28 | Page 15 | Champions Take Foes in Stride

CHAMPIONS TAKE FOES I IN STRIDE I. I Minnesota Football Team 1 Like Joe Louis Need Not L Go Fancy in Performance By HARRY GRAYSON U Special to The Telegram I t f Sports followers must have their thrills and most of them are not Sot ot cOI content t nt with those offered by the game as constituted They Jd demand innovations l The addicts as a whole arc rather hard bard to satisfy which is their privilege lege inasmuch as the they are paying guests Alter After all they attend for forthe forthe forthe the purpose of being amused t. t The fan goes to an American football football football foot foot- ball game and wonders wh why the boys do not pass t tlc tl c e ball as free freely nd und d frequently as the they do in rugby Jl rA k good tight defensive game fails faUs to to entertain him He wants plenty of f open field runs long Iong forwards and nd laterals Even if the tosses are fumbled and recovered by the opposition opposition op op- op- op position the customer has had his pulse quickened and generally is pleased tIt means not a thing to the spectAtor spectator spectator spec spec- that the coaches long since have gotten to the point where a thrill that breaks the tho other way dds adds dds another gray hair or a new let jet of wrinkles Six points on the gives the coach his thrill and md he doesn't care particularly how the six points are achieved I t Show Is the Thing customer attends a rugby game garne which is replete with open field running an and laterals and he heIs' heIs heIs' heIs heIs' heIs Is' Is dissatisfied because the d do not run straight to touchdowns behind blocking interference as Is Js dont dent in American football VIIi basketball which Is based on peed skill and deceptive passing the patron wants the athletes to run over o one another as they the do in American football 1 Tho The inside was taken out nut of or baseball in compliance with tho the demand of or the trade for homo home Irons durin during the Babo Babe Ruth era Synthetic Bambinos Bambino were created by hopping up the ball The Tho sac- sac squeeze hit and run fun etc practically were relegated to the crap heap Base stealing became i i a lost art The rhe bugs bug patronize the wrestlers not ot to view the toehold with which Frank Gotch tortured behemoths the hammerlock a la Ia Fred BeaU Joe body bod scissors or Strangler Lewis Lewis' headlock but to toe itt see e the strange acrobatics and curi curl curioUs curious oiLs oUs ous emoting of mem members ers of the new ool The show Is the thing and the professionals of sport are arc smart enough nough to fill the prescription 4 ft It Can am Be Overdone Amateurs try to comply too although al a al although though theirs usually is an altogether alto alto- gether ether different problem particularly particularly la In football The past season of mo more e than one outfit was marred by its coach's keen desire to turn crowds away hippy happy PP I Offhand I suspect that hint Francis 8 Schmidt of or Ohio State was one The huge hUJe stadium at Columbus Columbu demanded a super production containing nil nU the newest stuff and nd I 1 fear that Schmidt put in a little too much time timo on frills to the neglect of or things more important important im len- not the least of which was cas defense nse against passes pass's the entire lack of or which cost the Buckeyes tho the spine with Notre Dame r Personally Im I'm one of those old- old blokes who prefer the real thrills derived from the feats of the polished team or performer adhering strictly to the game as it should be play played d or fought The Minnesota varsity and Joe JoeLouis JoeLouis JoeLouis Louis will do as examples It is unnecessary for the soundly co coached ched Gophers to go out of the way to be spectacular in carrying out their assignments No more than Louis needs to grimace and make a lot lotof ot of f wild and foolish swings in dressIng dressIng dress dress- Ing ng up p a Levinsky Camera Carnera or Baer Bacr Minnesota and Louis take the themore themore themore more important engagements in stride That is an overwhelming sufficiency for sufficiency for both the opponents and the clientele I