Show TEAMS TAMS I IMPROVE AB ALT LIT t Notre Dame Looks Good GoodIn In Runback By HARRY GRAYSON I Sports Editor NEA Service SenIco A high spiral is a a. thing of beauty beauty beau ty but it isn't as effective an 2 lower punt with a a. little wobble a the tail The latter is more easily con controlled trolled I V VIt It can be aimed at the sideline and made to skip out of bounds frequently inside the yard 20 li liThe lin line l The kick out of bounds is a b bitten bet better t ter weapon even though it is com comparatively short than a boot V I Punt returns are dangerous rUn rum There is no percentage in a like Jerry Dowl of St. St Marys Mary's fo fOI example booting the ball a Ion way into the arms of an open runner like Bill Hutchinson of Dartmouth Dart Dart- mouth I 1 I Notre Dame has the right ide about running back punts I 1 When n n. punter kicks the ball so the Irish safety man has hM a a chance chanco to run with it t the tho South Bend line Une knocks down 11 all nIl th the opposing linemen before they can can get started and the enemy ends emil are re cracked quickly I 1 1 The result is that the safety mahas mar has a running start before a tackler tackle gets near him And with young sprinters like liki Notre Dames Dame's Ben Sheridan and Saggau a flying start easily easil may be suicide to the team I The ball cannot be run back foa foi fo foia a touchdown when it is booted o t of bounds J 1 Distance Punter I 1 Mike Kabealo one of the country's country's country's coun coun- try's foremost distance punters a ac actually kicked Ohio State to right under the gun in the Southern California scrap J Kabealo kicked so far that Grenville Gren ville interference h hatime hat c time to form and convoy him 8 yards ards to a touchdown that put th the pressure on the Buckeyes f 1 Ohio State Northwestern Northwest ern in their scoreless tie K lC punts averaging yards from th the theline theline line of scrimmage The Purple punted seven times for an average of 33 but six of the kicks were put t ut of bounds whereas the Wildcats i returned re- re turned five Ohio State kicks for fora a total otal o of ot 64 yards which reduced th the Scarlet's net average to The Theone Theone Theone one Northwestern punt that did noto not riot go o out of bounds was returned seven yards so the Evanston net average was 32 1 More important than the yardage is the fact that every time a North Northwestern Northwestern Northwestern western back caught a a. punt punta a and id started to return it the play wa waTa wai a potential touchdown I Great Grat Possibilities Its hard to get boys to realize the possibilities of kicking the accuracy and control that can be c attained asserts Jack Pop Vance Northwestern b a c k Ic t f I Ie e 1 Ie coach I f Vance was a friend and arden admirer of the late LeRoy N. N Mills Milk the Mount Vernon N. N Y lawyel who specialized in kicking instruction tion 1 I Roy Mills l was as the most scientific scientific scion scion- specialty coach football hl has 5 known Imo he sa says s It was Incredible ble bie almost the wa way he ho could teach a boy to kick Teaching his st style le is the most fascinating coaching problem you rou can Imag imag- ine me Ii I IVance Vance preaches the Mills doctrine to Northwestern punters Jj They are taught to study balance balan e They are instructed not to drop drof the ball far to lo meet the foot but butto to O place it down there so that ground winds wont won't turn the ball bali is kicked Vance has stud studied ed thes thes and other Mills angles thoroughly The kicks produced arent aren't t too tod pretty but they're practical n ana an dangerous football weapons t lj |