Show i e eG G Vr v T Pr IE HE most serious matter that will confront footballs football's rule maker at their next meeting will be substitution where changes are an often made In groups of 11 at a I crack I It Is this highly diseased arrangement arrange ment which permits squads squad rich in InI I material to use I Ji Il separate teams team fora tot for a attack and defense A It is murder for th the smaller m a 11 e r colleges r and those that have no such material to call on Imagine substitutions in inthe Inthe inthe the Cornell Cornell-Colum bia bla game I Here is a rule that is hated by I most of ot the coaches that that is despised by the public public- I that is highly unpopular with all real football players who happen to like both sides of the game game offense offense and defense Michigan and Army might be exceptions Under Its protecting banner fine football players can leave college without ever having made a tackle broken up a aI block covered a hostile fumble I or Dr Intercepted a pass Most of the better football coaches are are dead against It which means I that some lome definite changes chauges will willI willbe willbe be made this winter as said I coaches are backed up by publio I opinion It would be exactly the same if a aI I baseball team had a fielding elding outfit and In addition had a batting order that Included none of the defensive f players layers There are more than a few who can hit but who cant can't field eld There are still more who can field eld but who cant can't hit To be a real ballplayer you have to do both This isn't true true- in football As Earl Karl Greasy Neale puts it It- It The real football player can give you from 50 to 60 minutes If he cant can't then he he isn't a real football player Here is another side presented by byone byone byone one of the best football minds inthe in inthe inthe the game In regard to free tree substitutions sub there is a difference between between between be be- tween using free tree substitutions us us using ing mg from 30 to 50 play players rs In a game and and employing offensive and defensive defensive defensive de de- de- de teams When you yon t a watch watch- Michigan you always know who Is on the field There are two solid units one for lor offense and one for lor de de- de- de Tense Each Is a well drilled team with perfectly coordinated co ed units By resting one or the theother theother theother other the coach always has a fairly fresh eleven In II the field They are specialists specIalists but but where dont don't you find nd specialists today There are specialists in dentistry medicine architecture advertising and manufacturing Crisler with his two-team two idea has produced the most interesting football ever seen at Michigan His offense is the finest and most Interesting interesting Inter inter- esting in f football Try to buy a seat for any Michigan game at Ann Ar Ar- bor The only answer is there are two sides to every question the same as asa asa asa a plank Dealing in Nostalgia the Yankees and the Giants BOTH whatever they might do In the way of new material have taken on ona ona ona a strong nostalgic turn The Yankees keep the able Crosetti Cro- Cro settI and then send for Bill Dickey one of the real Yankees of all time The Giants send a hurry call to Frankie Frisch and Freddie FitzSimmons FitzSimmons Fitz Simmons to bring the past into Ito the present and future Both these moves are popular with the fans at large Frisch and Dickey are among baseballs baseball's I im mortals They were part of the grandeur that was wall the Giants and part of ot the glory that was the Yan Van kees But Dut Herman lIerman HIckman Rickman said ald when told of the famous lamous stars Itara from Irom the past who once wore the Blue I know know but but I cant can't use em today Neither Leo Durocher nor Case Casey Stengel can win a pennant with the material that finished out the cam carn campaign of 1948 19 Durocher needs need bat battery battery battery tery help and infield help The Van Yan Yankees kees keel need better catching better pitching and infield rebuilding Cleveland will be even stronger than a year ago aso So will the Red Sox who In some lome fashion will come up with a pitcher or two so 0 b tI b My sly y needed last fast season eason It U is difficult to believe that even Billy Southworth can repeat with that collection of ot ballplayers ballplayer be he bad last year unless the entire National league remains remain second The mighty Cale Casey has baa put pt the tho blast on the tho Dodgers but the they still till have bane enough good ballplay ballplayers ers err to win a pennant If It properly handled bandied IP lp the front office or U It Burl Durt Shotton U br let alone The teams team in the first should hould find th the Cubs Cub Phillies and Reds much Improved Unproved U It properly di di- But the Giants Giants' bid for lor I s pennant is I. going oina to c cell cU U for tor a alar laru lar amount of 01 smart rebuilding Th The Th same if is true of at th the tb Yankees Yankee who whoa main min strength last lut season leuon was at as outfield beaded b by J Jot dot DIMaggio |