Show I 1 I 1 I 1 SPEAKING P E A K I 1 4 OF s 1 av eft ff 0 w 4 k 1 A mo r W RT 5 31 by ROBERT mcshane t release by western union I 1 T TWO WO football coaches scheduled daled 1 to receive more than their proportionate onate share of attention this year are frank leahy of notre dame and paul brown of ohio state I 1 this Is the initial season for both men in their present positions more than that it Is browns first year as a college coach ile ho replaced francis schmidt last spring stepping up to that position from massillon high school where ho he had coached the previous nine years I 1 leahy who replaced r elmer lay den when that geat gentleman leman resigned to become czar of professional football proved himself at boston college out but it must be remembered that tile the spotlight which shines on notre dame Is both brilliant and constant knute established a precedent which make things easier for succeeding coaches while rock was in ch charge arge of irish gridiron destinies the schools followers became accustomed to victories because of tills this losses are harder to take browns immediate job at ohio state Is the easier of the two during his last six years at ohio schmidt had difficulty in picking 11 II men to start each game ile he was knee deep in stars they almost cluttered up tip the place brown wont be troubled that way during the current season ills his practice squad this year totaled 41 the big names on the buckeye roster arent so numer numerous ous this year building lor for 42 that factor should weigh elgh in browns favor not a little of the debate during last year concerned tho the capabilities of the players who were on the bench while games were being lost on the field brown Is building tor for 1942 and if columbus fans bear with him it Is quite likely that ills his building will show results in an early tall fall practice session nine of the 22 men on the first and second scrimmage teams were sophomores lie he hopes to build a reserve squad as part of his program freshmen football players will not be used to demonstrate maneuvers of varsity opponents they will bo be given a course in the style of football brown hopes they win will play for ohio ahlo state next year and that system Is by no means untried ills teams won 81 1 games in nine years for massillon high a as 8 compared to six defeats and two I 1 ties brown has adopted what he considers the best football tactics practiced by several outstanding college coaches it includes an unbalanced line a line and backfield shift and stresses speed for reverse plays much la in the manner of those taught by lynn waldorf at northwestern and bernie bierman at minnesota the buckeyes Buc keyes lost 15 letter men through graduation eight of these were regular starters the center quarterback and reserve backs ar are 0 inexperienced john hallabrin a fullback last year has been shifted to quarter otherwise the team will be guided by two sophomores standout performers from last year who will do their share of damage during the next few weeks include charley anderson anderic n negro left end and jim daniell and capt jack stephenson tackles weak in numbers leahy and brown have another thing in common notre noire dame Is far from being supplied with an overabundance of material leahy listed 53 55 players on ills his varsity squad at the end of spring drill three did not return to school leaving the smallest squad of many years fourteen of the 62 52 squad fifteen are men are sophomores lettermen leahy particularly worried about the lack of numerical strength last year at I 1 boston college his undefeated squad included about 30 effective players because of the shortage of man power several c changco have been made in assignment of the varsity eleven wally glemba tackle in ion to center ion 1940 has been shifted bernie darnle crimmins halfback in III 1939 and fullback in 1940 has been switched to right guard dippy evans has ha 8 been switched to fullback other c changes have been made and I 1 will con continue dinue to be made lack of speed at the guard positions of concern to was a source leahy during spring practice he figu figured r ed it would disrupt the efreb tl ti veness ot of the offense lense ot that a what prompted him to place crimmins at right guard the ilie shift advanced angely angelo bertelli a sophomore to first team ranking at left halt half I 1 the three squad candidates missing lineup are cliff from this years brosey sen senior for letter man right tackle paul cunningham sophomore center and tom perko end both notre dame A and nd ohio state likely to develop a number of are replacements I 1 arent iron men deep for evel every y position six or is seven even both teams are confronted and add the boys on of playing with the necessity nearly 60 minute foote football all when la Is ke keen en very clakely be thankful that both coaches demand klers for condition sticklers are get in the pink players ing ine that their |