Show r- r I I Kazmier Kazmaier Is Among Amon g Greatest Backs GRANTLAND RICE RICE- By NEW YORK YORK YORK-It It may be bo consid consid- considered considered considered ered a piece of heresy to compare any modern back with Red Grange Jim Thorpe Ernie Nevers Walter Eckersall and one or two more from the glory road of the past But that is the way it happens to tobe tobe tobe be at the date with a number of football experts in their rating of Dick Kazmaier Dick Kazmaier is the Princeton pass pass- passer er and runner who practically wrecked ti a good Cornell Carne Cor n e 11 team using both bot b o t h the turf and the air for this purpose But B u t Kazmaier's fame doesn't top stop s t o p with the game g a m e against the big red Grantland Rice He has been the shining star in most of Princeton's victories There has been no game since Dick put on an orange and black jersey wherein he failed to star You might remember that Kaz Kaz- Kazmaier Kazmaier Kazmaier maier from Maumee Ohio was the sole surviving su iving member from Prince Prince- Princeton's Princeton's Princeton's tons ton's bl b. b offensive squad last fall The Tr other 10 regulars had left him with younger talent coming Jan n. n What happened in his Cornell Kazmaier completed 15 out of of 17 passes for close to a per per- He picked up more than yards with his right arm His legs begs gathered in an additional yards as a ball carrier He led an attack that scored 53 points against an unbeaten rival rated Princeton's equal before the game In my opinion Kazmaier was probably the best back of 1950 con con- considering considering considering his around all-around value As Asfar Asfar Asfar far back as 1888 and 1889 Princeton had a back known as Knowlton Snake Ames Princeton never had a better all all- allaround allaround around back until Kazmaier came along And it isn't a question now as to whether Kazmaier is the best back of 1951 which he undoubtedly is but as to how he will be ranked with the best backs football of of I doubt that anyone has had the amazing over-all over running elusive- elusive elusiveness elusiveness elusiveness ness of Grange and Thorpe But Pick Dick Kazmaier a star runner on his own is a much better passer than the redhead or the Indian in their prime Princeton's High Place More than a few of us placed Princeton on a par with Tennessee r or any a y other college squad last fall falI The Uhe Tiger may have been even better His place today is equally high although it is difficult to get many football writers away from the east easto jo 10 o give an ivy team much credit Certainly Charlie Caldwell is again in the running as coach of the year Everyone knows Tennessee's all- all allaround allaround allaround around strength But so far her schedule hasn't been too hot if teams are to be ranked on what they have beaten Michigan State has had a flock of close and harrowing afternoons Illinois has had a terrific year In Inthe Inthe Inthe I the matter of accomplishment it could be accorded first place The have handled UCLA Wisconsin Syracuse Was W a s hington and Indiana In Karras the Blue and Orange has one of the years year's star backs Illinois and Georgia Tech have handled the rougher paths among the top teams although Southern California must be given a nigh high rating And so must Stanford The game they are still talking about is Army's stand against a good Columbia team The line goal-line play of Red Blaik's spirited high-spirited squad wont won't be soon forgotten Certainly Certainly Certainly not by Columbia Wheres Where's The Defense Anyone who cares to look back backover backover backover over Saturdays Saturday's scores might stand standup up and ask one simple question become of footballs football's de de- defense defense de- de defense Here may be found all the proof one needs of how far the defense has slipped back of the offense Al Al- Almost Almost Almost most any team can score even when it is outclassed The main an an- answer answer answer is this this the the great improve improve- improvement improvement improvement ment in forward passing passing both both con con- concerning concerning concerning the passers and the re re receivers Potent passers are plentiful ful across the nation There was a time when football only had two or three high-class high passers They were extremely scarce Now they clog up the cam cam- Kazmaier Isbell Price Franz Parks Giel Henrich and so many more you can hardly count em This is the only answer I can give you S MUs passer piles up 26 or 27 points against a good Notre Dame team and scorns any form of running attack That was Fred Benners The Southwest is packed with riflemen who can hit a re re- receiver receiver re- re receiver in the eye at 40 yards Notre Dames Dame's Place Where will Notre Dames Dame's place be beat beat beat at the end of the road for 1951 Frank Leahy will tell you that his team has done far better than he thought it would At the seasons season's start I wrote ask ask- asking asking asking ing Frank to be on a radio program in Baltimore November 2 Ill Til be glad to be with you he wrote if you dont don't mind having the coach of a team that has lost five games by that date He won four of the th five |