Show a 0 r R CE TilE THE THE most serious matter that wit wll confront footballs football's rule rule-maken at it their next meeting will be ted substitution where changes an are often made In groups of 11 at i a crack It is this highly diseased arrangement arrangement arrange arrange- arrangement ment which permits squads rich la In F 1 n material to use usi separate teams for toi attack and defense It is murder for the smaller colleges college and those that have havi no such material to tc call on Imagine substitutions Inthe in inthe inthe the Cornell Cornell-Colum bia game Here is a rule that is hated by most of the coaches that that is despised by the public that public that Is s highly unpopular with all real football players who happen to like both oth sides of the game offense game offense and defense Michigan and Army might be e exceptions Under Its protecting banner fine One football players can ean leave college without ever having made a tackle broken up a block covered a hostile fumble or Intercepted a pass Most lost of the better football coaches are dead against It which means that some lome definite changes chances willbe will willbe willbe be made this winter as said coaches are backed up by public opinion It would be exactly the same if U a baseball team had a fielding outfit and in addition had a batting order that included none of the defensive players There are more than a 8 few who can hit but who cant can't field There are still more who can field but jut who cant can't hit To be a real Ballplayer you have to do both This Isn't true in football As Earl Greasy Neale puts it- it It The real football player can give you from 50 SO to 60 minutes If he cant can't then 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 substitutions substitutions sub sub- there is a difference between between between be be- tween free substitutions us using us using ing from 30 to players 50 in a game and and employing offensive and d de d defensive teams When you watch Michigan you always know who Is on the field There are two solid units one for offense and one for de de- Each Is a well-drilled well team with coordinated co perfectly ed units By Dy resting one or the theother theother theother other the coach always has a fairly fresh eleven In the field They are specialists specialists but but where dont don't you find 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 Ills offense is the finest and most Interesting interesting inter Inter- esting in 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 S e e Dealing in Nostalgia BOTH DOTH the Yankees and the Giants 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 Dill Dickey one of the real Yankees of all time The Giants send a hurry call to Frankie Frankle Frisch and Freddie Fitzsimmons Fitz- Fitz simmons to bring the past into the present and future Both these moves are popular with the fans tans at large Frisch and Dickey are among baseballs baseball's im im- mortals They were part of the grandeur that was the Giants and part of the glory that was the Yankees Yan Yan- kees But Dut Herman lIerman Rickman said when told of the famous stars from the past who once wore the Blue lue I know know but but I cant can't use em today Neither Leo Durocher nor Casey Stengel can win a pennant with the material that finished out the cam cam- of 1948 1946 Durocher needs battery battery battery bat bat- I tery help and Infield help The Yankee Yankees Yankees Yan Yan- kees kee need better catching better pitching and infield rebuilding Cleveland will be even stronger than a year ago So will the Red Sox who in some fashion will come up with a pitcher or two so badly needed last season season It is difficult to believe that even Billy BlUy Southworth can repeat with that collection of ballplayers he had last year unless the entire National league remains second The mighty Casey has put th the blast on the Dodgers but they still have enough enouch good ballplayers ballplay ballplay- ers to win a pennant If properly bandied handled In the front office or U if Burt Shotton Is let alone The teams team in the first division should find the Cubs Phillies and Reds much improved if U properly di dl But the Giants' Giants bid for a pennant is going to call for a large amount of smart rebuilding The same Is true of the Yankees whose main strength last season was an outfield headed by Joe DiMaulo DiMaggio |