*EDNI1SDAY, OCTOBER~ 23, 1940, ra . as, S. G.A aa f a.., PAGE TIMRR THE aCHeAN ATT 0 9 9 on ueD il Gr~den ontiue rils Against Pennslvania Form, ations C*> All The King's Men Can't Put IVy League Back Together Again' By MYRON DANN Out in the East they call us mid-j westerners upstarts, but even we youngsters can see now that the ivy has begun to wither on the tradition- steeped stadiums of Yale, Harvard and Dartmouth. There were days when the Ivy League was self admittedly the ulti- mate in gridiron perfection. Bright Saturday afternoons found the sol- emn alumni drinking rollicking toasts to the alma mater, and large healthy athletes engaging in some of the finest football acrobatics in the na- tion. But something has happened. Here's the evidence submitted by Ogden Miller, chairman of Yale University's board of athletics. Explains the aroused Mr. Miller: "In order to have an even chance on the gridiron, Yale football teams in the future will play opponents of definitely smaller calibre." And there you have it. The Yales are no longer the all-powerful team of the '03's. Now they dream of the even chance in the form of oppdn- ents like Amherst, Bowdoin, and the other lesser fry in the eastern amphi- theatre. Not only is Yale humming the blues, however. Big sister Harvard is seeking a shouder to cry on. Listen to this, from the mouth of Bill. Cun- ningham, ace writer for the Boston Post and all-American in his own right during his undergraduate days at Dartmouth: "Here at Harvard we' are sitting. on ,u corpse as far as the Ivy League is concerned." Maybe Cunningham phrased it a little severely. Harvard's corpse is still .kicking a little, as evidenced by her 6-Q deadlock with Army Satur- day. But things aren't what they used to be in the lair of Dick Har- low But this death, which is apparently on its way for eastern football, even as it must come to all men, (language courtesy Time magazine) is the re- sult of a slow disease that began back in the fall of 1937. In that football autumn a verbose! linesman by the name of Larry Kelly played his last game for the blue of Eli. Kelly was a talented trouper for old, Yale, and his loss in itself was a fatal blow. Then came a 33-0 smothering at the hands of Navy in the 1939 season: and now this year puny Virginia clipped Yale with an- other disgrace. Only two weeks ago Pennsylvaia hung it on, 50-7. You know the result-Yale is look- ing for "definitely smaller calibre." What is going on at Yale is hap- pening at Harvard as well. Dart- mouth is feeling the pangs of famine, too, while Princeton is less than sen- sational. There you have it, Dartmouth, Yale, Harvard, and Princeton have long comprised the league identified by the Ivy blossom and great football records. The football records are shattered. And now the ivy too is losing its glamour. Reserves Run Through Penn Scoring Plays Quaker Offense Shown By Scout Keen; Varsity Practices Own Attack Under the watchful eye of Cliff Keen, a team of Wolverine reserves ran through several of Pennsylvania's favorite scoring plays yesterday af- ternoon. Keen, Varsity wrestling coach and a member of the football coaching staff, has scouted the Quak- ers in all of their three victories this year and is as familiar with many of their offensive formations as they are themselves. George Manalakas, reserve half- back, carried the ball for the Penn squad, filling the. Reagon role well, but the Varsity had no trouble break- ing up the plays. However, they knew only too well that they will experience considerable more difficulty stopping these plays when run by the Quakers. While many fans are looking for- ward to the offensive battle of the century next Saturday when -the boys from Philadelphia invade the Michigan Stadium, Coach Fritz Cris- ler of the Wolverines in stressing de- fense and hopes to be able to refute the "good offense, best defense" the- ory Saturday by proving that a good defense is one which holds its op- ponents' scoring to a minimum. Questioned about the offensive character of the game by a reporter, Chrisler replied, "It's going to be offensive and defensive as far as we're concerned. I don't know what they're planning." But defense wasn't the only thing emphasized in yesterday's practice. The squad spent more than half an hour running through their own of- fensive plays, practicing their aerial attack as well as their running plays. Following this, the squad worked out on the blocking dummies for awhile. Crisler intimated that he would have preferred a regular scrimmage but feared the possibility of injuries. Sigma Chi Loses To Theta Xi, 11-10 11 don wirtchafter's DAIL Y DOUBLE Harmon vs. Grange vs. Reagan . . . The great Harmon is on the spot again. The experts have just finished com- paring him with "Red" Grange. That was the big talk before the Illinois struggle Saturday. Who is greater, they asked? Some believed the "gal- loping ghost" will never have an equal. Others soundly felt that Mich- igan's Terrible Tom is as sensational ta running back as ever existed. No expert had the real answer, though. It was merely a matter of opinion. But this Saturday, the Hoosier Hammer is in for another day of comparisons. Only this time, the man he attempts to outshine will be in the same game and on the same field as the Wolverine All- American. The entire gridiron world will turn its collective eye upon the battle be- tween Francis Xavier Reagan and Thomas Dudley Harmon. Unlike the Grange-Harmon con- troversy, there is an argument that will find an aswer. When the two lads ramble off the Stadium turf late Saturday, the experts will have reached their conclusion. What's more, that decision will not be based on mere opinion. Reagan has been heralded as the football phenomena of the East. Re- ports have it that the Quaker star is truly sensational this campaign. In three games so far, he has accounted personally for 61 Penn points. While the Munger squad romped over Mary- land, Yale and Princeton, Frank gained 358 yards in handling the ball 46 times. That's an average of 7.8 yards per attempt. Against Maryland he tallied 10 points. He doubled that amount against the, Eli and came back last; week with 31 in the Tiger battle. If his running ability were not enough, Frank is also one of the East's foremost punters and pass- ers. As scout Cliff Keen pointed out "when he .kicks, they boom off his toe and sail 70 yards nearly ev- ery time."j In short, he's fast, shifty, calm, cool and whatever else you want to call him. An all-around high school athlete, a baseball player of excep- tional talent, Reagan well deserves his title as the "pride of the East." But Saturday, he meets once again with the pride of the West. Last year, the two matched gridiron strides in a wierd footbal game at Franklin Field. Harmon looked the better because it was his work that led Michigan to a 19-17 triumph, but Reagan was not without his glory. Both played the leading role in their1 team's attack. By rushing, Harmon was credited with 222 yards from All freshmen interested in box-k ing report to the boxing room of Waterman Gym at 4:30 today. Vern Larson, Instructor Inside Football Tips To Clarif y Finer Poits By STAN CLAMAGE Modern football has ceased to be merely a battle of brawn. The com- plicated plays, shifts, and formations demand more than a knowledge of how to knock down the opposing player. The player of today must be quick-witted in order to meet the cunning of the opposition. Football is like an automobile. Each player, like the carburetor, wheels, gears, clutch, and pistons, plays an important part in getting the ma- chine rolling. There must be team- work so that the machine can run .smoothly;thereumust be timing-as between the clutch and accelerator -so that the utmost efficiency is ob- tained in getting started. Deception in modern football requires all pos- sible speed. If you could go down to Ferry Field some afternoon 'and watch a lengthy, difficult and tiresome prac- tice, you could see how much time is taken up with the timing of block- ing, tackling, getting going on an end run, or starting a pass or punt on its way. Yes, the football machine also has to be greased, oiled, and well lubricated. All this is preparation for the "run" on Saturday. An understanding of the results which all this work and practice pro- duce adds tremendously to the en- joyment of the fall classic. During the succeeding days The Daily shall show in simple terms how an appreciation and understanding of the game can be acquired. Look for our "Daily" tips on "How to Watch a Football Game." VROSH NETTERS The following freshman tennis players are requested to report to the Sports Building, Thursday at 1:30 p.m.: Sam Bloom, Russ Faber, Douglas Hillman, Morton Hunter, Clayton Lewis, Bob Mathewes, Ed Scott, Louis Telbizoff, Paul Van West, Fred Wellington, and Phil de Young. Coach LeRoy Weir scrimmage while Reagan gained 85. The Penn star flipped 14 of 26 passes successfully for 188 yards. On the other side, Harmon tossed only one complete . pass out of five attempts for 26 yards. Before that fateful day had been completed, F. Xavier accounted for 356 of gained Penn yardage through his running, passing, kick-off and punt returns, while T. Dudley made 294 yards through the same means. All would have been pretty even in that battle of greats if it were not for Harmon's phenomenal 63 yard ,gallop in the third quarter. Caught behind the line, he retreated for 10 yards, turned, switched from one side of the field to the other and before he had crossed the goal, gave- the East its greatest display , of broken-field running. Harmon and Reagan are both 21. The Michigan flash outweighs his riv- al 193 to 185. They are both backed by undefeated elevens. They are both after All-American honors. It will make an interesting strug- gle in the Stadium Saturday. I " """" W2 Football's Screwballs Appear Headed For Another Big Year NEW YORK, Oct. 22 -(M - Be- in the game an anguished wail Ing the first issue of 1940's "Screwy floated down out of the Columbia News Of The Gridiron," which aims stands: to prove that football isn't all do- "nill some player please get that or-die blood and thunder; Republican out of there?" Lou Grant, after coaching at the * * * College of Puget Sound, went to Playing against San Francisco, Eatonville (Wash.) High School this Tony Compagno, sub-halfback for fall to inaugarate football. It didn't St. Mary's, faded back to pass. He shape up as a very happy assign- let fly. Pete Brecenda, 'Frisco end, ment, since none of his candidates batted the ball in mid-air. It bounced had played the game before. off the back of Joe Vander Linden, There was one ray of hope. Grant 'Frisco guard - and into the arms found one boy who took to the game of Compagno, who thus completed naturally. He was the only one who his own pass for an 8 yd. loss. didn't throw the ball like a baseball, * * * and he could kick, run, tackle and The captain of a small Massachu- block. Grant figured he might build setts High School team which also some sort of team with one player was playing football for the first time and ten lads who at least were will- met the rival captain and the of- ing. ficials in the center of the field. Came Friday afternoon before the The referee, as usual, tossed a coin, first game, and the coach sought out then turned to the lad and asked: his star-in-embryo to find how he "Kick or receive?" felt. Hell, no," said the boy. "We'll "Oh, I feel great Mr. Grant," was scrimmage." the reply. "But there's something I ought to tell you. If weehave games Penn Looks To Air on Saturdays, I won't be able to play - I'm a Seventh Day Adven- PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Oct. 22.-- tist." (/P)-Penn brushed up on forward * * * passing in preparation for Saturday's Lou Little tells this one of Colum- game with Michigan. For more than bia's game with Maine, in which a two hours Frank Reagan, Ed Allen, Maine lineman, Barrows, son of the Johnny Dutcher, Herb Rainwater, Governor, was raising hob with a lot John Welsh and Paxson Gifford tossed of Columbia plays. Finally, well along aerials. After having gone through last year' schedule without defeat, Sig- ma Chi, champions of the fratern- ity speedball circuit, lost their first game.of the season in a hotly contest- ed battle to Theta Xi 11-10. In other speedball games Zeta Beta Tau beat Phi Sigma Kappa 3 to 1, Pi Lambda Phi lost a close one tQo-Delta TauxDelta,-6-5; Phi Beta Delta forfeited to Theta Chi. Psi Upsilon shut out Theta Delts 1-0 and Acacia piled up the biggest score of, the day by beating Alpha Tau Omega 16-0. In the Touch Football League of the residence halls, Tyler scored early in the game to beat Prescott 6-0, while Fletcher held Greene scoreless to win 13-0. Saturday's Gridiron Results Indicate Difficulty Of Wolverine s Schedule WeU te great tp/eai are '> Saturday's gridiron results were quite-indicative insofar as Michigan's future football fortunes are con- cerped. At Columbus, those once-feared, but now, docile Buckeyes lost their second straight Conference game to Minnesota, 13-7. Though this de- feat most assuredly eliminates the .Buckeyes from the Big Nine title chase, it makes themn more dan- gerous than ever from the Wolver- me point of view. Ohio Loses Honors With National and Conference honors stripped from them, Ohio State has only one thing left to sal- vage from this already disasterous season. And that is a victory over their hated rivals from Ann Arbor. Last year, if you remember, the Wolverines were in a similar position and despite two previous losses upset a highly favored band of ex- plorers in the season finale. Ohio State is in identically the same po- stion this year. They will be point- ing for Michigan from now on in. Pennsylvania's victory over Prince- ton, to the tune of 46-28, plus their 50-7 slaughter of Yale the week be- fore, indicates pretty clearly that the Quakers are of a conservative na- ture no more. Here Come The Quakers Penn willminvade _n Arbor Sat-, urday, with one of the hottest backs in the country, Francis Xavier Rea- gan, at the helm. Michigan's equally torrid Tommy Harmon has a fairly hot pair of tootsies himself, and no doubt intends to use them in a posi- tive manner before a prospective crowd of 75,000 people in the coun- try's top game Saturday. Both teams have high geared of- fenses and a wild scoring spree, reminiscent of last year's rampage at Philadelphia, might well take place. Northwestern continued to roll at the expense of the injury riddled Wisconsin Badgers, beating them 27-7. The Wildcat line has really been kicking up front, and De Cor- revant, Clawson, and Chambers have been riddled high through the holes they are opening up. Northwestern Looms Big In the event that Michigan comes through the Penn and Minnesota games undefeated, the Northwestern' game should decide the Big Nine Championship. Harmon, Evashevski, and Co. will be performing before the home crowd for the last time, and the team will in all probability turn it on with vengeance. Minnesota's record speaks for it- self. Washington, (supposedly the strongest team on the Pacific Coast) Nebraska, (perennial Big Six, Title- holders) and Ohio State (batting practice champions of. the country) all have fallen before Bernie Bier- man's Golden Gophers. The Wolverines get a day off and an extra week respite the Saturday following the Pennsylvania game, while Minnesota and Northwestern are killing each other off at Evan- ston. This is the only break they get from the schedule makers all season, as Minnesota, Northwestern, and Ohio State have to be met on successive week-ends. Stille Pulls Upset In Exhibition Game Jake Schaefer, second ranking three-cushion billiard player in the world, received a severe jolt yester- day afternoon when Wayne Stille, considered to be the best player on campus, defeated him in an exhibi- tion match, 25-23. Schaefer came back strongly in the evening however, trouncing Stille 25- 11. Stille is one of the most versatile athletes in school. 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