Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 26, Number 257, Decatur, Adams County, 30 October 1928 — Page 6

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WIN CAME EARLY, RULE OF COACHES By Frank Getty, New York. Oct. 30.—The 1928 football season enters Its second and decisive phase this week. Intersectional games of November and early December will decide the fate of most of the elevens still undefeated. except in the south where the issue will be settled among the conference contenders themselves without assistance. Football as played this fall has developed little that is new as far as strategy goes, but a number of leading coaches have expressed the opinion that one valuable lesson has been learned. “Win your game in the first quarter; win it in the first five minutes, if possible.” That is their advice. The team which takes things easy, waiting and counting upon superior reserve strength to carry it through has been fooled badly in many instances this season. Even Knute Rockne has passed up his famous scheme of starting a second team. It is true that the wizard of South Bend hasn't the material he had at his disposal in other years, but. relatively speaking, he still has a second, and even a third eleven. But Rockne, facing a hard schedule with the poorest team he has put on the field in many years, subscribes to 1 the modern theory of getting the jump on the other fellow. Chick Meehan, coach of New York University's powerful and undefeated eleven, is a firm believer in the principle of shooting with everything he has from the opening kickoff. "Biff'' Jones, head coacli of the Army, which is headed straight for national honors, drives the cadets at top speed in the opening period. There is no cautious sizing up of an oppon- | ent's strength, no kicking on first and second downs to see what the other fellow will do. Many coaches who have great ball carriers instruct their quartersbacks not to spare these men until a lead ; is obtained. When Mayes McClain. I the Cherokee fullback of lowa, made | his first appearance against Chicago,; he took the ball on ten of the first I fourteen offensive plays put on by the ' Hawkeyes, scored two touchdowns, and then retiied for the afternoon. ! Mai Stevens used Johnny Garvey that way at New Haven. When fairly well-matched elevens meet, the game is fought out to the filial whistle. But many of them, this year at least, have been won in the first minutes of play. o _ - The Misses Eileen and Sue Zimmerman i eturned yesterday from Fort Wayne where they weie guests of Mr. and Mrs. Otto Oberlin of Rivermet avenue.

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Professional football is still a gamble. Some of the teams in the National League of professional football clubs made money last year, but most of them lost plenty. C. C. Pyle, who lifted pro football into the big case, still believes there is a place for it in big cities. Pyle is optimistic over a successful financial season for his New York Yankees this year even without Red Grange. "We showed a little profit last year,” Pyle said, “and I believe we will make even more- this season.’’ The New York Yankees, featuring Gibby Welch this season in place of Grange, played to 25,000 persons in the opening game of the season against the Detroit Wolverines. The next Sunday under ideal weather conditions the Yankees and Providence Steam Rollers drew only 7,000 persons. Pyle attributes the success or fail-' tire of ] ro football to one thing: the . weather. Depends on Weather “If tile weather is good and we have a lot of Sundays without adverse weather conditions most of the teams ought to make money this season,” Pyle said. The National League is composed . of nine teams as follows: Detroit Wolverines, Frankfort Yellow Jackets, Providence Steam Rollers, Chicago Bears, New York Giants, Pottsville, Green Bay Packers, Chicago Cardinals and New York Yankees. Most of the games are played on Sunday. Welch, the All-American star from Pittsburgh, and Bruce Caldwell, the All-American star from Yale, are the two outstanding 1927 college players who are performing in pro circles this season. Caldwell’s work with the New York

“Mass On Tackle” Pitt’s Strong Play i c z —Q) \ \XA L E / Kr 1 A £■/ i /A— f / «r s, V By SOL METZGER Every winning football eleven has as its strongest play a mass on tackle. There are a dozen different varieties. One that has worked for tremendous gains is that perfected by Jock Sutherland at Pitt, a play that was a whale last fall and is going as strong this season. The Syracuse team must stop it this Saturday when it meets Pitt on the latter's field, or take a drubbing, for I once this play begins making ground the jig is up. Coach Sutherland’s version of the off-tackle play differs from others in that the end on the long side. No. 8 in the diagram does nst attempt to take the defensive left tackle. Instead he smashed in to help top the guard. The tackle is boxed by the No. 4 back driving him in. as he charges . across, to the No. 5 lineman, who i bowls him over. Jock also assigns but one back. No. .1, to take the defensive end. The ball is snapped to No. 1, who fakes an end run, led by back No. 2. As No. - 3 smashed the end out, Nos. 2 and 1 cut in off tackle, with lineman No. ; 6 leading. End No. 7 bumps the oth er defensive tackle and then breaks 11 through to cut down a back. Tomor- 1 row-the three-men-out formation that Ohio State and Vanderbilt will have.: :to look out for this Saturday when meeting Princeton and Virginia re- | ' spectively. I • Sol Metzger has prepared a leaflet on "Diet and Training for Football," which will aid in conditioning foot ball players. Send stamped, address- 1 jed envelope, in care of this paper, and request it. i Copyright, 1928, Publishers Syndicate o Northeastern Indiana Conference Standing W L T Pct. ' Central 4 0 0 1.000 , South Side 2 0 0 1.000 Huntington 2 0 0 1.000 Bluffton 3 1 0 .750 ' North Side 2 11 .667 1 ■Auburn 2 2 1 .500 1 j Columbia City 1 2 0 .333 * Kendallville 1 3 0 .250 1 Garrett 0 3 0 .000 ( Decatur 0 5 0 .000 ‘

Giants has been disappointing thus far. He has been stopped easily by opposing lines and has never been able to get away for any of the long runs that characterized his sensational work at Yale. Welch, however, has played well with the Yankees and despite little help from the Yankee line in the early games made several good runs and performed capable under the cirsumstances. Friedman Stands Out The outstanding star of the early games has been Benny Friedman, the former Michigan quarterback, inspired by Friedman’s brilliant all round work, the Detroit team started a winning streak and early jumped into the lead in the National League. The Wolverines swamped both the New York Yankees and Giants in the opening games against those teams. Friedman's passing and running has ' been of the same high calibre as it i was during his stellar days at Ann I Arbor. In the first game against the I Giants, Friedman broke through tackle and ran 58 yards for a touchdown. The opposition has never been able to fathom Friedman’s long down the field passes and at least once in every .game he completes one for 40, yards or more. The most successful professional teams all have highly developed forward pass attacks and gain most of their ground by this means. The big experienced linemen such as are found in professional football make it difficult for even a star college back to gain ground through the line. The Providence Steam Rollers, another of the most successful pro teams, have a dazzling aerial game built around George Wilson, the former Washington Wildcat.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT TUESDAY, OCTOBER 30. 1928.

GERBER TO LEAD 0. H. S, GRIOBERS Carl Gerber, fullback, was elected captain of the Decatur high school football team for the 1929 season, at a meeting of the football squad yes- ! tetday afternoon. Gerber will be a I senior next fall. The new captain is the only fourletter man in school. He won a letter in football, basketball, baseball and track last year, when a sophomore. He has just completed his third year on the football squad, and was one of the most valuable players on the team. Gerber succeeds Lt wis Butcher as captain. Butcher will be graduated next spring. He played at tackle and was a power of strength in the line. Coach Kidd stated today that fifteen or sixteen members of the squad would receive letters this fall. o ON THE SIDELINES _...1N THE BIG TEN By United Press Minneapolis Minnesota's chance to come back against Northwestern next Saturday sustained a severe blow in the Injuries of Bronka Nagurski, fullback, and Duke Johnson tackle. It is feared that botlr will be out of the game the rest of the season. Nag'irski's spine was hurt Saturday and Johnson was injured in a motor car accident yesterday. Chicago — Northwestern's gridders rested yesterday while the reserves practiced on Minnesota plays in preparation for stiff drill later in the week. The Purple eleven came through the Illinois game in good shape. Campaign. Ill.—Bob Zuppke spent yesterday afternoon looking over the mini for a new end to take the place cf Kes Deinling, who will not he able to play before the final game of the season, if then. Jim Lewis filled his shoes yesterday and may get the call Saturday against Michigan. Ann Arbor—The Michigan line is improving and Coach Tad Wieman to have it charging hard before meeting the mini Saturday. Pommerening, tackle, so far this year has been the star of the line and it is about him the improvements are being made. Bloomington, Ind., Coach Pat Page < f the Hoosiers is working to build up the r eserves so he won't be caught anymore without strong replacements. Page has two weeks to prepare for theMinnesota game. Columbus, O—The Ohio State University football machine has started preparations for the Princeton game nrxt Saturday. The varsity rested yesterday and watched the reserves go through their paces. Madison, Wig—Joe Kresky, guard, has been reinstated and the badgers are looking forward to the Alabama game Saturday with renewed hopes. Kt esky and Gene Rose, were suspended for n t accompanying the team home from Chicago two weeks ago. No action has been taken in regard to Rose.

Lafayette, Ind., Ccach Phelan gave his Boilermakers a much needed rest yesterday. The Purdue team plays Case next Saturday and then comes the Northwestern game November 10. Chicago—The Weary Maroons started practicing yesterday for their game against Penn with a gloomy cutlook. The victim of the crushing defeat last week by Purdue, Coach Stagg has set about to correct as many of the errors as possible bet re meeting the eastern team. lowa City—Mayes McClain, Indiana fullback, was nursing a split hand As lowa University started practice yesterday for the lowa State game, two weeks off. South Dakota comes here next Saturday fcr what should be only a good workout for the Hawkeys. The Cherqkee probably will be back in the lineup by the end or the week Notre Dame, Ind—Monday is a regular rest day for the Irish. Yesterday the regulars laid off after their battle last week against Drake, all the first string men are ready to go except Tom Murphy. o McGraw Starts Shakesup Os Giants; O’Doul Traded New York. Oct. 30.—<U.R>—John McGraw has started his shakeup of the New York Giants .early by trading outfielder Frank (Lefty) 'O’Doul to the Philadelphia Phillies for outfielder Fred Leach. The Giants also paid an unnamed sum to the Phils. O’Doul came to the Giants last year in the draft from the Pacific Coast league and batted .314. He was out of the game part of last season with a broken leg. Leach has been with the Phillies for four years, batting over .300 each season. —o Prize Halloween Masquerade Square Dance, Wednesday night, at Sun Set.

FATAL SHOOTING HALTS MARATHON Chicago, Oct. 30.-U.R) - The world's championship dancing and skating endurance contest, which entered Its 408th hour and threatened to go on forever at the 131st Regiment armory, was stopped suddenly and effectively today by a revolver battle in which one man was killed and a patrolman | wounded. It was the second shooting at the armory and police decided it was enough. Ten patrol wagons were backed up against the door and 100 spectators, three skating contestants and three dancing couples were taken to headquarters for questioning. Richard Fishman, a debt collector, was accused of shooting to death William Bazarno in a dispute over Fishman's attempt to make Mazarno pay a bill. Pursued by Patrolrtian Hugh McNally, Fishman started a gun battle in which McNally was wounded, but was rounded up by other officers later. Home Schedule Os Fort Wayne Team Announced Fort Wayne, Oct. 30 — The Fort Wayne Hoosiers’ home schedule in the American Basketball league will open with the Celtics and close with the same team. The complete schedule cf home and road games for the Fort Wayne team I was announced yesterday. It comprises 20 games at home and 12 on the road. The Hoosiers will open their league season at Cleveland with two games on November 30 and December 1, coming home for two games against the Celtics on December 3 and 4 The games will probably be played at North Side high school. The complete schedule for the season follows. November 39 —At Cleveland. December I—At Cleveland. December 3 —Celtics here. December 4 —Celtics here. December 10 —Chicago here. December 11 —Chicago here. December 16 —At Chicago. December 17—Cleveland here December 18—Cleveland here. December 28 —At Cleveland. •December 29 —At Cleveland. December 30—At Chicago. January I—At1 —At St. Louis. January 2—At St. Louis, anuary 7—St. Louis here. January 8- St. Louis here. January 16 —Celtics here. January 17—Celtics here. January 20—At Chicago. January 23—At Chicago. January 30—St. Louis here. January 31—St. Louis here. February 4—Celtics here. February s—Celtics here. February 6—At St. Louis. Ferbuary 7—At St Louis. Febrauty 11—Cleveland here. February 12—Chicago here. February 25—Chicago here. February 26—Chicago here. March 4—Celtics here. March s—Celtics5 —Celtics here. —. National Basketball League Is Organized New York, Oct. 30—The National League of Professional Basketball clubs was organized at the Commodores hotel here when representatives of teams in New York, Brooklyn, Rochester, Philadelphia, Trenton, Patterson and Green Point L. I. Joined the new circuit. Another meeting will be held here later this week for the final selection of players by the league clubs, and at this time another franchise will be awarded to round out an eight-club league.

The National circuit, the most compact major league ever drawn together in professional basketball, promises i even competition for the championship ■ as all clubs will have an equal chance I to sign star players, now free agents. : A working agreement has been effect-! ed with the American league, the other i major circuit, similar to that-obtain-1 ing between the two major basketball: leagues. After three seasens of East-West I basket ball, the American league has I withdrawn to the middle West, leav-1 Ing the .eastern field to the National. The American circuit will operate in ' Chicago (two clubs), Cleveland, St. I Louis, Fort Wayne and Detroit this | year, and will pit its champion against i the National league winner in a bas-J ketbali world" series next spring. COURT HOUSE* Case On Trial The case of Effia Steele vs. the ' Enteprse Store of Monroe, a suit on account, was being tried before Judge Jesse C. Sutton in the circuit court ! today. -*■ o Local Unions Endorse Wage Scale Agreement Terre Haute. Ind., Oct. 30 — ((J.R) j Eight local unions in the Bicknell coal | field have endorsed the recently pro- I posed Indiana wage scale agreement. The vote was 1,141 for and 59 j against, according to a tabulation in . the offices here of the United Mine I Workers of America, district No. 11. I Reports of Satutday’s referendum vote on the contract from all the local j unions of district No. 11 must be in I by Tuesday evening and official tabu-1 lation of the vote will be conducted in the district offices here Wednesday, it was announced.

I Th’ thing that’s worryin’ Al an Herb I is th’ heavy registration. Al is afraid i it’s women an* Herb is afraid it s wets. Who recalls when folks used t’ get along without somethin’ if it cost too much? 1 - Abe Martin, Indianapolis News Mr. and Mis. J 8. Peterson, of this city, and their daughtet, Mrs. Charles ' Keller, of Fort Wayne, returned home, ! yesterday from Indianapolis and Bloomington, where they visited with relatives and attended the Ohio State I Indiana football game Saturday. o— —— Two Prisoners Escape From State Reformatory Indianapolis, Oct. 30. — (U.R) —Two : prisoners, both from Indianapolis, | escaped from the Indiana state reformatory at Pendleton Monday night, police here were infotmed today. The men. Walter Bains, 26, Charles Tolbert, 25, were assigned to work on the reformatory farm and walked off, it was said. o the Hebit—Traoe »t Home, It Pays

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