PAGE SIX
'Lonely' Carpenter Key
To Pet Army Formation
ARMY'S LONELY END FORMATION —Arrow <1) signifies Army’s lonesome end Bill Carpenter.
CaiiH'iUer splits wide on all plays causing the defense to place extra.men on him.
By SANDY PADWE
Bill Carpenter, Army’s foot
ball captain, is one of the most
publicized college players in
the country today—all because
he’s lonely.
Tile lug blond fiom Spring
field, Pa, is the split wingman in
Auny's famous lonesome end at-
~an offensive monster cre-
ated bv the ingenious mind of ex-
army i each, Red Blnik.
Blink’s new formation took the
collegiate football world by sur-
puse last >car and as a icsult the
Cadets went undefeated with one
Blaik lefi West Point last
spring, but new coach Dale Hall ,
inherited Carpenter and the
lonesome end formation.
The mam purpose of the at
tack, which Penn State fans can
see at West Point Saturday after-!
noon, is to loosen up the opposing,
team s defense,
The foi million isn't as hard to
understand as some people be
lli ve. It's an unbalanced line with
the long side end spread out to
within tour yards of the side
lines.
The split-end, Carpenter, de- The Nittames return home next
ternnnes whether the formation Saturday for the Homecoming
is right or left. He takes his posi-igame against the Terriers of Bos
tion and the others adapt them-jton University . . . Halfbacks
selves. Dick Hoak and Jim Kerr lead the
The "lonely end" never comes I Lions in pass receiving . . . Both
inlo the huddle. He has three jhave picked up 81 yards ... Army
jobs receiver, decoy, and scored all its touchdowns against
blocker. |the Lions in the first half lasi
What makes the lonely end for- year and went on to win, 26-0
fa"
"vJj
They’re a “ must” because
they’re the “most”!
W
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ijh)
\lk
mation so successful is Carpen-ipoint passer, was able to pick out!
ter and Joe Caldwell, one of the plenty of open receivers last year,
best quarterbacks in the nation. There are many variations off
“It's almost impossible to cov- Blaik’s pet project. One that the
er Carpenter with one man”, Cadels use 4 a 4 lat , is * 1 *
„ ’ screen pass to the left halfback
Blaik said, 'and we soon found ( U sually Bob Anderson). He can
our opponents using two men on { WO things o nce he gets the
him because of his speed and . h a j] Qne is to keep running,
deception. . The other is stop before hitting
"This weakened their defense .the line of scrimmage and pass :
somewhere else. So we spaced deep to Carpenter or short to one
our other receivers in positions 0 f the other receivers.
where it was a major job to
cover them."
With the defense worrying make the Arm Y setu P such a j
about Carpenter. Caldwell, a pin- (Continued on page eight)
Gridiron Notes
Lion guard Sam Stellatella has
been named to the All-East team
for his performance last week
against Colgate . . . Stellatella
played a strong defensive game
and booted a 34-yard field goal
and 4 extra points . . . Army has
a tough schedule ahead . . . They
play Duke, Colorado State, Air
,Force, Villanova, Oklahoma and
Navy after meeting the Lions
i Saturday in Michie Stadium . . .
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. . . Earl Hewitt, whose 65-yard
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to journey to West Point for
Saturday’s game . . . Syracuse, a
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By JACK HAND
Associated Press Sports Writer
CHICAGO (JP) —If the weatherman cooperates, the sixth
world series game will be played in Comiskey Park today with
39-year-old Early Wynn holding the fort for the desperate
Chicago White Sox and Johnny Podres trying to close it out
for the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Both clubs flew into town in the wee small hours after a
night plane ride from Lo's Angeles vt ,
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where attendance records fell onj left-hander from Wilherbee.
each of the three sunny after-. N .y„ was a 4.3 winner in the
noons The weather forecast here! sec ond game at Comiskey Park
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Instead of the full-throated , he departed for pinch hitter
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van and the spectacular running 'He is a better pitcher when be
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