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Historical Society College Football Historical Society VOL. XXX, NO. III MAY 2017 ROCKNE’S BOYS: CLIPPER SMITH By Tim Hudak The second article in my series about men who played for Knute Rockne and then went on to coach at Catholic colleges deals with Maurice “Clipper” Smith. Legend has it that he received the nickname “Clipper” from his teammates because he had a knack for clipping opposing players without getting caught by the officials. Maurice Smith, who was bom on October 15, 1898, in Manteno, Illinois, was a halfback at Notre Dame in 1917, but did not get much playing time because the starter was a fella by the name of George Gipp. Smith found his true calling by moving to guard for the next three seasons; sportswriter Allison Danzig referred to him as “one of the original Rockne watch charm guards.” Upon graduation in 1921, Smith received a recommendation from Rockne that helped him to land his first coaching job at Columbia College, a small Catholic college in Portland, Oregon. Columbia College (now known was the University of Portland) was founded in 1901 as a prep school by the Holy Cross brothers, the same order that founded Notre Dame, becoming a joint prep school and college when the college division was recognized as such in 1923. Maurice Smith was hired on April 8, 1921, as both the Athletic Director and the head football coach. Smith replaced another Rockne man., his former teammate Edward “Slip” Madigan, who left Columbia to take over as the head coach at St. Mary’s College in California. During the 1921 and 1922 seasons Columbia played a strictly high school schedule and nothing is known of the results. During the 1923 and 1924 seasons, when the school’s college division was finally certified, Columbia played a collection of non-high school opponents that included athletic clubs, major college freshman teams, small college teams, and even a seminary team. Under Smith’s direction Columbia enjoyed success against the varied collection of opponents, winning four and losing two in 1923, then going 7-1 the next year. (Few sources anywhere have information about Maurice Smith’s time at Columbia. Most of the information given here came from a listing provided by Rich Topp.) After the 1925 season Maurice Smith left Columbia College, following another Rockne alum, Gus Dorais, to Gonzaga University, a Catholic school run by the Jesuits in Spokane, Washington. While information is also scarce about Smith’s years at Gonzaga (an article about the school’s football past on the official Gonzaga sports website completely passes over Smith’s years), some information has survived. Maurice Smith started at Gonzaga the year following what is considered the school’s all-time best season for football. In 1924 the Dorais-led Bulldogs had the only undefeated season in team history, going 5-0-2 and posting five shutouts — both ties were 0-0 games. The Bulldogs of 1925 continued that PAGE 2 success as Smith led them to a 7-2-2 record, tying the mark for the most wins in school history against a slate of teams somewhat more potent than the last seven-win team of 1913. The two ties came against Montana and Washington State, while the losses were 22-0 at the hands of Oregon State and a slim 10-9 loss to the Haskell Indians. The next season Clipper’s team did well against another formidable schedule, this time consisting of just eight games. After opening with a pair of shutout victories over Eastern Washington and Whitman College, Gonzaga dropped a 23-6 decision to Oregon State. They then rebounded to defeat the usually strong Multnomah AC, 55-0, and followed this by handing Montana a 10-6 loss. In a game against “Slip” Madigan’s St. Mary’s Gaels the two teams played a scoreless tie, after which the Bulldogs took a 41-0 decision over the Tacoma AC. One of the highlights of the 1926 season, at least for the players and coaches, came about a week before the Thanksgiving Day season finale against Washington State, a game to be played in Spokane. On that momentous day none other than Babe Ruth visited Gonzaga, taking time off from his theatrical tour. Ruth donned a uniform (the biggest one they had for his 200 lbs. frame) and kicked a new punts around the football field. He then had a few words for the team, including a prediction that they would defeat Washington State in the upcoming Homecoming game. Unfortunately, the Babe was a better baseball player that prognosticator as the Bulldogs lost that game, 7-0, finishing the season at 5-2-1. The 1927 campaign would prove to be Smith’s worst at Gonzaga as far as wins and losses went, as his team was now playing a schedule of all college opponents, most of them western stalwarts of the day. The Bulldogs opened with a 74-0 win over Eastern Washington, but would only score a total of 80 points over their next eight games. In the second game of the season against Whitman College, Smith, taking a page out of Rockne's coaching book, started the game by using his reserve backfield for the entire first quarter like his old mentor used to do when opening the game with his second team “shock troops.” The strategy did not seem to work this time as the Gonzaga offense failed to score a single point the entire game. However, the Bulldogs did win the game 7-0 on a 70-yard touchdown return of an interception in the fourth quarter. After barely getting by Whitman the Bulldogs suffered through three consecutive shutouts, including their second in a row against St. Mary’s, a 12-0 loss at San Francisco’s Kezar Stadium.With its record now 2-3-0, Smith’s team rallied to end the season with three victories and a tie for a final mark of 5-3-1. 1928 would produce another fine season for the Gonzaga Bulldogs, marred only by two close defeats. They opened the season with a 31-0 thrashing of Central Washington, but the following week dropped a 3-0 heartbreaker to Washington State. Following a 6-6 tie with Idaho, the Bulldogs ran off five consecutive victories, including their first ever over St. Mary’s, 20-7. They missed out on another seven win record when they dropped the season finale to Montana, 7-0. In 1929, the SPIRE, the Gonzaga yearbook, sang the praises of Maurice Smith and what he had done with the school’s football team by noting that he “.. .has brought Gonzaga to the front ranks of western football and made her an enviable figure in the athletic world.” The March 12 issue of the school paper had an article about the visit to the school’s campus of a most distinguished visitor, none other than Smith’s old mentor Knute Rockne. The article stated how “Rockne addresses the boys and mentions a few intimate details of his association with ‘Clipper’ Smith. Scores solid with the fellows.” The same school paper had announced on March 5 that “Gonzaga rejoices to learn” that Smith had signed a five-year contract to remain at the school. However, such would not be the case. The May 18 PAGE 3 edition of the Spokane Daily Chronicle reported that Smith had received an offer to coach Santa Clara University; although he had completed negotiations with Gonzaga on a new five-year contract, that contract had never been signed. On May 30 the Daily Chronicle reported that Smith had signed a new contract with Santa Clara, and that he was in fact leaving that very day to take up his new post. In his four seasons at Gonzaga, Maurice Smith had posted a record of 23-9-5, the second most victories ever of any Bulldogs coach, while his winning percentage of .689 was the best of any coach who had coached more than 20 games. In an era when Catholic college football was heavily influenced by Knute Rockne and his Notre Dame football grads, Santa Clara University went in whole hog with Notre Dame alums to coach its team. From 1925 thru 1942 the Santa Clara Broncos were coached by a trio of Rockne alums: Adam Walsh, 1925-1928; Maurice “Clipper” Smith, 1929-1935; Lawrence T. “Buck” Shaw, 1936-1942. (Shaw would actually spend a total of 14 years at Santa Clara, being an assistant coach under Maurice Smith from 1929-35.) Taking the head coaching job at Santa Clara was a big step for “Clipper” Smith. It put him on a much bigger stage than that of relatively small schools like Columbia College and Gonzaga, and provided Smith an opportunity to coach against some big time rivals such as California and Stanford. And for Santa Clara that big time rival list also included St. Mary’s — which was the major rival as far as the Broncos were concerned. A major reason that Smith was chosen to coach the Broncos was the fact that at Gonzaga he had had some success against the Gaels, posting a win and a tie in three games. Santa Clara on the other hand, had not defeated St. Mary’s since 1923. However, it was not simply his apparent success against St. Mary’s that attracted Smith to the Santa Clara people. “Clipper” was a football innovator who was highly respected as an offensive strategist (he even wrote syndicated newspaper columns on football strategy and tactics). With the help of Buck Shaw, Smith greatly expanded the Santa Clara play book.
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