New-York tribune., 1922-10-13
Big Early Fall
CrowdExpected
At Z ale Bowl.
$4,000 Likely to See Elev-
ems Coached by Jones
Brothers Clash Tomorrow
BY Grantland Rice

1y NAIdnIkanu lNfCe
When Iowa collides with Yale to-mor-
row in the big bowl our formal nre-
diction is that Coach Jones will emerva
VICTORIOUS. This is one Of tha .urest
! prophecies that ever graced a sporting
page. but the anal declaration as "a
| Whethsr II will be Tad or Howard
zones will be reserved exclusively for
sunday mornings official verdict.
| :, iowa, bounding out OF the West for
.ae tirst intersectional football game
| IN hawkeye history, will help Yalo
draw the greatest early October gath
erlng that ever surrounded gridirun.
II fair weather looks down upon the
scene and October skies are blue in
place OF gray from $4,000 to 10000 fol-
! levers Of the stately spiral and the
thudding tackle will see two great
teams in action, coached by tvs Of the
most famous Of all the football
| brothers.
| Both elevens, unfortunately. arc
somewhat crippled. but for that matter
| one rarely fnds football machine
Of battle.
| In the Jar and jolt Of the days pro-
ceedings a ligament or an ankle or a
| knee develops a kink, and while there
is no serious result, some star steps
out to watch the contest from the
lines.
Hard aad Close
Yale. in spite Of injuries to O'Hearn,
Beckett and others, has a world of
fne material left and is generally
picked 60 win after hard, bitter fight
to the Anal play.
Iowa comes as something Of prob
lem to diagnose. Having lost cluster
Of stars from last falls great team,
with additional deficits through in
juries this fall, the skill and power
of the new Hawkeyes is still untested,
and only Saturdays meeting will yield
the answer.
In spite of many accidents Yale's
defensive strength should be enough
to hold the Westerners in check until
the Blue attack nets at least one touch
down. But the dope here Is no fixed
quantity and Yale may get surprise.
The Yale Defense
Captain Gordon Locke and his backs
will fnd the Yale defense exceptionally
strong. There is veteran material on
hand from flank to flank, big, strong
and. seasoned forwards, with Mallory
helping to plug any gaps.
Yet Locke, among others, is hard
man to stop and in the same way the
Yale defense should face the hardest
test it has known since George Owen
launched his 1s0 pounds against the
Bulldog line.
Howard Jones has several youngsters
to face their first big fire in this
matinee, but he is confident they will
show enough football stuff to keep the
great crowd we'll keyed up until sunset.
Those Advance Scores
One of tho most astonishing turns
of the season 30 far is letter from
q football fan commenting on last
Saturdays advance scores" without
inclosing a brick. The set rule is usu-
ally to ignore the lucky break Of the.
harpoon at his first downfall, which is
not often long delayed. Knowing
what will follow shortly, with differ.
ent setting. we let the letter run:
"Well, out of twenty-five teams you
picked to win last Saturday Just
twenty-five of them did that thing.
"You predicted eighteen teams
would amass big round zero and
sixteen of them did just that.
Both Centre and Cornell ran up
larger scores than you expected. but
OF the other twenty teams you pre-
dicted they would roll up 4l9 points.
They rolled up 450. So your aver
age miss was less than points to
the game. Of course every one
knows most of the teams won that
were expected to win, But even on
the first big day 1t isn't SO often
you will pick twenty-five out Of
twenty-five and on an average be less
than 2 points away from the final
result, in twenty of the twenty-five
games. This should help to give
you a start as prophet which you
may need later on. M. r."
MAY need" is correct. evil mead"
should be even closer to the mark. We
are always superstitious about these
zippy beginnings. They have way Of
running into adverse tidal waves later
on. After all. it is the big days that
count, and as the season moves along
the prophetic assignment gets tougher
and tougher. Possibly hard Jolt er
two is due tomorrow, but we are un-
derwriting no wagers upon any result.
Accidents, Injuries, wet fields and a
queer shaped football can shoot the
dope full Of holes In seven seconds by
step-watch,
Still, In the bleak days to come, when
the shower Of bricks becomes thickest,
we can look back on that 22 out Of az
with certain glow, even II most Of
them were set-ups. For the Giants also
we're supposed to be bordering on the
set-up line. And set-ups at times have
quaint way Of tossing off their winding
sheets for solid whack over the heart.
+ Buck O'Neill's revived and reincar-
mated Columbia team has harder op-
position tomorrow, but the Columbian
assault has too much power to be
stopped on this date, Columbia la on
her way, and, no matter what the oppe-
sition may be, Roderick, Koppisch and
other stars will gain their share of
ground.