San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-10-06
ILLINOIS GAME
WITH NEBRASKA
DAYS BIGGEST
Perry Picks Cornhuskers,
). With Eight Letter Men,
to Win.
DROP FORMATION IDEA
Coaches Were to Exchange
Plans-Other Football
"Dope."
DROP FORMATION IDEA
Rvv,AWRENCE PERRY.

Copyright by The San Antonio Light
New York, Oct. 6.-Easily the most
important football game in this coun-
try Saturday be the set-to be-
tween Illinois and Nebraska at
Urbana. Rarely do two important
elevens meet so severe test at the
outset of the season. In the East
such q thing has never been heard oil
and probably never will be, but in the
West they are more progressive,
When the game was arranged an,
nouncement was mad that the
coaches would exchange formations
not plays, as was generally believed
and the plan was for the two elevens
TO use two formations, viz: A punt
lineup and an unbalanced line. Eaeh
team thus would have a chance TO
guess what would arise out OF the
two formations.
LILfe never was any idea of sub
MIG PLAYS to the rival coach.
Dawton of Nebraska and Zuppke, oil
Illinois. however, decided the other
day to call off the formation agree
ment. And so the game Will pc
played without gracious preliminary
gestures of whatever sort.
The Cornhuskers will have seven
letter men in the lineup, including
veteran backfield of no small ability;
Whatever the outcome. Illinois VIII
receive the rigid test it was looking
for when this game was arranged.
Harvard Best Of Big Three.
Val aud prinaatnn- the
storied Big Three, go into action
against Rhode Island, the University
of North Carolina and Johns Hopkins,
respectively. OF the trio, Harvard
with a powerful line and the. best
looking backfield she has had in re-
cent years, has at present the more
impressive prosracts. But Yale is
not far behind. Princeton has real
problem in the development OF a cen
ter, one guard, two tackles and an
end. Her course is likely to be rocky
Mt least until the coaches have com
Melted their task on the eve of the
Harvard game, November 10.
Johns Hopkins, coached by Ray
Van Orman, former Cornell end and
wing coach, has been developing with
a view to giving Cornell real jolt.
Perhaps the Tigers may catch some
of it.
Pennsylvania meets the strong de-
tense which the University OF Mary
land annually provides at Franklin
Field. Syracuse tackles William and
Mary. which did some scoring against
the NAVY last week. and Colgate Will
make Niagara think she has stepped
under the falls.
How 1t Looks In West.
Indiana opens with Depauw. The
two played scoreless game last year.
Bill Ingram, the former Navy star,
is coaching the Hoosiers. Michigan
opens with Case whom the Maize and
Blue defeated As to O last year. No
reason for believing the score will be
less one-sided this year. Ohio State
and Ohio Wesleyan. which held the
Columbus team to q 5-to-0 score last
year, will play their twenty-fifth game
on Saturday. The Methodist have
won but four games in all the years,
but Central Ohio always regards the
contest as classic. Minnesota gets
away with Iowa State and North
western tackles Beloit. Coe, an Iowa
institution. prizes off the lid at Wis
consin. Notre Dame meets Leonard,
In the South, Alabama and Missis-
sippi play at Tuscaloosa; Georgia
will meet at Oglethorpe whom Tech
played last week. and Tech will meet
the Virginia Military Institute. Fur
man and Mercer should have real
battle and Centre goes into action
against Carson-Newman.
Following are the important games
and selection of probable winners:
Team Winner
Harvard Rhode Island 80. Harvard
Yale-North Carolina ......... Yale
Illinois Nebraska $500. Nebraska
Rrinceton-Johns Hopkins Princeton
urman-Merccrs ........... Furman
Georgia Tech-v. NJ. /. Georgia Tech
Syracuse William Mary. Syracuse
Army-Florida ...............N Army
Navy-Dickinson ............. Navy
c olumbia-Amherst ........ Amherst
1ndienaDepauw .......... Indiana
........... Michigan
S. w. Presby. E. Sewanee
w. and J-Vy. and L. ......W. & J.
vanderbilt-Howard $50. Vanderbilt
Mississippi ...... Alabama