Evening star., 1926-10-06

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Just how much this coach knew
what he was talking about has been
proved by the result of Tennessee's
first big game. that with North Caro-
lima. What it did not do. to North
Carolina was not much. and what the
Tarheels were able to do with 1t was
Just about nothing. Any time one
state university In the South beats
another by AS much as "a TO 0, that
result can be indicative Of only one
thing exceptionally powerful
eleven on the side of the victor
A fine foot ball team for Tennessee
will be almost as popular generally AS
q winning ball club for st Louis
Tennessee has taken it's beatings and
gone along in an accomplishing way
until now 1t seems to be ready for
it's inning. And there is hardly any
body in the South, except possibly
its immediate opponents. who will
wish it anything other than the best.
In writing yesterday Of the games
Southern elevens are to play against
strong Northern and Middlewestern
teams this week. the game Washing.
ton and Lee has with Princeton was
completely overlooked. Last year
Washington and Lee went to Prince
ton and played hanG-up game. not
withstandng 1t was defeated by Is
10 S. The Generals gained lot of
ground and seemed to be in almost
an even battle with Roper's combina-
tion.
The Lexington school Is not as
strong this year as last but hopes to
ch nd
Princeton is considerably stronger. as
It probably will be. than it seemed to
he in opening its game with Amherst,
the NirginianS may give the Tigers
something more of struggle than
they expect.
So much dissatisfaction has existed
at Clemson for some time over the
record of the foot ball team that the
sudden resignation of Coach Saunders
does not come as a surprise. In
Saunders first year at Clemson he
seemed to be on the road to developing
some good foot ball teams However.
: his second year, which was last. the
tables turned and the record for the
season was very poor. This Fall the
season WAS started with n bare victory
over a third-rate team, then 14.to.0
defeat was suffered At the hands OF a
Auburn simply walked away with the
game. and Clemson always has been
famed for playing Auburn close games. |
Clemson is said to possess good mate
rial, hut Ii may be that conditions there
are such that coach cannot get the
hest out of his men. The writer last
week saw letter written by one Of
the students at Clemson to a South
Carolina newspaper. and If the spirit
In that letter eXemplifies the morale
of the student body, then any coach
would have his troubles turning out a
winning foot ball team.
Anyway. the resignation Of Coach
Saun@hrs is only another example of
how slender is the hold of a coach on
his job. The sword of Damocles Is
nothing compared to that which hangs
over the seat q Eridlron coach oC.
cupies. AS one professor in a medical
school near here recently said after
watching an hour and a half Of foot
ball practice. ANY foot ball coach
who gets under $4,000 a year is
underpaid. He is like the bricklayer
who would get tremendous salary,
only ne doesn't work all the time"
Georgetown has weekend in
which to idle If It cares to do SO. II
should have no difficulty beating
Washington College by almost any
score it cares to make. The Eastern
Shore School has some good foot
ball players and several who meet all
the weight requirements. but 1t does
not have. very strong team. The
Blue and Gray undoubtedly will spend
the week building for its big game
with West Virginia a week from Sat
,1rday. West Virginia is due to bring
here an eleven capable Of playing fine
foot ball. 1t meets Allegheny this
week, the team that gave Pittsburgh
a real battle in its opening game on
September IS.
Catholic University ought not to
have good deal of difficulty winning
from Loyola of Baltimore. The
Raltfmoreans have not shown such
strength in the two contests in which
they have taken part to warrant an
opinion that they have anything
better than an outside chance.
George Washington. Gallaudet and
Maryland have the hardest kind of
contests. Maryland meets the strong.
est team in Chicago. but the others,
comparatively speaking. should be up
against just as tough propositions
The Hatchetites have to so to Lewis.
burg 10 meet Bucknell. and Bucknell
never is anything but tough team
Tor any eleven to face. Gallaudet has
game at home with ST. Johns Col.
lege. and ought 10 have very near
an even chance 70 win in a hard
game.