Evening star., 1927-10-08
BY the Associated Press.

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VI on the attention of the spor
L world. 1t was the first bi
day of the season, with sew
eral intersectional contests studdini
an interesting schedule In the East.
Purdue of the Western Conference
was a guest Of Harvard. the Uni
versity of Georgia went to New
Haven to play Yale. Marquette Uni
versity was in the camp of the Army
Drake University went to Annapoli:
to play Navy and Browns "Iroi
Men" were guests of Penn in the
first important strictly Eastern en-
gagement.
With its captain and star halfback
Cotton Wilcox, out of the line-ur
through injuries, Purdue's chances
against Harvard were not considered
good. Harvard had a weight ad-
vantage of II pounds to the man, and
planned to capitalize it against the
expected aerial attack from the
Westerners.
Georgia came to test a green Yale
team, whose prospects are bright.
Marquette finds the Army pre-
pared to open up in full blast with
it's star backfeld, eagle, Murrel ana
Navy. which has developed rapidly,
had a lot of forward passes in It's
repertory for Drake. -.
PENNSYLVANIA, with one of the stu
fest schedules of any team In the
East. was ranked on even terms with
"Tuss" McLaughry's seasoned cam
paigners.
Most other Eastern teams had less
severe engagements for the day.
Big Tits In Conference.
CHICAGO, October 8 R.-The max.
ing and breaking Of Big Ten foot ball
championship aspirations for 1927 was
to start on two gridirons today.
While other members OF the con-
ference are busily engaged in uphold
ing the Big Ten prestige In intersec'
tional and neighboring contests TWO
Big Ten games drew principal inter-
sest-Indiana at Chicago and ONO
State at Iowa.
Although Ohio States showing last
Saturday stamped it as a potential
threat in the conference scramble,
the Buckeyes were primed for hard
fsht with their annual nemesis, Iowa,
at Iowa City. Coach Ingwerson OF
the Hawkeyes was worried over the
punting duel that invariably starts
= Ohio States assault, but his squad
was unusually confident. Both
elevens were IN excellent shape.
4 Pat Page and his Indiana squad.
: with a victory over the University OF
Kentucky already on the shelf. ex-
Maroons. Neither Indiana nor Chi
cago has won a conference game
/ since 1925. Although beaten by Okla
homa last week, the Maroons have
put in many hard licks in practice
this week and have every regular
back in the lineup except Bob Spence
and "Red" Krogh, ends.
With a team comprised OF letter
men, shifty, fast and ready to snatch
oDportune breaks, Purdue faced Har-
ward at Cambridge. Their ace, Cot
tom Wilcox, was out of the lineup
through injury.
Another fntersectional affair was
Northwestern's game at Evanston with
the University OF Utah. The Utes.
champions Of the Rocky Mountain
Conference in 1925, brought veteran
lineup with a bag full Of tricks, espe-
cially lateral and backward passes.
Northwestern, rulers with Michigan
over the 1926 Big Ten Conference race,
showed power in crushing South Da-
'kota last Saturday.
Minnesota's powerful scoring ma
chine expected to face Oklahoma Ag-
gies at Minneapolis without the serv-
ices Of its captain and All-American
backfield ace. Herb Joesting. who has
q lame shoulder and side.
The unofficial foot ball championship
Of Michigan was to be decided at Ann
Arbor, where the University and
Michigan State tangle.
Potsy Clark, who once raced through
long yardage for Illini touchdowns.
had his Butler proteges at his alma
mater, Illinois, for a game. Coach
Zuppke planned to have the same
lineup in the contest that drubbed
Bradley last week except Humbert.
sophomore fullback, who worked so
{mpressiyely in his first game.