The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-09-19

GLOOM CLOUDS
HANGING OVER
COAST LEAGUE
Rival Football Coaches Already
CCnceding Victory to STAN
ford Eleven
CARDS ARE NOT so COCKY
Southern California Trojans
Given L0Ok-in - so Are
Washington Eusk;es

San Francisco, Sept. 19.--tH)--
Great clouds OF gloom hang over the
camps Of the principal contendcrs
in the 1927 Pacific Coast Conference
football campaign.
But the mist Of pcssimism which
canopies the Old Farm at Stanford
is SO thin, rival coaches claim to
have peekcd through it. Their Off
cial reports accuse Stanford of hav-
ing prospects Of one Of the best
teams in recent years.
Claim Stanford Will Win
stamford will win," declared
Coach Enoch Bagshaw of the Uni
versity Of Washington.
Ditto" chimed in Coach Paul
Schissler Of the Orc ~on Aggies.
Coach Nibs Price of California
was reported as grooming, "Stan-
ford is perhaps better fortified with
material for the approaching sea-
son than any other contender" and
as giving the Card. nails "the edge
on the chan pionship."
Against this wholesale assault
Stanford supporters enter the de.
murrer that the Cardinals have the
service Of only six Of The II men
who started against Alabama last
New Years day in the East and
West encounter that ended in tie
While the champion do lose Ed
Walker and Ted Shipkey, ends, Ward
Poulson and Leo Harris, tackles
Captain Swan, guard, and George
Bogue, half-back, due to graduation
neutral observers think they appear
formidably for repeat Of the 1926
triumph.
lrojans Looking Good
So, too, despite bearish views en-.
anating from South of the Tehachap
range, the Trojans of the University
Of Southern California ok gooe
this season. Graduation sounded
taps for Is gridiron careers Of
"Thundering Herdsmen" headed By
Morton Kaer, who W. s given a back,
field position on the All-Americar
eleven. However, like Pop" War.
ner, who alw VS. builds a "three
deep" team, Cc-ch Howard Jone:
h. a wealth Of talent to fill in the
holes in his first eleven. His back.
| field prospects are especially reas-
surfing with Drury and Williams
! back in uniform.
Coach Jones' preseason depres
sion, however, is partly excusable
when it is noted from the schedule
that his team has not only tougl
program but meets, also Stanton.
and Notre Dame, the only two ag
gregations to beet hii.4 last year, OF
their home fields this year.
In the North, e team status i
a little more confusing. On paper
Oregon and Oregon Aggics do no
! look to have the championship cali
bre Of either Washington or Wash
ington State. Coach Bagshaw, @
Washington after picking Stanfor
to win and expressing the belle
California could be counted on t
stage u comcbac': to old time form
said if his own team "gets off to
good start" it might be trouble
some," but that he couldn't see no,
any team could beat the Cardinal
this year.
Huskies' Prospects Brighter
! A much brighter view OF the Hus
kies' prospects is taken by Coac
Schissler who believes Washington
fears are baseless and that his oil
rival will finish ahead Of U. S.
and second only to Stanford. Schiss
Ter rates his own Oregon Aggic
close s, the cellar.
Idaho with a new coach and man
new men is an unknown quantity Blu
the Vandals have always been
threat with a light, fast, smashin
team.
Montana, bereft of its outstandin
, star, Wild Bill Kelly, Of All-Ameri
can fame, seems to be somewhat out
classed Il; season.
: California, which won the Pacifi
Conference with mono .onous regu
larity up to three years ago, wi
have Is letter men back in uniforl
, The Golden Bears with at least
experienced gridders to draw frol
can count on a strong backfield bu
with perhaps a deficient supply Q
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