Evening star., 1928-10-29
CROWN TO CADETS
IF THEY BEAT WEST
Must Turn Back Notre Dame,
Nebraska and Stanford
to Get LaureIs.
BY ALAN J. GOULD.
Associated Press Sports Editor.

n TEW YORK. October 29.-West
Points gridiron forces, having
VI hurdled the two main Eastern
4 obstacles to it's advance by
downing Harvard and Yale in
succession, now need only to conquer
Notre Dame, Nebraska and Stanford to
clinch as good a claim as any eleven
to national championship honors.
1t takes an army to even face such
a prospect with resolution. And plenty
of reserves. The Cadets have come
through the October fray successfully.
beating Southern Methodist as well as
Harvard and Yale, but also somewhat
bruised and battered. Two of their
aces, Capt. Sprague, All-American
tackle, and Red eagle, who looks at the
moment like an All-American halfback,
were injured in the battle with Yale.
There is the prospect of breathing
spell for the West Point regulars this
week, in the game with De Pauw, but
not much let-up after that. Notre Dame,
although not up to former high stand
ards, is moving along and will give
the Cadets plenty of trouble at the
Yankee Stadium on November 10. Ne
braska probably will come East Novem-
Der "a with the championship team OF
the Missouri Valley Big Six" while
Stanford, making the long trek to play
Army here December /, may carry the
Pacific Coast Conference title banner.
Chevigny and Niemiec of Notre Dame,
Blue Howell of Nebraska and and Bill
Hoffman of Stanford will be hurled at
the big Army in an attempt to succeed
where French of Harvard and Garvey
of Yale failed.
eagle Brilliant Runner.
If Army is to be regarded as the IA
vorite of foot ball fancy this season its
child of destiny certainly seems to be
Christian Keener eagle. eagle viii be
the counter-threat for Howell, Chevigny,
Hoffman and the rest. He seems capa-
bic of fulfilling the role. Not since Red
Grange ran rampant on Franklin Field
three years ago has an Eastern gridiron
seen anything to match the elusive,
slithering runs of eagle against Yale.
Red combines the best features Of q
slippery eel and a frightened deer at
large.
While the Army hopes to get its sec
ond wind this week, the gridiron CAM
paign moves along to another series OF
tests having a decisive bearing on title
hopes, coupled with a renewal Of out
standing intersectional rivalries.
New York University and Georgetown,
each victorious in five straight games
and travelling at terrific clips, clash in
New York next Saturday in the main
battle, so far as Eastern championship
hopes are concerned. These two high
which is to remain up with Army, Car
negie and Boston College, among the
other major Eastern elevens neither
beaten nor tied.
Nebraska Faces Kansas.
r.. {uSp - ef-o
after smashing the title hopes of Mis-
souri,, plays the only other undefeated
eleven in the race, Kansas. The Corn
huSkerS expect to win, inaSmuch as they
conquered Iowa State, which held
Kansas to a tie last Saturday. 2
Another crucial battle in the South
western Conference, involves the Uni
versity of Texas and Southern Metho-
dist, both undefeated In confidence
competition so far.
The Pacific Coast Conference focuses
upon the Stanford Southern California
game, one of the most spectacular in
sight anywhere this week. 1t should
have a decisive bearing on the con-
ference title race while California Is
entertaining Oregon in another vital
contest. N -
The Southern Conference has, some
thing of a let-up this week, with COM
paratively little opposition ahead for
most of the ce-setters-Georgia Tech.
Vanderbilt, Tennessee, Clemson, Florida
and Georgia. s. -
In the Western Conference Big Ten"
Illinois will attempt to hold its place
in the vanguard by dealing Michigan
its fifth straight setback. while the
other two leaders step out of confer
ence circles - Ohio State meeting
Princeton and Iowa playing South
Dakota.
IntersectiOnaI Clashes.
Three Of the big Ten" elevens will
help furnish the weeks intersectional
color on their own backgrounds. Be
sides the Ohio State-Princeton fray at
Columbus, Chicago will entertain Penn
sylvania, surprise victim Of the Navy
last Saturday, while Wisconsin meets
the invasion of Alabama.
Notre Dame, after day at home,
journeys forth again, this time to play
Penn State at Philadelphia.