Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-10
TULANE AND |. S. j.
LOOK TO OWN TILT
Old Rivals on Thanksgiving
Day Have Many Battles
Prior to Then.
BY H. c. BYRD.

largely for the test against each
other on Thanksgiving day. They
are Louisiana State and Tulane.
Indications are that both schools
should have exceptionally strong
teams, and the main objective
each has is to whip the other. The
Louisiana State-Tulane game is
In about the same class in that
section as the Harvard-Yale game
In New England.
Tulane was rated last season as about
the strongest team in the South, and
It is said that its outlook this Fall is
Just about as good as it was a year ago.
Some Of its best regular backs Of last
season were lost by the New Orleans
school, but it has in uniform six OF its
seven linemen and material from its
freshman and reserve squads, from
which a set of backs should be organ
ized nearly equal to that OF which
Banker was the star. Tulane probably
will not have any individual back as
good as Banker, who was almost in
class by himself, but there are other
factors which are likely to make up for
that difference.
One Lineman Lost.
From the line, one man, Rucker.
tackle, was graduated. Dalyrymple and
Holland, ends. Weighing around $50
pounds fast and well set for almost
any kind of foot ball are back and
going along In good shape. McCance,
the other tackle, weighs 100 and Is q
real foot ball player. Bodenger and
Mccormick played the guard positions
last season and nobody has shown
enough stuff to give any likelihood OF
beating either Of them out for his job.
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stands among the topnotchers in the
South in that position and there is
nobody who has the slightest chance
to shove him to the Sidelines.
Tulane does not hesitate to say that
it will have the greatest line that has
ever worn its colors and also one of the
greatest the South has ever known.
Besides these six regulars from last
year there is lot Of flne material
scrambling for the vacant job at tackle.
Right now Declogny and Blackstone
seem to be running close race for the
vacant place.
While the regular quarterback was
lost by graduation, it Is doubtful If he
will be missed. because Jastrann, regular
in 1928, has returned to the university
and probably Is better than the man
who was lost. Glover and Wheatley,
second-string halfbacks, have returned,
while several others, chief of whom is
Haik, are UP from the freshmen. The
fullback position seems TO be the one
causing some concern, as both the
varsity full and the reserve man from
last year are gone. Massey seems TO
be leading in the battle for the job
right now. He was third-string fun
last Fall.
Tulane win have to hump itself to
get in shape for the game with North
western at Evanston october 4. North
western in late years has become one
of the strongest teams in the Middle
West, and Tulane, to make the proper
kind of showing, will have to get up
fast and keep going fast, at least until
after that contest.
OF coures, Tulane's big game is with
Louisiana State, but its other two main
contests, outside the one with North
western, are with Georgia and Georgia
Tech. Here is the list Of games the
New Orleans school Is to play:
September ~ - Southwestern at
New Orleans.
October Northwestern ct
Evanston.
october 11-Texas A. and NJ. at
Dallas.
october 1s-Birmingham South
ern at New Orleans.
October 25-Georgia Tech at New
Orleans.
November mississippi A. and
NJ. at New Orleans.
November auburn at New Or
leans.
November Is - Georgia ct New
Orleans.
November 27-Louisiana state at
New Orleans.
l.. s. u. List Is Easier.
Louisiana State plays about the same
type Of schedule as Tulane, although
not quite as difhcult. 1t does not face
any team Of the caliber of Northwest
err, and also has several fairly easy
games early In its schedule to enable
Il TO get started.
Here Is its schedule:
September 20-South Dakota Wes-
leyan at Baton Rouge.
September 27-Louisiana Tech ct
Baton Rouge.
October Southwestern Louisi-
ana Institute at Baton Rouge.
October 11-South Carolina at
Columbia.
october 1s-Mississippi A. and M.
at Jackson, Miss.
october 25-Sewanee ct Baton
Rouge.
November 1-ArkanSas at shreve-
port.
November s-Mississippi ct Baton
Rouge.
November 15-Alabana at Mont
November 27-Tulane ut New Or
leans.
Perhaps no better description of
Louisiana States prospects could be
given than to use Head Coach Russ
Cohens own words. He sounds note
of high optimism and plainly feels that
lit ~ NAw univ
much better than q year ago. He says:
Has Nineteen Letter Men.
1--WE have back l9 letter men, which
gives us more experienced material than
we have had in years, and we certainly
ought to have a much stronger team
than last season. Virtually our whole
1929 eleven was made up of sopho-
nores, and with that years experience
ought to be much harder to stop. Also
we had no good paSser last season
which is a great handicap, but this
year have a good one In Almokary, who
came up from the freshman eleven
Last years line was terrible, but we vii
have a much better one this Fall. Oul
have big and capable substitutes.
feel optimistic, and know that ouI
team will be a good deal better thar
last year"
SO with Tulane standing by with
brilliant prospects and Louisiana Statt
getting ready for what it expects to b
q good season, all eyes in the State o.
Louisiana are beginning to turn Il
THANKSGIVING day In anticipation Of ont
Of the greatest Of all struggles between
the States old and honored rivals.
HANDLEY GRIDMEN WORK